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Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | I have started Imperial restoration 2016. Im third owner of the car. I bought the car from Fritte and he has help me a lot allso much of thanks to Zacke. Body has been high pressure water wash and frame is powder coated satin black. Re chroming has been done in Dala krome and in Poland. Interior panels and seats has done in Finland. Engine and transmission is allmost ready, just dyno test after two monts. Timo Vihavainen is working with the body. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | photo (20230211_123152_resized_1.jpg) (IMG-20230110-WA0004.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20230211_123152_resized_1.jpg (355KB - 79 downloads) IMG-20230110-WA0004.jpg (101KB - 66 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | photo (IMG-20230206-WA0002.jpg) (IMG-20230206-WA0003.jpg) (IMG-20230207-WA0000.jpg) (IMG-20230207-WA0001.jpg) (IMG-20211104-WA0004.jpg) (IMG-20211104-WA0005.jpg) (IMG-20211003-WA0002.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230206-WA0002.jpg (94KB - 74 downloads) IMG-20230206-WA0003.jpg (92KB - 69 downloads) IMG-20230207-WA0000.jpg (240KB - 76 downloads) IMG-20230207-WA0001.jpg (258KB - 65 downloads) IMG-20211104-WA0004.jpg (128KB - 78 downloads) IMG-20211104-WA0005.jpg (114KB - 73 downloads) IMG-20211003-WA0002.jpg (123KB - 77 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | photo (20230211_112858_resized_1.jpg) (20230211_112920_resized.jpg) (20230211_113422_resized_1.jpg) (20230211_120322_resized_1.jpg) (20230211_120244_resized_1.jpg) (20181201_171543_resized.jpg) (20181105_142127_resized.jpg) (20181219_164735_resized.jpg) (20200802_161726_resized.jpg) (20210316_154826_resized.jpg) (IMG-20160830-WA0001.jpg) (IMG-20160907-WA0009.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20230211_112858_resized_1.jpg (379KB - 80 downloads) 20230211_112920_resized.jpg (362KB - 73 downloads) 20230211_113422_resized_1.jpg (415KB - 74 downloads) 20230211_120322_resized_1.jpg (307KB - 73 downloads) 20230211_120244_resized_1.jpg (257KB - 78 downloads) 20181201_171543_resized.jpg (267KB - 76 downloads) 20181105_142127_resized.jpg (212KB - 76 downloads) 20181219_164735_resized.jpg (229KB - 74 downloads) 20200802_161726_resized.jpg (294KB - 69 downloads) 20210316_154826_resized.jpg (347KB - 76 downloads) IMG-20160830-WA0001.jpg (181KB - 82 downloads) IMG-20160907-WA0009.jpg (303KB - 75 downloads) | ||
22mafeja |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 659 Location: Finland | That`s some nice tig welding there....beautiful work... | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | photo (IMG_20161222_062317_resized.jpg) (20200218_152200_resized_1.jpg) (20190925_141220_resized.jpg) (20190925_141143_resized.jpg) (20201223_131557_resized.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG_20161222_062317_resized.jpg (215KB - 73 downloads) 20200218_152200_resized_1.jpg (255KB - 74 downloads) 20190925_141220_resized.jpg (231KB - 68 downloads) 20190925_141143_resized.jpg (222KB - 66 downloads) 20201223_131557_resized.jpg (323KB - 80 downloads) | ||
PolaraPaul |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 335 Location: California/Wisconsin | Well done work! Thanks for sharing and keep posting as it gets further along in restoration and completion. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Photo (IMG-20230212-WA0034.jpg) (IMG-20230212-WA0033.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230212-WA0034.jpg (182KB - 69 downloads) IMG-20230212-WA0033.jpg (428KB - 75 downloads) | ||
samstrader |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 446 Location: Beaumont TX | That's going to be a beautiful car.... Great work on it... | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9699 Location: So. Cal | Very nice TIG welding indeed! Why does the ?water?blaster have light coming out of the end of it? | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | It is work light, hard to see. Water pressure is 2600 bar. (IMG-20230214-WA0000.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230214-WA0000.jpg (109KB - 74 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Photo (IMG-20230214-WA0001.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230214-WA0001.jpg (133KB - 75 downloads) | ||
imp610 |
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Veteran Posts: 129 Location: Finland | Great to see its coming along! Nice work. | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9699 Location: So. Cal | I had to translate your bars to psi: Wow, that's 38,000 psi! I've never heard of water blasting before, but I like it. It seems to remove rust quite well too! | ||
