prab
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Apr 19, 2013 19:27:05 GMT
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ridiculously cool piece of french jalopy. Love it. What are you long term plans for it? or be there secrets? Well the interior really has seen better days, plenty of broken plastic bits, saggy seats and door cards, i've sourced a full replacement interior i'll be cracking on with once it arrives (hopefully next weekend). Engine wise i may increase the boost, but just want to get it sorted out properly first (find a second cooling fan, remove a bodged radiator bottom hose etc). As far as other plans go, some OEM type upgrades from other 25s, possibly some nice wheels, was thinking some Azevs with a set of lowering springs and new shocks, and a respray probably in the same blue to keep costs down but I'd really love to go a pearl maroon. Prab
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stuboy
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Apr 20, 2013 20:34:34 GMT
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cool old barge
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rust isnt a crime..
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prab
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Apr 22, 2013 20:57:12 GMT
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Another small update. I have a spare bumper in as new condition, and a mate of mine wanted the tow hitch, so I pulled the old bumper and tow hitch off. Next job is to repair the small bits of rot I found behind, and also order up some new brackets and bits and bobs to fit the replacement. I don't think I trust this as a spare! Prab
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prab
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Apr 23, 2013 17:00:54 GMT
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Started treating the rust, found some Rust treatment Gel, Anti Rust primer and some paint and underseal in the garage, will probably finish this up tommorow. Applied the gel (topping up every 30 minutes) Measured some pipework and the radiator inlet/outlet, so I can order some silicone pipe to replace the bodges that are on the car: Hazaa, with some persuasion the sunroof opened and I was able to finish removing the Wind deflector brackets Thats all for now, no doubt more updates at the weekend Prab
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Kev
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Apr 23, 2013 17:09:13 GMT
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God damn I love Renault interiors. They were well ahead of their time!
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prab
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Apr 23, 2013 18:17:46 GMT
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God damn I love Renault interiors. They were well ahead of their time! Yep! the 25s interior was well ahead of what the germans were doing, I remember my uncle commenting on how my dads 25s dash (C reg car) looked better then his L reg passat! Prab
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prab
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Apr 28, 2013 10:41:30 GMT
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Quick update, on friday I treated the rear valance and primed it Sanded back the areas surrounding the rust and also treated and primed My bumper bolts were delivered from renault aswell: And yesterday was the Annual General Meeting of the Renault Owners Club, and while I was there I took delivery of my leather interior from a mate who went to strip it off the car and deliver it! Folded the seats flat and loaded up the garlic barge Front seats and console Box full of all sorts of interior parts Popped the rear bench into the back of the v6t to save room in the garage, i'll be fitting it soon anyway Sprayed up the rear valance/panel Better picture of the front seats and cards, just need a clean I'll be fettling and getting on with bits and pieces over the next few weeks, thank god for longer daylight hours! Prab
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Apr 28, 2013 12:03:23 GMT
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those seats are better than the ones in my house lol
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prab
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Apr 28, 2013 12:19:07 GMT
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those seats are better than the ones in my house lol Cheers dude, they are similar to what you would find in a high end office chair the type judges have in chambers haha
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Apr 28, 2013 15:26:52 GMT
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Nice new interior prab. Give the leather a proper clean and feed treatment before fitting. Oh and get some pics up once it's done!
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prab
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Apr 28, 2013 15:30:58 GMT
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Nice new interior prab. Give the leather a proper clean and feed treatment before fitting. Oh and get some pics up once it's done! The leather is in superb condition its just dusty, but i've known the bloke whos car it was ripped out of for years, a propper 25 nut thats only owned them for the last 20+ years. I've got some leather treatments in the cupboard so it will be lovely once I get it all in. As far as the front seats go I may look into getting some quotes local to me for transferring the covers over to the existing seats as they have more adjust functions then these replacements. If not I can lose some features. Prab
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prab
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Apr 29, 2013 17:06:19 GMT
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Another update guys, things are progressing quite well Fitted my replacement rear bumper today, and had to use post 90 spec mounts (these are much better anyway) Removed the chromes off of the old bumper Bumper is on Tatty broken old thing Got the rear leather bench in Removed the temporary rear view and fitted a propper one! Loaded up the garlic barge with the old rear bench and bumper to take down to the tip Will probably get on with some more work depending what time I get home tommorow! Prab
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Apr 29, 2013 20:16:42 GMT
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Prab. You should be able to strip the covers off the seats. I have done this on a couple of r21 seats.
Btw well done on saving this barge. I have a small soft spot for big French barges.
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prab
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Apr 29, 2013 20:25:05 GMT
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Prab. You should be able to strip the covers off the seats. I have done this on a couple of r21 seats. Btw well done on saving this barge. I have a small soft spot for big French barges. I know i should be able to, but I don't really want the risk of damaging them. I guess i'll see what the quotes are like before i decide what i'm doing. Also cheers, you gotta save the old french barges, someone has to love them! Prab
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prab
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Apr 30, 2013 16:37:49 GMT
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People are going to be tired of my updates soon! Swapped out the door cards and while they were off tried to lube up and free the window runners a bit, they work now, still very slowly. The local trim shop quoted me £140 to transfer the leather covers from the exec seats onto my ergo seats, I think I will probably do that as i don't want to lose my quirky air inflation lark! And finally, to sleeper or not to sleeper? Prab
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Apr 30, 2013 17:05:55 GMT
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People are going to be tired of my updates soon! Prab Not me prab, it's great to see this improving. Do you think the window motors are tired or is the mechanism worn or bent? Deffo get those covers changed over onto your existing seats, it's a luxobarge and needs to have as many gadget buttons working as possible. Also, does the (I assume electric) sunroof all work as it should now? Good luck prab, keep at it.
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prab
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Apr 30, 2013 17:17:21 GMT
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People are going to be tired of my updates soon! Prab Not me prab, it's great to see this improving. Do you think the window motors are tired or is the mechanism worn or bent? Deffo get those covers changed over onto your existing seats, it's a luxobarge and needs to have as many gadget buttons working as possible. Also, does the (I assume electric) sunroof all work as it should now? Good luck prab, keep at it. Cheers for the kind words mate, I think the motors themselves are old and tired but if i keep moving them up and down they get faster and faster but not super fast. As for the sunroof it works with persuasion, i'd rather not risk using it because if it jams you have to get the headlining down to sort it! Prab
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prab
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3rd May 2013 Small update. Set about removing the old spoiler, what an absolute coont that was! two of the bolts plain out refused to budge and I had to use all sorts of things to get them out! Drilled the holes for the new spoiler Trial fitted the spoiler, need to order some JB weld and paint before I fit it properly. The mismatched rear lights were bugging me, turns out the discolouration on the old light was due to water leaking in Thats better Cleaned the interior, did the dash headlining, windows, plastics etc etc, and then fed the leather, all that remains to do apart from replace the front seats is give the carpet a vax Prab
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prab
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Well I set about beginning to fill my spoiler holes, i was deliberating over using jb weld and sanding down or putting something behind and filling on top. I decided to araldite some 2ps behind the holes so I have a nice solid base to filler over, gutted that I wasted 12p! Voila Prab
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Nice one, coming along very well.
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Currently: 1974 Beetle - Golf -
Previously: e38 735i, e34 525iSE, 1972 Beetle, 1991 Scirocco Scala, Morris Minor, 1983 Polo Breadvan, 1991 Mazda MX6
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