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[Acidpopstar]

If you fancy coming down for a few hours that would be awesome mate! I'll pm you address

[SteveA]

We will get you to the ball Cinderella

[Acidpopstar]

Right I've got a half day on Wednesday so work begins at 2pm and we don't finish until the sun goes down. Then a full day on Thursday but finishing at 5 as I'm teaching guitar on the evening.

Anyone local (ish) that fancies pitching are in more than welcome

 

Believe

[Acidpopstar]

So, work started about 2.30 and we just got back now. Body is broken but spirit is not despite the gutting news I can't make the National at Anglesey due to a backlog of VIC checks at the DVLA (so loads of people have recently written their cars off and now want them back on the road??).

 

Anyway, Steve and I were in good spirits. The sun was shining, and the end is in sight.

 

The rear clam is BACK ON

 

The front clam is HALF ON

 

The interior looks like a F*CKING SKIP

 

Back on it tomorrow

[Acidpopstar]

An equation gleaned from today's trials and tribulations:

 

Hammer + blowtorch / 5hrs fitting + much swearing = almost straight bonnet hinge.

 

So Anglesey was never gonna happen anyway.

 

Stoopid plastic sh*t heap

[Crabash]

Neil you have no patience. If I were not there I think you would have thrown a match at it today.

[Duncan VXR]

You boys sorted that pikey hinge out in the end then. Did you both fight it with clam on or bite the bullet and remove? The older these cars get the worse they are with seized bolts, faulty looms and long list of challenging joys When chatting with Steve it really sounds like its getting there so chin up . I have just cracked a beer open to help.......although that could be my 2 young boys terrorisng me that started ot really lol It will come good in the end Then Steve can get round to mine to create some epic carbon fibre bonnet and nose cone for the track beastie tome to go sub 600kg and fit the bigger turbo!!! DG

[Crabash]

Hinge was more twisted than it looked and holes in rad surround were in wrong place. Took some faffing to get it right. And yes we took clam back off again.

[Duncan VXR]

Deep joys! Well done getting sorted DG

[Acidpopstar]

Steve has the patience of a saint and a problem solving brain.

 

I get instantly pissed off as soon as something goes wrong.

 

I hardly dare breath it, but I think we are almost there...

[Acidpopstar]

So while lots of you were in Wales or Scotland having a cracking time we've been back on it today.

 

 

Last week we fabricated some fibre glass strips to replace the knackered metal one.

 

 

WMI pump and tank mounted and parcel shelf back on.

 

Slight issue is we can't find the locator bracket thing for the roof from the drivers side. It came loose and we put it somewhere 'safe' ready to bond back on. Pic below. Anyone got one? Long shot I know.

 

 

This one is still in place

 

 

This one we lost

 

Also, Bonnet - on! Finally fits properly after lots of twatting around.

 

More paint touching up both the new blue and black detailing. The exterior is going to look stunning.

 

Interior tidied up and vacuumed.

 

Saturday, it may be finished.

Edited by Acidpopstar, 25 May 2015 - 06:54 PM.

[Kieran McC]

And to fiinnish off your good weekend we beat you 2 nil at Wembly lol

[Acidpopstar]

And to fiinnish off your good weekend we beat you 2 nil at Wembly lol

 

 

You beat no one cos the Boro didn't turn up.

 

You deserved it anyway. See you back in the championship in 12 months time  

[Acidpopstar]

Another full 8 hrs on it today. But no more messing around with oily bits - only paint on our hands today

 

Steve's attention to detail is quite astonishing given it not even his car (I'd have left half the things we've spent weeks on) but it's now starting to pay off.

 

 

Hairline crack in one headlight and a badly patched hole in the other now filled and sanded.

 

 

Excess filler removed, keyed in plastic and masked off bulbs.

 

 

Several coats of plastic etch primer later. I'm not allowed anywhere near a spray can as I'm a feckless wonder so Steve doing all spraying

 

 

 

I never thought I'd say this but my car is being polished. Like properly with 3 stage Poorboys stuff. A first for me and any car I've owned. I was actually allowed to use the polisher in the end, but only cos Steve's arms were knacking

 

 

One of several little blemishes we fixed. First we picked out any dirt with a pin, then used a cocktail stick dipped in the paint to fill the tiny holes proud of rest of the paint. Wait to dry then sand back with wet and dry. Then polishing.

 

 

Details like this are meaning the car is going to look better than ever. These grills have always looked sh*t. I tried Plastidipping them, then they were (badly) painted. So Steve took them away and brought them back looking like this. Better than new. All the mesh on the car now looks this good. The little details are showing the new colour off brilliantly. It's gonna be a real head turner

 

All we have to do now is finish the lights, fit the seats and the engine / boot lid, final polish and wheel deep clean and she's ready.

 

Just need the VIC check to come through now. Two weeks and not even got an appointment yet.

 

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

looks amazing

 

Im not one for details myself, I left loads of stuff when building my car when I thought "I should re-glue that" or "I could make that better"

 

I know one of my door cards are well... sort of on, every now and then my dash plate falls off, my windscreen needs replacing, my rear clam need replacing, same with the front clam... exhaust is not really aligned properly and my rear clappers I think need a rebuild... all the paint on the car is sh*t and most of the grills are now grey

 

 

But when you see a car properly sorted it does looks stunning

[Acidpopstar]

looks amazing

 

Im not one for details myself, I left loads of stuff when building my car when I thought "I should re-glue that" or "I could make that better"

 

I know one of my door cards are well... sort of on, every now and then my dash plate falls off, my windscreen needs replacing, my rear clam need replacing, same with the front clam... exhaust is not really aligned properly and my rear clappers I think need a rebuild... all the paint on the car is sh*t and most of the grills are now grey

 

 

But when you see a car properly sorted it does looks stunning

 

I think I was a contender for sheddiest VX the past two years running but it really will be better than ever once we are done. Interior is now looking horrendous though so that'll be next years project.

 

Never finished though are they?

[Acidpopstar]

VIC Checked now booked for next Tuesday. Finally back on the road next week

[mitm]

Looking good...

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[Acidpopstar]

Lol! I'd be better off with one of those given how bad my sciatica is!

[Steve.i.am]

Good read, great work and great to see it coming together. I'll look forward to seeing it at hethel.