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waters
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Originally posted by Tomnova16
Do you do the paintwork yourself? On the drive or somewhere else


yep do it meself on the driveway

well the latest.......all welding done, thank god for that, so tommorow......

subframes to put back on and the old wheels, then doors, bonnet and boot and prep for paint.

I'll get some photos posted up tommorow
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I think you should paint underneath body colour
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my nova has a cadbury purple base to make the top coat look awesome


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How does the wife cope?
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well another busy day.......

rear subframe done and back on the car.......










oh and had trial fit of the alloys (no tyres) and the arches are going to need some widening!







I'm hoping to get the rest of the panels on tommorow, then start preping for paint
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This is such a good project. Love it
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I think you should paint underneath body colour


I'm planning on using the car everyday, so with salt on the roads in winter, she's had 3 coats of waxoyl underseal
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can i ask what you painted the subframes with mate?
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Jesus, no messin! It'll be ready for the hebden show at this rate!
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can i ask what you painted the subframes with mate?


a paint known simply as 'chassis black' , its a paint thats really thick and dries rock hard with a fantastic shine......its getting harder to find these days though, but manor coatings at shipley, west yorkshire, still do it.

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Jesus, no messin! It'll be ready for the hebden show at this rate!


got both front wings on today and started preping the front end for paint, which should arrive tommorow........but no, it won't be ready for next weekend and besides, I need to spend a day polishing the Alvis ready for next sunday!
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well heres how she looks tonite, after rain stopped play at teatime
getting there....getting there.....I'm hoping to have her in her paint by the weekend (if the weather could be a bit kinder








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this is flying along, want to come weld my imp?
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not really
is it bad/ need a lot of welding?
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love the stance
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Hopefully not that much. Its top in projects
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well todays pics.....not a lot done, I had to do some welding on the father in laws hillman minx.









and the hillman minx......



and the rest of the fleet........

father in laws, 1965 hillman minx
the wifes, rover 214
my fiat cinquecento (I use for work and will be for sale when the Simca's done)
my 1949 Alvis

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wana do my corsa next?
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center stainless exhaust :shock: cooooolio
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quote:
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center stainless exhaust :shock: cooooolio


my daughter wrote that on the back
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your daughter has style, pics

on a more serious note.... updates
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your daughter has style, pics

on a more serious note.... updates


steady john, she's only 9

err the latest on the simca, well the weather has slowed me down a bit, we've had nowt but rain for the last 4 days and it wasn't much fun at the Hebden bridge car show yesterday with the Alvis....I got wet through

between showers, this afternoon, I managed to get some paint sprayed on. no pics yet though.
if the weather is kind I'm hoping to finish painting it through the week then get her windows and interior back in at the weekend.

I'll post some pics tommorow night

[Edited on 08-08-2011 by waters]
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pics!! im loveing this top work!
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Originally posted by waters


steady john, she's only 9


She can spell a lot better than some members on here.


Looking forward to updates.
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yea looking forward aswell

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