ToMopar |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1159 Location: D-70199 Heslach | Nice work you have done until now Sahnu. One question, is "Fritte" Jan F from Malung Sweden? | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Yes, Jan from Målung. Do anyone have lock rings on photo. (20181201_164037_resized.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20181201_164037_resized.jpg (108KB - 71 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Body work is going fast forward. (IMG-20230223-WA0005.jpg) (IMG-20230223-WA0006.jpg) (IMG-20230223-WA0007.jpg) (IMG-20230223-WA0008.jpg) (IMG-20230223-WA0009.jpg) (IMG-20230223-WA0010.jpg) (IMG-20230223-WA0011.jpg) (IMG-20230223-WA0012.jpg) (IMG-20230223-WA0013.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230223-WA0005.jpg (184KB - 68 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0006.jpg (189KB - 73 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0007.jpg (99KB - 68 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0008.jpg (96KB - 68 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0009.jpg (159KB - 70 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0010.jpg (143KB - 65 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0011.jpg (158KB - 67 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0012.jpg (146KB - 68 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0013.jpg (120KB - 63 downloads) | ||
22mafeja |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 659 Location: Finland | I lift my hat ...those reinforcement spots on both ends of the rocker panels are beautifully done.. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Imperial body work continue. (IMG-20230225-WA0010.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0011.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0012.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0013.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0014.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0015.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0016.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0017.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0016.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0017.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0018.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0019.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0020.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0021.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0022.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0023.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0024.jpg) (IMG-20230225-WA0025.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230225-WA0010.jpg (122KB - 70 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0011.jpg (123KB - 60 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0012.jpg (133KB - 68 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0013.jpg (121KB - 60 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0014.jpg (136KB - 68 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0015.jpg (114KB - 56 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0016.jpg (112KB - 62 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0017.jpg (105KB - 67 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0016.jpg (112KB - 58 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0017.jpg (105KB - 61 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0018.jpg (166KB - 67 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0019.jpg (146KB - 65 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0020.jpg (170KB - 59 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0021.jpg (125KB - 64 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0022.jpg (109KB - 65 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0023.jpg (171KB - 63 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0024.jpg (152KB - 64 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0025.jpg (130KB - 56 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | New and old brackets (IMG-20230303-WA0031.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230303-WA0031.jpg (181KB - 65 downloads) | ||
56D500boy |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9922 Location: Lower Mainland BC | . Impressive metal work Olli. You could probably sell those brackets if you made more. Whether or not, you could turn a profit would be another thing. Lots of work in there, I am sure. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Body work (IMG-20230305-WA0016.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230305-WA0016.jpg (217KB - 61 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | 03 2023 (20230305_122554_resized.jpg) (20230305_121204_resized.jpg) (20230305_121819_resized.jpg) (20230305_122122_resized.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20230305_122554_resized.jpg (342KB - 68 downloads) 20230305_121204_resized.jpg (316KB - 58 downloads) 20230305_121819_resized.jpg (433KB - 69 downloads) 20230305_122122_resized.jpg (401KB - 68 downloads) | ||
