1958 Continental Claret -

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Last Sunday got both long sides painted.

It was a long day. And very tiring.

Got a few nasty runs in the right side (tight space against the garage wall and difficult to see the wet edge as I was spraying).

Hopefully should be able to fix that with careful cut and polish the clear when its hard enough.

To paint only have a few small bits remaining, one rear skirt, two small windshield wings and the paint windshield grill.

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Fine Gentleman and LADIES

Nib and runs removal (Tungsten file)

P1200 - Get rid of Orange peel - P1500 - P2000

Wool Pad cutting compound....

Not Perfect BUT enough for this fella here

PEACE

Jules

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Rear Differential Rebuild.

Gears were OK
Main Bearings OK
Replaced Axle Bearings and All Seals

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Machining new Rear Suspension Arm bushes from Delrin

since these are no longer available

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Making carpets from shop bought carpet.

contact glue

Trimming etc

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Top had faulty switches

Rebuilt switches with JB weld - Bakelite was broken in a few places

Sewing 4 point logo to new top material (logo scavenged from the original top).

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Miscelaneous photos

New muffler system quieted the beast very well

Vehicle is on the ground on its wheels, need to bleed brakes

Waiting on new bling (Replaced bumpers) coming from the USA


Stay tuned for more. Sorry for the long delay posting updates.

Hope all of you guys are hanging there well.

Cheers

Jules