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HQ LS Monaro restoration

What does a bank manager drive? Well when these cars were new - a HQ Monaro LS was just the ticket. This particular car is owned by a young bloke who works in a bank - in the finance sector eventually he may even be a bank manager. This is the sort of investment that interest all of us.

Date: 25/01/07
Owner: streetneat
Size: 13 items
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This Monaro looked to be pretty straight - until closer inspection revaeled some ordinery bodywork. This is as delivered.

Date: 05/12/03
Owner: streetneat
Views: 632
 
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That bonnet with its speed hump was the first item to go. Bog was 1/2" thick.

Date: 05/12/03
Owner: streetneat
Views: 635
 
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All the grey primer was applied to sell the car. Owner paid a bit too much for it in my opinion - but they are not making these cars any more and this one has potential after only first spending a heap of money on body and paint of course. I t will be worth it in the end I think.

Date: 05/12/03
Owner: streetneat
Views: 484
 
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Rear view of the car stripped back . All the rust found under the acrylic made this nessescary . The car had not seen the road with these repairs and the acrylic let the moisture right through. Plus some of the steel had been allowed to rust before it was covered up with acrylic primers. Acrylic primer is porous and only aids in rusting the metal underneath.

Date: 05/12/03
Owner: streetneat
Views: 538
 
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The first task for me was to strip all the acrylic primers and putties of back to reveal the bog work. Some one had good intentions - just lacking in knowledge and execution.

Date: 05/12/03
Owner: streetneat
Views: 651
 
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You can see all the bog - these areas will be reworked after we have epoxy primed the whole car with PPG DP 40 . This acts as an adhesion promotor for my new blade putty work. Also allows me to acuratley see all the hidden dents.

Date: 05/12/03
Owner: streetneat
Views: 528
 
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In tinted primer after a marathon effort of block sanding the spray polyester (spray bog) over the entire car. Is straight as a die now.

Date: 19/12/03
Owner: streetneat
Views: 555
 
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Baking in the sun - this is allowed to sit for several days for full curing of all the materials.

Date: 19/12/03
Owner: streetneat
Views: 593
 
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Finally painted. Came up arrow straight after all that prep work.

Date: 21/01/04
Owner: streetneat
Views: 630
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