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My Attempt at a metal wide body build

blade7 said:
The original roof skins are spot welded on, fairly simple using a spot weld drill bit to remove the skin, and then weld in the drill holes. If I was filling the hole in the roof with metal I'd tack it in place, and then gas braze the rest
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I didn’t really want to remove the screen and I wanted to keep the sunroof opening structure
And my welding skills are limited :( so brazing is not a option agree it’s the way to go if you know what your doing
 
started the spray booth build
designed so it’s a 4mx4m for painting panels but then extends with a little work to 6.5x4m so will take the full car

cross Flow with IR baking heaters and plenty of lighting
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dlknight said:
Blimey is this just temporary for one spray job? Wouldn't it be cheaper to get a body shop to paint it?
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it was being thrown away only a couple of years old so cost me nothing
i think I’m going to keep it as it doesn’t really use any room.

best price I had was £18k for all bodywork and full Novol bare metal respray but I think DIY will be £3-4K a lot of work and I like doing it myself
 
£18k!!!! blimey, was it gold plated paint?

I had a very good full body respray on my 996 for around £3.5k, admittedly I did most of the dismantling of the body and removed glass and seals.

Didn't realise the spray booth cost you next to nothing so that is something (y)

I admire your enthusiasm, I will have a go at most mechanical things, but painting is something I've never had the patience of skill for 🫣
 
dlknight said:
£18k!!!! blimey, was it gold plated paint?

I had a very good full body respray on my 996 for around £3.5k, admittedly I did most of the dismantling of the body and removed glass and seals.

Didn't realise the spray booth cost you next to nothing so that is something (y)

I admire your enthusiasm, I will have a go at most mechanical things, but painting is something I've never had the patience of skill for 🫣
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18K included sills and wide body work - £3.5K gets you a respray but not back to bare metal - my thoughts were its only paint if its not right just sand it off and do it again 😅 and its quite rewarding
now engine building that I didn't fancy I had Simon Peckham do mine 🙂
 
Kongsodoken said:
18K included sills and wide body work - £3.5K gets you a respray but not back to bare metal - my thoughts were its only paint if its not right just sand it off and do it again 😅 and its quite rewarding
now engine building that I didn't fancy I had Simon Peckham do mine 🙂
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I’m the opposite - I’d rather build the engine than paint the car, we should team up :ROFLMAO:
 
A guy I know used to be a decent painter in a Ford body shop. Saw him a while back and he told me he had painted his Escort RS2000 in his double garage. I think he had sealed it up with polythene sheet and had a fairly basic extraction system rigged up.
 
blade7 said:
A guy I know used to be a decent painter in a Ford body shop. Saw him a while back and he told me he had painted his Escort RS2000 in his double garage. I think he had sealed it up with polythene sheet and had a fairly basic extraction system rigged up.
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the panting isn't that hard as long as the air is dry and the environment is clean -its the prep that takes the time and skill -well at least that's what I'm hoping !!
The booth came of of my works I designed it 4 years ago cost £180K but we now have robotic spray machines so it was scrap and know one wanted to buy it so I had it will be air tight when complete so I'm hoping for a good finish -time will tell
 
Yes muck the prep up and all sorts of nasties can surface. Will you be aiming for modern day orange peel or a glass like finish.
 
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