Try crushed dry ice in a plastic garbage bag, sit it on the section you want to remove for a couple of minutes then (hopefully) it will chip off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwiboss
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Try crushed dry ice in a plastic garbage bag, sit it on the section you want to remove for a couple of minutes then (hopefully) it will chip off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwiboss
A CO2 fire extinguisher has the same effect but generally for small areas. Bit expensive but it does the trick, then just chip it off.Quote:
Originally Posted by aussiemonza
Yes Grant, a TIG will do a nicer job but is alot slower and off-course if the tubing is "Moly" it has to be Tigged anyway!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant Ellwood
Guys, i found a heat gun done the job, softened it up to scrape it of but was still a sticky shitty job either way!!LOL
Dale M
I have just done the same. Now clean it with KUMKLEEN then wire wheel when dry.
John, kids read this sometimes.
Back from the painters today, NOW, to piece it together in the next month :) Dale M
Yep, that does it alright, bloody nice. Be neat to see it with stickers etc.
Sure will Rod, my sign guys are in my unit complex so i'll have them start end of this week, we want it looking like the PDL. Current wheels ain't correct, just to roll it around on!! Looks like X-Mas day is the only day im havin off, LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Rod Grimwood
Dale M
Isn't it amazing how many photo's of our wonderful saloon car past have been taken featuring that very same concrete block wall as a background at Pukekohe !!!
The old Tote building also features SO often... ( now sadly gone )
OH be still my beating heart !!! those minilite wheels , the flares , it's just too much for me.....
Superb and amazing doesn't even begin to describe it
At the sign writers today, almost done and looking GOOD!! Dale M
Holy cow that car look magnificent - hard to tell it from the original which will never grace our circuits again in this guise. A thoroughly great job -my shutter finger is getting twitchy just looking at it.
Mike
Kiwiboss - It will be done as a PDL replica.
Why the additional advertising Dale. Don't recall original having Health House on it. Are they going to sponsor the "series" for HMC. Apart from that she looks a picture. Look forward to seeing her at the Festival.
Cheers Dave Graham
Couple of personal touches Dave, Health House is our Festival sponsor so the least i could do is give him the front fender. Also, on re-surcharging the PDL when in its orange guises the stickers, etc seem to have changed from meeting to meeting as we have a ton of old pics and most show different stickers, etc and you gotta remember it all would have been hand painted in those days. What we've done is grab the best of the best so although not totally accurate not many will know and it will still represent the car from that era, this what Historic Muscle Cars and historic racing is about. It'll be a great display for the Festival and HMC!! Dale MQuote:
Originally Posted by Frosty5
Thanks Dale, question answered. Cheers DaveQuote:
Originally Posted by Kiwiboss
Fair enough too Dale. Seeing these photos brings back more memories for some reason than the old photos did. Maybe its because it lives again lol.
Bloody well done !
Cheers
Tony
Back in my shop for the final put together!! X-Mas/New Year will be my only days off. Dale M
Sensational looking car. That brings back memories.
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Originally Posted by Shano
Second those comments, great looking car.
Xmas lunch 1 hour, 2 cans on New Years eve about 1/2 hour, you should have plenty of time Dale.
Well done and look forward to seeing it in the flesh. Best wish's
Etching forward slowly!! Dale(I have no life)Mathers
Twin clips to secure it, thats good.
Looking at those photos shows the care and great workmanship that goes into such a car.
A credit to you Dale.
Is Mike Rorison likely to have his Mustang at the Festival ??
John take it you mean fire extinguisher, always at least 2, they are not nice things flying around.Quote:
Originally Posted by John McKechnie
Dale- has the fuel filler on top of the tank got an external drain tube?
Oldfart correctly pointed this put to me which I rectified.
John, yes!! you just can't see it in the pic but it drains of the bottom to the rear!! Mike(kiwi285) no Mike Rorison for the festival unfortunately as business commitments are his priority!!Quote:
Originally Posted by John McKechnie
Rod, yes double clip extinguisher as per the rules, because I have a foam style extinguisher(powder ones too messy) I have to add the extra clip which is a pain in A but worth it.
Worked all day today(Sunday) so defiantly have NO life, LOL
Dale M
yeah, Dale, but you can just rollerblade down to the beach and catch some waves at the end of the day, Scotty says you are only a stones throw, and you are always there when he swings by.....................
Still going at it!! Drivers seat and belts in, dash in, fuel system and oil cooler plumbed and engine running, 15" minilites and Goodyear blue streaks fitted, ticking the list off slowly, windscreen in Monday and then wheel alignment!!(someone mentioned it was 2014, hell time flies) Dale M
*someone mentioned it was 2014, hell time flies *
hey Rip Van Mathers its 2016 ,and we wondered where you have been .?
Did you fall asleep under the car?
I popped in today for a quick nosey, it looks better in the flesh then it does in the photos! And the photos were good...
Unfortunately Dale could only spare 37 seconds for a talk, as he was still busy finishing off things...lol!
Plenty of time Dale, still got 336 hours or 20160 minutes (approx) to get it finished... :-)
Sorry about that Malcolm, unfortunately in not a "last minute" harry and want it finished and tested in plenty of time, plus i still gotta fix my old girl and finish off Gimbletts Camaro!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Malcolm McLeod
I will make sure i wave to you the first weekend mate and shout you a cuppa afterwards:)
Dale M
No worries Dale - I'd hate it fo you to say "I would've got the car finished if I didn't keep getting interrupted by a nosey flag marshall"!!!
Looking forward to that cuppa - Export Gold or Strongbow cider my fav's!
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Originally Posted by Kiwiboss
This is a pretty cool picture, to great historic New Zealand cars doing battle. Dale M
Thats what they were built for .... then.
Will the Camaro and Firebird from that era be there this year. Have a friend going with camera just to see you guys and the Addis/Algie group.
TonyG- invitations have been extended to both those cars, and when they do the warm up lap, thats who will be there.
Tell your mate to find me and will look after him on the A/A group
Nice pic Dale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiwiboss
The tribute car is looking great. Are you going to have time to paint the centres of the minilites black?
Cheers
Kyle.
Is pretty much finished, wheel align tomorrow and a quick test up and down the road and we're done!! yee ha let the FUN begin. Dale M
Dale- a huge congratulations for a job well done and deadline met.
Take a bow and accept some pats on your back.
Sensational.
Hell Dale you have finished with heaps of time to spare LOL. What is the next project on the rank - you should be able to make some serious inroads into that before the Festival.
Seriously - that is a great job and a credit to you and your helpers - roll on the 16th when I can see it in the flesh