Wachuko

Thank you for taking the time to record and share the build videos.

1stgear

Great work, Jeff. Love the videos and your sense of humor!

Wachuko

And brave... first time welding fenders to the car... yikes!! I do not have the courage to do something like that...

MFX233

Thanks guys. I am really enjoying doing it. I will give anything a go. At the end of the day, it is just a car. If I really messed it up it can always be fixed (and it would be hard to do a worse job than the previous guys).

MFX233

Well I have been busy learning some more new skills. I was forced into it when I started stripping down the doors, which I thought were not too bad, and found a heap of rust. I have subsequently learnt how to cut out and treat rusted areas, and make weld in rust repair patches. I think it went pretty well. I am definitely not at the file finish level, but the finished product I think is not too bad and should only need a minimal amount of body filler to finish it off nicely for paint.

Here is the latest video of my journey.

GTS Sully

Great stuff, Jeff. Keep the vids coming.

SiberianDVM

Very nice work and your videos are awesome.

I'm currently in month 6 of a similar project: a HPDE restomod of a 1970 Datsun 240Z. The rust seemed to be never ending, but I consider my work on it to be therapy: after a week of my real job, I need the weekend of beating and welding on the Z to maintain my sanity.

POR-15

Any rusted areas left inside of the doors or other areas can be coated with POR-15 Rust Preventive Coating that will Stop Rust Permanently.

MFX233

Wow, that Z looks like a lot of work. If those doors are anything to go by, that would scare me.

Looks like you are getting there though.

SiberianDVM

It's a much simpler car than your 911. I am making a pure track car, so very little of the original car other than the unibody and the engine is being reused. Lots of fiberglass body panels will be used, probably including skins on the doors.

I don't want to hijack your thread because you are doing such an awesome job, but I might post an occasional picture so we can cheer each other on.

MFX233

Loving it. You have a lot of work cut out for you there. Good luck.

SiberianDVM

Good luck to you, too, and please continue the videos. They are awesome.

MFX233

For those of you who can't watch videos, here are some pics of the repairs.

http://[URL=http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Jeff_Micklem/media/BF66F4B8-A161-4C75-9123-B8DC665E69B1_zpsaw39uzkd.jpg.html][/URL]

http://[URL=http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Jeff_Micklem/media/BBA51ACC-D116-4D0E-850A-7FF27D585FC8_zpsukhy9ap3.jpg.html][/URL]

http://[URL=http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Jeff_Micklem/media/1BC54EDF-D535-46E0-9606-BAA4711CC647_zps0vutnrn8.jpg.html][/URL]

http://[URL=http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Jeff_Micklem/media/8E9BE137-1D3A-4B36-9320-F4212F989EA5_zpsslyou8qi.jpg.html][/URL]​

mdkrp

Wow Jeff! you are fearless- I am quite impressed. Keep the videos comming.

blockhed

this is awesome, keep up the great work.