My new RX3 and restoration

[shaunwil]

Glorious in the flesh too

Shaun

[marcusd666]

Great restoration Steve you earned the trophy and it was nice to meet you as well.

[steve garbutt]

Cheers everyone it\'s much appreciated
Was also good to get to know some new faces.

[gixergirl777]

The RX3 looks beautiful! Well done on all your hard work. Wish I could have been there to see it. Another time tho!

[Casey]

Well done for getting her completed in time for RS10 Steve - it looks a magnificent job you\'ve done there! Shame I couldn\'t make it this year to see her, but the photos show you\'ve shown a lot of attention to detail :Thumbs-up

[RandomDan]

Just had a quick flick through and the change from when you started was un-believable!

I like the \'it wasnt as bad as i though\' that kept popping up.
Looked pretty bad too me lol

[gixergirl777]

Just had another look through your thread, you\'ve done an amazing job, brilliant work. I\'m going to draw on this for motivation for when I inevitably lose the will to live with mine hehe

[steve garbutt]

Cheers everyone. Comments are much appreciated.
Makes it worth all the hard work :Thumbsup!

[steve garbutt]

Just had another look through your thread, you\'ve done an amazing job, brilliant work. I\'m going to draw on this for motivation for when I inevitably lose the will to live with mine hehe

I lost it a few times and almost sold up

[steve garbutt]

Just had a quick flick through and the change from when you started was un-believable!

I like the \'it wasnt as bad as i though\' that kept popping up.
Looked pretty bad too me lol

I was expecting worse :Giggle

[steve garbutt]

Well as some of you will know i took the RX3 to Japfest
It generated a lot of interest and had some fantastic feedback, not bad for a 1973 Mazda
Well chuffed with how it all went including the 4hr 45 min drive home that was very uneventful, thankfully
But that said, even though it looked like a nice neat RX3 i have never been happy with the paint finish, a few imperfections spoiled it for me.
So today we started Rubbing it down for another coat of paint

This is how it looked before and after we started rubbing it down today  

[re japi]

You did what??? I thought that paint job was good, I didnt see nothing bad in it

[steve garbutt]

You did what??? I thought that paint job was good, I didnt see nothing bad in it

Paint job was good thank you Jarno :Thumbsup!, but i knew it could be better and the car deserved it

After the fantastic day we had at Japshow it spurred me on to redo the paint and finish restoring the interior.

so i have lots of goodies on the way from Aus :driving

[C J R]

"After the fantastic day we had at Japshow it spurred me on to redo the paint and finish restoring the interior.

so i have lots of goodies on the way from Aus :driving"
 
I think your just bored....the car looked great !!! :god
 
I guess when you\'ve finished you\'ll be entering concourse events !! :cool :King
 
Chris

[steve garbutt]

Well hopefully it will be good enough Chris, but i dont have the patience to clean it well enough to enter it haha