Toxic juice

Picked up some chemicals on the way home from work today. If they work half as good as it smells, it will stick on the car for at least fifty more years. It will be interresting to se how it turns out. Epoxy primer first and then a topcoat of black filler-primer.

Speed welding

Knechten's 52 zwitter is rapidly coming togehter. With a welding-speed like the devil himself were chasing right behind that splitted rear window, welding of the car is nearly completed. Last night saw the rear left chassismount to be worked on, here under careful supervision from Brezelfürsten.

Preparing parts

From the first day I purchased this car, I have tried to follow the wise word of those who have done it before. "Everyone can restore a chassie, but God knows how many who left their half-finnished projects there". I have therefore consentrated on the timeconsuming rustwelding insted. But seeing the light in the tunnel, it's time to look a little ahead. The floor pan was sandblasted and painted when I got the car, so all it needs is a good cleaning after 20 years storage. But everything else is not ready and stored in a LOT of different small boxes. To make things ready for assembling the car, I have started some small preparations. First thing out is the pedal assembly, sandblasted, painted and adjusted. The nice throttle pedal got a good cleaning and new grease... Ready to floor it =)

New update

Last night after cleaning out some scrap from the garage, I could not resist the temptaition of picking up the welder. A couple of weeks ago we ran out of gas for the welder, but with a fresh bottle at hand, I fired it up again. I used two nights a while ago making all the pieces to be welded, and the welding therfore went pretty easy. Some adjustments had to be made, but the corner was almost completed in two hours. One year of practise with the welder makes a hell of a difference in speed. Every step brings the zwitter closer to road legal again =)

Knechten`s cal-look

This pic shows Knechtens 65 cal-look which he sold (how is it possible to sell such a pearl?).

It is only minutes before we are heading for BugRun 2006.