Well here we go...first up is a pic of the left hand top corner damage which took the initial force of the collision with the gum tree!...will get to the repair as a final job..
As you can see in the pic below I am in fantastic condition and the anomaly here is the angle at which the sun was shining and the position of my wife who snuck around from my blind side and took this pic...the lower protuberance in my abdomen ...is a trick of the light! ]
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..plus 70 years of the effects of Gravity ]
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meantime I had been hard at work sanding the new door....for three hours.Phew!
After one more hour of fine sanding and rubbing back a few factory imprints heres the new door...what do you think...very Retro if you ask me...Can't wait to break out the varnish and lacquer it up
..but don't be fooled if you think that's going to be the completed finish... ]
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I'll leave you to ponder what might be the final 'look'.
and heres a closer look at the grain and a clue as to what may eventuate ..you just never know what magic may happen.
In this pic below you can see the damage..well some of it and you can see it's mainly to the molding.. the new piece is just sitting there and that's the next job as well as repair the bottom left corner plate.
So all in all it's been a fun day.We will concentrate on sorting out the external damage..and then there's a couple of jobs inside...I'll let you all have squiz of the internals when were through with the outside..meantime..Keep your guard up.! ]
Cheers Rossco.