Mellow Yellow 3.2ltr 24v Conversion

Decided to make up a more permanent means of moving the car around which meant the bay was easier to get around when painting.

Bit of box section & heavy duty wheels mounted to the wishbone captive bolts did the job.


Gave everything a good clean down and the garage ready for painting. Bit more sanding to do though  

Top work, some serious effort going in here!

Got some paint on Painted the arches with Bilt Hamber Electrox. Epoxy on Friday.

Let there be paint. Its my first time behind a spray gun.

New bee look. black and yellow

Your front end is looking great!

I need a compressor and spray gun in my life    

Panch_mk1golf said

Top work, some serious effort going in here!

Cheers chap, the wife keeps reminding me how long I'm taking doing it

All time consuming stuff and I want to get it spot on.

Lhasa2008 said

Your front end is looking great!

I need a compressor and spray gun in my life    

Ha thank you, yep you definitely need a compressor in your life

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Yesterday I checked out the epoxy and its set nice and hard missed a few spots so sorted those out.

 I wasn't expecting the epoxy to be so glossy so was tricky to see where I've been.

Managed to clean and acid etch the alternator mount yesterday.

Just needs a top coat

Does anyone have some tips on how to spray the engine bay, particularly the lower sections?

How would they do it in a body shop, under the chassis legs and in the front corners?

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Will nab my brother when i see him . as hes a Top sprayer by trade an ask for you Rich

FXTURE said

Will nab my brother when i see him . as hes a Top sprayer by trade an ask for you Rich

Perhaps he could come round and give a demonstration, first 3 coats and I should get it by then

Cheers chap

RichG60 said

Panch_mk1golf said

Top work, some serious effort going in here!

Cheers chap, the wife keeps reminding me how long I'm taking doing it

All time consuming stuff and I want to get it spot on.

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I wouldn't worry your making fast progress! Mines been way too long and I've not even started any bodywork yet.

Got some epoxy on the inside to seal the bulkhead where I welded the holes. Should be pretty well protected now with both sides sealed Will eventually spray the entire interior but I bet you guys are getting fed up of not seeing any engine in the bay so it can wait for now Yesterday I brushed the epoxy on to get in all the difficult to reach locations, mainly the mounts for the dashboard and knew the coverage wouldn't be great due to the dark base colour.


So this morning I sprayed a second coat, much nicer

Been on holiday for a couple weeks so started to get back on it Started the filler work, put some primer on to highlight areas which need more attention. Boy this is time consuming stuff! hoping to get the sanding done this weekend so the high build can go on next weekend.

It's ridiculous how much time a smooth bay takes!! But it will be well worth it once finished when it looks awesome.

Matt

pazwaa said

It's ridiculous how much time a smooth bay takes!! But it will be well worth it once finished when it looks awesome.

Matt

I hope so  It's just so fiddly and contoured . I have blisters to show for it already

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Almost there now, I put some primer on to check levels and imperfections and can see a few bits I need to look at but winning at least






             

Superb build thread Rich, utterly addictive.

Huge respect for the work you are doing and size of the conversion. Fantastic.

Look forward to further updates and seeing the finished car.

Admiration Sir…!!!

It's a great feeling when the bay is all one colour  

Great work!
Matt