Good primer

December 8th, 2007

The bonnet is coming along and the boot gets its first coat of primer.

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Pedals and Lid

December 4th, 2007

New aluminum brake pedals will be fitted.

The trunk lid is almost ready for primer.

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Triumphtune

December 2nd, 2007

New alluminum Triumphtune valve cover.

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Soda Blasting

December 1st, 2007

A little bit of experimenting with soda blasting.

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Bare metals

December 1st, 2007

The bonnet has been cleaned and sanded.

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Primer Spray

November 29th, 2007

One spray of primer on the drivers rear.

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Sanding

November 23rd, 2007

The car has been sanded and blocked.

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Bonnet Strip

November 2nd, 2007

The bonnet and boot are stripped of paint chemically, holes from a long removed luggage rack are now revealed.

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Sanding away the red

November 1st, 2007

The body is being sanded the original paint is still showing from under the parts that were not removed when it was painted red.

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Dents

October 23rd, 2007

A few dents are addressed and then covered with fiberglass filler.

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Dash Cover

October 10th, 2007

This is the template for a temporary dash cover.

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1965 Innocenti S Spyder

October 4th, 2007

The Innocenti S Spyder is a Ghia bodied Italian version of the Austin Healey Sprite Mk III.

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More Stripping.

September 27th, 2007

The car is pretty much stripped of the parts that will need to be removed.

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Stripping

September 26th, 2007

Starting to strip the car down to be painted.

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First drive problems

August 27th, 2007

The first drive to check for problem parts, this trip showed that the alternator belt needed tensioned.

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