Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

[CHC (RIP)]

Just had a phone call to advise my \'rear skirt\' body panel is at the dealership for collection - now that\'s what I call good service, ordered Monday & deliverd from Europe within 2 days.

[CHC (RIP)]

Here is a photo of the petrol tank after colour match painted - looks better than black I think.

[CHC (RIP)]

Well, rear skirt panel collected and yes it is the correct part and it fits.

[syebba]

Good idea to colour match the lower part of tank as it\'s visible from the rear.
ta stu..

[CHC (RIP)]

Good idea to colour match the lower part of tank as it\'s visible from the rear.
ta stu..

Hence my thought for doing it this way.

[syebba]

Just out of interest cliff,when you respray exterior body panels,how are you going to get a match,think your colour is maya gold?Does mazda still do paint or will you get some mixed at supplier?
ta stu..

[CHC (RIP)]

Just out of interest cliff,when you respray exterior body panels,how are you going to get a match,think your colour is maya gold?Does mazda still do paint or will you get some mixed at supplier?
ta stu..

Depending upon the amount of spraying required, there\'s a supplier in Chester who mixes specific colour to the old colour charts (but due to the change to water based colours this is becoming more difficuult, as the new range of colours do not match precisely to the oil based products).
I may otherwise consider a complete respray at a local body shop - which will cost more than a few bob I reckon (for those younger persons I mean 5 pence). :Hammer  Still, all in a good cause I say.

[David Nock (RIP)]

Here is a photo of the petrol tank after colour match painted - looks better than black I think.

Been into Kwikfit and jacked up on the tank at some time Cliff? Best left now as you have done.

When I go for MOT\'s I take some rubber pads with me to stop his jacking gear contacting the chassis. The MOT man thinks I\'m great (but slightly deranged) taking them along with me.

He always passes them back to me with a grin though as he issues the certificate.

[CHC (RIP)]

Been into Kwikfit and jacked up on the tank at some time Cliff? Best left now as you have done.
 
When I go for MOT\'s I take some rubber pads with me to stop his jacking gear contacting the chassis. The MOT man thinks I\'m great (but slightly deranged) taking them along with me.
 
He always passes them back to me with a grin though as he issues the certificate.

Agree Dave - I\'m not one for lifting at the chassis without some form of protection to stop the \'steel to steel\' contact. In fact I always jack at front cross member before supporting on axle stands and at rear diff, again then axle stands.

As for the \'jacking point impression\' on the tank - definitely leave it be. If metal is pushed in and as long as it has not creased, you can normally push it back within the 1st 24 hrs - after that time you should leave well alone.

[CHC (RIP)]

Well have to admit \'the weather beat me this weekend\' :o so I replaced the door cards on JAZ instead.  The previous set had a minor cosmetic problem with the drivers door card but this now corrected.
 
Have started an attempt to cut throught the bonding on the nearside rear window and boy is it tough.  In saying this I\'ve done 95% of the top trim and about 55% of the bottom so fingers crossed (and sore with using wire to cut) will complete this week.

[CHC (RIP)]

Managed to get the top side of the petrol tank painted this evening - this time using hammerite \'gold\' (well actually it is more of a brassy gold rather than the coppery gold of the car) but the colour differential doesn\'t make any difference because I\'ll finish the top side with underseal before I refit it.  I\'ll take and post pics tomorrow - should mention painted in the kitchen again :Nono! (god bless the boss - she who breathes fire).

[Ian65]

(god bless the boss - she who breathes fire).

don\'t let her near the petrol tank then, best if she waits out in the garage till you\'ve finished!!!

[Steve-A]

Sounds like steady progress Cliff. We need more pictures, you can never have too many pictures

[CHC (RIP)]

don\'t let her near the petrol tank then, best if she waits out in the garage till you\'ve finished!!!

If I tried that Ian I\'d be in the kennel for the rest of my life - funny, I don\'t recall having a dog either?

[CHC (RIP)]

Sounds like steady progress Cliff. We need more pictures, you can never have too many pictures

Deffo Steve, totally agree.
Trouble is my Rangie has had a battery problem for the last week - only 15 months old (the battery that is) and it has let me down 3 times in 7 days and yesterday moning was the final straw. So I\'ve spent the past 2 days trying to resolve this with the agents who have said bring the car to us and they\'ll charge it and then test it - is it just me?  How can I get it there if I can\'t start the damn thing in the first place!  My point here is that instead of working on Goldie I\'ve wasted time trying to get the Rangie started - oops forgot to say that even though I\'d charged the battery, although the engine cranked it refused to fire up (I think an electronic/alarm/immobiliser problem).
But the best is yet to come now, I went to JAZ and she fired up 1st turn of the key - speaks volumes to me for a 27 year old car against an all singing and dancing Rangie that doesn\'t start and both kept in the same conditions.

So all things being equal I\'ll be able to start back on Goldie tomorrow.