Subie Boys Next Wagon Resto

chridk · Post by **chridk** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:39 pm

The mighty wagons certainly getting its new lease on life, lookin good.

I hope the targa top isnt getting in the way to much.

Cheers Chris

LEALAROO · Post by **LEALAROO** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:38 pm

no chris the targa top isn't in the way got it sitting down near the fence beside the shed. All covered up waiting it's turn in the shed.
Also can you give Rick a call sometime, the do-do lost your number.
Thanks Chris catch ya later.

chridk · Post by **chridk** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:08 pm

Ive sent him a pm with my phone number, thanks for that. I will still give him a call to give you all a heads up of when i'm up next.

Cheers Chris

LEALAROO · Post by **LEALAROO** » Fri May 02, 2008 7:17 pm

thanks again chris. rick told us about the message & kept having a dig at me for calling him a do-do. Yea please do let us know when your in town again that would be good.
catch ya

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri May 02, 2008 7:42 pm

Not that it looks any different, but it has the etch coat and the first coat of under coat.

And steve doing the last of the repairs to the tailgate.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:43 pm

After a couple of days with out posting anything due to etch primer and under coat looking the same. I thought i would wait till the panels were undercoated.

The panels at first stage of undercoat

Inside panels and tailgate painted .

Also inside the car itself has been sprayed with body deadner and had a coat of paint put over the top.

last celtic warrior · Post by **last celtic warrior** » Fri May 09, 2008 11:07 pm

Ok peoples, Rick asked me to post a couple more pics of the work we're doing on this car, since I took the photos and haven't shared them with him yet...

These are the floor beams/gussets that I quickly made up yesterday to give the car some extra strength to cope with whatever might come its way (including extra heavy passengers).

And this is the new section inside the rear of the sill, where it meets the framing under the car. A fairly crucial part of the car's structure if you get hit.

And this is the outside welded up ready for priming.

Here's part of the finished repairs to the tailgate rust.

Over the other side, after priming...

Last pic for now, the bottom of the driver's fender, with new section fabricated and welded in.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:12 pm

Slowly moving forward.

As we are not tradesmen in any field to do with cars, a little putty to change the work from amateur to tradesman finish.

marshy · Post by **marshy** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:28 pm

[quote="rtcb65"]Slowly moving forward.

As we are not tradesmen in any field to do with cars, a little putty to change the work from amateur to tradesman finish.

[quote]

Nothing wrong with a bit of putty/bog we all know the "Professionals"
love it too.
Top work on the metal fab. Those metal replications are very factory.They look they are gal pieces? Interested in what you use to weld them in? mig/gas and spot welder?

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:32 pm

looking good guys

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:00 pm

We sanded everything back today and applied the last coat of undercoat.

riksta · Post by **riksta** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:17 pm

so whens the big day for the smick paint job???
Looking good guys.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:34 pm

Nothing wrong with a bit of putty/bog we all know the "Professionals"
love it too.
Top work on the metal fab. Those metal replications are very factory.They look they are gal pieces? Interested in what you use to weld them in? mig/gas and spot welder?

We don't like to use putty/bog, only enough to sweeten up over where welding is done.

the welding is only done with a very basic cheap mig.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:37 pm

riksta wrote:so whens the big day for the smick paint job???
Looking good guys.

We are looking at either the weekend or monday . One more thing to do before the color goes on. The stone chip stuff on the sill and give couple days to let undercoat to cure .

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:30 pm

One more step forward , the sills have some stone chip protection and a bit of sound deadener under the bonnet.

Hamish71 · Post by **Hamish71** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:42 pm

whats the stone chip protection producted called, and how is it applied?

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:11 pm

Hamish71 wrote:whats the stone chip protection producted called, and how is it applied?

We have only used body deadener as the chip protection which works well once covered by the top coat.

It is applied with a proof coat gun.

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:16 pm

loving the pictures.

do you guys notice a difference afterwards all painted with the body deadener/soundproofing for noise in the cabin or the likes?

cars looking good sofar keep it up.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:24 pm

Matatak wrote:loving the pictures.

do you guys notice a difference afterwards all painted with the body deadener/soundproofing for noise in the cabin or the likes?

cars looking good sofar keep it up.

Each car that has been sprayed ( 3 ) with the deadener has had (at a guess) about a 20% drop in cabin noise.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:27 pm

We are now finally at the color point with the car. The start part with the color . under bonnet, inside the doors, inside the door ways, the tailgate area and the inside the tailgate. Or if you like , the surrounds.

Code : B29M
Year : 1984-1985
Make : Honda
Name : MIDNIGHT BLUE MET.