SM: Work on the new body, continued

22 August 2005 | Body work, SM

During August 2005, I’m in France for vacation, so I can go to the body shop, the body is almost finished:

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First sight to the beast 😉

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The interior and the front unit are gray

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The exterior panels will stay on primer until the final paint

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It’s nice, everywhere!

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Here it’s nice also, it was in very bad shape before

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Did I tell you that it’s nice?

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OK, I stop staying that it’s nice!

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Here it’s not too bad either 😉

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The windshield frame is not ready yet. The final color will be applied

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Here a final black coat is missing, as for all the underbody

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Here are the replaced steel sheet pieces…

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… it’s amazing!

I’m very happy to see the result. When I started this project, I planned to do only some “touch up”!!! Instead, I can now count on a straight and beautiful body, which has been professionally restored. When I’ll drive this car, I’ll be seated on steel, not rust 😉

Some of you may have noticed that the gray color is not exactly the original one. You are right! This gray color is the “gris rose” (AC136) instead of the original AC092 “gris mat”. In fact I was still hesitating about the exact color when I had to communicate the color code to the body shop. I thought I’ll have enough time to check the color but the body shop has been too fast and when I saw the body, it was already painted with that gray. It’s not so big deal, it’s beautiful that way. It was not possible to correctly follow-up on this work thousand of kilometers away and, anyway, my budget is not unlimited.