Origional as Possible Brown Saloon

[maddogdaz666]

Just thought id start a new WIP as im doing work on it, i was meant to be selling it to fund our new house but i got carried away tidying it up as long as the Mrs doesnt find out exactly what im spending on it ill be ok!

The story starts with me seeing the car locally parked outside the barbers, so i pulled over and went inside to find out whos it was, and a little old guy stood up proud to announce it was his, i asked him if he wanted to sell it, which he said no so i gave him my number and left it at that.
But 6 or 8 month later i got a phone call from the guy Arthur, he said he was now too old to drive and wanted rid, it ad been out once since id last seen him and that was to get another trim at the barbers again! i went strait up after work and we eventually agreed a price a week later and i drove it away! The exhaust was shot but everything else seemed spot on!
But anyway heres some pics of how it was when i got her home














lots of pics to follow, i will try and get as many pics as possible

[maddogdaz666]

[maddogdaz666]

and theyre all as it came, not even cleaned, polished hoovered etc, (as you can probably tell)
Arthur did have a few little scrapes in the car as his drive was narrow leading to his garage, where it has been kept every night of its 26 year life!
And it doesnt have a passenger mirror so i guess that made it even more difficult.
Plans were

1. full service and full new exhaust(NOW DONE)
2. To have both sides painted
3. a full buff
4. replacement front carpet(has a piece of capet stuck over a hole)
5. replacement front drivers seat or have it repaired.
6. have the wheels refurbed or get some suitable replacements
7. general mince about and clean it all up

But when it went to get painted the rear arches were a lot worse than i thought and i didnt want to bodge it all up with filler.
So off i went to get 2 rear arch repair panels from Beevers, as its only 20 mins ish away from me, £22 each which i didnt think was too bad, they did sound very surprised when i asked for them tho!

so heres a few pics after the arches were fitted, i never got chance to take pics of the bad rust before the arches were fitted as i forgot my camera!

















he didnt fit the full arch as i didnt want to be able to see the repair on the inside of the boot, he's cut away the rust and the cut the piece needed from the repair panels. So far im happy with his work, it did need finishing off as he's ran out of gas!

On the drivers side rear, most of the arch was replaced but on the passenger side rear, only the bottom 6" or so of the arch, front and back, was replaced.

Dont worry about all the filler as it was the last layer and hadnt been sanded yet.

any comments welome
Cheers, Darrel.

[maddogdaz666]

Oh and ive had these made too, the dealer logo stickers have come out perfect! But im not happy with the number plates as the dealer logo is just stuck on the top and its in the New style lettering, I did ask for them to be in the old style Ill get some more made up at a later date.

[brainsnova]

Nice job I like it

[maddogdaz666]

Nice job I like it

cheers!
its gonna be a steady project as ive just bought a house

[maddogdaz666]

I need a boot vinyl for it too or should i just leave it all off?

[LEWI007]

Loving all the bodywork youve done on it, keep at it mate.

[NOV4_SPORT]

Very cool, like the number plate and dealer stickers matey.

iain

[G-nova]

very cool car mate was surprised to see you had very little interest when it was up for sale but hay ho.
Good to see you giving her what she deserves with a freshen up, keep us updated mate and good luck.