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Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 8:35 am
by keith fellowes
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
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:32 pm
by Bigfoot
Come on mike, get some posting done fella, you getting way behind
keep them coming
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:13 pm
by andy888
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:24 pm
by 210bhp
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:29 pm
by 210bhp
And then this is what Barry calls "a bit of tidying up"
Regards
Mike
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:33 pm
by 210bhp
Overall the poorer left hand side looking as good as the other side now. Marvelous work.
Regards
Mike
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:06 pm
by 210bhp
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:10 pm
by 210bhp
So where else could the dreaded rust be hiding on a shell that looked 'not bad' in the first place?
Regards
Mike
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:43 am
by yoda
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!
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:47 pm
by davep
210bhp wrote:So where else could the dreaded rust be hiding on a shell that looked 'not bad' in the first place?
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.
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 2:01 pm
by kvinyl
210bhp wrote:
Not sure why but I find this particular in-process photo very satisfying
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 9:39 pm
by andy888
updates please!
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 10:20 pm
by jtparr
+1...c'mon Mike...it's been aaaaages.....
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 6:24 am
by jb
It looks fabulous!
Re: Finnish Francesca, 1973 targa resto
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 11:45 pm
by 210bhp
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