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Post by Talking Hoarse on Jun 8, 2014 17:05:08 GMT 1
   Finally plucked up the courage to put a wire brush to the old Datsun. It is looking well overall, but there are a few scabs (like under the rear window, at the backs of each cill, and on a front panel seam) where grot is undermining the paint. So far I am testing the process and resultant finish on 1 (the worst) wheel arch. So a bit of cleaning with white spirit to remove 31 year old underseal & all the wax I put on 3 years ago, followed by wire brushing (I use an angle grinder) and rust treatment then zinc primer. Picture below of the grottiest bit. I had a little patch let into each cill (where the arch overlaps there was a blister) 3 years ago that has held up well, hardly noticable and a credit to Jimmy the welder. The wheel arch edges are still mostly pristine and a credit to whoever undersealed the car when new, and maybe all the wax I applied 3 years ago. In a few days when the zinc primer is hard I will re wax /seal the wheel arch and start rubbing down and applying hi build primer before rattle canning the colour and lacquer. If all that goes to plan then the rest of the car beckons Ed |
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Post by Al Ramone on Jun 8, 2014 18:30:24 GMT 1
wow. a lot of datsun owners are going to be very jealous that's your worst bit of grot....
oh. don't apply any waxoil till after you've finished painting. the paint won't stick to it and will most likely react.
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Post by Talking Hoarse on Jun 8, 2014 21:01:57 GMT 1
wow. a lot of datsun owners are going to be very jealous that's your worst bit of grot.... oh. don't apply any waxoil till after you've finished painting. the paint won't stick to it and will most likely react. Thanks Alan, you have seen the car of course (last year at Beaulieu) - its very straight & proper and astonishingly rot free, but has a wrinkle, scrape or dent on every panel from its London life. Sadly the underside bits & bobs are now looking less fresh than they did a couple of years back, when all the bolts and fastenings & brake back plates etc etc were clean & unmarked as if never heat cycled or in salt! I dont use Waxoyl - I use either Brown Brothers cavity wax or Bilt Hambers black wax. I will have to use the latter in the wheel arch before painting the rest so as to get the car back out on the road. Ed |
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Post by Al Ramone on Jun 9, 2014 6:54:58 GMT 1
well certainly don't take it back on the road in just primer by it's nature primer is porous so will absorb any water from rain or puddles.
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Post by cakie on Jun 9, 2014 17:30:54 GMT 1
This... This is not fair! If this is scabby then our bluebird is non-existent!  |
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Post by Talking Hoarse on Jun 10, 2014 7:01:37 GMT 1
This... This is not fair! If this is scabby then our bluebird is non-existent! Not at all! Remember that there are only about 30 910's left in UK according to DVLC, ½ are SORN'd. So our "classic minicabs" are now rarer than E Types, Model T Fords .... etc. So existing is everything. Hope we can compare cars one day Ed |
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Post by 30psi on Jun 11, 2014 21:13:18 GMT 1
I seem to remember with the 910 coupes there was 8 manuals taxed and 1 auto left. The auto coupe is my daily driver and the other one is sorned so not in those numbers.
Just looked (http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=datsun+bluebird) and apparantly one one manual Coupe left.
How accurate are the figures though?
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Post by reallyloud on Jun 11, 2014 21:36:21 GMT 1
Not very but it's about as close as we can get as a minimum count. As you know the DVLA record of cars on their database that have been registered or SORN'd in the last 16 years or so. There might well be some confusion regarding the exact number of 910's on the road, as it was a model that went through the Datsun to Nissan transition name change so there might be a few late examples documented under the Nissan name. There must be a few hidden cars in garages and barns too.
Good to keep on top of these things Ed, we all know how easy it is to leave it for a year or 2......
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