Going home for the winter.

Kinja'd!!! "Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
09/15/2020 at 18:00 • Filed to: None

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But not quite yet, it going in a carport that’s under construction, so that’s a good enough excuse. It’s now too cold to be doing actual bodywork but I can keep busy tidying up little leftovers from the ends of seasons past. I found the last 5 plug welds at the front of this rocker were left undone, so I’ve corrected that.

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I’m sure I can find a few more holes in the car if I’m bored and want to go looking for trouble. Actually there’s a bit of firewall behind the passenger side front wheel that needs a patch. But the seasons have changed and that nice room temperature and above is gone for the year.


DISCUSSION (7)


Kinja'd!!! CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
09/15/2020 at 19:09

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Oh come on, it was ten degrees today! Absolutely balmy.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
09/15/2020 at 19:10

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Quite frankly it is incredible how much better this thing looks now, then when you started showing it to us.  It actually looks like a car now!


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB
09/15/2020 at 19:51

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It was lovely day listening to my radio and grinding metal. This project was really harshing my buzz, but that marathon of getting my groove back got it over the hump. I f eel equal pride and shame about this car. 


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
09/15/2020 at 21:02

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Don’t be ashamed.  The starting point was so freaking horrible, very few would have been willing to take it on, and even fewer could get it in this good of condition.


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > shop-teacher
09/15/2020 at 21:12

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Had to do some dirrrrty stuff, but I did it in actual metal.  It was dirty or nothing. 


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
09/15/2020 at 21:25

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Exactly. If it's dirty or nothing, dirty makes it a car again. That is nothing to be ashamed of. The alternative is scrapping it.


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > shop-teacher
09/15/2020 at 21:30

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My dirty is a high standard of dirty, there’s always monofoam and bondo, but there wasn’t enough car left for that.