Here are my finished projects, working in Tarija, Bolivia. Lots of details in the links on my signature.
1960 Chevrolet Corvair - 1996 Chrysler Aqua Metallic (close to original Tasco Turquoise up close in the shade)
I never let this one get too bad, but re-did it last year.
1988 BMW 325ic - original color
Here are the two "in progress"
1975 Morris Mini Pickup - will be bright red when finished
1962 Renault Dauphine Ondine - will be white pearl when finished (same as the Corvair roof)
My project cars in Bolivia
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Nicely done! I can't wait to see how the last two turn out
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Nice job on the Corvair I used to have a nice 66
That Mini is going to be cool I would love to build one of those Dennis B.
A&P Mechanic, FCC General radio Telephone Operator Line Maintenance A&P Mechanic and MOC Tech specialist. |
I've managed to get a little done on each car, The Renault is getting close to assembly for the body shop, or a decision of taking to him unassembled.
I've sandblasted, straightened and painted all of the brakes and suspension, as well as rebuilt the transmission and painted it and the engine parts (still need a cylinder sleeve before assembling the engine) |
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The Mini sat for a long time with little progress in the body shop. I finally got him moving by asking where to take the Renault since I'd have it ready before he finished the first one.
I stripped, blasted and painted the rear sub-frame and parts, The body shop cut out the rotten floor and the chopped up front sub-frame and then formed a new floor out of a Toyota minivan, plus a few panels out of the others parts of the minivan. |
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Not much updating for a while, although my sites are regularly updated with what I've got. The Renault has all the underbody rails of the "frame" replaced (along with door sills), but is sort of on hold while we finish the Mini, since I have all the paperwork in order to drive it when finished. The Renault will take more time to straighten the paperwork than the body.
Here are a few of the shots of the Renault For the Mini, I bought a whole front clip, with roll up windows and 1300 cc engine. So we are grafting that onto the rear half of the pickup. Not an easy task, since the newer doors have different profiles all around, and the door sills are a different width. So I tore down the new engine to rebuild it and paint it. The polyurethane acrylic paint went on nicely. I also chromed the heat shield and polished and painted the manifolds and finished the upholstery Also made some tail light bezels out of melted beer cans Lots more detail on my sites. |
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Nice work. you remind me of me a lot. Using crap wheels to raise the car, holding the body off the ground with tires and jackstands. thats what its all about. You do good work, I dig it. You got some cool little hot rods over there, but I don't think you have the big cadillac boat that we go here. good luck, god bless/
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Nope, not many of the big ones around here. I know of a 61 Olds, and some later Chevy's, but most vehicles of the times were pickups or taxis, and with high (at the time) prices of gas, not many V8's. |
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Wow Richard, nice work! Great attention to detail, nice to see that. Thanks for keeping us updated.
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You made bezels out of melted beer cans, how on earth did you do that?
Rob
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