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Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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: 88 | photo (20230211_123152_resized_1.jpg) (IMG-20230110-WA0004.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20230211_123152_resized_1.jpg (355KB - 154 downloads) IMG-20230110-WA0004.jpg (101KB - 141 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 150 downloads) IMG-20230206-WA0003.jpg (92KB - 135 downloads) IMG-20230207-WA0000.jpg (240KB - 154 downloads) IMG-20230207-WA0001.jpg (258KB - 147 downloads) IMG-20211104-WA0004.jpg (128KB - 146 downloads) IMG-20211104-WA0005.jpg (114KB - 142 downloads) IMG-20211003-WA0002.jpg (123KB - 160 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 154 downloads) 20230211_112920_resized.jpg (362KB - 142 downloads) 20230211_113422_resized_1.jpg (415KB - 189 downloads) 20230211_120322_resized_1.jpg (307KB - 145 downloads) 20230211_120244_resized_1.jpg (257KB - 143 downloads) 20181201_171543_resized.jpg (267KB - 144 downloads) 20181105_142127_resized.jpg (212KB - 154 downloads) 20181219_164735_resized.jpg (229KB - 138 downloads) 20200802_161726_resized.jpg (294KB - 147 downloads) 20210316_154826_resized.jpg (347KB - 148 downloads) IMG-20160830-WA0001.jpg (181KB - 158 downloads) IMG-20160907-WA0009.jpg (303KB - 153 downloads) | ||
22mafeja |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 723 Location: Finland | That`s some nice tig welding there....beautiful work... | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 145 downloads) 20200218_152200_resized_1.jpg (255KB - 155 downloads) 20190925_141220_resized.jpg (231KB - 146 downloads) 20190925_141143_resized.jpg (222KB - 146 downloads) 20201223_131557_resized.jpg (323KB - 151 downloads) | ||
PolaraPaul |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 337 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: 88 | Photo (IMG-20230212-WA0034.jpg) (IMG-20230212-WA0033.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230212-WA0034.jpg (182KB - 141 downloads) IMG-20230212-WA0033.jpg (428KB - 229 downloads) | ||
samstrader |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 460 Location: Beaumont TX | That's going to be a beautiful car.... Great work on it... | ||
Powerflite |
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Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 10067 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: 88 | It is work light, hard to see. Water pressure is 2600 bar. (IMG-20230214-WA0000.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230214-WA0000.jpg (109KB - 152 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | Photo (IMG-20230214-WA0001.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230214-WA0001.jpg (133KB - 157 downloads) | ||
imp610 |
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Veteran Posts: 129 Location: Finland | Great to see its coming along! Nice work. | ||
Powerflite |
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Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 10067 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: 1192 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: 88 | Yes, Jan from Målung. Do anyone have lock rings on photo. (20181201_164037_resized.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20181201_164037_resized.jpg (108KB - 146 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 139 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0006.jpg (189KB - 144 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0007.jpg (99KB - 142 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0008.jpg (96KB - 142 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0009.jpg (159KB - 135 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0010.jpg (143KB - 141 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0011.jpg (158KB - 141 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0012.jpg (146KB - 144 downloads) IMG-20230223-WA0013.jpg (120KB - 136 downloads) | ||
22mafeja |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 723 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: 88 | 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 - 144 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0011.jpg (123KB - 124 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0012.jpg (133KB - 149 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0013.jpg (121KB - 132 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0014.jpg (136KB - 133 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0015.jpg (114KB - 132 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0016.jpg (112KB - 138 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0017.jpg (105KB - 142 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0016.jpg (112KB - 132 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0017.jpg (105KB - 136 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0018.jpg (166KB - 134 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0019.jpg (146KB - 130 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0020.jpg (170KB - 121 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0021.jpg (125KB - 132 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0022.jpg (109KB - 137 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0023.jpg (171KB - 135 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0024.jpg (152KB - 145 downloads) IMG-20230225-WA0025.jpg (130KB - 129 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | New and old brackets (IMG-20230303-WA0031.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230303-WA0031.jpg (181KB - 150 downloads) | ||
56D500boy |
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Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 10358 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: 88 | Body work (IMG-20230305-WA0016.jpg) Attachments ---------------- IMG-20230305-WA0016.jpg (217KB - 135 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 03 2023 (20230305_122554_resized.jpg) (20230305_121204_resized.jpg) (20230305_121819_resized.jpg) (20230305_122122_resized.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20230305_122554_resized.jpg (342KB - 143 downloads) 20230305_121204_resized.jpg (316KB - 139 downloads) 20230305_121819_resized.jpg (433KB - 158 downloads) 20230305_122122_resized.jpg (401KB - 139 downloads) | ||
