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Dec 23, 2011 18:15:36 GMT
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We shall see.... First lot of 16 handles bought and waiting for them to be delivered. Second lot ends tomorrow night and will either make or break the idea I think, fully expecting to be bidsniped on them. ahhhh cool idea specially if doubled with that fancy mesh you can get for radiator guards
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 174
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Dec 23, 2011 23:35:02 GMT
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What bits do you need for the engine? I've got a full top end rebuild kit (head set, bolts, cambelt etc) for a 1.3 SPi engine. If it's useful for yours you can have it for nowt.
Matt
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slackerTHEpinstriper: I got the other set of handles! Wooyay. I was either going to fit them to a black mesh or to two runs of Meccano type metal for spacing. Now I have 21 handles to use which should fill the gap nicely. Pictures when they arrive, of course. stealthstylz: if they work for the smaller 1043cc engine I'll happily throw postage money at you for that, would be jolly useful indeed as that's some of the stuff I need, but I suspect that things like head bolts and cambelt will be different. I do have a spare cambelt I think but I'll have to rummage in the cupboard to be 100% sure. I'm holding off on the bottom end until we know stock parts will fit, there's a chance that things like piston rings and such might be different as I might need to bore things out a bit (how terrible! ) to repair any damage that might be there. Again, there will be pics, particularly of the new coffee mug I was given for Yule that's just full of win.
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Dec 27, 2011 21:29:50 GMT
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I'm not spending money on wheels just yet, but so that I don't forget I'm putting these in here. I know I need 4x100 ideally, but most of the stuff I'm seeing in that pcd have either been done before a lot, or I don't like, or both. So I'm looking at 13" wheels I do like, regardless of measurements, then maybe I'll think about the practicalities of fitting later. Hyundai Amica, 4x114 Fiat X1/9, 4x98. Quite possibly my favourite 3 spoke wheels of all time. Aftermarket by Western Wheel, 4x98. Found them on eBay in the past. Found the pic for these here. Renault 5 TSE, Amil, 4x100. I have so much lust for these wheels and zero money to buy them with, much less ability to collect them. Cruel. RR sale ad.
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Last Edit: Dec 27, 2011 23:41:58 GMT by Deleted
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Right, well, I'm able to do *some* work, but I have to be good. I've finished flatting back the bonnet and the vents (which is an horrible job) ready for the next stage, which is going to be a bit of filling work.
Spending more time and effort to undo the paint I've done seems a bit futile, but I know it'll pay off. Fact is a lot of my preparation work was rushed and of course I've picked up a bit of damage since being on the road. Namely, the bonnet is all wibbly on the driver's side, it looks exactly like someone has sat on it which I think they did last summer as I came out to find a fresh dent and some chips in the paint one day. Annoying, but not impossible to sort.
So, because I've got to be careful so I don't undo the healing my wrist has managed to do, I'm leaving the filling work and painting until tomorrow at least. It gives the panel time to fully dry out from the wet sanding and it means I'll have a bit of daylight to better see the imperfections I need to rectify.
Tomorrow I'll apply some fresh red paint to the centre panel and we'll see how we go from there. Since I've got the time to spend, I might as well take it.
I'm picking up the parts that were delivered to my old address this weekend, so I should be able to mock-up my grille. Also bought some fixings for the bonnet mascot for which I want to find a suitable lens and bulb holder to convert the tip into a marker light that comes on with my sidelights now know how to modify thanks to a suggestion from optima21.
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Last Edit: Jan 2, 2012 18:34:36 GMT by Deleted
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An honest to goodness update. I'm on part time hours while I wait for physio and allowing myself a little bit of time every day to work on the car. I'm a bit fed up of not being able to get more into things, but I'd be an idiot to overdo it and be out of action for another month, so we have to go slowly for now. For Yule, my friends got me a bone china mug printed with the photoshop of Wilhelm with a fighter jet on his roof. This mug brings great happiness and just a little mockery. It's a good size for coffee too. One of the jobs when preparing the wings for finishing paint was to remove the wing mirrors. The bolts felt very stiff but I couldn't see any sort of issue and they appeared to be coming loose until the head of both bolts sheared off. I wasn't even using that much force! It's clear that the steel bolt has seized into the aluminium body quite firmly so it'll be new mirror time if I can't get the bolt shafts out. I found and bought some starlock washers for the bonnet mascot too. I thought maybe it would be more sensible to secure it better than wedging it into the holes and relying on it staying put in the long term even though I've had no issues with it in the short term. I'm going to be modifying this mascot too and have the parts to do that on order. Finally, I spent another hour today sanding back one of the front wings. The majority of the black paint has gone back to satin very quickly and easily without cutting through to primer, apart from a few spots on the arch so I'm optimistic about these being a relatively quick job to finish off. I did trial fit some chrome trim (no pic) and it looked great. The bonnet will need considerably more work than the wings, I think, but I'm preparing the panels in tandem so I waste less materials and, hopefully, I'll be able to refit the finished panels soon. I'm at that point where I'm racking up lots of jobs to do but don't have the ability to do them due to the old wrist problem. Hopefully my hours and pay will pick up and I'll have the cash together by the end of the month to get the engine removed and inspected. Once the block is out and my engine bay is clear I can get on with cleaning and painting it all. For 2012, I want to get the following done by April. - fit new headlining - fit new doorcards - clean and repaint engine bay - finish customising headlights and grille - finish paint on bonnet, wings and front valance - get the engine fixed - get everything ready for the MoT due on the 12th of April. I might be swinging above my weight with that lot.
