Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:32 pm
Is it weird that I find those pictures incredibly sexy?
Awesome looking job James!
Awesome looking job James!
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The Restoration of SRL311-0275
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Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:14 pm
amazing!
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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.
Unbelievable.
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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
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
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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
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
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:38 pm
Looks good.I was really worried the vin would be hard to read.
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Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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!
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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!
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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. 
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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.
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:05 pm
Very Nice work. How much it cost you to sandblast and powdercoat the frame?
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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
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
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:46 pm
Where in Africa?!
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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
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
Re: The Restoration of SRL311-0275
Posted: 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.