1988 Mk2 Cavalier 1.8GLi

[sleag40]

Monster cleaning and tidying session happened at the weekend.





Once spruced up, I started to make it dusty again by scotching the underside to prepare it for stone chip application.





Should get it all cleaned and stone chipped at the weekend.

[sleag40]

The stone chip is finally on there! Cleaned all the sanding muck off yesterday, masked and sprayed today.

It goes on shiny and black.



And dries textured and dark grey.



The blackness will be restored once its been hit with the underbody wax.

Few more pics of the newly coated underside.











Need to get some epoxy primer on the welded sections of the body now so I can get on with preparation for paint.

[teaboy]

That’s mint!

[Duggy]

This is one very lucky motor having you as its owner. Top stuff.

[novamadash]

Looks great under there now. Good work.

[shielsy68]

SOME DIFFERENCE TO WHEN YOU STARTED LOVELY JOB

[redexstyle]

Bang tidy that.

Been a proper labour of love.

What colour are you having the car painted?

[sleag40]

Aug 11, 2020 7:37:26 GMT redexstyle said:

Bang tidy that.

Been a proper labour of love.

What colour are you having the car painted?

Cheers, it'll be staying in its original colour - 29L (I think its Monaco blue)

I finally got round to stripping the doors bare today. The rear doors were a bit of a faff to strip, I imagine they'll not be much fun to reassemble when fresh paint is involved.





The front doors were a lot easier most probably due to there being better access to the mechanisms within.





Hopefully epoxy priming will commence this week.

[sleag40]

After 14 months or so up on the spit, it finally came off it this afternoon



The spit was partially dismantled, as it is due to be loaned to the owner of a seriously rusty XJC.



Bodywork now next on the "to do" list.

[sleag40]

Disappointingly little progress this week. Started removing paint from the back end in preparation for getting the epoxy primer on there.



Daubed the rust pitted bits with Deox gel, then taped plastic sheet over it to stop it drying out.



It'll probably take a couple of applications to remove all the rust, but when it's gone, I can prime it.

While the Deox gel does its thing, I made a start on getting the Nearside rear quarter cleaned back to the metal.



Most likely be splashing the primer about next weekend.

[shielsy68]

doing a great job been watching from start

[sleag40]

Aug 22, 2020 19:04:22 GMT shielsy68 said:

doing a great job been watching from start

Cheers Owen! The start seems a long time ago now, but we're getting there!
I got tired of bare metalling bodywork once the offside rear quarter was done, so decided to remove the scratched glass out of the replacement tailgate. This time less finesse was employed, and I used a hammer.



Doing it this way was a lot quicker than doing it properly - from swinging the hammer to finishing cleaning up the mess took about half an hour.



Just need to wire wheel off the rest of the sealant - That can be done when I get round to priming it.

[sleag40]

The Deox gel did its thing.



80 grit sand paper used to get a decent key for the paint.



Masking complete to ensure the stone chip stays fresh.



Epoxy primer applied - it was a bit thick, but got it to spray reasonably well.





Sills + door apertures next in line for this treatment - then engine bay and front valance

[skodacious]

Great to see progress on this amazingly detailed restoration. With the underneath as good as it is, this next stage is highly anticipated 👍

[sleag40]

Got an unexpected bit of time on this today, so got stuck in to the offside door apertures/sills.



Hopefully I'll get this side epoxy primed at the weekend.

[sleag40]

Offside sill + door apertures now epoxy primed. It's a lot easier to see where filler needs to be applied now it's all the same colour.



I realised just how effective my dust/fume mask is when I had to answer the phone half way through spraying - this stuff properly reeks!



If I'm really lucky, I'll get the other side done tomorrow.......

[skodacious]

Great as ever 👍 have you had to repair the rear wheel arches and the like or is it all pretty solid?

[sleag40]

Sept 5, 2020 17:58:45 GMT skodacious said:

Great as ever 👍 have you had to repair the rear wheel arches and the like or is it all pretty solid?

Many thanks! See pages 6-8 for wheel arch repairs.

[skodacious]

Sept 5, 2020 18:14:09 GMT sleag40 said:

Sept 5, 2020 17:58:45 GMT skodacious said:

Great as ever 👍 have you had to repair the rear wheel arches and the like or is it all pretty solid?

Many thanks! See pages 6-8 for wheel arch repairs.

Apologies! I had forgotten how much you had do on those - it did look quite frilly in places 👍

[sleag40]

Looks like luck was on my side - nearside was prepared after doing some chores.



Then primed in time for Sunday dinner.



Not lucky enough to win the lottery though.