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After an aventure to collect some furniture and other stuff yesterday making use of Sheffieldcortinacentre and his Mk3 cortina pick up I got all the bits together to make a start on my new grille. I mocked this up off the car as it was easier to put the bolts through the mesh that way. Offered up the mesh to find it can be screwed in using the original grille fixings (win!) and trimmed it down. I put the bonnet on and found I'd mounted all the bars one or two holes too low. Not a problem, I wanted to move them up a bit so they don't foul the bottom edge of the opening anyway. I'll screw the bottom of the grille to the lip, I just have to pick the fixings carefully for that since they'll be on show. I'll repaint the mesh black and retrim the edges. The handles will get cleaned with the '60s ones getting black or red inserts to match the car. The handles are exactly the right size and profile for what I wanted, so some big thanks go out to Emdee for originally finding the inspiration pic for this. Close up. The curved handles are cast aluminium Ikea jobbies. Ideally, I want to get them chromed along with a few other bits on the car. The funny looking 1960s type handles are not, as I originally thought, silver but rather a gold finish with white paint insert. I'll change the colour of the paint on the '60s handles to red or black and just clean them up, I like the gold. The only thing I'm not sure of is how to finish the mesh where it meets the headlights, for now it's trimmed in a curve to clear the headlight bowl. The original aluminium trims for the headlight brackets are pretty chunky things, and oversized for the front of the Polo, I reckon if they could be trimmed down to fit the hole and polished or plated they'd look great, but weilding a grinder is not something I can do at the moment so it'll have to wait until my wrist is stronger or someone with skill comes along to help out. The other thing I have are these Corsair rear lights. They're a smidge taller than the original units and the profile is different to my rear wing, but I do like them. I'll be modifying the tailgate so that the lights are fixed to it rather than the bodyshell. This should mean changing bulbs doesn't require my arm to have an extra joint as well as looking pretty neat.
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Something incredibly exciting happened tonight.
But I can't tell you what it is yet.
Suffice to say, the RR community has proven itself to be awesome, yet again, far more awesome than I could ever anticipate.
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Ditch
Part of things
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Those rear lights... massive love for them.
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I'm liking these ideas a lot. Wanting to see how it progresses
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Can't sleep, too excited ;D So I did the only rational thing and photoshopped the Corsair lights to the back of the car. I bought these on a bit of a whim, they cost me 99p plus a couple of quid postage from the eBays. They are missing the bulb holders, but I'm guessing that's not a big issue. I'll work out what wires do what on the original cluster plug and then run appropriate wiring up the C pillar, through the rubber caterpillars at the top and down into the tailgate. The tailgate will have the centre section fully smoothed. The original holes in the bodyshell for the original light clusters will be left as is so that the new outer bulb backs can fit in when the tailgate is shut, though I may have to add a small rubber seal to keep things watertight of course. I'll likely surface mount the new clusters to the tailgate, unless I can find someone able to french them just far enough for the chromed aluminium trim to be flush with the metal. Proposal 1 - I think the red lights are too far inboard to be legal, also it looks ugly. Proposal 2 - a tweak, putting the lights on the other sides and tilting them slightly. I like this but I am aware that the red lens has a drain hole and that there's a visible screw head on trim that's now at the top instead of the bottom. I'm not sure how much of an issue that will be if I do this. Reverse and fog lights will move to the rear valance or hang off the rear bumper, ideally one per side, but I've not bothered to Photoshop those in. I can't put the Corsair lights upright because nothing lines up and they're just a bit too tall. Having them poking out slightly on fins doesn't work either, all the lines conflict, so they have to be confined to the red area of the tailgate.
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The lower incarnation of the lights with the turn signals inboard first said to me "'59 Impala", but I'm odd like that.
--Phil
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Well the first incarnation reminded me rather too much of a Reliant Robin, the second likewise of a '59 Impala and then, weirdly, of the front of a Peugeot 206.
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Jan 10, 2012 17:36:19 GMT
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Jan 10, 2012 18:36:32 GMT
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Thats grills badass, plus am likeing the evil look in that photoshop.
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Jan 10, 2012 19:05:50 GMT
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don't take this the wrong way because its mean t as a compliment but dies it remind anyone of else of a certain datsun... (might be toyota) with those twin lights and front end shape.. cant for the life of me remember the name of it just they were a hatchback and had a 2 spd auto with overdrive... off to google now lol....
damn I cant fint it.. looked like a stanza hatchback but had the twin headlights... anyone?
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MK2VR6
Posted a lot
Mk2 Golf GTi 90 Spec
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Jan 10, 2012 19:20:34 GMT
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don't take this the wrong way because its mean t as a compliment but dies it remind anyone of else of a certain datsun... (might be toyota) with those twin lights and front end shape.. cant for the life of me remember the name of it just they were a hatchback and had a 2 spd auto with overdrive... off to google now lol.... damn I cant fint it.. looked like a stanza hatchback but had the twin headlights... anyone? Reminds me of a Datsun 180B
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Last Edit: Jan 10, 2012 19:21:35 GMT by MK2VR6
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Jan 10, 2012 19:33:59 GMT
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its bugging me now.. it deffo had twin headlights and a thing that sounded like a doorbell if you got out with the lights on.. and the most fantastic red interior even all the plastics were red hatchback auto with an overdrive button on the gearknob.. oh an onthe dash there was service lights you reset with a matchstick in a hole.. (someone help me my brains about to pop)
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Jan 10, 2012 19:36:54 GMT
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finally............
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Jan 10, 2012 19:42:53 GMT
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Absolutely no offence taken at all, Datsuns are chock full of win! My bro said it looks like a Datsun too. When it's all together I may well end up confusing people, I'm sorely tempted to not put the badges back on now.
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