My very last restoration!!!

[Matt74]

Yeah it is very rewarding when it starts coming together and looking more like a car again!

It's funny you call your car the Turd because that's exactly what I've been calling mine!

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Haha that’s the whole thing with old cars, there supposed to be fun, never taken seriously,
Which I just as well given the dramas my Turd has caused me
The latest episode is the Endura Front nose,
Absolutely doing my head in, I’ve totally stripped it,
Blasted it completely, degreased with the correct solvent free DG epoxy sealed it, 3 weeks later it cracked!
So a blasted it again, so spec different epoxy
This lasted about 6 months, no major issues but still the odd crows foot lines,
I’ve now refinished it again but used polyester bridging,
I’ll epoxy this a keep me fingers crossed.
If this fails and I’m quite confident it will I’ll have to get a fibreglass replacement nose,
Bloody cars

[Stu]

Great work, as ever. Really looking forward to seeing this one finished in the flesh.

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So probably the last boring update on this saga
for awhile!
It’s all now in 2k , I’ve tweaked the rear screen filler panel a tad and a couple of over small bits,
I’ve completely blocked the sides again and it’s virtually ready to be pulled apart for paint,
Once the doors are horizontal on the panel frames I’ll address any wobbly bits, same for the front quarters
Generally it looks ok ,

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Didn’t need to test fit the rear duck tail as I’ve already done that awhile ago,
The nose is in epoxy, I used the new Silco type but it’s a slightly different shade to there 2k
Once it’s all stripped again, I’ll refinish the shell inside and in the boot area etc,
While the general construction of the Fisher Body is good,
Probably more accurate than the Chryslers we all love ,
It’s certainly not spot on accurate,
The left hand rocket assembly was fitted almost 10 mm further forward that the right side,
This has caused me no end of dramas with panel alignment!
And as the cars shell is so sound I couldn’t bring myself to chop a lump off the rocker!

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I couldn’t do it ! I had to test fit the duck tail !
Old habits etc