seaswood
11-04-2008, 07:05 AM
Geoff
Took the liberty of copying your thoughts on rebuilding/painting/scraping to start a new thread.
I did replace windscreen sanding scraping the original this requires removing roof sides etc. And seems the xmod has a rather hard to install winscreen, made not to push in. This basically means you need a place to keep vehicle out of weather in the meantime. Since there seems to be more visible once you start to take one of these apart. I am about year & half into painting & scraping welding firewall.
And I did buy a hvlp spray gun to paint firewall where windscreen sits, presently need to await better weather since i do not have heat to finish painting properly. Have also stripped out back & front seat boxes to paint next summer.
So i can say it was more than i gambled on but it is slowly getting there!
I have a wood shed next to a barn that is full of rover parts out of the weather. What ever you do multiply the time you think it may take by 3.
Good Luck with your truck.
Craig
That will have to be the topic for a new thread "Garage Paint Booth", or something to that effect. While I have no body work experience, I think I could build something out of PVC tubing, maybe some shower curtains, a box fan or two and some real good filters. This would enable me to do small jobs, fenders and such. While putting the new soft top on the other day, I wished I could tackle something simple like taking some surface rust off the windshield hinges, replace windshied gasket, and general sanding/grinding action. Of couse that needs to be quickly followed up with paint or oxidation sets in. So I could use a few good ideas on a simple, inexpensive paint booth I can set up/knock down as needed. I know that it'd be better to pay a professional and get it all at once, but that's just not in the budget. I'd rather do things as I can afford them, and have the time to put into it.
Took the liberty of copying your thoughts on rebuilding/painting/scraping to start a new thread.
I did replace windscreen sanding scraping the original this requires removing roof sides etc. And seems the xmod has a rather hard to install winscreen, made not to push in. This basically means you need a place to keep vehicle out of weather in the meantime. Since there seems to be more visible once you start to take one of these apart. I am about year & half into painting & scraping welding firewall.
And I did buy a hvlp spray gun to paint firewall where windscreen sits, presently need to await better weather since i do not have heat to finish painting properly. Have also stripped out back & front seat boxes to paint next summer.
So i can say it was more than i gambled on but it is slowly getting there!
I have a wood shed next to a barn that is full of rover parts out of the weather. What ever you do multiply the time you think it may take by 3.
Good Luck with your truck.
Craig
That will have to be the topic for a new thread "Garage Paint Booth", or something to that effect. While I have no body work experience, I think I could build something out of PVC tubing, maybe some shower curtains, a box fan or two and some real good filters. This would enable me to do small jobs, fenders and such. While putting the new soft top on the other day, I wished I could tackle something simple like taking some surface rust off the windshield hinges, replace windshied gasket, and general sanding/grinding action. Of couse that needs to be quickly followed up with paint or oxidation sets in. So I could use a few good ideas on a simple, inexpensive paint booth I can set up/knock down as needed. I know that it'd be better to pay a professional and get it all at once, but that's just not in the budget. I'd rather do things as I can afford them, and have the time to put into it.