The other 61 Ute

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Looking good Ian
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sweet mate.
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Nice one. Did you mix the pain differently this time Wiz?
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Beatts wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:16 pm Nice one. Did you mix the pain differently this time Wiz?
Do you mean other than the Wiz’s patented “if in doubt, thin it out” method of paint mixing?
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Beatts, my chat with your painter has helped me immensely, also the paint is $100 a litre.
As for Matt, he bought a $38 spray gun off EBay, I had to thin the shit out of it to come out of the gun
So to sum it all up, You get what you pay for
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vanell wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:55 am Beatts, my chat with your painter has helped me immensely
Can I get some of that info second hand next weekend??
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vanell wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:55 am Beatts, my chat with your painter has helped me immensely, also the paint is $100 a litre.
As for Matt, he bought a $38 spray gun off EBay, I had to thin the shit out of it to come out of the gun
So to sum it all up, You get what you pay for
That's great. I thought the paint coverage looked thinner in the photos.
We're currently messing around with what percentage of matting agent to use so it has a finish similar to acrylic. Looking for old shiny not new shiny.
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Beatts wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:53 am
vanell wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:55 am Beatts, my chat with your painter has helped me immensely, also the paint is $100 a litre.
As for Matt, he bought a $38 spray gun off EBay, I had to thin the shit out of it to come out of the gun
So to sum it all up, You get what you pay for
That's great. I thought the paint coverage looked thinner in the photos.
We're currently messing around with what percentage of matting agent to use so it has a finish similar to acrylic. Looking for old shiny not new shiny.

And everyone makes out like I’m the obsessive one.
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Gearbox in today, picture reminds me to order a new throw out bearing
I square up the trans to the body, it makes the tinware fit nicely, there’s enough movement in the bottom mount bolts to get it right
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It’s the small things that make the big things work. Nice trick.

Also I don’t want to seem obsessed but that paint job does look good Wiz.
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Yeah great idea. Never realised that could be tweaked. Not changing it though until next time…. Hopefully a few years
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So I’m not a fan of adjusters, I think they are too close to the tyre sidewall with a decent size tyre on, but you need to be able to drop the spring plates to get the tyres off, so I use 3 bolts instead of the Adjuster, a lot more work to get the spring plates in the right spot tho
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