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[Adcuz]

Also, has it been resprayed since coming out of the factory or just really well looked after?

[Lund]

Also, has it been resprayed since coming out of the factory or just really well looked after?

Roof, bonnet and the doors are original paint work. Need to re-condition the doors over the summer and I have a fibreglass bonnet to fit.

[Adcuz]

Did you spray the rest your self?

[Lund]

Did you spray the rest your self?

Yes indeed I did,

[Adcuz]

Phwoar! good job mate!

I take it you used a proper compressor etc?

[Lund]

Phwoar! good job mate!

I take it you used a proper compressor etc?

Yes Its a SIP something or other! I used cellulose on the bodywork and enamel under the arches and on the sills as its hard wearing and instant shine
Sprayed the underside with lots of stone chip and sprayed it with Dinitrol, so its very protected! Just have a browse back through the topic and you'll see whats been done! Grab yourself a cuppa tea and comfy chair!

Edit: cant spell!

Edited by Lund, 24 February 2008 - 10:50 PM.

[Lund]

Decided to take a few photo's of her in works car park

Photo's taken on my phone so please excuse the quality!



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I'm currently concidering re-tyring my alloys with Yoko's, and also thinking of spraying my alloys black and removing the centre caps.

[Lund]

Random pics to feast your eyes on! Parked up at 6th form (I don't trust anyone elses driving as you can tell!)
Andys Honda VF500. 70's meets 80's!



Washed and polished and everything inbetween!

[Lund]

Started fitting the fibreglass bonnet today, made up some brackets and shaped them to fit, without fouling the radiator. (Left-hand bracket shaped to miss the radiator)



As you can see, the old bonnet was completely shot!



As the fibreglass bonnet will be hinged, I have put the bonnet pins towards the top middle section of the bonnet:



Not such a bad fit:



Need to give it a light sand, align the pins and drill the hole and give it some paint.

Tom

Edited by Lund, 08 March 2008 - 07:52 PM.

[Lund]

Completed more work on the fibreglass bonnet today, painted the brackets gloss black and rivited them to the wing gutters.





Aligned the bonnet pins and bolted them to the brackets, fiddling with them to align them correctly. To mark the holes where I needed to drill i brushed a small amount of paint onto the tops of the pins, lowered them to the maximum, and closed the bonnet.






The paint then marked where I needed to drill the hole for the pin to fit through. I then filed out a rectangular hole large enough for the pins to fit through.







The bonnet was lightly sanded and the pins were then fixed to the bonnet.



End result:



The bonnet needs filler in places and a light sand to bring it upto scratch. Now I shall pray for some good weather so that I can spray the bonnet vermillion. So for now, I have a white bonnet!

[Adcuz]

Awesome

[matty135790]

I love this car, pins give it that hint of aggresion which is a good look!!

[Lund]

I love this car, pins give it that hint of aggresion which is a good look!!

Thanks for the feedback guys, keeping it retro and simple I'm really pleased with the result, the bonnet fits just aswel as the original steel one did! Next step is to prep and prime, and final coat of vermillion

[Adcuz]

Are you going to use spray cans or a compressor?

[Lund]

Are you going to use spray cans or a compressor?

Going to spray it using a compressor