Entries by Jim Ley

Glass reinstalled

I made a good start on rebuilding the baja today. All the glass reinstalled, Baja nose panel and engine cowl bolted on, and custom headliner fitted.

October 23, 2021 by

Shell inside topcoated

A mammoth paint day today! Got the inside of the shell painted as well as the doors and most of the baja kit. Just the rear wings and the outside of the shell to do next weekend.

October 2, 2021 by

Shell into raptor

We got all of the baja’s high impact areas raptored yesterday. Busy it at today sanding down the shell and then getting the door inners painted.

September 25, 2021 by

Shell masked up for raptor

I got the Baja bug all masked up over the weekend ready for colour coded raptor to go on all of the high impact areas and the front boot. I need to go over the whole shell with wet and dry sandpaper and we should be ready for paint in the next few weeks.

September 21, 2021 by

Underside into primer

Last section of the shell all primed now, underneath the boot and under the heater channels. Now begins the mammoth task of rubbing all the primer down and getting the panels flat. Max has been coming down the last few weeks to help out with this stage. What a trooper!

August 21, 2021 by

Front into primer

A quick dash down the workshop after work today to get the front into primer.  I almost forgot to weld the horn mount back in after chopping it out for the baja cut! Decided to weld it in the now redundant windscreen washer bottle panel. I’ve convinced Max to come down over the next few […]

August 13, 2021 by

Drivers door primed

Baja drivers door primed, and started stripping the boot area for some primer. I was originally planning to top coat the boot but think I’ll just paint it with raptor instead as it will suit the rugged look of the bug and save on some prep time.

August 5, 2021 by