holty wrote:looks like a good project, i wouldnt recomend shot blasting, its very harsh, bead blasting, or sand or other substitutes are much less harsher, and will still remove paint and rust. your also going to need some repairs that will need welding, good look with your project, keep the pictures coming, post questions on anything your not sure about, lots of good advise on here, all the best holty
yeah i was bit skeptical on shot blasting as its been known to put ripples in panels, so hopefully the guy i know can do either sand or soda blasting! yeah its a good job i work in a body shop and can weld then! I'm looking forward to some late nights over the winter! yes i will carry on updating regularly! thanks very much
Well had a look at the panels couple of dents bit rusty nothing major so put some paint stripper on them and this was the out come
So give them a bit of a panel beating and got them straight my boss came over and went straight in with the massive linisher and just sanded the lot! Will get a bit of filler in them over the weekend hopefully and get some primer on them!
Try your best to salvage the frame as it looks like a rare mark 1.5 p range - produced at the cross over of the p/px to the pxefl
generally on a circa 82-84 - I have an 82 Y reg
typical features mark 1 headset and steering lock, mark 2 panel handles, autolube with old style petrol cap, larger 20mm fork/axle, mark 1 rear mudguard, mk 1 horncasting, mk 2 switches with mark 1 wiring, mark 1 rear light, mark 1 toolbox, mk 1 seat ........ I`ll stop boring you ! but these are my favourite p range !!
good luck - keep us updated
you look like your in the right place to salvage it .
jonzo172 wrote:That was quick... and I thought that I had a short attention span!
Yeah I know! I have a few others projects that need finishing and funding! I'm also building a bmw 2002 turbo for a customer and that needs finishing so I have no time on my hands!
