mild resto underway on my first gq

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so i got this poor ol girl and have decided to give her a few more years of fun on and off the roads. problem is i just wanna drive it already! but she is not so ready yet.








the paint is in despicable condition, cracks and rust everywhere, check the bull bar





so the body needs an overhaul, and theres a fair amount to do inside and underneath aswell but as she is at my mates as that was the closest location for me to "not" drive an unrego vehicle to when i got her. also he has all the tools for panel work i dont have. but he doesnt want it sitting around for 6 months while i do a full resto top to bottom before rego like I would like to do it, I have to get the body work and paint out of the way, pass a quick roady, and drive her home to finish off the mechanical restoration/modification. I would have prefered to do things in a different order and with much less haste but so be it.

so heres whats been achieved so far, and im hoping to get to undercoat by this evening, and final paint next week finances allowing.











all rust has been cut out and whole car copped a litre of rust converter over and under it. plated the rust and smothed over and almost finsihed sanding out the crazy cracking






Unfortunately the gas tank is 5 years over due so decided to pull that out and go for unleaded only. as this wont be a daily driver its not such a loss, but it doesnt run quite right on petty, hoping cleaning the carby out and tune it will sort that.



the bull bar is a throwaway, so ill be looking for a new steel bar soon or perhaps make front and rear bars to suite these that will be going in before final paint.





and a nice fire and marshmallows to finish a busy day



To be continued ...

P.S. I am thinking for color a beige off white similar to the 60 series cruisers but lightened up a bit. maybe like a new paddle pop stick or pine color? thoughts or ideas? dont want super gloss or to be washing it all time either.