Fright, got one for you too. No worries, we'll work something out
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Hi Somo, looks like a 750? BMW uses walnut in their interior. I have a 530 myself and the walnut matches my interior pretty well
I'll be posting some WIP's today, including a couple walnuts but they don't have finish on them yet so you can't see the burl.
This shows the color well. The upper photo is walnut used on Rivernut's unit. The water brings out the grain well and when the units are finished, this will be the color
I'll be posting some WIP's today, including a couple walnuts but they don't have finish on them yet so you can't see the burl.
This shows the color well. The upper photo is walnut used on Rivernut's unit. The water brings out the grain well and when the units are finished, this will be the color
Just as a side note Somo, this was my first German Girlfriend Helga
But I've been unfaithful and now I have a younger, sexier Helga.
I feel so guilty...
But I've been unfaithful and now I have a younger, sexier Helga.
I feel so guilty...
I love me some German cars and some Greek apv's 
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Hi Somo, looks like a 750? BMW uses walnut in their interior. I have a 530 myself and the walnut matches my interior pretty well
I'll be posting some WIP's today, including a couple walnuts but they don't have finish on them yet so you can't see the burl.
This shows the color well. The upper photo is walnut used on Rivernut's unit. The water brings out the grain well and when the units are finished, this will be the color
Correct guess with the german lady.
The top walnut does look surprisingly similar. I like it.
I think I prefer the first Helga. Curves in all the right places.
Someone wrote a book about that back inthe 70's
That Helga was sold to buy my wife a new kitchen! She was a sweetie too
Total body off resto, GM black saphire, 2litre bored and stroked engine, 178hp net at the wheels, 1700lb racing clutch, dual 44mm Webber's, monza glasspac exhaust, hand ground and polished hemispherical heads, all on a car that weighed practically nothing
I used to love driving Helga around on Saturday mornings, smoking my pipe and listening to Mozart or Bach, and sneak up on unsuspecting punk bastridges in hopped up Accords and Integras with nothing but ashcan exhausts and 100watt radios whilst listening to BS rap music which gives me heart palpitations and intestinal issues, anyway...
I would pull up next to them at lights and then blow their doors off. They could catch up to me and ask what i had "up front", i would tell them the engine was in the back, first of all, and then I would lie through my teeth and say it was stock
Don't mess with old chubby guys from Jersey
That Helga was sold to buy my wife a new kitchen! She was a sweetie too
Total body off resto, GM black saphire, 2litre bored and stroked engine, 178hp net at the wheels, 1700lb racing clutch, dual 44mm Webber's, monza glasspac exhaust, hand ground and polished hemispherical heads, all on a car that weighed practically nothing
I used to love driving Helga around on Saturday mornings, smoking my pipe and listening to Mozart or Bach, and sneak up on unsuspecting punk bastridges in hopped up Accords and Integras with nothing but ashcan exhausts and 100watt radios whilst listening to BS rap music which gives me heart palpitations and intestinal issues, anyway...
I would pull up next to them at lights and then blow their doors off. They could catch up to me and ask what i had "up front", i would tell them the engine was in the back, first of all, and then I would lie through my teeth and say it was stock
Don't mess with old chubby guys from Jersey
German car here too guys.
Great story, great car Torq. I always wanted to buy a car like yours and make it a beauty. We have some cars like this in Greece and the owners have renew them totally. Some of them removed the roof too
Great story, great car Torq. I always wanted to buy a car like yours and make it a beauty. We have some cars like this in Greece and the owners have renew them totally. Some of them removed the roof too
This is where we are so far. River, OB, Blu's and Fright's are well advanced. Today I'll wrap the rest. Freezing here today so to my wife's delight, I'll be in the kitchen and not in my workshop downstairs.
Blu's. blu, your wood choices were awesome. The nicer the wood, the more chances for slight imperfections and voids tough. That schmutz on the side of yours is to rectify that. Its a special wood filler that fills the voids. When I sand and seal, you'll have the best of both worlds
Rivernuts, Walnut and Amboyna
OB's, Walnut and Amboyna but I'll publish the Eucalyptus burl I do for Imeo's so you'll have time to change your mind
Fright's, this one is a dark Ebony with reddish swirls
And I'll be working on others today. This one will be wrapped in Eucalyptus which is a light wood. Imeo, this one is yours. Mata's is next
Yet to do is to handsand, then drill for the buttons, seal and then final polish
Blu's. blu, your wood choices were awesome. The nicer the wood, the more chances for slight imperfections and voids tough. That schmutz on the side of yours is to rectify that. Its a special wood filler that fills the voids. When I sand and seal, you'll have the best of both worlds
Rivernuts, Walnut and Amboyna
OB's, Walnut and Amboyna but I'll publish the Eucalyptus burl I do for Imeo's so you'll have time to change your mind
Fright's, this one is a dark Ebony with reddish swirls
And I'll be working on others today. This one will be wrapped in Eucalyptus which is a light wood. Imeo, this one is yours. Mata's is next
Yet to do is to handsand, then drill for the buttons, seal and then final polish
Gorgeous Torque!! Thank YOU!!
Does it look like the silver will stay silver on the bird's eye?
Does it look like the silver will stay silver on the bird's eye?
So far so good. The epoxy i'm using dries crystal clear and is "non-yellowing with age" so we'll have to wait and see.
Wow those all look stunning Torque. I can't wait to see the finished products.
This is just raw wood with some hot tea poured on it to wet the grain. Its walnut but not burl and is lighter than the dark burl.
This is after the second wetting with tea. Earl Grey loose in a gold ball
The wood is a bit too light so the tea is making it a bit deeper
This is after the second wetting with tea. Earl Grey loose in a gold ball
The wood is a bit too light so the tea is making it a bit deeper
This is amboyna. This tube is aluminum. Not many of those floating around. All brass pins, button base, springs, center pins, really nice job Imeo did on these
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