Last day on the baja for this year now. I picked up a stack of bits from the powder coaters this morning so got the front bumper on and out the way.
I also got the last few little bolt on pieces into primer.
Mounts all welded to the front bumper for the headlamps and Hella spot lamps. I’ve dropped a big box of bits off at the powder coaters ready to start bolting bits back on in the New Year.
Further Baja assembly today. Front wings on and all wings bolted down with new beading.
Headlamp holes cut to accept a nice pair of Caterham headlamps. I wanted black headlamps with a sealed back and these fit the bill perfectly. I just need to weld on some brackets to the front bumper to mount them to.
Touchdown! I got the shell back down on the chassis today. Both doors rehung and gapped, and rear fenders loosely bolted on so I don’t keep tripping over them.
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.
Paint reveal for Myrtle the baja bug! Ready to unleash her beige glory on the world.
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.
Door inners topcoated this afternoon with Savannah Biege. Exciting to see some colour starting to go on.
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.
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.
