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:woohoo:  an update :D time to tinker with it then

 

 

Koen

 

Almost time... I will be starting on it at some point next week for sure :D

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I think you can find some time on the horse if needed :P

 

 

Koen

 

"Time is an illusion.. Lunch time doubly so".    No points or prizes but can anyone tell me where that quote is from? :)

 

Almost ready to start on it Koen, I've come so close to getting the shack tidy it would be a shame not to finish it..

 

 

 

hurry up and get going then! :D

 

Patience Glass hopper :D

 

 

 

Looking good Ian you've gave me an idea for a future project!

 

Thanks James.. So what's this idea for a future project? :)

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I'm thinking of a rear steer Ian what you think ?

 

That could be an interesting project James, not quite sure how it could be built, it needs some thinking on..

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Looks as rusty as my raider! But then mine has been on fire :(

 

Plenty of rust on it Mark..

 

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But most of it came off easy with a wire brush :)

 

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And settled in a neat pile on the bench! :D

 

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I don't think I will be repairing this bit somehow, easy enough to fold a new one out of ally.

 

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The strip down continues...

 

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By the time The Showman walks in the poor Raider I bought from him had been stripped bare!   Good to catch up with you again today Chris :thumbs:

 

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So there you go, stripped down to the naked chassis and much to my shock and surprise everything (bar one bit) came undone and came off!!

 

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The one part that is being a pain of all things is the gear knob!!  It turns but won't unwind!

 

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While on the subject of things with gear knobs on, here's another trans that is refusing to give up it's grip on a slot hitch.. So far loads of heat and plenty of weight have failed to move it!!

Did you want a trans with your hitch Norm? :D

 

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The only question now was which bit should I clean up first... Thinking quite far ahead here the last remaining paint was stripped from the top of the hood, but only the top..

The bare metal was then given a coating of battery acid to help start the rusting process....

 

Yes you did read that right, I want it to rust.... As to why, your have to wait and see :D      Don't give the game away Chris :D

 

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I think it's working Chris, after an hour the bare steel had certainly lost it's shine.. I left in the shack overnight as I didn't want any bunnies or any other creatures getting battery acid on themselves before it has dried out..

It can go outside today and stay there until I'm ready for it.

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The plan for today was to get as much of the paint and rust stripped off of Project ZIT, but instead I spent most of the day mouse hunting, trying to keep very young (just worked out how to fly sort of young) black caps out of the shack, and chopping a phone in half!

 

So have a photo of the side of the hood starting to rust.. The acid did the trick :)

 

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However plans for the finish have changed a little today including some buying of paint.. So watch this space :D

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That acid sure works well Ian what make is that ? Is it Nitro morse ?

 

HI James, I'm using this stuff.. Not even going to try and pronounce the name :D   Garry bought it years ago for topping up bike battery's and it's been sitting on a shelf in the shack ever since!

 

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After yesterdays mouse hunting I was greeted by the build bench looking like this when I went to the shack this morning!

 

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A little while later the bench was a lot tidier and I could actually see what I was going to work on :)

 

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Well, not all the parts as some are stashed under the bench.

 

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As I was stripping the last remaining parts off the hood stand I noticed more rust that needs a bit of work.. The hood stand is now stewing in the E tank.

 

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I did make a start on cleaning up the chassis, but I didn't get that much cleaned up as the shack was filling up with rust dust and it was raining so I couldn't do this part outside!

 

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A much dryer and warmer day is forecast for tomorrow, so fingers crossed for some rust stripping action in the sun :D

 

And for your viewing delight, here's part 1 of Project Zero-ish turn.

 

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looking good Ian :thumbs: but why the hell are you using battery acid? :P

 

 

 

Koen

 

To make it rust Koen :D   Ok, here's a clue for you :)

 

You see the rectangle?

 

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At some angles the rust really comes alive and changes colour to something much more vivid :D

 

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The rust cleaning continues on parts that are not the hood :)   Some bits were put through the blast cabinet.

 

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Other parts such as the fender pan were cleaned the old fashioned way with a wire cup brush on a grinder.

 

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Quite a few hidden cracks to be welded up!

 

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And that's as far as I got yesterday as Garry turned up on something different that needed a bit of looking at... See my post in the off topic section that will be appearing shortly :)

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Screeeeeeeech!!!!     No that's not the sound of a car crash outside my house, but the sound of Project zero-ish turn screeching to a halt!!!!    Yes you did read that right :D

 

Do to a mixture of luck and being in the right place at the right time sort of thing this project is about to take a rather large change in direction!

At the moment I can't tell you any more than that (Well I could but where would be the fun in that :D )

 

So, I will just leave you a couple of photo's for now :D

 

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