After spending a stack on custom 15"x7" rims and engine rebuild I looked at the body with bubbling paint, blistering rust and a floor pan that fills with water after any decent rain and thought I'll have to get the body done.
Anyway 3 weeks after being in the shop, the rust and dodgy paint has been removed leaving the metal looking like Alien had sprayed its blood around the sills doors and some gutters with all the holes that were left after the bog was removed.
Now we're almost ready for the 2 tone paint. Burgundy along the sides upto the side chrome strip and a pearlescent cream for all the upper areas. 馃お
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Marilyn71 wrote:After spending a stack on custom 15"x7" rims and engine rebuild I looked at the body with bubbling paint, blistering rust and a floor pan that fills with water after any decent rain and thought I'll have to get the body done.
Anyway 3 weeks after being in the shop, the rust and dodgy paint has been removed leaving the metal looking like Alien had sprayed its blood around the sills doors and some gutters with all the holes that were left after the bog was removed.
Now we're almost ready for the 2 tone paint. Burgundy along the sides upto the side chrome strip and a pearlescent cream for all the upper areas. 馃お
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Marilyn71 wrote:
Marilyn71 wrote:After spending a stack on custom 15"x7" rims and engine rebuild I looked at the body with bubbling paint, blistering rust and a floor pan that fills with water after any decent rain and thought I'll have to get the body done.
Anyway 3 weeks after being in the shop, the rust and dodgy paint has been removed leaving the metal looking like Alien had sprayed its blood around the sills doors and some gutters with all the holes that were left after the bog was removed.
Now we're almost ready for the 2 tone paint. Burgundy along the sides upto the side chrome strip and a pearlescent cream for all the upper areas. 馃お
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nice mate Marilyn will be a new girl when she's done!
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Marilyn71 wrote:
Marilyn71 wrote:
Marilyn71 wrote:After spending a stack on custom 15"x7" rims and engine rebuild I looked at the body with bubbling paint, blistering rust and a floor pan that fills with water after any decent rain and thought I'll have to get the body done.
Anyway 3 weeks after being in the shop, the rust and dodgy paint has been removed leaving the metal looking like Alien had sprayed its blood around the sills doors and some gutters with all the holes that were left after the bog was removed.
Now we're almost ready for the 2 tone paint. Burgundy along the sides upto the side chrome strip and a pearlescent cream for all the upper areas. 馃お
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Marilyn71 wrote:
Marilyn71 wrote:
Marilyn71 wrote:
Marilyn71 wrote:After spending a stack on custom 15"x7" rims and engine rebuild I looked at the body with bubbling paint, blistering rust and a floor pan that fills with water after any decent rain and thought I'll have to get the body done.
Anyway 3 weeks after being in the shop, the rust and dodgy paint has been removed leaving the metal looking like Alien had sprayed its blood around the sills doors and some gutters with all the holes that were left after the bog was removed.
Now we're almost ready for the 2 tone paint. Burgundy along the sides upto the side chrome strip and a pearlescent cream for all the upper areas. 馃お
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tar76 wrote:nice mate Marilyn will be a new girl when she's done!
Thanks looking forward to the finish. Then its on to the interior with some Marilyn Memorabilia thrown in. Hoping to turn an easy steer knob with her likeness into a hood emblem.
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At last the primer is on and the spray can start hopefully next week.
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Great news. Keep the pics coming
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After some delays all the prep-work is finished. Vic the spray painter had to work on a resto of a 55 Chev. Now that was a sight to see. It came out stunning the paint was finished in Ford XR 6 blue. That put Marilyns work back a bit. But if she comes up as well as the Chev I'll be a happy man.The body has been rubbed and blocked to a great smooth base for the top coats. I've been promised by Friday for the burgundy colour on the lower body, but due to previous commitments delaying the work I can only hope. The Fiberglass guards and side skirts have been soda blasted and all the cracks and holes re-glassed. These are sanded, primed and ready to go. After all the waiting and worrying about colour selections its great to see the end is nearly in sight. We kept the carrera side skirts as it matched the other guards and less rust issues in the future. I hope to have some pics early next week of the progress.
