Patchy's Fawlty Towers risk management. Enter at own risk

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:41 pm

Stan,

Just gotta say I love this thread - because you're doing it yourself. Starting with a picture in your head of where it's gonna end up and following it through with paint in your hair and grease under your fingernails.

I like it because I can relate to it - feel sometimes I spend more time under the car than in it, but at least I'm always learning something, and it feels good to finish a job and know you did it, rather than just paid for it.

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:14 pm

When I rang STM this morning Mrs STM answered the phone, and told me that Stan was outside with his 'lover' :lol:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:18 pm

ROFLMHO.......That girl needs a stern talking to. :lol:

Cheers UA. I really appreciate your moral support. But I do have to admit. if I had the money. I'd let a pro do it for me.

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:20 pm

bigdog wrote:Mrs STM answered the phone, and told me that Stan was outside with his 'lover'

StanTheMan wrote:But I do have to admit. if I had the money. I'd let a pro do it for me.

According to Mrs STM, you already have a pro doing it! :lol:

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:20 pm

StanTheMan wrote:ROFLMHO.......That girl needs a stern talking to.

Cheers UA. I really appreciate your moral support. But I do have to admit. if I had the money. I'd let a pro do it for me.

Nah - so much fun to be had. If I'd have paid someone to do all the work on Max, I'd still be paying someone else to do all the work on Max..... :mrgreen:

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:44 pm

Nice fence :mrgreen:

(ps keep up the great work STM!)

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:45 pm

Craig

*SLAP*

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:57 pm

StanTheMan wrote:Craig

*SLAP*

I'm happy now...I got my bite! :twisted:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:44 pm

My heart sunk this morning

Rust......its about the size of an average thumb.

This is a better view.

I've manged to stop stressing.

Its getting welded up tonight. It will be a late one. The rest of the car is almost ready for sealing primer.

Keep you posted in the next few days.

Sean · Postby **Sean** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:31 pm

That's nothing stm, just in a pain of a place to weld.

I should show you the pictures of all the new metal I've welded into the 929... That would scare you :shock:

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:38 pm

Sean wrote:I should show you the pictures of all the new metal I've welded into the 929... That would scare you

Reminds me of an old 180B SSS that I used to own... :shock:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:03 pm

Its all sorted. Big Dog came to the rescue.

That man is legendary.

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:14 pm

StanTheMan wrote:Its all sorted. Big Dog came to the rescue.

That man is legendary.

And he can write the screenplay once it's all done.......

'Patchy - The story of one man's obsession'

:mrgreen:

Lucky_Luke · Postby **Lucky_Luke** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:37 pm

Uncle Arthur wrote:
StanTheMan wrote:Its all sorted. Big Dog came to the rescue.

That man is legendary.

And he can write the screenplay once it's all done.......

'Patchy - The story of one man's obsession'

that almost sounds as good as 'billy elliot'

Car looks good STM cant wait to see the finished product with those wheels on it!

L.

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:20 pm

Far out I feel schagged again. That hasn't happened since I married.

But apart from that. Big Day.

I started with removing the weatherstip

and from another angle

Then the final round of rub down with 600 all around.

Then it was time to wash & then to clean it with Wax & grease remover.

Then the agony started
taping off all the bits. what a f#$%ng pain that was. Probably also because I was starting to run out of time & sunshine

Then I tried to jsck the car up & took the wheels off but I nearly stuck disaster. Because the ground is sloped It started leaning & nearly toppeled over onto the chasis without the wheels. I was a little stressed & forgot to take a pic. But the wheels
:roll:

But it was saved just in time.

Then the school kids had to be picked up & I rushed the bonnet. Took me a while to figure it all out but the bonnet has to be done again tomorrow

But the rest of the car is now Primed.

The front bumper is comming off tomorrow as well to get its seperate treatment.

This is how patchy looks now.