Pearl white coupe revival

[ottawa coupe]

Couldn't sleep so went n got work done.... took a few iterations but i think i got it for the most part. I have some sanding marks to deal with in the arch but i'll get the right putty in the spring. In the meantime i need to sort some sawhorses i guess to support all the panels i now need to work on

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One last thing i will need to make is some form of cover for the now non existant rear seats. The nice thing i learned though is that the battery will fit nicely below the lwvel of the trunk floor. So i can make a box to fit on the seat base and have a nice flat floor as well as easily place the battery.

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So, bow the shell is tucked away and i will slowly add primed parts over the course of the winter and by the spring it SHOULD be ready for paint....in whatever colour that ends up being lol.....

[jbrentd]

Keep up the good work!

[ottawa coupe]

Bonkers day at work today so only got a few mins in the garage. Got the rear bumper surround on the sawhorses and i guess fabrication isn't quite finished yet!

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on the bright side, this means my new favourite tool, the hot stapler, comes out. However i need to buy a new knockoff dremel before i can do the work because a damn mouse got into the tool chest and had a meal....

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I guess that is what you get livin in the woods....

[ottawa coupe]

Well, slow progress but still progress. Rear bumper surround in primer. Lower part has been painted a satin black. Got a big run in the primer i'll need to sort tomorrow though. Then on to the rear bumper itself.

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After the rear bumper, i'll get the front sorted just to get it off the floor and then it'll be the most difficult of all, the rear hatch. Supporting it and NOT breaking the glass while working on it is sure to be fun to sort out. Goal is to have the rear end assembled in primer by christmas. Doors and fenders should be a breeze in comparison.

[Rikki Kitto]

Why are little furry animals attracted to wiring after my car a
Was stored for many years we found a family of mice had found their way into the airbox and chewed the air filter and made it into a lovely comfy nest

[ottawa coupe]

Decided to start tackling the tailgate. This is gonna suck....

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I have encountered as issue though and i am wondering if you guys can identify a part. A screw holding the bump stop into the hatch snapped in the threaded insert into the gate.

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Anyone know if there's a replacement and where to get it??

[Nuvo]

Unfortunately, that isn't available as a separate part. I think your best bet is getting one from either a breaker or maybe get one or two machined to spec.

[ottawa coupe]

Well that's poop! I winder if i could drill it out in my drill press instead of by hand, maybe i'd be more likely to get it out??

[Nuvo]

I don't need to tell you to make sure you get the drill bit centered of course. Best of luck with it.

[ottawa coupe]

well, my bits are too soft (TWSS)

hoppin on the ol internet box it would seem than these types of things are my best bet

PGMJ 80 Pieces M6 Wood Inserts Bolt Furniture Screw in Nut Threaded Fastener Connector Hex Socket Drive for Wood Furniture Assortment (M6x15mm) : Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement

not quite the same but maybe they'll hafta do.

[ottawa coupe]

Well, while I did manage to get a drill bit to drill thru the nub of the screw, I was not able to unthread it. Luckily though, those furniture inserts work well enough. I say we'll enough because I guess the pitch wasn't the same and it got cross threaded at the end and just as I was just about in, the internal hex portion cracked and stripped. Luckily it is in deep enough and straight enough to work. If one were to try and replicate, maybe drill the hole out a smidgen and maybe heat the insert so it sorta melts it's thread into the hatch??

at any rate "fixed".

[ottawa coupe]

So, it's days like this i really wish this was done and on the road.....

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Maybe next winter??

At any rate, did the finicky work and got the inside of the hatch sanded. My fingers hurt....no machine here! Cautiously optimistic this is the worst of it? Tho now that i think of it, the rad support isn't gonna be much fun either....

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[ottawa coupe]

Well, hatch should have its second coat of primer after lunch and by the end of the day, back on the car for now. The nice milestone here and that this concludes getting thru the crappy paint job. I am now dealing exclusivly with the cabby panels with oem paint, so it should be much faster to get prepped due to being thinner.

it ain't much to be positive about but i am grasping at straws to keep motivated here lol

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[ottawa coupe]

And i bought the porsche seats this afternoon. I think they are gonna work really well and are SO much more comfy than the mk3 seats i have or any clapped out b3 seat i would find. Gotta order the seat bases and will have to figure out decent quality covers to replace these as there's the obviously damaged one but cracks in both.

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[jbrentd]

They do look comfy. Are there a lot of choices, when it comes to seat covers for those? That is the main reason for the choice of seats in my coupe.