22mafeja |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 723 Location: Finland | Absolute worldclass work! But what are you going to do to the surface rust ? | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 147 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0019.jpg (142KB - 135 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0017.jpg (165KB - 142 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0016.jpg (182KB - 138 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0016.jpg (182KB - 134 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0015.jpg (138KB - 137 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0014.jpg (146KB - 131 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0013.jpg (128KB - 136 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0012.jpg (111KB - 140 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0011.jpg (121KB - 144 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0011.jpg (121KB - 134 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0010.jpg (118KB - 142 downloads) IMG-20230318-WA0007.jpg (108KB - 143 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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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Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 10067 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: 88 | 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 - 138 downloads) IMG-20230325-WA0026.jpg (91KB - 132 downloads) | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13097 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Impressive work, this will be a fantastic car once again | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 154 downloads) 20230410_134227.jpg (206KB - 132 downloads) 20230410_143152.jpg (247KB - 136 downloads) | ||
frwl |
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Expert Posts: 2081 | . Can I get a data plate image, please? | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | Things are going for ward. Body work final thats will be ready end of this year. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 111 downloads) 20231111_165130_resized.jpg (313KB - 103 downloads) 20231112_150931_resized.jpg (259KB - 106 downloads) 20231112_150938_resized.jpg (206KB - 98 downloads) 20231118_152115_resized_1.jpg (224KB - 104 downloads) 20231118_152134_resized_1.jpg (277KB - 103 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | doors are sits well (20231112_150945_resized.jpg) (20231118_152027_resized_1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20231112_150945_resized.jpg (223KB - 94 downloads) 20231118_152027_resized_1.jpg (291KB - 100 downloads) | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13097 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | nice work, better than the factory ever made them. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 98 downloads) IMG-20231202-WA0012.jpg (184KB - 108 downloads) IMG-20231202-WA0004.jpg (167KB - 93 downloads) IMG-20231202-WA0000.jpg (129KB - 110 downloads) | ||
22mafeja |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 723 Location: Finland | Far beyond excellent bodywork... | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 102 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0002.jpg (84KB - 97 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0005.jpg (75KB - 104 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0006.jpg (76KB - 100 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0007.jpg (105KB - 102 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0008.jpg (103KB - 99 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0010.jpg (107KB - 105 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0013.jpg (100KB - 97 downloads) IMG-20231203-WA0015.jpg (103KB - 111 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 98 downloads) 20231208_163056_resized(1).jpg (224KB - 97 downloads) 20231208_163001_resized(1).jpg (230KB - 99 downloads) 20231208_174501_resized(1).jpg (287KB - 96 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | Lot of works with details (20231208_184012_resized_1 (1).jpg) (20231208_184019_resized_1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20231208_184012_resized_1 (1).jpg (266KB - 100 downloads) 20231208_184019_resized_1.jpg (288KB - 102 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 105 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0012.jpg (211KB - 98 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0008.jpg (198KB - 99 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0009.jpg (198KB - 105 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0011.jpg (252KB - 113 downloads) IMG-20231218-WA0010.jpg (264KB - 102 downloads) | ||
Windsor59 |
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Expert Posts: 2600 Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden | Wow super nice work | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | Thank you. I did the best we could. Bodywork take about 600 hours. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 100 downloads) IMG-20231229-WA0001.jpg (76KB - 90 downloads) IMG-20231229-WA0007.jpg (232KB - 100 downloads) IMG-20231229-WA0008.jpg (187KB - 103 downloads) IMG-20231229-WA0006.jpg (236KB - 95 downloads) | ||
hemidenis |
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Expert Posts: 3905 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: 88 | 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 - 95 downloads) 20240114_180721.jpg (168KB - 92 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0032.jpg (198KB - 93 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0030.jpg (207KB - 98 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0022.jpg (191KB - 103 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0016.jpg (209KB - 96 downloads) IMG-20240117-WA0010.jpg (201KB - 103 downloads) | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 93 downloads) IMG-20240118-WA0023.jpg (209KB - 101 downloads) IMG-20240118-WA0025.jpg (206KB - 93 downloads) IMG-20240118-WA0027.jpg (199KB - 102 downloads) | ||
wizard |
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13097 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: 88 | Yes it is. There is other green painter tape under red tape. | ||
Sahnu |
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Regular Posts: 88 | 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 - 77 downloads) IMG-20240201-WA0005.jpg (233KB - 88 downloads) 20240131_131549.jpg (123KB - 78 downloads) IMG-20240201-WA0013.jpg (124KB - 84 downloads) IMG-20240202-WA0001.jpg (217KB - 91 downloads) IMG-20240202-WA0007.jpg (215KB - 88 downloads) IMG-20240202-WA0009.jpg (197KB - 83 downloads) | ||
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