Steves 66 Sport FuryIII

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Sun Feb 01, 15 10:14 pm

Or they will drive off and she will fall to bits over the first speed hump she comes to!!

Im getting used to the steels...thought it would look unfinished but the chrome nuts make it look like the look is intentional

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sun Feb 01, 15 10:17 pm

Steve wrote:Or they will drive off and she will fall to bits over the first speed hump she comes to!!

Im getting used to the steels...thought it would look unfinished but the chrome nuts make it look like the look is intentional

You've done great mate. And hopefully get a few quid out of it.

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Sun Feb 01, 15 10:19 pm

Would be nice if I could beef up the pot for the next project

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sun Feb 01, 15 10:31 pm

Steve wrote:Would be nice if I could beef up the pot for the next project

I've no doubt this is the start of C sick Steve's

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Mon Feb 02, 15 6:48 am

Great job Steve, I have to come over for a little training on the painting.

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Mon Feb 02, 15 9:45 am

I would stick to a coffee and a jammy dodger Ali to be honest... then find someone who knows what they are doing!

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Wed Feb 04, 15 6:53 pm

Enjoying the dry weather and sunshine....bumper back on, side trim on rear quarter on and the tiny bit of 'milking' in the lacquer sorted. I can see the finish line now!!

Will have some time tomorrow morning and Friday afternoon to sort the indicator switch and hopefully finish the interior off on Saturday. Just trying to get some timd allocated to do stuff in logical order as I need help putting the seat in (its heavy!!).

Im toying with putting inline fuses in each of the four indicator circuits to protect that £100+ switch....dont want any more mishaps

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Wed Feb 04, 15 7:08 pm

Well done Steve all your hard work has paid off it looks smashing.

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Thu Feb 05, 15 7:23 am

she looks very good in the sun.

Good job Steve.

db · Post by db » Thu Feb 05, 15 7:44 am

Amazing what you've achieved outdoors!
Maybe I should have done mine outside, there might have been less dust

I bet you'll want an A-bod after working on those vast expanses

Dom66 · Post by **Dom66** » Thu Feb 05, 15 8:41 am

That looks fantastic, quite apart from the fact it was done outside, in the winter with rattlecans

Encouraging for those of us without the £££ to throw at a paintshop....

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Thu Feb 05, 15 10:58 am

To be honest, I would have no hesitation in doing a whole car this way. the quality of the paint in cans is good and the lacquer, though not cheap, is very good and goes on really well. The prep takes all the time, the basecoat and clear go on quickly and as long as you chase the can with a hair dryer, the temp (within reason) isn't a problem. I stand the cans in warm water and while they are warming through, I sit for a while drying and warming the area to be sprayed. I wouldn't try in sub zero temps, or even around freezing but 5 to 7 deg and above seems fine as long as you warm everything thoroughly. I try to do it when the sun is on the panel as well but that's not always possible. The good thing about Winter is that the air is clear with no bugs in it......its great fun!!

Mate of mine paints his cars using a £100 HVLP sprayer that most people use to spray fence panels etc with great results. I would do a whole car this way if I had the facilities as the materials are cheaper in quantity but I don't think the neighbours would appreciate the clouds of overspray

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Fri Feb 06, 15 6:13 pm

Fitted new indicator switch today. Tested everything again before I connected everything up but lost my bottle and fitted a fusebox between the switch and all outputs.....chicken. Works well and was worth paying more for a quality reproduction switch....twice!!!!

The electronic flasher is great as well...going to replace the one in the Polara with one as it flashes a bit too quickly..

cheers Steve

terryr · Post by **terryr** » Fri Feb 06, 15 6:39 pm

have you fused every indicator bulb

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Fri Feb 06, 15 9:03 pm

yes matey....everything indicator switch related goes through that fuse block.....