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Good to hear Marilyn is getting closer to rolling again. You and Doogie dog will be able sit back and admire Marilyns new look.
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At last the colour is going on. With luck the cream and pearl will be on by next week.
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A deep red
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:blush
barls 路
nice choice of colour mate.
keep posting them
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Nice!!
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nice
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cream base
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cream
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馃槑
baghall 路
It's looking good!馃憤
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nice colour choice looking very nice
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Pearl applied to the cream.It will look better in the sunlight.
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pearl
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Hope to have the car finished very soon. The pearl looks amazing but cant see the full effect until she is out in the sun. The lids and guards are being done today.
Dropped the front seats off to get reprofiled and recovered in red vinyl with cream piping and a cloth centre insert for the center back rest and seat. Wow the price is as much as a good lounge from Harvey Norman. But the end result should be amazing.
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sunlit
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body
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happy with the colour
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Headliner early next week
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Better than the old
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Really pleased with the result
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Cool considering how rough they were before
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So wide. As if to say " Does my butt look big in this!"
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Great complexion.
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Windows and doors this week. Front seats and Marilyn's image and name on the front quarter panels next, then, final clear coat on the front and the last of the guards and bumper and lid. Seals plates and rego, so hope to have it on road and legal by mid December. (But we'll see.)
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Front guards
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lid
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seats
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Is it better to keep the bumpers to go with the carrera kit or would the car look better with just some chrome T bars? We wanted to keep the bumpers to mount the driving lights, but I since put halogen globes in the headlights. I like the car with the valance bare.
tar76 路
I reckon T-bars mate. Paint looks sweet!
nils 路
My brother had a carrera that was bumperless, think it made it look very staunch. go the T bars
Joel 路
Those seats turned out sweet.
That damn syncronicity again, someone asked yesterday on thesamba about Tbars and I still have my old ones sitting in my scrap metal pile I found this morn.
You're welcome to have them if you want to see how yours looks, they are only going to scrap.
I personally don't think Supers look right with Tbars but some may like it
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Joel sounds great. I'll pm you about the tbars after work today.
Glad to see that others are of the same mind as me.I love the lines.
baghall 路
Looking very nice!
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Pick up Monday!
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Might have to go sans tee bars for rego. Eyebrows too
TOPCAT69 路
Dude you need to update some photos on this
thread. This bug looked sweet at gc show.nice work馃憤
TC
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Thanks TC. I'll get some out. And yes the GC show was great!
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At the GC show
grazza7755 路
The car looks great and my next comment means no offence just a tip for others when they are getting a respray done.
Take off all the items that are not meant to be sprayed.
Such as on Marilyn's beetle:
-the bonnet catch is one that after it has been sprayed and used, starts to look tatty.
-the compliance plate.
-the windsreen wiper nuts and washers, easily removed still with the mechanism in place
-the washer jet
-the bootlid rubber stopper and grommets
All these items are easy to clean and/or replace with new and make the car stand out when scrutinised.
Like I said, it looks great and it is constructive criticism only.
cheers
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Thanks. I'll get the detail work done as the budget (and CFO ie wife) permits. The re-spray started just to get the car into a suitable long term roadworthy state as a daily driver. It did start to take on a life and expense of its own as time went on. She's not meant as a show car but something that we can slowly improve on over time. Basically its about the fun of owning a piece of auto history I'm passionate about.
Thanks for the tips. I know its all in the detail.
Finally just like to say it was still great to park among a whole lot of nice cars at the Gold Coast.
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I like fatchick butts and I can not lie.....
Don't they make a sweet couple
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Bugger Joel, wish I'd known you were there! But yes what a pair!
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Gday Mark,
One of your work mates was out having a ciggy and thought it was funny seeing the 2 old dubs there.
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Thats what I heard. The young guys at work would have been really keen to see yours. Nearly be a mass walk out to look if they had the chance.