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Progress At Last

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Well, I had a good weekend on the buggy. I was only doing bits and pieces on it here and there but still managed to get a nice bit of work done. Chassis was stone chips, now its nice and shiney in gloss black. The chassis was then flipped over the whole process began again. [...]

I just did a trace on my spray guns and they arrived in Ireland on Monday but are still waiting to clear customs, do they not know I’m waiting for them!!

Well after spending about 4 hours sanding down all the work I done, I was ready for stone chip again. This time i went with a different product and it worked perfectly. Now I’m waiting for my new spray guns to come in from the states and I can top coat it and start the [...]

Well i was right about the stone chip reacting. When I went back to look at it today it was all cracked looking. I don’t know if it was the stone chip or what was underneath it but it doesn’t matter its not right. I now its an area of the car that will never [...]

Well tonight I finally started some work on the buggy. Not much mind you but some. I wasn’t happy with the finish of the paint on the chassis so i decided that i was going to spray it again. Not knowing what was on it before I decided to give it a light sand and [...]

What a weekend!

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I had a lot of plans all lined up nicely for the weekend. Saturday I was going to spend the day in the garage working on the buggy and Sunday I was going to Limerick to a car show in support of Milford Hospice So what happened, everything. Woke up Saturday morning feeling like shit, [...]

Seeing Red

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This is similar to the colour red i want. Something deep and bright!!

These are all the parts I’m starting with: 14″ Alloy Windscreen with glass. Glass was a bonus, I wasn’t expecting that. Some pretty stuff and braided brake hoses Monza 4-tip exhaust Fan Shoud The Main Attraction Its not staying blue. It will be red when its finished You can just about see the shortened chassis [...]

UK Trip

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Well the trip was designed to be a nice easy going trip. Normally when I do UK runs it ends up a mad rush everywhere. I borrowed a van from John Sheehan,a nice 2005 Fiat Ducato (very very nice van to drive), we left Galway at 4:00 am and headed for Dublin Port. No dramas [...]