AJ. He just wants to match the 60 year patina on the rest of the car. Tomorrow, the fun begins. BRB
I’m assuming the job was for a scruffy old Landrover, so the doors blend in with the rest of the ‘patina’ on the vehicle?It takes all sorts Nick! I will never understand that fashion.
I’m assuming the job was for a scruffy old Landrover, so the doors blend in with the rest of the ‘patina’ on the vehicle?
I won a trophy for my ‘rat rod’ in a show in the Phils. I was a little peeved as it wasn’t a rat rod, it just wasn’t finished.Well yes, but if I were the customer, I would want it looking beautiful all over, rather than making the new panels as tatty as the rest, but I suppose that's just me! The "Rat look" seems to be just a cop out on finishing a job properly, but as Nick says, the customer gets what the customer is paying for. I suppose it also reduces any chance of a warranty claim for "quality" too.
Don't forget to spread the NATO green with a yard brushmost of the old land rover owners would just pour a gallon of NATO green over the whole thing and call it job done. Now we're seeing the new breed of 'enthusiasts'....
I may have contributed to their ‘lunch fund’ on a couple of occasions actually, but they probably wouldn’t be amused if I tried to turn the tables.Did you charge them for the sit-in? Because, from what I've read, they would require a payment for clearing a parking ticket or any other dreamed up motoring offence or 'service'.
Nice work and I have scrapped better doors than yours so well done. Plug that hole in above the top left of the window rubber?if you want a challenge, try and replicate the finish on my car. Im just finishing off repairing the doors as the bottom of them was a bit rotten. I have got a new door for this side of the car (its never been fitted to a car). but Im trying to conserve the finish rather than restoring it.
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and added a bit of new metal
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and the bottom part just looks so wrong with new paint on it
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and I dont think Oil of Ulay would do anything to smooth out these cracks
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a few years ago the bonnet frame was rotten and needed replacing too. I had a brand new bonnet, so fitted that with the skin from my old bonnet to the new bonnets frame, as a new bonnet wouldnt look right on it.