22mafeja |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 659 Location: Finland | Absolute worldclass work! But what are you going to do to the surface rust ? | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Allmost done (IMG-20230318-WA0018.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0019.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0017.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0016.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0016.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0015.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0014.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0013.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0012.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0011.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0011.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0010.jpg) (IMG-20230318-WA0007.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230318-WA0018.jpg (168KB - 65 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0019.jpg (142KB - 63 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0017.jpg (165KB - 64 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0016.jpg (182KB - 61 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0016.jpg (182KB - 60 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0015.jpg (138KB - 66 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0014.jpg (146KB - 62 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0013.jpg (128KB - 59 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0012.jpg (111KB - 66 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0011.jpg (121KB - 69 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0011.jpg (121KB - 56 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0010.jpg (118KB - 65 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0007.jpg (108KB - 67 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Next week starts doors and ohter parts puting sit well. Timo has done grate body work. Thank you very much. | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9699 Location: So. Cal | I'm impressed that he's painting inside the panels before he welds them on. I do that too, but amazingly, few people do. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Imperial is back on frame. Next doors, fenders, hood ect to get fit well to body. Parts need to be repair and straighten. (IMG-20230325-WA0027.jpg) (IMG-20230325-WA0026.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230325-WA0027.jpg (190KB - 61 downloads) IMG-20230325-WA0026.jpg (91KB - 61 downloads) | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13055 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Impressive work, this will be a fantastic car once again | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | All rust work is done. This will go by fitting parts to body. (20230410_134222.jpg) (20230410_134227.jpg) (20230410_143152.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20230410_134222.jpg (277KB - 75 downloads) 20230410_134227.jpg (206KB - 58 downloads) 20230410_143152.jpg (247KB - 66 downloads) | ||
frwl |
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Expert Posts: 1917 | . Can I get a data plate image, please? | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Things are going for ward. Body work final thats will be ready end of this year. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Imperial is now on my garage. We are doing some final body works before sandplast. (20231022_184253_resized.jpg) (20231111_165130_resized.jpg) (20231112_150931_resized.jpg) (20231112_150938_resized.jpg) (20231118_152115_resized_1.jpg) (20231118_152134_resized_1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20231022_184253_resized.jpg (191KB - 43 downloads) 20231111_165130_resized.jpg (313KB - 33 downloads) 20231112_150931_resized.jpg (259KB - 33 downloads) 20231112_150938_resized.jpg (206KB - 33 downloads) 20231118_152115_resized_1.jpg (224KB - 35 downloads) 20231118_152134_resized_1.jpg (277KB - 35 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | doors are sits well (20231112_150945_resized.jpg) (20231118_152027_resized_1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20231112_150945_resized.jpg (223KB - 36 downloads) 20231118_152027_resized_1.jpg (291KB - 39 downloads) | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13055 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | nice work, better than the factory ever made them. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | 2.12.2023 (IMG-20231202-WA0013.jpg) (IMG-20231202-WA0012.jpg) (IMG-20231202-WA0004.jpg) (IMG-20231202-WA0000.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20231202-WA0013.jpg (128KB - 36 downloads) IMG-20231202-WA0012.jpg (184KB - 40 downloads) IMG-20231202-WA0004.jpg (167KB - 27 downloads) IMG-20231202-WA0000.jpg (129KB - 41 downloads) | ||
