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Hoopstar replied to the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 10 months ago
Paint was starting to become an issue not holding its shine and thin in some areas(due to polishing).. We then stripped it down and sent for a full, window out respray in PPG 2-pak at a mates business..
The painter was amazed that there wasn’t a spec of rust under the windows – very rare for these early girls.
While I had it apart, I…[Read more]
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Hoopstar replied to the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 10 months ago
Paint was starting to become an issue not holding its shine and thin in some areas(due to polishing).. We then stripped it down and sent for a full, window out respray in PPG 2-pak at a mates business..
The painter was amazed that there wasn’t a spec of rust under the windows – very rare for these early girls.
While I had it apart, I…[Read more]
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Hoopstar replied to the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 10 months ago
Paint was starting to become an issue not holding its shine and thin in some areas(due to polishing).. We then stripped it down and sent for a full, window out respray in PPG 2-pak at a mates business..
The painter was amazed that there wasn’t a spec of rust under the windows – very rare for these early girls.
While I had it apart, I…[Read more]
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Hoopstar replied to the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 10 months ago
Paint was starting to become an issue not holding its shine and thin in some areas(due to polishing).. We then stripped it down and sent for a full, window out respray in PPG 2-pak at a mates business..
The painter was amazed that there wasn’t a spec of rust under the windows – very rare for these early girls.
While I had it apart, I…[Read more]
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Hoopstar replied to the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 10 months ago
Paint was starting to become an issue not holding its shine and thin in some areas(due to polishing).. We then stripped it down and sent for a full, window out respray in PPG 2-pak at a mates business..
The painter was amazed that there wasn’t a spec of rust under the windows – very rare for these early girls.
While I had it apart, I…[Read more]
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hoopstar likes a reply on The VK Calais Daily Project 7 years, 10 months ago
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Hoopstar replied to the topic 3D Printing – Custom Parts in the forum The Pool Room 7 years, 10 months ago
Formfutura ABS. Prints pretty nicely
http://www.formfutura.com/formfutura-285mm-premium-abs-atomic-green.html
I’m moving over to their ApolloX material – an industrial-grade ASA. Has high glass temps (>100ºC) and very good UV stability.
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Hoopstar replied to the topic 3D Printing – Custom Parts in the forum The Pool Room 7 years, 10 months ago
Formfutura ABS. Prints pretty nicely
http://www.formfutura.com/formfutura-285mm-premium-abs-atomic-green.html
I’m moving over to their ApolloX material – an<span style=”font-family: ‘Source Sans Pro’, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”> </span><span style=”font-family: ‘Source Sans Pro’, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1…[Read more]
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Hoopstar replied to the topic 3D Printing – Custom Parts in the forum The Pool Room 7 years, 11 months ago
It’s probably a touch thicker but honestly next time I’d increase the ‘tube’ thickness a little more (ie. reduce i.d.) since I ran a 1.5º taper over it’s length to aid insertion into the head.
That made the very top a little thinner than I would have liked which was compounded by the fast print speed.
No biggie since they served their purpose…[Read more]
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Hoopstar replied to the topic 3D Printing – Custom Parts in the forum The Pool Room 7 years, 11 months ago
I love 3D printers. The more you use them, the more you realise how you can use them.
Tonight I needed some intake manifold gasket ‘dowels’ for my injected 5 litre. Took me longer to load up my CAD software than actually design the part:
Because I was in a hurry, I did these at the lowest quality print (4 pieces took around 4…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
Car is/will be my daily driver (MUCH to the bain of my wife who thinks I should buy a more practical vehicle).
Backstory: When I was in my 20’s I really wanted a VK Calais. I found one – a white over silver with sunroof, ‘copper’ interior and mild 308 with the best sounding 3″ exhaust…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
Car is/will be my daily driver (MUCH to the bain of my wife who thinks I should buy a more practical vehicle).
Backstory: When I was in my 20’s I really wanted a VK Calais. I found one – a white over silver with sunroof, ‘copper’ interior and mild 308 with the best sounding 3″ exhaust…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
Car is/will be my daily driver (MUCH to the bain of my wife who thinks I should buy a more practical vehicle).
Backstory: When I was in my 20’s I really wanted a VK Calais. I found one – a white over silver with sunroof, ‘copper’ interior and mild 308 with the best sounding 3″ exhaust…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
Car is/will be my daily driver (MUCH to the bain of my wife who thinks I should buy a more practical vehicle).
Backstory: When I was in my 20’s I really wanted a VK Calais. I found one – a white over silver with sunroof, ‘copper’ interior and mild 308 with the best sounding 3″ exhaust…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
Car is/will be my daily driver (MUCH to the bain of my wife who thinks I should buy a more practical vehicle).
Backstory: When I was in my 20’s I really wanted a VK Calais. I found one – a white over silver with sunroof, ‘copper’ interior and mild 308 with the best sounding 3″ exhaust…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
Car is/will be my daily driver (MUCH to the bain of my wife who thinks I should buy a more practical vehicle).
Backstory: When I was in my 20’s I really wanted a VK Calais. I found one – a white over silver with sunroof, ‘copper’ interior and mild 308 with the best sounding 3″ exhaust…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
Car is/will be my daily driver (MUCH to the bain of my wife who thinks I should buy a more practical vehicle).
Backstory: When I was in my 20’s I really wanted a VK Calais. I found one – a white over silver with sunroof, ‘copper’ interior and mild 308 with the best sounding 3″ exhaust…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
The car was bought from the original owner in Victoria, sight unseen with 130,000kms on it. From the photos it looked pretty good and because I was in Adelaide, he offered to take it to his local mechanic (a Honda dealer) to get them to ‘appraise’ it for me.
They took some photos and…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
The car was bought from the original owner in Victoria, sight unseen with 130,000kms on it. From the photos it looked pretty good and because I was in Adelaide, he offered to take it to his local mechanic (a Honda dealer) to get them to ‘appraise’ it for me.
They took some photos and…[Read more]
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Hoopstar started the topic The VK Calais Daily Project in the forum VB – VC – VH – VK – VL 7 years, 11 months ago
Hiya Chaps
Thought I should document my VK Calais build.
The car was bought from the original owner in Victoria, sight unseen with 130,000kms on it. From the photos it looked pretty good and because I was in Adelaide, he offered to take it to his local mechanic (a Honda dealer) to get them to ‘appraise’ it for me. They took some photos and c…[Read more]
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