Well the resto starts

87 GTS: As they say in your neck of the woods:

"What a ripper! - You're doing a bonza job there mate! - She's gonna be a real beaut!"

Or as they say in My neck of the woods:

"I say! - What a bloody marvelous job you're doing! - She's going to look absolutely fantastic when she's finished!"

I'm totally in awe of the job your doing! - Keep up the good work!

 

here's the place for those looking for a cadmium plater.
Reid Metal Finishing, Quality Plating, Anodizing

Wait times for cadmium can be long -couple wks, or you can pay to expedite but it's not cheap to do that. It seems to come down to when the batches are being done. Oh and you'll save if you don't need hardware separated out. I just drop it off in buckets and sort it myself later.

 

87 GTS - Awesome work! Its got me rethinking my resto plans for my Euro 84 GTS....suddenly feeling inadequate

 

What paint supplier are you going to use? Are you going to over restore the spray or leave some drip down? Lol

 

Seriously on the paint.....ppg or other? I am going through the same decision making and first base (going with two stage) tomorrow morning at 6am (toronto time).

 

Vince, Sikkens is a very good product. We used that when I was at LMC and I think Rocco is using it too from what I've read.

 

Great work.

 

Thanks for the advise Claude. Love those flip flops Glenn....is that a new workplace safety requirement!

 

So 87 GTS: What's the best method of removing over-spray from your legs?

 

600 grit paper 😃

 

So this is the finished product using the VHT aluminum paint? Any long term experience with this? It is absolutely beautiful. Perfect in my opinion. Want to mimic if it will last without deteriorating.
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one beaut of a motor mate !

 

Unfortunately paint is always going to peel or flake at some point. It's a real PITA but I have the parts run through a hot solvent tank for a couple hrs then hand scrub and wash again, then one more trip through the solvent wash. If it's not clean at that point it's not going to be. Sometimes there are stains that will not come out as they've seeped into the casting and the aluminum has oxidized over it. short of chemical etching cast aluminum will always have that slightly dirty look over time. It's time consuming though to strip the block and gearbox case down to nothing. even the studs have to come out.

 

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