22mafeja |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 659 Location: Finland | Far beyond excellent bodywork... | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | 3.12.2023 (IMG-20231203-WA0016.jpg) (IMG-20231203-WA0002.jpg) (IMG-20231203-WA0005.jpg) (IMG-20231203-WA0006.jpg) (IMG-20231203-WA0007.jpg) (IMG-20231203-WA0008.jpg) (IMG-20231203-WA0010.jpg) (IMG-20231203-WA0013.jpg) (IMG-20231203-WA0015.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20231203-WA0016.jpg (85KB - 40 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0002.jpg (84KB - 33 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0005.jpg (75KB - 30 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0006.jpg (76KB - 31 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0007.jpg (105KB - 34 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0008.jpg (103KB - 37 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0010.jpg (107KB - 37 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0013.jpg (100KB - 29 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0015.jpg (103KB - 38 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Hood and fenders stars to sit well. Fron moldings need lot of tinn. (20231208_163040_resized(1).jpg) (20231208_163056_resized(1).jpg) (20231208_163001_resized(1).jpg) (20231208_174501_resized(1).jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20231208_163040_resized(1).jpg (249KB - 35 downloads) 20231208_163056_resized(1).jpg (224KB - 34 downloads) 20231208_163001_resized(1).jpg (230KB - 31 downloads) 20231208_174501_resized(1).jpg (287KB - 34 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Lot of works with details (20231208_184012_resized_1 (1).jpg) (20231208_184019_resized_1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20231208_184012_resized_1 (1).jpg (266KB - 34 downloads) 20231208_184019_resized_1.jpg (288KB - 36 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Imperial bodywork is ready. (IMG-20231218-WA0007.jpg) (IMG-20231218-WA0012.jpg) (IMG-20231218-WA0008.jpg) (IMG-20231218-WA0009.jpg) (IMG-20231218-WA0011.jpg) (IMG-20231218-WA0010.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20231218-WA0007.jpg (206KB - 32 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0012.jpg (211KB - 33 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0008.jpg (198KB - 31 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0009.jpg (198KB - 27 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0011.jpg (252KB - 26 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0010.jpg (264KB - 29 downloads) | ||
Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2596 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Wow super nice work | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Thank you. I did the best we could. Bodywork take about 600 hours. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Stillplate (IMG-20231229-WA0007.jpg) (IMG-20231229-WA0001.jpg) (IMG-20231229-WA0007.jpg) (IMG-20231229-WA0008.jpg) (IMG-20231229-WA0006.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20231229-WA0007.jpg (232KB - 34 downloads) IMG-20231229-WA0001.jpg (76KB - 28 downloads) IMG-20231229-WA0007.jpg (232KB - 30 downloads) IMG-20231229-WA0008.jpg (187KB - 29 downloads) IMG-20231229-WA0006.jpg (236KB - 28 downloads) | ||
hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3891 Location: Northen Virginia | Imperial sill plates....what a PITA... that should be a part long ago reproduced since, many cars came with the same...looking forward for the results! | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Last weekend. To morrow to sandplast and epoxy paint. (20240114_120056.jpg) (20240114_180721.jpg) (IMG-20240117-WA0032.jpg) (IMG-20240117-WA0030.jpg) (IMG-20240117-WA0022.jpg) (IMG-20240117-WA0016.jpg) (IMG-20240117-WA0010.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20240114_120056.jpg (190KB - 27 downloads) 20240114_180721.jpg (168KB - 27 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0032.jpg (198KB - 25 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0030.jpg (207KB - 25 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0022.jpg (191KB - 32 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0016.jpg (209KB - 28 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0010.jpg (201KB - 32 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | To day Imperial went to sandplast. (IMG-20240118-WA0019.jpg) (IMG-20240118-WA0023.jpg) (IMG-20240118-WA0025.jpg) (IMG-20240118-WA0027.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20240118-WA0019.jpg (138KB - 23 downloads) IMG-20240118-WA0023.jpg (209KB - 24 downloads) IMG-20240118-WA0025.jpg (206KB - 32 downloads) IMG-20240118-WA0027.jpg (199KB - 28 downloads) | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13055 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | This will be a fantastic car once it's finished! I think the red tape is for protection of areas with lead filler? | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Yes it is. There is other green painter tape under red tape. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 83 | Over 50L epoxi paint. Raptor body paint is done. Body is ready to paint work. (20240131_131515.jpg) (IMG-20240201-WA0005.jpg) (20240131_131549.jpg) (IMG-20240201-WA0013.jpg) (IMG-20240202-WA0001.jpg) (IMG-20240202-WA0007.jpg) (IMG-20240202-WA0009.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20240131_131515.jpg (124KB - 15 downloads) IMG-20240201-WA0005.jpg (233KB - 20 downloads) 20240131_131549.jpg (123KB - 14 downloads) IMG-20240201-WA0013.jpg (124KB - 14 downloads) IMG-20240202-WA0001.jpg (217KB - 14 downloads) IMG-20240202-WA0007.jpg (215KB - 16 downloads) IMG-20240202-WA0009.jpg (197KB - 15 downloads) | ||
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