Richie's Mk1 Restoration

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by eddy8men

to be honest i got the idea from looking at john bizal's carrier aswell, i think john got them powder coated, i don't plan on doing anything as fancy or as expensive as that, just a blast with my grit gun and a bit of thinned down roofing sealant that i had left over from a job should do the trick for me. i don't plan on trying to get my carrier as good as john's immaculate mk1, infact i've left the bullet holes and damages side skirts on as i'm going for the "used look"

eddy

I painted my M5 HST tracks with thinned down bitumen paint and it still looks good on the undamaged areas 13 years later. Very different to carrier track though as most of that will be incontact with the ground to some extent and the paint will last but seconds!