'66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs...

[watahyahknow]

http://www.gedoretools.co.uk/car-bod...886646007.html
http://www.img-automotive.co.uk/body...work-file.html


its a pretty course file i think its made in the first place for leadwork

[El Campo]

Martin Tools (MRT1150) Adjustable File...
This is the one that I think I will get. If its like the other Martin stuff it should do great. Plus a good price. I have the other Martin tools just don't know how to use them to their full potential yet
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[Frizzle Fry]

Your chariot awaits...

...and just like that she's gone! They grow up so fast:




Here you can see the bigger casters I added to the Accessible Systems Rotisserie:



Let's see if we can round this corner:


Tight squeeze!




...but we get it done:






So it's off to the media blaster and then back to my shop for a few last items before being shipped off to the paint shop. Next time you see "Sunny" she will be in her birthday suit

[trixter99]

I love this build.... But why is ther a rifle leaning against the outside of your garage?
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[ERASER5]

Originally Posted by trixter99

I love this build.... But why is ther a rifle leaning against the outside of your garage?
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You say that like it isn't normal.

[Frizzle Fry]

Originally Posted by ERASER5

You say that like it isn't normal.

For anyone interested, this is what's seen leaning against the shop. Good for critters up to about the size of a jack rabbit.

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

For anyone interested, this is what's seen leaning against the shop. Good for critters up to about the size of a jack rabbit.

Benjamin makes a great air rifle. Great for targets and small vermin.

BTW, I need one of those rotisseries too.

[Kristian j]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Benjamin makes a great air rifle. BTW, this is America. no explanation necessary. We sometimes have real guns leaning against our shops.....just saying..

If that is the case, think it would leaning inside the shop!

Now I think it,s for the squirrels.

[Kristian j]

Coming so far (and I haven't read everything yet), beeing involvet in every detail, (and more is to come, I guess), It's almost like being involved in the whole family. Children has been in the garage. (there are a family?). Have wife or girlfriend being in front of the camera yet?

You have to take away some trees from the property. (Now I am starting to interfere! Not good!) ......and that rifle??

Anyway, the 50+ m.m. rec.counter could fit in the center hole in the middle of the dashboad on my green car. You have tested it and it works ok?

[Frizzle Fry]

Pellet gun
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[Frizzle Fry]

The dolphin tachometer works great. You wouldn't need one that counts to 10,000 RPM, but it will work just fine as long as you have a pulse source to send to it.
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[Kristian j]

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

The dolphin tachometer works great. You wouldn't need one that counts to 10,000 RPM, but it will work just fine as long as you have a pulse source to send to it.
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Would prefeer a 6000 RPM one (when do I pass 6000 RPM) but they are hard to find.

[Graeme_B]

You were keen Frizzel to stick with the original colours way back before things progressed to a total body refurb.
Are you still thinking that way now its a full respray?

[Frizzle Fry]

Original colors, yes.
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[Frizzle Fry]

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[El Campo]

Isn't America great? car is looking beautiful and progress is always nice!!! Jealous of your rotisserie.
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[Frizzle Fry]

Originally Posted by El Campo

Isn't America great? car is looking beautiful and progress is always nice!!! Jealous of your rotisserie.
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Yes! That rotisserie has been a life saver and will continue to be through blasting and paint. Speaking of which, I just dropped it off at the blaster's place. Will get pics when done. Doors are off now so it's a complete shell.

[watahyahknow]

the old metal is thicker then that of newer cars so it will resist more to deforming deu to the blasting but still i hope the blaster knows wat he's doing and doesnt introduce too much heat and buckle the metal

[Frizzle Fry]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

BTW, this is America. no explanation necessary. We sometimes have real guns leaning against our shops.....just saying.

The only questionable aspect would be regarding safe handling practices, not ownership.

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

the old metal is thicker then that of newer cars so it will resist more to deforming deu to the blasting but still i hope the blaster knows wat he's doing and doesnt introduce too much heat and buckle the metal

You think I'm going to trust it to just any blaster after all this work/time..? They use a recycled plastic media, like ground up phones, etc. So there's no risk of deformation from heat.

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

The only questionable aspect would be regarding safe handling practices, not ownership.

Sorry to bring politics to your thread. edited.
Any responsible gun owner practices safe handling.

Back to the build.
I'd like to see that media made from recycled plastic.

[Frizzle Fry]

Originally Posted by Kristian j

If that is the case, think it would leaning inside the shop!

All those items normally reside just inside the shop door and were moved for space to get the car out. No, I don't store a tripod, macebell, and rifle outside

Originally Posted by mcbassin

I'd like to see that media made from recycled plastic.

I'll try to get pics today.

[Frizzle Fry]

Pics from the blasters-

Doorless:




Plastic Media:


Doors blasted down to primer. That's how mild this media can be. Those are aluminum bats being stripped on the right:

[watahyahknow]

seen blasters demonstrate the gentle way that stuff works by stripping the ink of a cokecan without damaging the aluminium
its good stuff it takes a little longer to strip the paint though as they use a lot less pressure

theres a company here that rebuids engines on an industrial scale
they blast the cylinderheads and engine blocks with ground cherrypits when some of that stays in the engine it will burn away instead of grinding the bearings to dust

i seen a new system a while back that blasts the medium with water and air , it keeps a lot of the dust down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCehkkTTeMk

[Kristian j]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

i seen a new system a while back that blasts the medium with water and air , it keeps a lot of the dust down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCehkkTTeMk

Just one little thing, water and bare metal does not mix. As soon as the rinsing water has dried the iron oxide is there. Or have I missed something?

[Kristian j]

Doors blasted down to primer. That's how mild this media can be. Those are aluminum bats being stripped on the right:

About the doors:
Did you have any problem with the removal of the glass channels (Or whatever you call them i US)