The Restoration of SRL311-0275

Post by **notoptoy** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:32 pm

Is it weird that I find those pictures incredibly sexy?
Awesome looking job James!

Alvin · Post by **Alvin** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:14 pm

amazing!

datsun65 · Post by **datsun65** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:43 pm

I can't believe I missed checking out the frame at the shop with you yesterday, James.

Unbelievable.

Datsun 440 · Post by **Datsun 440** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:56 pm

HI James the frame and parts look great.Did you cover the vin number on the frame so it didn't get blasted and powder coated over.This could make it hard to read.
When I powder coated the frame on #00440 I left a small area were the vin was and brushed some clear over the numbers.
Arnold

jamesw · Post by **jamesw** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:06 pm

Hi Arnold,

I don't know how he did it but the VIN number on the frame came out GREAT. I did ask him to be very careful with it.

Cheers
James

Datsun 440 · Post by **Datsun 440** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:38 pm

Looks good.I was really worried the vin would be hard to read.

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Arnold

Skyman · Post by **Skyman** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:30 pm

Very nice. I remember when mine looked like that. 4000 miles later, and I have a lot of cleaning to do. I really hope you drive that thing. It would be a shame to do all that work just to look at it. These babies need to be driven!

Alvin · Post by **Alvin** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:17 pm

I think that's the beauty of powdercoating/plating everything...if it gets grimey you can just take a rag to it and it looks new!

Datsunz · Post by **Datsunz** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:51 pm

Glad you are happy. Looks great. Powder Coaters put smiles on peoples faces and great looking coverage on metal. Support your local powder coater.

Post by **Speedyshel** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:31 pm

It looks amazing, James! Keep it up, that's some exciting project I'm sure. Looking forward to more progress.

WOODY · Post by **WOODY** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:05 pm

Very Nice work. How much it cost you to sandblast and powdercoat the frame?

jamesw · Post by **jamesw** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:17 am

Thanks everyone. It was under $2,000 to get the frame completely disassembled, cleaned and blasted, and resassembled with new grade 8 fasteners.

The bodyshop got the body blasted and I took some photos of it - but haven't been able to post since I've been in Africa.

Cheers
James

Post by **Speedyshel** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:46 pm

Where in Africa?!

jamesw · Post by **jamesw** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:44 am

Equatorial Guinea

And now back on topic, here are some pictures of the body after a light sandblasting and spray w/ some kind of treatment (something-phor???)

Cheers
James

Skyman · Post by **Skyman** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:02 pm

The car is coming along nicely! I bet you can't wait to start putting it back together.

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