Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

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primer sealer ...

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Thats a real shame that someones basically just made life harder for you by doing such a botch job!
 
I guess the only thing you can say is its a good job you\'re doing this properly or some of that rot would be well hidden and fester away until the car became too far gone to bother with.

 
Which is why others say \'it\'s better to get a body that hasn\'t been welded rather than a bodged one\' - hmmmm.... begining to think that I might have the latter.  Ho hum, never mind, better to find it now so that I can rectify it.
Despite this, the body is more solid than it sounds and I\'d be a liar - no darn stupid if I said I didn\'t expect to find some on a 95000 mile car.

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I\'ve also removed the rear brake calipers from their discs, quickly cleaned and then retracted the wheel pistons just to establish that they are free and serviceable - satisfactory.
So my intentions are to replace parts as may be necessary and paint calipers and check condition of discs before progressing further in these areas - photos to follow (none taken yet).

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Lots of good progress there Cliff... it\'s always a mare putting someone elses bodges right. I wonder if there are any useful \'repair\' panels in that stash of S2 parts in London... probably easier to cut some out of old parts than fab your own.

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Lots of good progress there Cliff... it\'s always a mare putting someone elses bodges right. I wonder if there are any useful \'repair\' panels in that stash of S2 parts in London... probably easier to cut some out of old parts than fab your own.

1stly it\'s all part of the challenge owning a classic I suppose.
As for useful panels, I\'ve got a couple of spare doors already but actually prefer re-plating with S/S as I know this is sound metal with a little bit extra in thickness/gauge  and although it makes the job a bit more difficult, there\'s something to be proud of to turn around and say "yeh, I made that piece" - good thought though.

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Today I decided to resolve the issue over limited access in the garage.  So I swapped \'Goldie\' with \'RAZ\' so they are both in different garages.
Sounds easy in principle but remember neither of the cars could be driven under their own steam.  \'RAZ\' had to be towed up the road in reverse,  Goldie pushed into the road (very easy as I\'d taken out the brake pads) and had to slip into gear to prevent her from rolling into the marsh/river down at the bottom of the road.  \'RAZ\' pushed into the drive and parked up.  Goldie rolled down the road by me and the Dragon and pushed into her new home for the next six months (less if i can achieve this).  Then finally pushing \'RAZ\' into her new garage to hibernate until Goldie is finished - PHEW, need a rest now to recover. :Snoring

So tomorrow is the start of a new era - Goldie Time!

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WE have some news the group B is going on a road trip , Legend Boucles de Spa in belgium .
Friday 18 February 2011 to Saturday 19 February 2011.....
 
But something a bit closer to home the rotary escort is taking part in the north west stages on the 6th and 7th of feb.

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sorry cliff posted in wrong place , can a mod delete above please..

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Goldie settled into her new home and teamed up with \'JAZ\' for a bit of company.

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Started with the rear bumper yesterday - boy were those bolts tight despite soaking them with wd40 for hours.  The main bolts (14mm nuts) eventually came loose but the 10mm ones just sheared (see a few photos).  Not surprised with this result as it seemed the previous owner had stored the bumper in a compost heap - full of rotted leaves, spiders webs, soil etc:  So I\'ve abraded the steel framework with rotary wired brush/cup type then pretreated the bare metal and later on coated with a good hammerite primer - photos to follow.


Then I stripped down the front bumper  hmmmm..... the offside section of the steel framework is beyond repair so I\'ll need to soucre a replacement - hopefully I already know of one in the midlands.  Thinking about it, can anybody tell me whether the end pieces of the framework are available separately ? (pictures to follow as batteries drained).

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Rear bumper now primed ...

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Front bumper stripped for action - not as pretty sight really.

Can the outer sections be purchased separately?

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Further coats applied to rear bumper framework ...

[Ian65]

I doubt it... it\'s probably best to source a good second hand bumper bar from a scrapper.

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In between, setting up in preparation to continue with the underneath cleaning and pretreatment ...