Progress, another item

Well some weeks ago I kinda mounted the front bumper. The rear bumper still waits for painting and mounting on  the Blue Lord. Since I picked up my normal working scheme, time's running away.

Time for a short reconsidering. This year I made great progress in my project, due to a major leave from work. I mounted a new petrol tank (3 times), new petrol lines, renewed brake lines, I restored the rear axis, and mounted some little details in the interior. I even restored another set of wheels.

That's what I wrote this morning. But time has passed me by, and I had a little time today to fiddle about. The weather was perfect for a hike, but I was in my workshop sanding the ugliest rims I ever had. They came with my 146 and I changed them real quick for better tires and QV-rims. Just a little bit of attention and the world looks completely different. See for yourselves.

This was the state in which I bought the 146, with the Speedline alu wheels in really bad shape. Luckily only one was a little dented.

Corrosion has left ugly marks on this rim. Fake plastic bolts and a nice wheel cap in the center.

Ugliness by disconcern

A new owner and he wants to spent some time with the ugly one.

First run in restoring. Blank aluminium on the edge, silver painted center. 

Corrossion is fading slowly away.

On this particular rim I spent the most time with sanding the varnish layer off the blank aluminium. The corroded space let off the varnish real good. The other wheels are in a less corroded, in fact a better shape, so more of this naste work is to come. With some thinner I made a start in attacking the very hard varnish surface. More posts about this work are to come real soon.