So it has been a whole year since I last posted anything. I am happy to say the car is finished and back on the road. I really do wish that statement was true. Its been more like 1 step forward and 2 steps back. I look at other peoples builds and think where do they get the time to do the work. And how the f**k do they make it look so easy without making mistakes!
So from the last picture the car has been moved in to the garage which was 1 major step forward as it took 3 years for that to happen.
I don't think Simba has seen the light of day for about 8 years
So after the repair works to the underside and cleaning up the rust spots we thought some fresh underseal on those areas would be enough to make it all look original again. the new underseal was grey and the original was an off white/beige colour.
£11.00 per pack and 8 packs were used
I was happy leaving it as it was as the frustration was starting to get to me and eventually it would all look the same once the road dirt and grime gets on it but I was persuaded to have white stone chip sprayed on top of the underseal to make it look more original in colour. But after a few days of the stone chip being applied it started to bubble and peel off in certain places. Mainly where the zinc oxide primer was used on the bare metal after the rust spots were cleaned up and also I don't think the original underseal was properly cleaned and there was still some waxoyl on there. (2 steps back)
£6.00 per bottle and 6 bottles were used
So what to do? tackle the areas where the underseal is peeling off? how do we know that in a years time other areas will not suffer in the same way. Ok so lets take it back to bare metal and start fresh! I did say on a number of occasions we should get the car acid dipped or completely sand blasted but was talked out of it (if the acid is not completely removed it can react with the paint. If the sand is not completely removed it will accelerate rust and can react with the paint. How are you going to get the car to the sand blaster
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So we are doing it the good old fashioned way approved by a 60 year old dad (twisted knot wire brush for angle grinder and nylon finishing discs oh and a chisel for the corners)
in a way I am glad what happened did as i wouldn't want to deal with that after the parts started going back on and we also found some other rust spots under the original underseal. We are working in small sections taking off the underseal and going back to bare metal and then spraying fresh primer on.
To keep me sane I decided to buy back my first car after I passed my driving test 17 years ago. Still going strong.
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