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Firstly I must apologise to the tens of Team Neaves fans for the blogging drought that has plagued the site! I am sure you are wondering why this is…
Just take a look at the latest photos… (more…)
Catagories » Dan's Car
Tags » Brands Hatch, Dan, Dan's Car, K Series
Well, it’s taken long enough but finally the car is blue with silver stripes – which I am assured will make the car go faster! But unfortunately the colour scheme is not unique, as my brother’s car is exactly the same. Don’t they look good together… (more…)
As we entered phase two of the painting of Old Rusty I was feeling quite happy, if a little apprehensive about whether all the preparation had paid off. Today we sprayed the centre of the car only in preparation for the silver viper stripes like the ones on Ollie’s car. But, as ever, it didn’t quite go to plan…
After the first coat of silver (metallic) things were looking good, the surfaces all looked smooth and free of any marks. It was the second coat where things started to go wrong; to my horror the paint started to craze badly in a few more noticeable areas. You’ll se from the photos the roof, boot and particularly the back end were looking less than perfect!
Although it doesn’t look like it we’ve been hard at work prepping the car for paint, and phase 1 of the painting has begun! After profiling the rear arches and making the terribly moulded fibreglass rear valance fit the whole car has been sanded to within an inch of its life, and has claimed the fingerprints on my right hand as compensation. Today saw the primer sprayed on to the car, all done in our humble little home garage…
Catagories » Dan's Car
Tags » Brands Hatch, Dan, Dan's Car
So, I still haven’t found a roof, nor have I managed to get Old Rusty sprayed. However, I have had success in finding lots of nice bits, none of which I can fit yet… (more…)
Great body, not much up top…
Now this bit is where old Rusty starts to look like a real car, just like when Pinocchio’s wish is granted and he becomes a ‘real boy’. The line of the car is very good considering its mostly new under-body panels! (more…)
It steers!
This is obviously only a small thing to some people, but to me its huge. This car has not turned a wheel for 3 years, and now it can again (it does still need to be pushed, and cannot stop itself…).
Not using this one for racing obviously
Rear Axle and Suspension fitted…
The rear axle and brand new parabolic springs are now on the car, the entire backend is solid-bushed, and thats all i’m prepared to say about that… 
- Shiny and new!
Front Suspension fitted!
The first bits to be bolted on my new rust-free Rusty was the front suspension 
- Look at how nicely everything is co-ordinated…
Painting the shell
The next stage was to sand-blast and paint the shell, I’m told the colour is Jazz Blue…
The sand-blasted car, and a dashing young businessman...
