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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#992484
yeah definitely keep me posted on that. I also followed the instructions to a letter.. here's hoping you just had a bad batch! Por 15 is not known to be a product that gives a bad result.

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#992486
At some point structural members that impart impact loads to the A pillars from frontal impacts were cut. Probably due to rust. Anyway I HAD to fix it, there is no way i could sell a car in that condition.

I seam welded the whole structural member to the body originally it was tacked with three 4cm welds along the base on each member.

then i sprayed a mix of lanolin, fish oil and tar into the cavity and i will be sealing it up to avoid any nasty rust.

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#992489
Now Ive already built a stock 1600 for the square.. but i now have a turbo kit for a type 3 and some 36 dells so im kinda leaning towards a mild performance 1916...
thoughts??

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#992737
when i was stripping the paint off the nose i discovered lots of bog.. i discovered the front must have been hit with a tow bar because there was a patch that had been welded up and the metal had shrunk with the heat. putting a big well under the license plate. after lots of hammering and swearing i came to the conclusion i would need to make a relief cut.

as soon as i made the cut the metal popped out.

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#992783
just spent an hour today fixing up the small tears in the rear valance ang beating it back into the right shape.

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#993142
I finished stripping the paint out of the boot today. unfortunately its hard to take photos in such a small space. ive done my best.

then i painted it in por15

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#993143
its pretty hard to see black in low light taking photos with a phone. ill get some more when i roll it outside again.

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#993371
here it is in the daylight. its only the first coat still needs to be rubbed back and painted twice more.

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

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#993372
I think I'm getting close with the area under the rear seat. Just need to clean up a bit around the edges. It takes so much time!

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#993424
So another full day of scrubbing..
This is pretty much as good as I got it before paint.

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vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#993660
meisterberginteriors wrote:yeah definitely keep me posted on that. I also followed the instructions to a letter.. here's hoping you just had a bad batch! Por 15 is not known to be a product that gives a bad result.
yeah here is the pics. starting rusting a year later even though its indoor and 2 coats, 3 where the grommet is.





71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#993703
Yep that looks like rust. I am using POR15 under the primer so i think i shouldn't have the same problem. Either way i will know eventually and if rust does rear its ugly head ill post about it. Thanks for putting those photos up.

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#993711
here is the first coat in the daylight. I was quite hungover today so i just orgainsed the workshop and located all the parts for my turbo 1914 type 3 engine.

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#994271
I have been building a couple of engines but yesterday I finally had some time to paint the front end of the car. so all that's left are the rear intakes, front half of the cabin and inside the bonnet area.

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#994475
here is the bonnet area i have nearly finished cleaning up. i think another day woking on the wheel well and then it will be ready for POR15.

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vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#994523
meisterberginteriors wrote:Yep that looks like rust. I am using POR15 under the primer so i think i shouldn't have the same problem. Either way i will know eventually and if rust does rear its ugly head ill post about it. Thanks for putting those photos up.
mine was completely ground and sandblasted to bare metal, prep as instructions to every detail. I used the POR15 rust preventative paint here.

sat inside the shed never to see the weather.

been using wattyl epoxy etch for years without any rusting or adhesion problem. I haven't found anything better adhesion wise.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#994530
vlad01 wrote:
meisterberginteriors wrote:Yep that looks like rust. I am using POR15 under the primer so i think i shouldn't have the same problem. Either way i will know eventually and if rust does rear its ugly head ill post about it. Thanks for putting those photos up.
mine was completely ground and sandblasted to bare metal, prep as instructions to every detail. I used the POR15 rust preventative paint here.

sat inside the shed never to see the weather.

been using wattyl epoxy etch for years without any rusting or adhesion problem. I haven't found anything better adhesion wise.
Honestly I do trust you and I will take your advice on the next car and try out Wattyl's epoxy etch but on this car since i had already painted so much of it i wont be stripping it again. I will just have to cross my fingers and hope you got a bad batch.
If rust does show up ill start a thread just on por15..

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#994548
yeah I m not saying to strip it or anything. Its too late now anyway. Hopefully it wont happen to yours. I'm glad I didn't use it on any projects that mattered.

The wattle primer is a recommendation if you only using single pak, lots of car restro shops use it. otherwise a 2 pak epoxy is even better but much more toxic to use.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

Mr Bubble Head Insano Dub Head

829 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#994560
Wow lots of work done Justin and still plenty to go funny it's Dave's old car
recycle, restore, enjoy

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#994571
i have a feeling it was resprayed and molested after he owned it.. im pretty sure he wouldnt use the side of a fridge to hide rust! seriously that was the worst surprise i found.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#994608
haha wow! bits from a fridge lol

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#994636
yeah it was a brilliantly pulled off. i had no idea until i pulled the front right fender and about 40-50cm of cut up white goods was left wedged inside the bonnet disguising a very large hole..

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 ·

#994779
Por15 in the bonnet area. Ive run out of POR15 now so for anyone thats curious to how much you need to do a shell 1L will almost do one coat of paint on a square.

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