Fantastic, how to make a beautiful car even better, so jealous!
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Fantastic, how to make a beautiful car even better, so jealous!
^^^^ replyed to your pm mate.
iain
little update.
Took the drivers side sill to bare metal, due to surface rust, it was ground back to bare metal to remove the rust and given several coats of zinc primmer, a few coats of filler primmer and normal primer, sadly no pic as yet.
also had a little parcel arrive today from opc.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/986/pict12813.jpg
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3994/pict1282.jpg
also got a brand new corect period vauxhall badge coming shortly.
Thanks folks
iain
I love little bits like that! Been gagging to get some bits for my old Ford, but cant find nothing i need :(
Love the Sport, always wanted one, maybe someday. Keep up the good work
When i was lookinf doe my badges i found a place on the bay that does retro ford badges, if i find the link i will post it up for you matey.
iain
new badges matey they will be a sweet touch the little things make a car!!
Thanks mate, slow but stead progress, the weather is killing the urge to work on the car lol.
iain
at least its getting done though matey!! i cant work on mine as its outside and the weather isnt helping us lol
Just stick gsi side skirts on and never worry about the sills again lol
nice touch on the badges,
lol, its the bit the skirts would never cover, its been mostly me and my big feet getting in and out the car, scratching the sill and not painting or sealing it at the time lol.
Oh and a big thanks to you, for pointing me in the right direction for the badges, opc is amazing but just not for my wallet lol.
iain
tell me about it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by NOV4_SPORT
No probs cheif, hope you get good progress over the winter.
Its bad, cause when you use pay pal you dont even feel like your spending money its just like playing monoply, just over the net lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edd
iain
Yeh so do i allan, iam sure i will get more progress soon, just got my opp next thur so will be out of action and thats so frustrating, so trying to get evrything in place before then to tide the project over till the new year :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
iain
Cool well good luck next week and give us a text over the holidays, maybe Kat and I could pop over a night
Sounds good mate, i will get the rich tea's out lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
iain
This is one hell of a lovley clean nova bud, fair play,its guys like you that should own rares such as the sports to keep them mint and alive! good on you bud,im not jelous much honest!!!!
^^^^^ Thanks for that matey, all the hard work, that i have done, still need to do is outweighed when people appreciate what went into it.
Not much progress as yet, other that collecting some more parts, the all ilusive brand new chrome backed headlight, which arrived yest, and bnib correct spec vauxhall badge.
The weather and everything has slowed things down a lot.
iain
Little update,
Decided to start on the rear passengers side arch cause i have never been happy with the lip, and it hanging down and the welds on the lip, anyways i will let the pics do the talking.
Today iam going to start to straighten out the lip and mad sure the metal under the paint is as good as it looks (no rust), if it doesnt flatten out nicely or looks gash then iam going to cut it out and put in a new section of metal.
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7530/pict1297.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8463/pict1301.jpg
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1640/pict1302b.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/549/pict1303.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/706/pict1307m.jpg
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1685/pict1309h.jpg
iain
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/706/pict1307m.jpg
Its naked :eek: lol :cry:
Now you see it now you dont, the decal that is lol.
You can see where the decal has been due to the dirt, and the knife marks left form when the decals were fitted by prevous owner:eek:
iain
are you having the whole shell repainted then ?
Yep sure am edd, just doing some prep work the now, to save time in the bodyshop, also to save money, why have a dog and you bark springs to mind lol.
Also if i just got the two sides painted the rest would look to weathered so wanting to get the whole car painted
iain
Looking clean :) really hope to see this at some shows in the coming year :)
Looks really good.
Will be even better. hope mine turns out half as nice! lol
I am starting to wish that i got mine dipped though, would of made a perfect job.mmm...
all the filler work/priming i have done would have to get done again.
Just looked at all your pics again! cant believe how clean it was and you are making it even better..
Gave me some inspiration/ideas for mine!
Cant wait to go out to garage and work on mine! lol
Well done chief!
Greg, I've been told this week that spl ( that were the only company in the uk that offered E-coat dipped priming ) are not able to do it anymore, this may also affect Iain too.
Iain, that a bit of a shocker with the cut lines in the paint,
are you going to get the new viynal cut or buy it 1 piece and have it trimmed to suit?
good matey will look top after teh respray!! id be crying pulling the vinyl off though lol
whoop now its a 1.3l lol.
When I peeled mine off it went from this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...c/DSCF3811.jpg
To This
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...c/DSCF3814.jpg
Not that it mattered as it was getting painted anywaylol
Might do the rest of it one day.
It is coming on well Iain:thumb:
Looking good, that the original arch then?
There was tears, when i did it but hey,bazil i have a full set of decals to go on the car, they were part of a groupe buy orginized by rich a few years ago, they are exact copies taken from original 3m decals which rich had, so thats all taken care of.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_wudgey
Bazil, yes the spl situation leaves me a bit stuck as i was going to use them to strip and clean the doors wings etc, but looking into media blasting the parts, either soda or plastic bead blasting, i need to do more research into it.
Greg, thank you, yeh its pretty clean, but using this time of year to make it even better as there has always been a few niggles with the car, so iam going to put them right, iam glad i have given you some inspiration/ideas for yours, iam sure its going to look amazing when yours is finished matey.
Iam looking forward to getting it finished and on the road for apr/may all things going well.
Thanks everyone
iain :thumb: :thumb:
Sadly not it seems to be a repair section put in by the previous owner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
iain
Quote:
Originally Posted by Royston
Thanks matey, yeh thankfully the paint stayed on mine, the car just doesnt look right with the decal missing now lol.
iain
One finial thing before i venture off to the garage, the idea of spl is out the window, and going to get the panels blasted cause its only light surface rust that affects the parts pics of the worst of it on one door (inside)
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9030/pict1200.jpg
Inside the tailgate
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7034/pict1224.jpg
iain
just had a look thro this iain its an amazing example some great work going on:thumb:
Thanks matey.Quote:
Originally Posted by scorge01
Well just back from the garage and its not looking good, the back arch has had a repair section but on, and i mean on top of the old arch, by the bodyshop the previous owner trusted to do. I have removed the repair section, i will let the pics do the talking...................................
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7306/pict1310.jpg
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9903/pict1311a.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5986/pict1312.jpg
http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/772/pict1314.jpg
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1663/pict1315f.jpg
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7885/pict1317.jpg
And who said welding a new section over the top of old metal wouldnt rust underneath lol ......
Iam going to order two new repair sections tomorrow and cut out the rusty mess and do the job the right way this time
iain
you can get proper inner arch repair sections too, i'll send a link cheif.
Spot on allan, send it over :thumb:
iain
if you need handers chief give me a shout. plus i could order you 2 thru my work.