Ivan's coupe: roof stuccowork

[Ivan141]

Today's work in the garage was relatively fruitful.
I fixed the damaged seat rails of the MA70 drivers seat.
Basically chopped the broken bits out, aligned the parts and welded the missing bits full. Also added some seamwelds along the sides for good measure.



These zenki headlight brackets had broken studs on them so I powerfiled the old ones off from the rear and welded some new bolts in there. This is only for completeness' sake since they are identical to kouki brackets of which I also have an intact pair. I did not finish them any further as they are going in a pile destined for powdercoating. Will try to protect the zink treated threads from blasting/coating as it is rather good. Just found a washer that has been laying outside in the rain for weeks (dutch summer) and it's clean as a whistle.


I couldnt be bothered to restore the original fuel tank, which is not beyond rescue, but just a lot of work, so I ordered up an aftermarket Spectra fueltank from Flos.ie.
Here it is, scuffed up for primer:


And with some 2k primer on:



You may notice the filler neck looks a bit rustical, this has to do with the paint being scraped off by accident when I turned the tank during painting. My paint gun was empty at this point so just I scraped some leftovers from the mixing cup and just slapped them on with a mixing stick. Will sand it flush before the next layer goes on (which will most likely be Raptor liner tinted to underbody color).