After much soul searching I've decided to hell with originality and my Sapphire is going to be black. I dropped it off on Monday at the painters

Pics when I got it.





Been stuck in a leaky barn for 18 months It didn't clean up too bad as you can see in my sig pic, but white looks a bit dated.
What I find hard to take is the prices of bits from Fraud

4 outer door window rubbers £110 approx

Seal that goes up A pillar along top of roof and down B pillar £48 for one side and £58 for other

Pics when I remember to take my camera along to the painters.

Mark

 

Nice one mark, is it going to be an engione out job?? Regret selling the RS2300 yet??

Will keep looking back here so make sure ya get some pics up!

 

I do regret selling the RS2300 quite often because it was mint

The engine will be droped at a later date and I can spray under the bonnet easy enough. The painters are taking the bonnet boot and doors off as well as removing the bumpers, sunroof etc. to spray all the major stuff (basically everthing except the engine bay itself) and it will be going back together with all new door striker plates and stays along with nice shiney nuts and bolts to hold it all together.

I will post pics as soon as I get them.

Mark

 

Cool project mate - did you just find it in a barn or something?

I have the use of a barn and when the farmer gave me a tour of the rest of the farm, I found a mk1 Cortina, 15k from new, and pristine, if a little dirty!

 

It belonged to my Dad, who got bored of it and stuck it in a mates barn until I talked him into selling it.

Been to the painters today

They don't work very fast these bodywork types all they have managed to do is take the trim, lights and bumpers off.

Mark

 

cant wait to see it finished mate

 

Me either

They have had my car for a month and not one bit is black

It has given me time to source lots of new parts like, door striker plates, wiring clips etc but I'm getting more than a bit impatient.

regards

Mark

 

yeah do it black, pics soon please

 

Doors are nearly ready for paint and most of the repairs are done

Mark

 

nice one mate....really cant wait to see it finished

 

looking a bloody right state naerly there though

 

keep us up with the up date nice to see people are relising that it is better to restore the break and say good bye to a ledgen of a motor

 

nod , good point mate

 

PLEASE ignore all the dust and shite

Lots of other work going on at the bodyshop at the same time, they are just fitting mine in between all the trade work.







I spent all day today putting dash back in and fitting all the door stuff back on.

Should get it back next weekend

Mark

 

Love Saffs in black anyways, looks like they've done a top quality job on it

 

you sure thats the same car .... top mate, but then I love black

 

looks mint mate

 

Black is always a beauty.

Nice

Greets

 

Black Saffs rule! As do red ones.

 

Thanks guys

I spent the time stripping it all out under the bonnet in the end because it was a LOT easier to spray now than later, took me a whole day just to fit all the under bonnet stuff back on and get it running again

There's 3 litres of clear laquer on just the body and doors

Proper shitting myself about the final bill now

Mark

 

Superb mate

 

Looks top mark, coming on well!!

 

Nearly finished! and it's back at home.
Some interior to go back in and bumpers want aligning as well as trim strips, but it is almost done



Mark

 

Looks good mate

 

wow

 

that is very nice

 

Looksa totally different car mate

Well done

 

that looks loads better chap, good work there, well impressed

 

 

My neigbour thought I had bought another car

Black has got to be the best colour for a saff

Thanks for the positive comments chaps

Mark

 

that looks so nice mate. black looks class.looks like they did a good job aswell

 

black rules...

 

black ones are fastest... everyone knows that!!!


mate... it looks WICKED!


How much was the bill?

alex

 

Cools MUCH better!!

Any more pics?

 

The painter said he would never do another old Sapphire colour change as it was too much work and bleated on endlessly about the amount of time it took. With my three days of help it cost me £1200 in pound notes- no VAT , all the silly little bits from Ford soon add up to a fair bit on top of the paintwork. Side skirt clips at £3 odd each which snap as soon as you try to fit them to the car wiring clips, door seals, striker plates etc etc etc

Sorry, no more pics yet as I'm just back from holiday, it was a bit worrying leaving my freshly painted car at some poxy Gatwick carpark but all seems OK.

Mark

 

should of said you were flying from gatwick would of lent you my garage lockup

 

love it m8 black saphs rule

 

nice

 

Great differense mate

 

proper cheap ImO well done mate