HM 1081 NorJak Hurricane

[Fuzzy]

Mine is a right hand drive kit   8-) so this will be the passenger side:  we can "adjust" the location via the mounting points if neccessary.  thanks Bill

[Fuzzy]

Have done a bit of work over the past month or so between the never ending monsoon rains.

[s_reynolds]

Fuzzy, it looks like a good strong bracket, so should do the trick.

Sam

[Fuzzy]

I had some photos that were sent to me when 1081 was mocked up in Missouri, however the headers they showed on the block at that point are not the headers I was sent.  If I had the ones shown, would not have had all these troubles.  The header pipe in the front, closest to the radiator comes out instead of running parrallel to the block like the rear one does, would have made life so much easier.  If this is not a viable fix, I'll get the header re-done here though will not be coated anymore.  Such is life.

[BIGDADDYFROG]

Keep going Fuzzy i know you can do it. I'm still waiting on that plane ticket so I can help out with the bodywork and paint. Just feed me and have me a place to sleep. oh a few beers would be nice to.
BDF

[Fuzzy]

Looking like 2012 will be body work time....I'll start filling the piggy bank with pennies...

[Fuzzy]

Getting sick of redoing parts of the chassis.  Was supposed to POR 15 coated so we sanded and sprayed a hi-temp silver over it and started assembling.  Every month or so, we find a place on the chassis that rust has bubbled up from under the POR and started to peel away.  We sand, prime and repaint.  Should have just stripped the chassis of parts, then stripped off all the POR and repainted ourselves.  What a bummer and what frustration.  Have spent heaps of hours when we could have been putting it together.     Hopefully the end of re-painting is near. 

[trainer7620]

Hey Fuzzy,
My chassis was painted with what I thought was POR-15,it  was coming off in big flakes when recieved. I had it powder coated and the coater said that it was only cheap barn paint.

George

[Fuzzy]

Having never seen POR 15 before, hard to find here, and being a trusting person, I believed I had what I paid for.  Even after sitting in crates for 6 months, it still looked good when we got it so we just sanded and sprayed.  But we are almost done re-doing, got everything done but the bottom so will do that later when we put it up on a rack.
For new folks reading this, the new owners are in no way related to the ones I bought from and the ones I bought from were pretty good people, I'm thinking that there was some mis-communication resulting in changes or things being left out.  Anytime you do things from thousands of miles away, that can happen.  With any kit, there will be frustrations and some set backs....part of the joy    of building any kit from 1/24 to full size.  Don't let this discourage you from building a kit.  I'm still glad I bought a Hurricane.  ken   

[trainer7620]

My chassis was painted with what I thought was POR-15,it  was coming off in big flakes when recieved. I had it powder coated and the coater said that it was only cheap barn paint.

I guess that I should clarify that I did not order POR-15, I expected bare steel when it was delivered but it was painted. I guess to prevent rust
George

[Paul Proefrock]

I specifically ordered mine with the frame uncoated. I had heard of problems with POR15 coming off.

When I got the frame, I found the tubes had not been blasted or sanded and covered with a fair amount of mill scale. It took a lot of elbow grease to get it ready for an epoxy frame paint.

When I was in the Lees Summit facility, I noted they didn't do much prep work on the frames, just wiped them down and painted. 

One of the secrets of good paint adhesion is a properly prepared substrate.  Think this mark may have been missed on a regular basis.

Got an idea Fuzzy - tear it all down, sand and degrease the frame then recoat with black (or blue) epoxy paint. I bet your problems would go away   

Paul

[Fuzzy]

As slow as I work Paul, I'd be toothless, mindless and dried up by the time I finished.  We've done what we can and sure wish I would have known first but I'll never finish it we tear it down.  I think we will have done almost every surface by the time we do the bottom surfaces, already got a couple done.  Live and learn.
:-/

[Gmoose2]

My experience with the POR-15 is just fair.  I did order their metal etching prep stuff and used it prior to the original coating, but I guess maybe I did not use it well enough or let it set in long enough prior to applying the POR-15.  I find that is does peel off pretty easily in places.  You can see how it came off in this picture when I attached the lower fender liners to the frame.  I've got some touching up to do.

[HAVASUBILL]

My frame coating PORS 15 seems to ok, not peeling, bubbling or rusting, but it's not very tough.  I scratched it a lot and touched it up with plane old Rustoleum black, matched just fine and is not coming off, so I'm happy.

One thing though...I live in the desert and the car is in the garage 90% of the time, parked on carpet and covered (my baby).   
Best of luck...keep on "plugging away" at it, you will be crusin soon.  Bill

[Fuzzy]

After all the problems we sanding it clean, wiped it with thinner and then primed with ACE rust-stop primer.  After a good drying period and some sanding, we coated it with ACE rust-stop oil based paint.  I would imagine it will be an on going problem.  We have average of 70% humidity most days here in Jakarta, quite often up in the high 70% and 80%.  This is in the garage, not outside.  A dehumidifier would run non-stop and probabaly not do a whole lot as it is a 3 car garage with drafty aluminum doors.  Time will tell. Hopefully you guys will have better luck.  I tend to think all I got was barn paint like George and not POR 15.