The Dart is a very solid car but a couple of areas of rust needed sorting and I also fancied a new colour. So, I thought, Iv'e got the gear for spraying gates we make, I'll have a go
Cutting out the rust and filler was no bother, neither was welding in new metal and as it's not a show car I felt brave enough to give the whole thing a go.
The tired paint had various shades, not helped by various fluids that seem to have been spilled onto the trunk lid maybe in the past. Although I had become attached to the "ghost" head gasket on the roof, must have been from some previous orange over spray
It's by no means perfect. My novice ability and the fact its going to get knocked about and pushed etc was the deciding factor in not paying to have a concourse standard job. I well happy with the results and I wont be fretting about hand prints and little dings from tools at the track.
I even managed to get back into the mid twelves on our first outing since the respray. Maybe I was helped by all the black bugs flapping me down the track
MAN they like yellow dont they? Still have a couple of minor paint runs to flat out but it's getting there.
Big thanks to the kids for helping with the prep work after school, many evenings spent sanding and clearing up because we still needed a fully functioning workshop each day, work has an annoying habit of getting in the way of a good time
Now I need to concentrate on the overheating motor, carb tuning etc and see if we can get a low 12
Shades at the ready!!!
Hmmm, company sponsorship has crossed my mind, Pete 