PabloCruise

This is a large floor section piece. There is scattered rust all around the edge.

Second one is done.

Since I cut through this hole, I have drilled the new hole first, before I cut the new piece. this will assure it will align perfectly.

The other side now. A bit easier.

Needs a little more sand blasting in a fee spots but this is done. Once its installed, we will use body filler to fill in the small imperfections wherever it's visible.

I cut this from one piece, but its difficult to weld this without having gaps because its long and has a crazy shape. I cut it with a shear where my finger is pointing and I will weld both pieces on first, then butt weld that small seam without a...

These panels are behind the rear wheel wells and the lower, backside of the quarter panel. More labor on parts that aren't visible.

Lower A-pillar again. I already repaired one side, so this is the second one.

This all took a while actually and I am not done yet.

Back at it. Working through these remaining rusted areas. Getting close to assembly, and that is exciting.

A poster would be very cool!

Woohoo! Yes! I was so worried about how to reassemble everything. :p I do want to make a poster of some sort with this. Super cool!

Designed obsolescence.

Maybe I should start a crowdfund? 😂

Maybe cruiser lean - water running to the low side all the time. Every little squall that comes threw wets that area.

@kelly saad, this has been a great read and you have some mad metal fabrication and welding skills. Truly an artist!

I feel like that means that someone, somewhere has a set stashed in some dusty box...

You have one of the biggest and coolest adult LEGO sets to assemble now

I am starting to unmask and spray the weld-through primer. The two colors of white are almost an exact match. Just dumb luck but exciting.

Have we determined if in fact Pigs were sprayed completely White at the factory and then the colour applied over the white base coat, or ?

There has been some planning and thinking to figure out how to spray certain parts and what not to spray. There is still work to be done on some pieces too, but mostly its good to go. I just needed to get these pieces sprayed. I have some rust...

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Epoxy primer on some of the parts that are ready. I will remove the making tape in a couple days, then spray weld-through primer on the areas we masked. This is, to say the least, satisfying. Since the vehicle is going back to white/red two tone...