The weather was grotty so I took some time to clearcote the truck. I’ve been meaning to do this since we did the build so the rust would hold at bay. Easy job, stepped it up as gloss and it looks fantastic!
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Sweet enamel hand painted retro door signage, loving it! I’ll scuff a few bits off but thanks Clinton from Redstar! http://www.redstarsigns.co.nz/ This is the icing on the cake…
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Great day in Rogers workshop painting firewall, engine bay, more chassis cleaning, new floor pan hand fabricated, loom stripped out! New loom next week! Check out the tidyness of the F1’s backend! Firewall all tidied up and looking awesome! We had a new floorpan fabricated. All welded in and looking great! Nice…
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Today I focused on sanding and clear coating the rear tray to bring out the worlds coolest patina. As I said to Roger “It takes a truckload of effort to make it look this old!”. We also sanded and clear coated the side steps. Peter Dobbs came over and helped with some grinding, sanding and…
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I managed to grab a few hours today to finish up the paint on the F1. It had a great patina but through some careful sanding I’ve managed to make it look worse… but in a cool way 😉 It’ll look like an old rough truck but it’ll be on clean, new running gear. If…
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I’ve decided this old truck has lived a good life and deserves to show it’s scars with pride. I feel it would be wrong to paint the truck a flat colour so am planning to work with it’s patina and current war wounds. The panels are straight but final paint will be a mix…
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