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ronafios · Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Posts: 26 Location: Canberra, Australia

I bought this car in July and it had some damage a the front and all down the drivers side. The paint was very faded and peeling in places.

So I made some fibreglass repairs to the bumper and did some panel beating, plus some paint, plus a lot of time, plus a lot of sanding, I finally got to the point I was happy to stick some decals on and call the outside 'done' for now. I'm waiting for some carpet to arrive and then I will start on the interior.

Oh yeah - I posted some pics around the city of Canberra on the cool drives section too.

http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=35580

This is the car when I bought it:

After I started sanding and priming:

Then some paint:

(yes, it was cold, and this was my first car spray, so I got some orange peel. Nothing a HELLUVA LOT OF SANDING can't fix...)

And the final product! Looks amazing, and turns heads again!

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joejax · Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:25 pm Post subject:

Looks great, nice pics too.

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Uhhh...you got any pics?

Joes924Racer · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:59 am Post subject:

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emoore924 · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 2822

Very nice

bnoon · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:50 am Post subject:

Very nice job!
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peterld · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:53 pm Post subject:

Looks lovely....congratulations!
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Muz924 · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:38 am Post subject:

Looking good, glad to see I am not the only one crazy enough to respray their baby at home! And you did yours in a Canberra winter.

I am a little jealous as your driving yours around, mine has been a 2 year project but still not on the road.

What did you polish the orange peel out with? I used Farcella G3 and it did an awesome job.

Love the side profile spring photo next to lake, looks like an original promotional pic from the 70’s.

Cheers
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1978 924 RoW 5-Speed (Current Project)
1980 924 RoW 5-Speed (Donor Car)
1985 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 2.0 (Previous Project Car)

stuartbrs · Joined: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 54 Location: Tassie, Australia

Beautiful!
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Very nice work! Great to see yet another example brought back to respectability

Did your car come with the rear hatch spoiler, or did you add that later?
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stevekat · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 719 Location: Los Angeles, CA

Nice!
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ronafios · Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Posts: 26 Location: Canberra, Australia

ronafios · Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Posts: 26 Location: Canberra, Australia

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI