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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1161 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 10:04pm
"Body filler Most body fillers have a ratio of 50:1 which means 50 parts filler to 1 part Catalyst. A good way to get these ratios right is to imagine a match box full of filler and a match of catalyst. as most match boxes have 50 matches when full.  ..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1162 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 9:52pm
"My name is Ashley and I am relativley new to the Datsun scene, (Late 2009) I am the Owner of datsun1000.com This forum started out as a personal blog, it's sole purpose was to have a place to share my progress with friends and family. As time went on I..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1163 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 9:01pm
"Castor wheels After starting on preparing my engine bay for paint, I realised that to paint it properly I needed to remove all the steering and suspension. So I have made a frame with some castor wheels that will allow me to paint my engine bay while..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1164 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 9:00pm
"Engine bay Well now that I have some more spare time for the datto... It looks as If my ute has had a slight front end crash at some stage, the passenger headlight surround needed some work with the hamer and dolly, as did the lower edge of the..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1165 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 9:00pm
"Apron I have made a start on fixing the apron from the front of my ute. The apron I have decided to use is from a 1000 ute I bought for spare parts. (My yellow one) Although there were was tons of bog covering dents and some slight creases, it was..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1166 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:59pm
"Rubber suspension cover 3 Not too much progress yet, I think this is going to be a long term project, Each time I think I have the end in sight I find I have only touched the surface on what is required to make this part. I intend on sticking it out and..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1167 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:59pm
"Glove box 2 I have spent a little more time trying to perfect the sizes on my glove box template. It is still not finished yet, but I'm getting closer.Sorry to those who are still waiting for me to finish this. Here is the process so far... Tape..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1168 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:58pm
"Rubber suspension cover 2 The rubber held its shape better than I had expected for a first try. This is my part after a day and a half of heating/cooling, stretching/relaxing and letting it sit in my jig under load. This is made from 1.5mm neoprene..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1169 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:57pm
"Rubber suspension cover 1 I have been trying to remake some rubber suspension covers in my engine bay. I only have one which is old and torn. This is a pic of my old one sitting in the engine bay. I decided to make up a jig to try heating and..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1170 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:56pm
"Glove box I have decided to try and create a new glove box as my old one was pretty bad. Before I could begin I had to create a new spring for the door, As I did not have the original one. This is what I came up with. This took me about an hour to do..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1171 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:54pm
"Sealing windscreens and gutters I have decided to clean up the gutters and windscreen to seal them with KBS rust seal. Also I have welded up the hole on my roof where an antenna had been mounted. This is after taking up to 3mm of body filler out..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1172 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:53pm
"Radio I have decided to put a retro sound model one radio in my datto. So to do this I have welded in the old radio hole that had been cut larger than stock. This is a photo from a previous post, but I have used it again to show how things were..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1173 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:53pm
"Sealing under the car I am using KBS rust sealer under my ute to seal everything up.   I am very happy with this product, here is a pic of me painting it on... I will put up some more photos of this when I have the satin black top coat on."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1174 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:52pm
"Under the car I have been buying a lot of new pieces for my ute so my cupboard is getting full...but I havn't been spending much time doing any real work, so its time to do some more..   I have neatened up under the rust repair section that I made for..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1175 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:51pm
"The holey datsun I have started fixing up the many holes that have been drilled into my interrior over the years. There were a great deal of holes made to attach carpet, so many more than this photo shows.   I have filled some holes in my dash..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1176 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:50pm
"Slow progress I havn't given any updates for a while, not too much has changed. I havn't been spending as much time in the garage as I should be. Here are some pics of where things are now anyway... After welding in new metal Jason came over and..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1177 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:49pm
"Fibreglass Jason came over quickly today and started on the glassing for me. What a champ. All patched up.   After beating out the large dents and filling in the small dents in with fiberglass filler, Its time to skim everything over with some..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1178 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:48pm
"The big holes Well The big holes are now patched up. My friend Jason is going to help me cover these over with a single layer of Fiberglass on each side of the patches, and the same to any small holes This should make them disappear and hopefully not..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1179 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:47pm
"I couldn't help myself It only took me 1 day to decide that I shouldn't leave the wheel arches how they were, I decided to fix them up and start on removing all the paint and stone guard from inside my tray. A few days later and its all off and preped..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1183 posts
Post #1180 | Sunday, 06-Feb 2011 @ 8:45pm
"I bought a cheap M.I.G. yesterday Not too much to say other than I had to try out my new toy, so I decided to cover up some holes where a roll bar had been mounted. Im not too worried about geting it perfect as I plan on having the tray sprayed up in..."
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