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.
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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.
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.
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!
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 weekends to help rub down the primer ready for paint and raptor. She’ll hate it by the end!
Inside of the baja all primed today. Running out of bits to prime now. 😁
A hot sweaty mess today stripping the inside of the baja ready for primer. Reprimed the passenger door and got the front wings all primed too.
