completed resto

Post by **rayofleamington** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:10 pm

Hi PO and Flying - great to see your pictures

Post by **flying** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:33 pm

hello all .....i havnt forgot you all

just been very busy esp with christams and new year etc

happy new year all

but im now to the stage of spraying the car tomorrow

and i got a question for all

ive got some new wing beading and im wondering if i should spray it has well or do you thing that the paint mignt not stick to the plastic and peel off over time,if any one has sprayed them does the paint stick or not ,please help so i can either spray it or not,thanks and i will post up some pictures when its sprayed

Post by **plastic_orange** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:55 pm

Paint will adhere to it (in my experience when doing a quick blow over with wings on car), but if you take wing off again, it may (probably will) take some paint with it. If it was me, I'd try and get wing piping to match the body colour if available - what colour are you doing it?
I've been diverted to other things at the moment, so no real progress to report on son's minor. (New heads on V8, Bike bits and bobs, decorating, christmas etc etc).

Pete

Post by **flying** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:27 pm

its being sprayed bl sage green,ive decided to keep wings slightly attached so dont have problems chipping the paint,the beeding is like british racing green alot darker than sage green, got them from esm

Post by **plastic_orange** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:10 am

If you are spraying the car with the wings bolted up and the beading in place you should be ok, but if taken apart again, the paint may be pulled apart in the process. I don't think you could successfully spray the beading separately, then fit it, as it is the flexing process that causes paint to crack. 2k is a bit more flexible than cellulose in this respect. You can always leave the beading in the colour you have, then see what it looks like, or go for black.

Pete

Post by **flying** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:49 am

well the end is very close now..its finally been sprayed and it just needs rubbing down and all the last bits doing to get it ready for the mot

here are some pics ,once again camera is dirty so some dust over the lens

when 1st got it

Post by **chickenjohn** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:19 am

Nice work! Good on you for spraying it yourself and doing such a good quality (and quick) job on the resto!

Post by **RogerRust** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:20 am

What colour is it? You can never tell from the picture by the time they appear on the monitor.

Post by **chickenjohn** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:43 am

Limeflower?

Post by **Welung666** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:20 pm

Sage green by the look of it, I think!

Post by **flying** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:40 pm

the colour is sage green,dont know if i like the colour or not...but my sister loves it

Post by **RogerRust** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:08 pm

I let my wife choose the colour for Sophie.

Post by **flying** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:35 pm

its not my car and i wont be driving it ,so my sister decided on that colour has its her car and also its the orignal colour,...happy motoring oli

Post by **alex_holden** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:54 am

Well done, looks like you've done a marvellous job. What's going to be your next project?

Post by **flying** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:45 pm

alex_holden wrote:Well done, looks like you've done a marvellous job. What's going to be your next project?

im going to leave it a little while yet until another project,bit will be a mk1 cortina

Post by **chickenjohn** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:00 pm

Have you seen Tommy Sandham's Mk1 cortina web site? Its hilarious!

Post by **chickenjohn** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:03 pm

Post by **Onne** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:33 am

give us a link then John!

Post by **flying** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:56 am

chickenjohn wrote:Have you seen Tommy Sandham's Mk1 cortina web site? Its hilarious!

have now

Onne wrote:give us a link then John!

http://www.tommysandham.name/

Post by **chickenjohn** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:28 am

http://freespace.virgin.net/tommy.sandham/welcome.htm

I love the comments on sky TV, Ocean finance and the "is born" series- spot on Tommy!, and look at the pic, he's scowling at us! his complaints about being asked questions on Fords. What do you expect when linked to the Frost web site?? Maybe the pic is to try and detr unwanted e-mails

I would suggest he reminds me of the Victor Meldrew of the classic car world- thats not a negative comment BTW- Moderators- as I like Victor, we need more people like this. I really like this site.

Classic stuff, he also asks why the cortina isn't as popular a classic as the Morris Minor. Great classic car site, go Tommy Sandham!!