1500grit

allright just coz craig asked so nicely, here's a pic of me in the middle of the very first stage of color sanding (1500 grit) when the whole cars done (25-30hours of sanding) then i'll have to go over

the whole thing with 2000 grit - yay. then its cut and polish and then finishing glaze.

Still got those few bits to paint probably get them painted in a week or so when the temperature gets up [how fucking cold is it lately!]

she's black!

okay well she's painted ( all except the bonnet / grill behind it, the rear corners and front trim which is all small fidly stuff to be done tuesday / wednesday next week).

paints still wet in the pic. its been a long day. looks good nice and straight, much much better then it has looked over the last 4 months.

anyway picture.

well...

Well i didnt get her painted this weekend after almost 2 weeks of 16 hour days on it the bodywork has moved a long at an accelerated rate. Anyway i put another coat on her today of primer with a guide coat so i can sand it down (wetsand 400grit) and that will give me my base for colour / clear.

Anyway it WILL be painted next weekend assuming the weather is on our side.

I took some snaps of it sitting out the front yard starting to take shape now. finally. i thought the rust was bad... the dents were worse.

t minus 1 week and counting. (heres hoping)

Okay well been doing insanely long days to HOPEFULLY paint this thing next weekend. at the moment it could still go either way. I have a long weekend (fri/sat/sun) so lets hope thats enough and come sunday night she's sitting in paint ready to begin the next phase ... polishing... then i can smash the trim back on and get rid of it!!!.

anyway, too tired to type so here's a few pictures i snapped on the iphone just as i was coming in to get ready for work tomorow (9pm)