My project astina...lots of pics.

[bourbon]

yeah a bit ugly...be better off buyin a good shell...

[BG1.8sp]

yes, i have checked the rest of the car out, and there isn't any other rust...except for the sunroof.

I could get a new shell, but then i will have to go through the hassle of changing all of the parts over,
And it will take less time if we just cut and plate the rust, than it would to transfer the parts over.

and also it would be very hard to find a shell without any rust in it

[BG1.8sp]

all day last saturday was spent in the blistering heat and humidity,
but after the long days work it all paid off.

The progress,
The boot lid was taken off,
The lights were taken out,
The rear bumper was removed,
All four doors have now been removed.
All of the parts have been sorted out and organised, rather that just being in one big pile.
The rust holes in below the front wind screen have now been plated.
And small areas of rust have been grinded back, and have had rust converter put over the top.
And a few large dets and scrapes have been mostly knocked out as much as possible and filled.
and the once rusted and destroyed sun roof is almost fixed (grinded back, plated, fiber glassed and plenty of bog.)

and yesterday was spend sanding the doors back.

The estimated time of completion will definitely not be "around Christmas time", but is more likely to be within the Feburary range.

A few more pictures to add to the collection


grinding back the rust in the spare wheel area (adding rust converter)


The Rust Is GONE!!


working away






most of the parts that have been removed.

[BG1.8sp]

i will get some better pics of the progress soon,
as it is a bit hard to take pics of the work being done while you are still working on the car.

[marcs_sp20]

Looking good man, when do u expect it to be back on the road??? Just staying red?

[Mad Mat]

hey nice project. hile u have the car in its shell like state, u can do some mod to her at this stage. make things easer down the track. like jab spec tail lights, short shifter, costom peddalls (if ya like that kind of thing. not my piece of cake), stearing wheel, etc etc

good luck with her.

[BG1.8sp]

thanks,
yes it is staying red, but im thinking the holden 'red hot' red, just for a change.
and the car should be expected on the road around March.
but I wont be able to drive it until May (when i get my L's)

and because I will be on my L's i pretty much can't do any mods
but i will probably put a steering wheel on, and mabey a short shifter (they won't know anyway )

and there isn't that much rust on this car, well nothing compared to the last project for my brother ('74 celica) the whole door sill and roof sill was completely rusted, we managed to half fill a 10 litre bucket with rust.
And we still managed to fix that.

[mussing]

If you're gonna put a short shifter on it, you should either wait until you get your Ps, or do the test for your Ps in a different car. Any obvious mods like that will not earn favour with the rta.

[BG1.8sp]

just thought id give you guys a quick update,
rubbed back the drivers side doors (front and rear),
and have high-filled/undercoated them and are ready to be rubbed back and preped for paint,

also, the sun roof has been high-filled/undercoated and is ready to be rubbed back and painted.


and while im here i just thought that id fill you in on the colour scheme;

OK, the main body is going to be the Holden 'red hot',
the strips along the doors are going to also be painted in red,
the black area around the windows are staying black (semi-gloss)
the door sill is going to stay black (semi-gloss)
the rear bumper is going to be all red.
and the front bumper is going to have something that I haven't seen done before.
it is going to have the moulded strips 'redded out' (like the tipycal re-spray) and instead of painting the whole thing being red/ or just having the black at the bottom (like stock)
its going to be all red, with only the front grille area painted black.
(if you need a better explination just ask for one, it is quite hard to explain in text)

hope you like the description,
tell me what you think.

[BG1.8sp]

and i will try and put some more pics up of the progress tommorow

[BG1.8sp]

just thought id update the thread,
progress lately has been slow,
all four doors are now ready to be sprayed, and the sunroof has now been repaired and fiberglassed, but i won't be needing to use the repaired one anymore, (i will just keep it as a spare, as it is no longer worth anything), after i found the tin piece, without Any dents of scrapes, and with NO rust and just for $50 off a wreck

and while i was there i thought that id just pick off the A-pillar strips, and they turned out to be $4 (and they weren't even broken or damaged) , with 2 door rubbers ($30)
so i am extremely happy with my good day's hunting in the wrecking yard.


hopefully i within a month, the progress should be coming along nicely, and ready for the colour.

[crawford1982]

looking good! excellent project car!

[wcp1195]

just wanna say hi to everyone...

[BG1.8sp]

hey guys, and girls,
just to clear things up (with the rules in this section)
i am happy for anyone to post a comment, or even ask a few questions about my project.
so feel free to pots up anything relevant.

[lovemyBG]

LUCKY YOU with the A-Pillar moulds.
I need a new driver's side one and everywhere I go they are around $100.
Sounds like the project is coming along really well. Can't wait to see what the finished result is.

[BG1.8sp]

more progress,
i spent all of saturday in the 43 degree heat sanding the little bits and pieces, and the whole body,
the whole car has now been high-filled and is now ready to be rubbed back.
i will try and get some more pics up asap, it may take a while, as i am very busy at the moment.

[BG1.8sp]

here are the pics,


roof sanded






My dentless and rustless sunroof for $50

[BG1.8sp]

more pics,
i posted the in two posts, so it doesn't take as long to load.


The dog looks very relaxed





first patch of hi-fill/ undercoat

[marcs_sp20]

Lookin good dude, but I gotta ask, why not take the front glass out? too much work??

[RHINO145]

cant wait to see the end result, its gunna look great