Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
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Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
With all his amazing skills, I'm sure Barry could actually make a shell from scratch.
The first resto of his that i saw on here was the green TR3, absolutely fantastic
The first resto of his that i saw on here was the green TR3, absolutely fantastic
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Come on mike, get some posting done fella, you getting way behind keep them coming
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Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Where were we up to then. Oh yes, Barry had decided the rear inner wing had too many small soft areas to deal with individually so the entire section was cut out. A new piece was made free form using the old section as a pattern and a lot of skill and as Barry says "a couple of secret tricks". My words seem inadequate somehow.
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Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Overall the poorer left hand side looking as good as the other side now. Marvelous work.
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Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
To the untrained eye like mine that looks like a good job and all is complete but Barry spotted something at the strut apertures and suggested to me that he would take a closer look at a small pinhole....
It's an evil thing, rust, hides in every corner, but this repair was routed out, repaired and the same repair done on the other side.
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It's an evil thing, rust, hides in every corner, but this repair was routed out, repaired and the same repair done on the other side.
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Mike
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Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
So where else could the dreaded rust be hiding on a shell that looked 'not bad' in the first place?
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Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Very telling pictures Mike and great work by Barry.
If anyone ever tells me their early 911 is rust free, I don't think I'll ever be able to believe them!
If anyone ever tells me their early 911 is rust free, I don't think I'll ever be able to believe them!
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Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Anywhere that two (or more) pieces of metal overlap. That is pretty much every panel on the body. This suggests every spot weld is suspect.210bhp wrote:So where else could the dreaded rust be hiding on a shell that looked 'not bad' in the first place?
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Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
+1...c'mon Mike...it's been aaaaages.....
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Remember this thread?
Sorry for the gap in progress but I was seriously fed up with the photo-bucket debacle that I felt the lack of previous pictures rather spoilt the thread. I tried several times to effectively regain the images using the chrome-fix and was even more fed up when it only partially worked. Then I remembered. (Doh) Before photobucket pulled the images they sent a warning and I immediately switched picture host to BobblePic for the uploads and guess what. They too pulled the plug on hosting. No wonder I couldn’t get the rest of the pictures up.
So, anybody got a fix for bobblepic? I can’t find one but appreciate any help.
Back with the story.
I left things with Barry investigating a tiny pinhole on the front strut openings, both sides the same.
These were the last pictures I think I posted.
Pinhole
grab screenshot
Reveal
Fixed (leaving a factory like weld, marvellous)
Barry had straightened the floor out previously but wanted an improvement along the centre tunnel so he set to work.
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I hope to get this thread back on track but if postimage decide to pull the plug you will hear the screams from Scotland.
Regards
Mike
Sorry for the gap in progress but I was seriously fed up with the photo-bucket debacle that I felt the lack of previous pictures rather spoilt the thread. I tried several times to effectively regain the images using the chrome-fix and was even more fed up when it only partially worked. Then I remembered. (Doh) Before photobucket pulled the images they sent a warning and I immediately switched picture host to BobblePic for the uploads and guess what. They too pulled the plug on hosting. No wonder I couldn’t get the rest of the pictures up.
So, anybody got a fix for bobblepic? I can’t find one but appreciate any help.
Back with the story.
I left things with Barry investigating a tiny pinhole on the front strut openings, both sides the same.
These were the last pictures I think I posted.
Pinhole
grab screenshot
Reveal
Fixed (leaving a factory like weld, marvellous)
Barry had straightened the floor out previously but wanted an improvement along the centre tunnel so he set to work.
image uploader
share images
I hope to get this thread back on track but if postimage decide to pull the plug you will hear the screams from Scotland.
Regards
Mike
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67 S
Mint T (Sold)
996 Turbo (Sold)
73 2.4E (home after 25 years) and Sold again
73T targa (signal yellow project)
1953 Vauxhall Velox
914/6
1963 356B
https://www.mybespokeroom.com/
73 RS (Sold)
67 S
Mint T (Sold)
996 Turbo (Sold)
73 2.4E (home after 25 years) and Sold again
73T targa (signal yellow project)
1953 Vauxhall Velox
914/6
1963 356B
https://www.mybespokeroom.com/