Greenmacs Td Gemi

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here is my td.. pretty good nick. speedo only reads 36k kms.. kinda believe is considering condition on interior and all rubbers are still soft.. no road grime in door jams etc.

I'm now 3rd owner. 2nd owner unfortunately stored it under a tree and didnt do anything with it for a couple of years. so the roof boot and bonnet paint got destroyed by sap.

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Ok so blown head gasket.. mighta been cos it sat around for years and years. but meh head is in ok condition. will just get it cleaned up and put back on.

So this car is quite good so i decided to facelift it. All original style tho. too good to spoil.

Suss the condition of these doors. NO rust. all of them were like this. perfect.

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so boot floor was a bit shite, only this side though.. coinsides with the side that had sap all over it. other side of boot floor is perfect.

wasnt too bad after a wire wheel and rust convert. had some small patches and holes to weld up.

This is what came outta there.

So after the rust treatment i etched it. seam sealed it and put a thick coating of stoneguard in there. put fresh seam sealer all up in the fender well as well.

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onto the rust patch. same side outter guard.

warped a bit took quite a smashing with the slapper to get a nice shape to it.

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bit of surface rust on the edges here. wire wheeled it all etched it. masked the lip and hit it with stoneguard. tidies it up and looks kinda good in my opinion.

then doors stripped straightened and prepped for priming, before nazis come along and say 'u can't use bog on paint' yes you can if its a polyester.

and even still non polyesters are fine on paint.. just not recommended.

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Took the bonnet off and stripped it bare. found some gheyness under the front trim.. so wire wheel. rust convert.. weld some holes up.. seam seal underside.. etch and stonguard top. sweet.

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doors all in primer. used epotec grey/green. awesome primer for corosion resistance but a bitch to rub down.

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bonnet was pretty ripply. bang it out as best ya can and skim it.

boot was alright.

clean!!

rust!

fixed. weld thru primer is a must.

the copper stuff.

bottom bit also got plated jst don't have a photo. after that etch and seam sealer followed.

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rust. cut all plated but again no photo.. shiiit.

fixed in primer.

body in primer

boot and bonnet in primer

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Paint!!

this was the first round..

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Round 2

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Next up is front guards. whilst rust repairing many refits happen to ensure it lines up with the body.

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once all patch the underside got washed.. wire wheeled. rust converted. etched. seam sealed to prevent it happening again and the re stonguard entire underside.

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Front guards all straightened.

Stoneguard sills and bottom of guards to match.

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Then finally body painted and reassembly begins.

steel wool is brilliant for cleaning years of grime off glass.

refurbed the taillights. polished chrome and fresh silver.