Blog about the rebuilding and restoration of my 1980 Chrysler Scorpion

Category The Project

sanding sanding sanding and yet more sanding… sigh!

got stuck back into prepping the Blue Bitch for paint… Rubbed right back and then 2k hi-fill primer. Spending this weekend doing final wet rub to primer… Going down to 800 think it should be right… Also going to get… Continue Reading →

Finally some progress on the Blue Bitch

Its been a long time coming but im starting to get stuck back into the restoration as time and money permits.. This weekend ive been restoring the dashboard and Plastics of the car including the centre console. Still a bit… Continue Reading →

A bit of an update

Its been a while since I have updated the site as there’s been a lot going on over the past year. B2 car was towed away without warning by the council, as it was parked unregistered on the road (although… Continue Reading →

Prepping B2 for roadworthy

spent today prepping B2 for Roadworthy. On inspection i found a fair few small and potentially troublesome spots of bubble rust and a few scratches in the paint down to the metal so we have removed and treated the rust,… Continue Reading →

The Grey Ghost

Picked up the new car from Shepparton today finally… heres a few pics

Getting B2 ready to go on the road

Connor and I started getting B2 ready to go on the road today. 1st step is a good wash then a cut and polish which will take a few days to complete   A good scrub of the interior is… Continue Reading →

New member of the family :)

Just had a stroke of luck on eBay ….     and oooohhh it has an intact dashboard 😀 Have to arrange to pick it up now and will add more photos then ….

more rust :(

found some more rust when we removed the tail lights…oddly again on the driver side and in behind the light fitting itself, which was really weird cause the rubber seals on the light were in good nick so we sanded… Continue Reading →

Sanding… Sanding and more Sanding

Connor and I started sanding down the body last weekend, and its going to take a few weekends worth of work to get it rubbed back ready for undercoat… Connor got right into it and loved working with the Electric… Continue Reading →

Bumper Rust

Pulled off the Bumpers as part of the prep of the body and found they have surface rust pretty bad on the backs of them Im not sure how to treat them so open to suggestions

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