Project "Old Rusty" has begun

Been busy today stripping the bonnet/lower bootlid..

This stuff has got pricey nowadays!



Masked up the bonnet ready.



Starting to work,it was shocking just how much paint was on the bonnet,had a cherry red colour at one point so I reckon its had a bump and respray at one point.



Done,stripes looked shite TBH so stripped them off aswell



Rear panel W.I.P



All done!




Gonna run over the panels again to get rid of the remainders of the galvanisation with my orbital sander that Ive dug out of the spare room(only did the panels by hand today)

wet and dry the bodywork tommorow ready for the blackboard paint Ive bought methinks

Blackboard paint sounds wicked!

Great progress!

Reminds me of delorean bodywork with that shiny steel
Nice progress

I know,I`ll be abit gutted when it starts rusting

You make my "attempts" at rat so far look pathetic! S'not hard though.

Looking good so far dude!

laquer that and leave it bare metal
the nitro stuff is in work with me for a fiver

Where do you work mate ?

leave the galvanize! or is it too late?

makro!
if you want some let me know by the weekend and il pick you up a tub. im sure its a fiver anyways lol plus staff discount then :p

Too late,I was busy with the orbital sander on the bonnet/tailgate this morning

Gave the car a once-over with 240 grade wet and dry this morning aswell



All being well I`ll be able to paint it tommorow

Ahh , ain't been in there for years ! ( ain't got a card to get in anymore )
I don't need any at the moment anyway thanks but i'll let you know if I do

estates are gettin pretty popular in the rat scene now! lookin good

Can't beat a bit of Nitromoors action Looks good so far

i do love station wagons i'll have to keep an eye on this one, it's looking good so far.

haha wel dont be too long it wont be there much longer

and yea was going to say the estates are taking over

Yeah estates are Rad ratted

If you do decide to keep it with the galv look and its started corroding just rub it over with some sandpaper...maybe some P40 and you'll get a second chance if its fairly early days they laquer it! But blackboard paint sound pretty cool. theres a Blackboard black Merc sprinter around my end and it looks top!

Paint job done, I love it

Masked up



For some reason my door and wing had a fair amount of flaking paint?




After the 1st coat




Done






Added a souvenir I brought back from Asmsterdam



Need to get some clips for the side trims/hockey sticks now..

That black makes the car look real mean, it looks grrreat!

Top work

that's come out really well mate Should look even better when it's slammed and rusty
lol at the plate too

That paint looks really good,will look great once the rust
takes hold Are you going to cover it in chalk graffiti?

I`ll be keeping chalk in the car so it can be played with Tempted to add the skirts that were on my old GTi6 and will add a laguna splitter methinks!
Cant wait to get it lower on nicer rimz,I know of some 15" Aztec dished 5 spokes going cheap aswell,Hmmm..

what a transformation
i think it looked better with out the grill though
what about masking up checkers on the bonnet and tailgate and painting it with laquer
steel and rust checkers

Thats a bloody good idea actually! I might get busy with the gaffer tape next

did you use a brush to paint it?? look well good
cant wait to see how it looks with the rust aswell

A brush to do all the cutting in and a short-pile mini roller(I`m a decorator by trade so my gear comes in handy sometimes)

That looks quality!!!
The 306wagon is such a good shape for the it, get some patterns in the rust, you know it makes sense

I cant beleive the change on the car, I'm still shocked by it, but its all about having a bit of fun. I've got a couple of boxes of playground chalk you can have next time I see you....

...just rememer you dont polish this car

I know,the rest of the CT brigade dont know yet,think I`ll just roll upto a meet and surprise everyone