Looks absolutely brilliant. Great work

 

Wow the paint work looks stunning.Cant wait to see finished.

 

great work, makes me want to get mine even more! keep up the good work

 

Looks awesome

 

Well a little update After i took the car and panels to the paint shop 11 month ago im STILL waiting for most of my panels back.

I've got a few bits like side skirts, bonnet vents, fuel cap.
I also went and collected 2 of my doors yesterday and they are shocking, i think i could of done a better job myself, one of the doors still has a small dent in it and the other looks like the paint has re-acted and he hasnt put enough laquer on the top of the door.

PISSED OFF don't come close, not sure what to do now as ive already paid him being the idiot that i am.
I really wanted to kick off in the paint shop and tell him to do them again but his sister has just died the other day and did'nt want to upset him anymore.

 

tell the him you want some cash back mate he is takeing the piss now bud

 

any more progress with the restore bud?

 

Hi mate I got a few bits back from the painters and some from the powder coaters.

I'm hoping that i will be able to spend sometime in the garage at the weekend and will get some pics up of the progress hopefully.

 

Don't give up mate. Car looks a cracker!

 

Haha i'm never going to give up.

If i ever got shot of this i would never be allowed another haha

 

Great job on this mate, Keep it up and get it on the road!!

 

Any more updates Bram.

 

What a great job you've done so far Bram, will be mint again when ready

 

Well thanks for the positive comments people!!!

I've been doing a few bits and bobs in some spare time.
First of all i took the rear axle to work and stripped it ready to get powder coated







I asked the guy if he would do the bits anthracite but when i went to pick them up they are more like a primer grey so was a bit dissapointed but the colour is starting to grow on me now.
What do you's lot think????





I also took the engine cross member with steering rack to work stripped and cleaned them










Got them painted and my brother bolted them back together





We also got the abs pump bolted back on and the abs block



I stripped, cleaned, painted and fitted the wiper motor and linkage





I painted my boot carpet satin black and fitted it





Got my doors back from the painters AGAIN and they still need polishing but i fitted them anyway








A few other bits i had powder coated ans fitted with nice new bolts



Thanks for looking any comments welcome good or bad.

 

Took your time how long does it take to put some pic's on. looks good tho

 

A few other bits i had powder coated ans fitted with nice new bolts


stunning build so far mate

could you tell me where you got these bolts from or at least what size they are as i need some fresh ones for mine but not sure what i need.

cheers

 

What did you paint the carpets with ?

Saph Looks great

 

Cool update.I bet its been a while since the car has seen day light.

 

Glad to see you're cracking in with it mate, looks really good

 

Just a bit of advice. Remove them orange rear trailing arm bushes and fit the spherical joint ones the Ggr sell

 

Hi mate i got a few box's of bolts off my friend just assorted box's i think he got them from unipart.
Those bolts are self tapping bolts.

 

Thanks mate i painted the carpets with a tin of satin black from my local autoparts shop

 

HaHa Glenn yeah its been a while!!!

You organising any meets at teeside this year?

Enjoyed the last one we were at

 

I did think of this but the orange ones will have to do for a while.

I'm getting married next year so thats costing a few quid lol

 

yeh the self tappers with the bolt heads are proving hard to find!

sweet though as i have a good mate who works for Unipart so will get him to hook me up

 

Great work so far...keep it up.

 

get some more updates on this bud ?

 

are sorry the car not the wedding lol

 

Top work mate

 

Looking brilliant. Top class work

 

good work guys, wish i was back home get cracking on with my Smokestone as i was gona send it for scrap last year

 

i wish i had to get one this colour car looks great very nice restoration

 

A small update but hopefully things are starting to go in the right direction.
After i got the paint work done and put all the panels back on i was really unhappy with the job the painter had done, he had ruined my car and i was in two minds to keep it or just get rid.

But my brother (little bram) talked me into keeping it and said he would help me get it painted again, so we searched for some painters that were not to far away and at a decent price.

Finaly i have found a one who has his own recovery truck so has picked my car up and is painting it then dropping it back off all in with the price.

He piced it up on Monday 7th and i called through today for a sneaky look and im over the moon with what he has done so far, the shell boot and bonnet were painted and looked a million times better than before I wish i got some pics now.

Here are a few pics of it on his truck. ( you can see in the pic the n/s/f door is a different colour the the rest of the car)





Hopefully i will keep the updates regular when i get the car back

 

Who painted it in the first place Bram.

Dont give up on it matey.

 

A place called MP autospray he was a friend who painted one of my old cars years ago and did a really good job, thats why i asked him to do this one.
Just waisted my money and time.

Hows yours coming on mate is it anywhere near done?

 

I hate messers matey.

I think mine has just been left lol.

 

Well i got the car back after 2 weeks in the body shop and i'm over the moon with the job he has done, it looks like a different car.
i have a few pics but they are not very good i will get some better pics at the weekend!!!!






I need 1 door mirror, the 2 caps for the spoiler, and 1 jacking cover then get them painted!!!

 

Looks very nice


Brian

 

Just read this thread start to finish. You're making an awesome job of this resto; really making me want a smoke stone Saff now!

 

Thanks