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1. Top 10 Posts of 2015

Sunday, 10 January 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Top 10 Posts of 2015

... muscle cars, pro touring, hot rods and race cars. Every image in the thread shows masterpieces of metal fabrication. My love for the Roadster Shop is obvious, as I believe they are not only one of the best car builders in the world, but ...
... Some new up-to-date photos have recently been posted in the thread, just incase you were wanting an update. 3. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration (Part 5) The fifth installment of this series just scraped it in, being posted right at the beginning ...

2. For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World

Tuesday, 08 December 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World

... Each have 4 point harnesses. -DASHBOARD Nice shape metal dashboard with original gauges, aside from water temp. There are some aftermarket switches installed and are overall neat and tidy. -DOOR PANELS Door panels have been removed, inner ...
... all purposes a comfortable race car, so paint is just extra weight! The custom R&M red acrylic lacquer paint shines nicely and looks the part of the race car it is. There are some touch ups, some cracks, scrapes, flaws and so on, but none ...

3. Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 4)

Wednesday, 20 March 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 4)

... form of black paint was the fuel rail. I painted this in a metalic grey colour called ‘cast alloy’. Satin black was the colour choice for the throttle body. Throttle body pieces all cleaned up, including the butterfly. You can ...
... rail was particularly bad. It looks like brake fluid had made it’s way down from the reservoir and deteriorated the paint. But it’s poor condition made it easier for me to scrape and sand it all off. I then etch primed it so it ...

4. Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 3)

Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 3)

... just make my own. I broke out the scrap metal pile once again and found some 1mm plate. After a bit of work with the angle grinder and drill I had my basic shape. To weld it together I used the ‘thin metal technique’ which is a ...
... just make my own. I broke out the scrap metal pile once again and found some 1mm plate. After a bit of work with the angle grinder and drill I had my basic shape. To weld it together I used the ‘thin metal technique’ which is a ...

5. Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 1)

Sunday, 17 March 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 1)

... mig welder, gloves, a helmet, picked up some scrap metal and signed myself up for a gas account. What followed was lots of Youtube tutorials and lots of practice. After I started getting confident I decided I was ready to attack the alternator ...
... extra-sure that I wasn’t wasting my time, I made a second mockup out of MDF to ensure that the design would work with a thicker material, and it did, so next it was onto the final metal version. Since the bolt holes had to be fairly close ...

6. DIY/How-To: Wrinkle texture paint

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 Content / build-threads.com / DIY/How-To: Wrinkle texture paint

... the rougher look of the sanding marks. Some rocker covers have the lettering embossed/sunken into the metal, in that case you can use blu-tac to fill up those areas before painting and then remove it afterwards. After blowing out all the sanding ...
... work on this inside… …and the outside. After rinsing off the cleaner I hit it with a high-pressure hose, dryed it off, then wiped it down with some wax & grease remover. When it comes to painting, the cleaner the better. Scraping ...

7. Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update

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

... 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. ...
... ground beside the car, drivers side first, and tried to squeeze my hand between the A-arm and said bumpstop. But before I could get my hand to that specific area, it brushed passed something and made a noise, a loose metal noise… …you ...