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first work on the body is done, we discovered that we had a different front, a 1960 front (dammm)

But no problems, we use the bottem of the this front en the upper of the old front and we have a new lakewood front

so little bit more time to fix it but it will be done = )
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stay tuned Thanks Ralf
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Dit upgrade my home workshop today,

New better electric, new carpet, more storage and better light, Ready to build up my lakewood
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Greetings Ralf
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I like the lovely lady on the wall who will encourage you! *grin*
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Gregory_Miller wrote:I like the lovely lady on the wall who will encourage you! *grin*
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SSST one more to come, to "hang on te wall" :neener: stay tuned hahahahahaha
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Did a upgrade on the workshop: Air and a sandblasting device :)
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now i can go further with the Lakewood,

Stay Tuned Ralf
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That is a great upgrade, sandblaster cabinet is super cool. :tu:
You will be ready when it comes back from the body shop.
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I've got what looks to be the identical sand blast cabinet, it is awesome to have!
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Good the here, hope it works well, the air compressor should holt it it is small but powerfull, next weekend i'll get some sanding material and try it out :-)

one week waiting mmmmh
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I tried out the sandblaster and it all works fine :-)

Did not yet the complete rim, but you can see what i did and need to be done.
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A lot of more parts needs te be done,

thanks !!
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rustbucket wrote:
TikiRalf wrote:
rustbucket wrote:I love your Lakewood Ralf, keep the resto pics coming.
I remember seeing your car at a show when it was in UK
Cool !! you don't have any pictures taken from that show ?? i'll like some history pictures of my car :-)

thanks everyone for the comments and yes i'm back on the corvair now :-) hahahaha

And nice to have neighbours who also like a good beer :tu: CHEERS !!
I've sent you a message bro.
Hi Ralf, just thought I'd drop you a message as a follow up to my pm.
I sent the previous owner of your car an e-mail but no reply.
Looks like you making a great job there. :cool:
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rustbucket wrote:
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TikiRalf wrote: Cool !! you don't have any pictures taken from that show ?? i'll like some history pictures of my car :-)

thanks everyone for the comments and yes i'm back on the corvair now :-) hahahaha

And nice to have neighbours who also like a good beer :tu: CHEERS !!
I've sent you a message bro.
Hi Ralf, just thought I'd drop you a message as a follow up to my pm.
I sent the previous owner of your car an e-mail but no reply.
Looks like you making a great job there. :cool:

YESS!!!!! :tu: found it , realy great pictures SUPER :coolphotos: !!!!!! thanks for it, they go in my "collection" of pictures of the car

Thanks for the time and energy to look for it !!
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:tu: only pleased to help.
I thought I had a show photo of it myself but can't seem to find it.
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Long time since the previous post, but stil working here on the corvair :tu:

We did some bodywork, new trunk and complete new front, from 2 frontpanels we fixed a good one. enjoy the pictures we moving on now to the floors inside the car.
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Thanks Ralf
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Excellent work... makes me want to get mine painted even more...
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Always great to see some in-progress photos, Thanks!
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Thanks CAD-KID

A lot of more pictures will coming in de next year(s) i think so
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