Sounds great Frank I can't wait to help with the assembly, I'll bring a
video camera to archive it. Tell me did you use 400 grit because it is epoxy
paint? Is that PPG paint and will the seats be done soon? The blue interior
should look really nice with the white interior.
Lin
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>wrote:
> The Holy Sprite is painted under the bonnet, inside the body tub, engine
> bay, and the insides of the doors.
> My son will paint the outer body tomorrow night.
> I spent the day yesterday de-dusting the garage and washing down the Holy
> Sprite to get rid of all that sanding dust.
> The body has been hand block sanded with 400 grit paper and it looks pretty
> good.
> Fr Jack stops by every few days to check it out. He is excited!
> The rear axle case is painted black, thanks to Linda for cleaning it up and
> getting the rust off of it. It looks great.
> I have bead blasted the axles and painted them too. Powder coated the brake
> drums and have been cleaning up and painting or powder coating all the
> specialty nuts and bolts. I bought a supply of new nuts and bolts for all
> the rest of the car so reassembly should be a breeze.
> I hope to have it wet sanded and buffed out by the end of next weekend.
> If all goes well, I'll be on time with the schedule, even a bit early.
> Remember, the final assembly O.S.H.I.T. weekend is November 8th & 9th.
> I ordered a new top, found one for $189 on line and I will be ordering
> tires from Tire Rack so in the week or so before the
> assembly Oshit, I will get the tires mounted and powder coat the wheels.
> I still need to get a battery but that's a 15 minute job.
> The wire harness is finished with any and all mods that were needed to put
> an electric solenoid in Bugeye.
> I will have to move the fuse box and regulator due to using a MKII Sprite
> wire harness but that should be no big deal.
> A Bugeye with a key start, no pull cable.
> I also found out tonight that a friend of my son has an "IN" with a metal
> plater, he is going to see about getting the cockpit surround anodized.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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