thats a bit of a last century blast Marty. :)
 
It might be a hint to get more traffic to CF Again?
Substitute Escort for Jeep, and maybe much would be relevant still today, regarding actualy values of project cars.
Funny that 10 years later did see a jump in car values, particularly with CV and lockdown.
 
I hope the society values have progressed though.
Interesting to see the range of forums it went to, Landy,Honda, 600RR forum...

Yeah it's 1 to keep on hand to show friends !

Back with the bootlid saga, this rvo I was set on getting it painted so I blocked the primer back nice n flat and while it was drying I set about getting the 2pk mixed.. The colour was from the same tin that was used to paint the roof white on the Anglia 10+yrs ago. I did not do a accurate mix of hardener or thinners, just a " yeah that's close enough mix" , this is the finish I got...



Don't get me wrong, even tho it looks perfect flat gloss, the was runs on the lower sides so I'll be flatting the paint back tomorrow and go again, but I won't rush the painting like today's effort..

Yeah I was seeing the orange peel (specially in the first attempt), but was not going to say anything as everyone is an expert. More thinners me lad. Not to get pedantic but are you using a retarder thinners/catalyst?
 
Ken Block showed where flash production and marketing could get you.
 
Hows this one I stored away. I'd be proud to get caught

Spent a couple of hrs on the bootlid again, this time was polishing it with carnuba wax 5 times so it really gets embedded in the lid, wax on, wax off!!
Then to make sure the mold won't stick, I brushed a later of pva release liquid over it and this pic of where I'm at, just gelcoated in fancy red, wait till tomorrow to it's dry and if no interruptions I'll be laying the fglass matting, about 4x layers should be fine plus the ribs to stop shape creep over time.

Had a bit of gelcoat left over so quickly got the avo blade spoiler mold ready

Still had spare so did bumperettes to finish of the gelcoat

Thanks mate, I hope it comes out in 1 piece, prolly should've let the paint settle for a few more days.. It has pva release agent and wax so fingers crossed it's good. I did glass up the lid yesterday with 5x layers and fitted in anti flex ribbing .. nice weather for working it too, 17deg and raining
I have both front guards to do as well so I'll be fglass expert by the time it's all done.

The rain has been fairly sporadic over here actually - at least in my area. So once its cured do you cut the edges down - wait dont worry im an idiot it's right there in your post 

Nice one Marty, out of interest have you ever done an RS nosecone? I saw them years ago and if I was doing another car I'd probably look into one, it'd be a lot easier to be able to fit, fill and sand for a perfect result and I'd say the paint would stick alot better and not be prone to cracking and crazing like the original poly ones. 

Dang fail !
Cracked the mold from the panel,
Got heaps of worms in the gelcoat like this..

Just means I'll need to mix a resin and talc combo and a bunch of sanding to bring it up smooth.

Going thru some panels I found this nice 4dr front guard, I could not find any difference apart from the closing panel at the door opening, it was well in the way so I cut it away for clearance.


Trying to know if they are different than 2dr on the outer skin, I can't see any shape change apart from that closing panel.. this guard is in better condition than what the car came with , I am planning on doing guard molds, these will be converted to twink guards , as being marked for chopping .

The template is from a previous mk1 that I did the twink arches to about 20yrs ago. The method I used to join the fglass arch to the steel guard has been proven to be strong and won't crack at the joint... I will show the full and correct way to connect these arches, it works for bubble arches and tarmac arches etc