The guys and girls at TJ Bodyworx have confirmed that the paint process has been completed today.
All that remains is for the bonnet to be fitted ready for collection by Corry Motorsport. It will then enter the next stage of refitting of engine and subsequent components. Several people have asked about the power plant and this will be discussed in future blogs. I have to say the team at TJ Bodyworx have done a brilliant job and have supplied many photos during the stages of paint. Once I have daylight shots of their excellent work I will be revealing YFY 467 Paint scheme and will a post a number of photos showing their prep work. It’s taken many years for me to get to this stage and the vision I had looks better than I could ever imagined. PS The photo is a little wide for a Lenham, but it has the sort of look!
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When YFY 467 first arrived at TJ Bodyworx it was media blasted to enable the team to start from bare metal.
After panel beating an epoxy primer was applied to seal the metalwork acting as a rust protection, this process also offers a natural ground coat for the filler, keeping it locked away from the metal and preventing it taking on moisture. Next stage was fitting the Lenham GT fibre glass rear clam using fibre glass filler for bonding. Then a high solid filler primer was applied and it was then blocked in 120 sandpaper to get a nice flat surface for the light grey primer which was blocked with 500 sandpaper. Then YFY 467’s Aston Martin base colour was applied followed by a high solid clear coat. Once it was thoroughly dried it was block sanded and then the ascent colour was applied to the grille. Once the clear coat had cured TJ Bodyworx’s team wet sanded again with 1500, 2500, 3000 and 6000. The final process to YFY 467 bodywork will see it be polished up to a high shine. TJ Bodyworx use Max Meyer products made by PPG. |
AuthorRob Clubbe is orignally from Wem in Shropshire. At the age of 20 he purchased his first Midget from Dr Sayce and the story begins! Archives
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