What did you do to your E9 today?

[Jasper]

Looks like you have a restored early Hazet Assistent. They are scarce this side of the Pond. I've found a newer one here in Texas but it doesn't have the seat or lamp.

It was a gift from an old colleague of mine who used it in the 70's and replaced it in the 80's. I restored it ten years ago and made the seat from a template I found on thesamba.com. The lamp is one I had lying around and fit the holes in the posts.

 

[e9Leveque]

Painted the underside. Used Seymour dark gray (which is surprisingly a silver color rather than dark gray) on the transmission tunnel and then Wurth Porsche Stoneguard Gray on the bottom of the floor panels. I know that the original color is more of a khaki but that was hard to find in a stone guard and this color is actually fairly close to my Polaris Silver so I’ll say that I’m breaking with the bible here. Quite a change from how I got the car - pics from original to post-dry-ice-blasting to post- painting

 

[HB Chris]

Undersides were khaki primer and grey Wurth style undercoat so your solution is perfect.

 

[ScottAndrews]

I removed front calipers and rotors in preparation for rebuilding the calipers and putting in new rotors and pads. I think the PO had more recently replaced the pads but the calipers were really gummed up and the rubber just completely tore away as I removed the pistons. Will sandblast, zinc plate and then powder coat while I wait for seal kits to arrive this week.
Also cerakoted my exhaust manifolds after sandblasting them this morning since they were looking fairly rusted over. Since the engine is on the stand I’ve have been cleaning up parts of it, essentially everything short of taking it apart. Front/rear main seals, valve cover refresh and new gasket, etc. The manifolds are looking good and are now extra-protected.

You doing your own zinc coating?

 

[e9Leveque]

You doing your own zinc coating?

I've done a bit, just using one of the kits from Eastwood. Given that I'm powder coating over it, that serves as a primary protective layer so the zinc is more of the belt and suspenders approach. The kit is fairly cheap and works for things like this, brackets, etc. You can do bolts and washers, etc, but for a $0.30 bolt that's all rusted or encrusted, seems a lot of work to polish, degrease, wrap with wire to zinc plate, then polish further etc. Most of the bolts that are standard size I have just replaced from Belmetric and have only done the above to the ones that are odd sizes or otherwise hard to find.

 

[Fritzie]

Undersides were khaki primer and grey Wurth style undercoat so your solution is perfect.

Does anyone the RAL number of the khaki colour?

 

[vince]

Painted the underside. Used Seymour dark gray (which is surprisingly a silver color rather than dark gray) on the transmission tunnel and then Wurth Porsche Stoneguard Gray on the bottom of the floor panels. I know that the original color is more of a khaki but that was hard to find in a stone guard and this color is actually fairly close to my Polaris Silver so I’ll say that I’m breaking with the bible here. Quite a change from how I got the car - pics from original to post-dry-ice-blasting to post- painting

Wow! Really nice work!