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yellow16TS's 1969 S2 from VIC, AUSTRALIA
yellow16TS:
Update: There is paint on the Europa!
A massive thank you to Richard Mann for all his help. A lot of progress has been achieved in the last week.
It started off with towing the car across town to his workshop. The body was quickly lifted off the chassis again and placed on the work stand trolley.
After a thorough dust off/wipe down I unfortunately found more MORE stress cracks on the RHF guard/fender. I attended to those , then got to wiping the body down again and begun masking up for paint.
The product used is an epoxy primer. It is grey in colour. I used an epoxy primer first on all the hanging panels , then used a high build primer over the top of that.
The body is now in epoxy primer (finish shown in pics). There are some pin holes to attend to now as well as a few areas that will need a little more attention.
High build primer to come, then lots of blocking down.
It is great to finally have the body all in one colour. I can really see all the lines of it now and I know which areas to focus on to get the body nice and straight.
BDA:
Congratulations on your significant step in your journey! :beerchug:
I cannot wait to see the color coat!
Bainford:
Congrats. Great progress. It's looking great.
yellow16TS:
An update on my project. The body is in high build Debeers primer and I have been blocking it down. I have about 75% of it at 240g currently. And a few panels at 400g. Very happy with the sharp lines and flatness of the body.
In the 3 of the pictures I covered the panel in Wax & Grease remover (Prepsol) to emulate the look of the car once a clear coat is applied. (Wiped it down after the photos were taken)
Car is still going back to L07 Lotus Yellow.
Progress is slow going unfortunately due to recovering from surgery. (and possibly another surgery to come).
But I haven't lost faith in this car. I am going to do my best to see the project though.
BDA:
Looks great! Good luck with your baby and good luck with your recovery and possible future surgeries!
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