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"Fashioned
with finesse... finished with care..."
My MGB GT Restoration, part II: No more welding!
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That
was close! Approximately
4:30 a.m., the night before the MG is going to
the paint shop, my mate Stephan Sontag
has just tightened the last bolts.
Ready for the spray shop (Left).
By this time you begin to realize that you've finally finished
all welding... no more rust on the floor, no more
grinding dust in your eyes, no more underseal to
scrape off the floorpans... I felt almost like in heaven...
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Back
to bare metal -
the grey primer I used to protect the shell during restoration
work had to be removed. Front valance is bolted on to check
fit
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After
achieving an
almost perfect panel alignment (for a british car...), all
joints were lead loaded... The door gaps were hard to get
right, as the doors came from a donor car
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The
MG was
mounted on a self-made jig, then sprayed with several coats
of epoxy-primer. Doors, bonnet and hatch were done separately.
No filler was used!
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After
every coat of epoxy-primer,
black overspray was used to show any imperfections
when sanding down the coats
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