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Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:13 pm
by Grue
It's summer, and my car's a little neglected. Hoping to have her shiney and looking good again in a few weeks time, but thought I'd share what i've been working on instead:

1954 Remington Wingmaster 12bore.

Picked her up looking rather abused, wrapped in a bathroom towel:
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Ok, this rust is worse than I thought:
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A soak in some malt vinegar, and a scrub with a wire brush:
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And we're ready for some fun with acid:
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After 5 Acid/Boil cycles:
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After baking on a linseed oil finish, new stock, shortening the barrel down a bit, and a fancy glow-in-the-dark bead:
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Re: Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:37 pm
by bduffman
Looks nice but still no excuse

I thought bout getting into rifle shooting but to costly spent it on my car insted

Re: Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:30 pm
by Shhtuart
Lol, note to self: don't f**k with grue.

:lol:

Re: Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:41 pm
by Supplanter
Shhtuart wrote:Lol, note to self: don't f**k with grue.

:lol:
Note to self, don't go to NZ 8O

Re: Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:17 am
by Grue
Ha! Well, you know... Orcs, walking trees, damn hobbits digging up your garden... can't be too careful over here.

Yeah, I know, no excuse bduffman. That's why I've just overhauled my intake setup, and she's getting an oil change and a gearbox oil change today :)

Re: Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:28 am
by Bennoz
Niiiiice. My old man just had a single shot lever one done. Can't remember the brand, but its pre Jap WWII.

We've also got a bunch of 12 gaugers, 1 thats cut to within mm's of the legal limit over here. Fire it & it'll hit everything around you bar the item directly in front of you :lol:

Re: Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:42 am
by I8A4RE
Looks awesome mate well done.
Bennoz wrote:We've also got a bunch of 12 gaugers, 1 thats cut to within mm's of the legal limit over here. Fire it & it'll hit everything around you bar the item directly in front of you :lol:

bahahahahahaha

Re: Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:57 pm
by Gholdwayne
Nice there! Reminds me of the days when my hobby was shooting birds with a CO2 rifle!

Re: Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:26 pm
by Astron_Boy
Very nice
Cleaned up extremely well.

Re: Why I've been neglecting my car

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:44 am
by Delvance
Came up absolutely beautiful!