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Spitfire Body Paintwork

Posted 9th December 2020 JoeLeave a commentPosted in Bodywork, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

I finished repairing and priming the shell back in March of this year and spent the Spring building up the chassis and running gear. By the end of May, it was time to swap them back over and get to work on getting the shell finished. Having enlisted some help to get it back in […]

Spitfire Body Tub Repairs

Posted 7th March 202013th May 2020 Joe2 CommentsPosted in Bodywork, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

The time had finally come to get the body stripped down and start work on repairs. I decided to go down the chemical stripping route and in February last year, sent all the body panels, body tub and chassis to Prostrip Ltd in Nottingham. I had the chassis done since I wasn’t really happy with […]

Painting the Chassis

Posted 8th June 20149th June 2014 JoeLeave a commentPosted in Bodywork, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

I finally got to the stage of putting some colour on the chassis today since the humidity was low enough at 50%. Although I’ve not been working on the car at every given moment, I have been stripping the chassis down and preparing it for some time now. The old paint on the chassis was […]

Spitfire Engine & Chassis

Posted 20th April 201428th May 2014 Joe1 CommentPosted in Bodywork, Engine, Spitfire 1500 Restoration

The past few weeks have all been about getting the engine stripped down and painted. I’ve also stripped the chassis down, applied a couple of coats of Por15 and a couple of coats of self-etch primer specifically designed to etch the Por15 and provide a suitable surface for the top coat. I think the chassis […]

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