Ed's 'StreetRunner' Quad Build

Adding a bit of color to this project.

I'm using Rustoleum silver 'textured' metallic for a base coat.
It is a very rough paint, which I have chosen to leave rough.
In the first trial, I sanded down (lightly) the silver and lost much of the brilliance.

After experimenting with the color coat and two-three coats of clear,
sanded with 400 grit and finally clear coat it again, it comes out smooth as glass.




Battery cover prepped waiting for color coat


The color coat with Duplicolor 'Metacast' from

The price is fantastic @ +/- $6 per can less than local retail.
Bought 12 cans which got me free shipping.
I will be 'decanting' the cans and spraying the paint through my paint gun. (Better spray pattern/control)


This photo doesn't truly show the brilliance of the color or the metal flake sparkle.
This is with only four coats. I think I want it to be a bit darker, so will look to add one-two more heavy coats.

 
Waiting on a better day to paint. In the meantime, I have been busy making a 'griddle' for my two-burner camping stove.
It will do double duty and work on my BBQ as well.

Wicked expensive for the size I want/need. 24" x 16".

Anyway tomorrow morning is the trial run for cooking breakfast.
 
How sweet it is to see some color. Not without some setback and redo.

A mishap with the spray gun, ruined the first basecoat, requiring a complete repaint.
Then the spray gun spattered on the second go requiring another basecoat repaint. (My bad for not cleaning the gun well enough)

So this was sprayed directly from the can. 5 coats to get it all to match.

Next step after a few days of letting the color coat cure will be 3-4 coats of crystal clear enamel.

I practiced on another small piece and clear coated it.
This looks great but the clear coat makes it burst with color and sparkle.



I used Rustoleum Silver 'textured' to achieve the metallic look I wanted.
It takes 4-5 coats of clear to achieve a smooth finish.

Enlarge the photo and you can see the sparkle.



Needs some silver touch-up from tape bleed, but overall it looks great.
 
I'm Back! I really never left,

Sorry folks for being away so long. I've missed keeping everyone up on my progress, or lack thereof.
I just took some time away from the project. Finished enclosing the inner walls of my shop, and put up badly needed shelves.
The weather has turned nice, and enthusiasm has returned.

My lithium battery went bad and I had to have it repaired. All is back to normal now.
The turn signal problem took a while but it's been solved, It works but there is no indicator light on the switch.
That's going to be fixed by adding an external light and/or buzzer.

Nothing new to see, (no pics) but a jumbled mess of wiring to show that I am working on it.
I only blew about ten fuses while trying to figure out what worked and what didn't.

I got the brake problem solved and the wiring is virtually done. It turns out that when the fluid level on the cup says MAX, it doesn't really mean stop at that line.
As a last resort to try and understand why the brakes wouldn't move, I overfilled, (above the MAX line), and voila! we have brakes. Who knew?

Waiting until Tuesday to pick up some 1/2" square tubing to use for a raceway on the bottom of the frame.
All the wiring and switches are 'roughed' in place and each one works as desired.
The next step is to do one more test drive and then it's time to tear it all apart finish welding, prep, and paint it.
The body prep is about 50% complete.

Currently, I'm looking for a business within a reasonable distance, that does 'spray chrome'. Found only one so far, but they are booked for at least a full year.

I will get some pics shortly showing some progress.

Anyway, I'm glad to be back working on it, and I might actually get it done before Christmas. Yeah, I know I've said that before.

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I think this project should be renamed to StreetCrawler, not StreetRunner. It really has been a slow pace getting this completed.
But things have been moving along nicely recently. I've been motivated and working on it for a couple of hours or more each day.

I finished the wiring to the point that I got everything working.
I got a sound system that works, and now I've decided it is time to tear it all apart and finish the welding and any other minor fab work that is needed.

I started with the 'mock engine'.( see pics )
Then I will be removing the drive components and front steering etc.
Paint them all and then reassemble them
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Radical Brad said:
Hello Ed, just a call out to see if all is well.
Brad
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How timely Brad.

Yes, all is well just much slower nowadays. But there is progress.
Is Atomiczombie gone? I guess there have been some changes.
I'm having to learn again how I did things,

Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts. Sorry for being absent for so long.
Like most, there has been much in life, that has finally given way to a return to completion.
Recently, I tore the car completely apart for a frame-up painting.
We are nearing completion for a return to a rolling functioning chassis.

She is looking pretty nice. I can't wait to move it out into the sunlight.



The wiring that gave me so much trouble. Hope it will come back to me how and where all the wires go.




Only the exposed parts get the full polish treatment.


 
Yes!
Thanks for the next chapter.
I am travelling so much for work lately and really enjoy seeing all this amazing work.

Strange, I am basically a lurker on my own forum now.

Brad
 
I spent a fair amount of time trying to paint the battery cover, but Mother Nature had other ideas. It's been over the 100s for the better part of two-plus weeks. Each attempt (early morning) with temp and humidity within limits didn't help much.

So after 4 attempts I gave up for now and went on to something else.

Unlaced the front wheels and painted the hub. ( small items received paint better - hmmmm?)

Before


After

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Note: The truing stand was completed today. No cutting, welding, grinding, or painting. I just have some thoughts on how to use one of the carrying handles from my winch for a truing stand. I'm going to use the winch to operate a trailer off-loader. Think of it as a sliding plow blade inside the bed that will push all the yard debris out.

Something like this.

Another project, soon to be started and completed out of necessity.

Brad, maybe you can make plans based on this idea.
 
The Humpty Dumpty Trailer is .. Done, pre-tested, and dump certified. (y):)


Pretest before load testing.

I reloaded the brush in the video and made a dump trip.

Predump load test
I had a camera in hand at the dump, but had to pay more attention to the unloading process (moving the trailer forward, etc.) to take any video.
Maybe next trip.


The StreetRunner redo is currently in the rewiring stage. I will post photos when there is something worth seeing.

I have suffered a mechanical setback....:mad:, but fixable. Stay tuned for developments.
 
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This is great!
I will have to consider this one day as I too am often moving brush like this around the farm.
The tree crowns often stay in the bush when I am cutting, but they would be great camp fire wood.

Looking forward to the next installment of your StreetRunner build too!
 
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