AutoTwirler Car Rotisserie — FOR SALE!
 
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Well OK it’s still not on 4 wheels… but it’s getting there.
 
Will update with details later, but for now, a picture…
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All the welds and joins have been sealed with a brush-on sealer. I started off neat, but ended up just slathering it on.
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Then I used Dinitrol 4941 underseal applied with a shutz gun. I’ve just done the one thick coat.
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So, where the car stands… 2 noise complaints from the council down the line, all the grinding of welds is done. The body and panels have been shotblasted again and not by a cowboy with an air compressor and a bucket of sand, this time hopefully by a professional. Everything is primered in Eastwood epoxy.
 
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First was to get the door off the car, and then remove the existing remnants of skin. The easiest way to do that was to just grind away at the folded edges… So, the left, right and bottom edges of the skin need to be ground down.
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So today the driver side quarter was finished, cut to size and shape, and tacked into position.
 
First was to cut away some more of the old quarter. I cut an inch below the top edge and about two inches from the door. A centimetre above the lower contour line. And at the back end there’s about an inch of wrap around. I also painted…

Today got the right hand rear quarter tacked in place. With the quarter on it’s starting to feel like a car again!
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Also started cutting the left hand quarter to shape, and that should be tacked…

Since the last post… New sheet metal for the shock mount, trunk pan extension, quarter filler panel, and inner and outer wheelhouses… and rebuilt structural shock mount area.
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I’ll add some more detailed step-by-step pictures shortly.
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After
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Here is (what remains of) the original driver side floor. Somewhat lacking in metal.
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The replacement pan to be cut on the black line. And positioned in situ. The panel doesn’t fit too well; the recesses do not line up with the originals under the car… It’s as if everything needs to be shifted half an…