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[buddylove]

Very nice! Update more often

[tedmcedd]

WOW! love this clubby! that rad is just awsome! cant wait to see the finished result!

[MarkGTT]

Thanks again for the kind words.. would love to give more frequent updates, but that would mean working on the car more often

will be working hard to get this done before the end of the year!

[Retro_10s]

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with,...... Trigger wheel and Dizzy blanking plate...

**cough** Megajolt? **cough**

[MarkGTT]

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with,...... Trigger wheel and Dizzy blanking plate...

**cough** Megajolt? **cough**

oh yes! mapped ignition is the only way to go.. plus you look cool with a laptop sitting in the passenger seat... or something like that.. ha ha

[Gazza211]

Excellent build, are you keeping the white roof with the Yukon Grey for a retro look? are you using celly or 2K or si it going down the paint shop?
Will keep my eye on this one

[ferrox_666]

Dude you dont seem to have a pressure regulator/reducer for the line going to the rear brakes.?

[MarkGTT]

Been a while since the last update but i have got a fair bit done.

forgot what a pain in the ass it is painting a car at home... you quickly run out of space. And if like me, get in a right mess.

This is the first (and hopefully the last) time I have paint a welded in cage; it’s by far the most challenging part to paint, I keep finding missed parts or runs to fix!

easy so far.. at this point i was still sane.



Happy with this, but finding out that im a bit fastidious, and slowly loosing the plot, chasing paint reactions, missed patches and f-in runs.



after a hard days graft, i finally saw some grey, really happy with the colour.







just a few small patches to sort then it was on to the roof..

after a few more days at it i finally got the roof painted. (arches still need to be finished off.. in grey at the moment but might yet go black..)

not the best pic.. but you get the idea.

Overall im really happy with it, it still needs some further work here and there to get it spot on, and a good mopping etc.



latest update as at today (04/02/09) following a bit of wet sanding..

before



after



That’s as good as I can get it.. still a fair bit to do, should get some real progress over the weekend.

Let me know what you think.

[monster_mini]

awsome

[sprinzel71]

Been a while since the last update but i have got a fair bit done.

forgot what a pain in the ass it is painting a car at home... you quickly run out of space. And if like me, get in a right mess.

This is the first (and hopefully the last) time I have paint a welded in cage; it’s by far the most challenging part to paint, I keep finding missed parts or runs to fix!

easy so far.. at this point i was still sane.



Happy with this, but finding out that im a bit fastidious, and slowly loosing the plot, chasing paint reactions, missed patches and f-in runs.



after a hard days graft, i finally saw some grey, really happy with the colour.







just a few small patches to sort then it was on to the roof..

after a few more days at it i finally got the roof painted. (arches still need to be finished off.. in grey at the moment but might yet go black..)

not the best pic.. but you get the idea.

Overall im really happy with it, it still needs some further work here and there to get it spot on, and a good mopping etc.



latest update as at today (04/02/09) following a bit of wet sanding..

before



after



That’s as good as I can get it.. still a fair bit to do, should get some real progress over the weekend.

Let me know what you think.

Looking good mate. Superb choice of colour.

Good luck with the rest of the build.

[erica]

looking good. i love the colour by the way, glad you didnt stick with red.

can wait to see the end product, sounds like a real go-er.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

beautiful makes me want to go outside and paint mine shame im skint arggg

[clubby]

long time no see your thread...

good job mate !

[Radleigh]

Wise choice of colour, a darker grey would of been nice to, I've a thing for grey cars

Id have been happy to lend a hand /prepping/painting if you was closer!

ps: where do you get megajolt from?

[Mart!]

looks awesome!!!!
Great color choice! my clubby estate is going in the body shop this sunday to get painted Yukon Gray, but i'm curious as to which paint code you have as the can i had mixed a while back seems darker than that... was it the GR7 (Years: 59-68) code or the later LQS (Years: 90-98) code? - or maybe its just the picture/lighting that makes it look lighter?
in any case, great job painting it yourself!

cheers!