Running gear into paint
Running gear and a few chassis bolt on panels for the baja all painted on a gloriously warm day. It’s starting to feel like spring! Should be able to start chassis reassembly next week now.
Entries by Jim Ley
trailing arm clean up
Carried on with sorting through the Baja’s suspension components over the weekend. Knocked the old bearings out of the trailing arms and started shot blasting a few bits ready for paint. I need to weld on some new bump stop mounts but overall they’re in good condition considering they had an ants nest living in […]
Front beam modifications
Few bits left to sort on the Baja suspension before I can shot blast and paint it all. Fully welded on my brackets for the front tube bumper and added a strengthening plate to the base of the shock tower. A stock beetle beam doesn’t have a lower bump stop so I’ve added a hook […]
Chassis into paint
Got the rest of the baja chassis painted over the weekend. I can now start cleaning up and bolting bits back on to build up a rolling chassis.
Chassis into raptor
A good start to the New Year on the Baja. Seam sealed and Raptor coated the underside, framehead and framehorns. Colour coded in Savannah Biege, or as Max always calls it “Bundy Biege” 😳
First seat reupholstered
Finished up the passenger seat back today and did a trial fit. Love how these have come out. A lot more complex than any of the other seats I’ve done so far but well worth it!
Stripping the chassis (again!)
Sometimes things don’t quite go to plan. After epoxy priming the chassis last Friday I was planning to seam seal the whole chassis the next day, only to find the paint was covered in wrinkles and was still wet in places. Thinking that perhaps the cold weather might’ve affected it I left it to harden […]
Chassis into epoxy primer
Chassis all epoxy primed today. Always nice to start getting some paint onto things. Turkey keeping me company today, he’s a big lad!
MX5 seats new covers
Making a start on reupholstering the baja’s MX5 seats this week. Passenger base is done and test fitted to the cushion. Just need to hog ring them to the frames once the back is done.
Chassis Shot Blasted
A few pics from the shot blasters today. Picking up the chassis tomorrow and into primer on Friday! Can’t wait.
