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1. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

Saturday, 03 January 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

... rate which will help us remove the painted front hopefully without damage and it is tough and able to withstand high baking temperatures.James is applying a Silicon sealer between the mating surfaces of the jig so as to seal against air leaks ...
... shaped and in the second the final application of 2 pack primer. Car returns Monday for the final, final preparation work and then we will paint the inner wheel arches black leaving the relevant areas in the natural carbon finish. 2 weeks to ...

2. Project Honda City Turbo II – Teardown

Monday, 21 July 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Project Honda City Turbo II – Teardown

... paint it down the track. This is by far the thing I hate the most about this car. It seems no amount of Rost Off will free up the grub screws holding it on. Angle grinder up next. We wanted to yank the motor out straight away for a proper ...
... in preparation for an engine re-fresh. All words and images are straight from Ryan, one of the founding members of The-Lowdown. The car is owned by Tony, a staff member over at The Motor Report, and the two of them are sharing the build. These ...

3. Build-Threads Garage: Introduction

Monday, 07 July 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Build-Threads Garage: Introduction

... In the next post I’ll show you how the site preparation went down. There’s plenty more to come! *Disclaimer. There will be absolutely no RaceDeck flooring, checker plate steel, or grey/red/white striped painted walls involved in ...
... In the next post I’ll show you how the site preparation went down. There’s plenty more to come! *Disclaimer. There will be absolutely no RaceDeck flooring, checker plate steel, or grey/red/white striped painted walls involved in ...

4. Build-Threads Project Garage: Introduction

Monday, 07 July 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Build-Threads Project Garage: Introduction

5. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

Tuesday, 06 August 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

... of one of the greatest supercars of all time. I’m so used to seeing F40′s in their finished guise, carefully polished with gleaming paintwork, but to see one in various states of undress has given me a whole new appreciation for ...
... cars, as already pointed out on this thread, do occasionally have a issue. A lot of work going into what was a pretty ratty front clam. Here you can see some of the Kevlar being laid up, wheel arches being bonded in and preparation being ...

6. the corbusier chop (part 5)

Saturday, 05 May 2012 Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / the corbusier chop (part 5)

... outside of the shop For the first time in color that's it for the moment. coming up next is filling, sanding and paint preparation. Want to see what happened before? Click here for the illustrated chop report.Original: LOWTECH :: traditional ...
... outside of the shop For the first time in color that's it for the moment. coming up next is filling, sanding and paint preparation. Want to see what happened before? Click here for the illustrated chop report.Original: LOWTECH :: traditional ...

7. Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update

Sunday, 12 June 2011 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update

... bad alignment, diff, dud rear coilover?) I decided to pull apart my new pair of rims in preparation for their refurbishment. I’d never disassembled a set of wheels, so I removed the bolts to make cleaning/polishing the face of the lips ...
... a good way to remove dirt, but mainly because I was bored. A quick high-pressure wash and a scrape with some paint stripper didn’t net the results I was after. The white paint was really caked on, and the chrome plating was hard to remove. ...