Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

CHC (RIP) · February 02, 2011, 09:38:34 PM

Managed to put a hammerite primer coat to the offside rear wheelarch and underbody towards to drivers footwell. A little more to finish off behind the exhaust heatshield section and then I can put metal inserts where the body has lost it\'s metallic structure - weld up the holy bits.

Ian65 · February 02, 2011, 09:42:58 PM

cleaning up well Cliff!

CHC (RIP) · February 02, 2011, 11:12:12 PM

Being truthful Ian, despite the areas where rust wasn\'t taken out and thus creating additional corrosion problems, I\'m very pleased with the general condition of the underside up to now. The earlier photographs which I posted of the underbody consisted of artificial background lighting which automatically lends towards sepia colouring and therefore you never get a true sense of reality. So to a degree the previous shots made it look a little worse than it actually was.
When I was working on \'JAZ\' I was using hand wire brushes with lots of elbow grease but with Goldie I\'m using rotary wire brushes (both cup type and flat) and it is so much easier and quicker than the old fashioned but traditional method.

Steve-A · February 03, 2011, 09:58:47 AM

Those rotary wire brushes really are life savers! I dread to think how long I\'d have spent wire brushing without mine.

CHC (RIP) · February 03, 2011, 10:19:06 AM

Quote from: Steve-A;740419Those rotary wire brushes really are life savers! I dread to think how long I\'d have spent wire brushing without mine.

Took me almost a day to do one side of JAZ last year (complete with blisters and scrape marks and sore knuckles - rotary power any day for me (excuse the PUN it was intended) :rollin:rollin

CHC (RIP) · February 07, 2011, 09:48:35 AM

had next to no time working on Goldie this weekend but did manage to grind out the inserted plate in the rear offside of the boot area. This has exposed the rust lurking underneath which should have been removed before the plate was welded into place. Never mind, I take a few fotos and put them up.

The only other thing which happened this weekend was the glass sunroof was delivered .....

CHC (RIP) · February 08, 2011, 11:03:02 PM

Following on from the recent discussions between Steve, Ian, Tim, Dibs, Dave, Keith and other forum members (plse forgive me if I haven\'t mentioned you by name) on the purchase of Polyurethane Full Bush Kits, I\'ve ordered a full set of SuperPro tonight from a company in Bridgewater (UK).
I\'ve managed to negotiate a discount price, which the company tell me shall extend for all MRC members - price delivered Â£215 and are available on the self.

CHC (RIP) · February 08, 2011, 11:43:32 PM

Quote from: CHC;741471Following on from the recent discussions between Steve, Ian, Tim, Dibs, Dave, Keith and other forum members (plse forgive me if I haven\'t mentioned you by name) on the purchase of Polyurethane Full Bush Kits, I\'ve ordered a full set of SuperPro tonight from a company in Bridgewater (UK).
I\'ve managed to negotiate a discount price, which the company tell me shall extend for all MRC members - price delivered Â£215 and are available on the self.

And Stu ....
Also forgot to mention that these bushes are guaranteed for 3 years or 36,000 miles - I consider this a great deal.
:Thumbs-up

A7RXY · February 09, 2011, 07:11:49 AM

Do we know if Ian and SteveA have got their kits from the US ?, if so are they happy with them and did they get charged VAT when they came in. if so I wonder what the actural cost is getting them from the US compared with the UK price of Â£215.

Dibs

CHC (RIP) · February 09, 2011, 08:29:24 AM

Quote from: A7RXY;741506Do we know if Ian and SteveA have got their kits from the US ?, if so are they happy with them and did they get charged VAT when they came in. if so I wonder what the actural cost is getting them from the US compared with the UK price of Â£215.

Dibs

I was chatting with Steve-A yesterday, approx Â£170 (but unsure as they haven\'t arrived in UK yet) customer satisfaction to be determined when received.

CHC (RIP) · February 09, 2011, 12:02:07 PM

Bush kit ordered and paid for - being sent out today so I might see it for the weekend.:mmmm

Ian65 · February 09, 2011, 12:29:50 PM

Quote from: CHC;741515I was chatting with Steve-A yesterday, approx Â£170 (but unsure as they haven\'t arrived in UK yet) customer satisfaction to be determined when received.

Where\'s 170 quid come from?
They are $185 shipped.... Approx Â£120

CHC (RIP) · February 09, 2011, 01:07:30 PM

Quote from: Ian65;741544Where\'s 170 quid come from?
They are $185 shipped.... Approx Â£120

I\'ll PM you.

CHC (RIP) · February 09, 2011, 08:47:25 PM

Quote from: Ian65;741544Where\'s 170 quid come from?
They are $185 shipped.... Approx Â£120

Just to clarify guys, cost of Â£170 is for purchase and delivery for one person from usa to uk. Any multiple buyers could share import/transit costs and would therefore make further monetary savings. My apology if I have misled anybody on this issue.
:o

Ian65 · February 09, 2011, 09:21:01 PM

Â£170 is worse case scenario if duty and vat get\'s charged.... purchase and shipping only is Â£130 for one person purchasing... as above, less if shipping is combined.
I looked at Superpro, both importing them and buying them in the Uk but was put off by the price and I had also read on a couple of threads that the \'full kit\' was purchased but then additional bushes had to be bought to make it a true full kit. Maybe these instances were \'one offs\' but they put me off buying at the time.
At the end of the day, poly is poly and all poly bushes for the 1st gen are a rip off no matter where they come from or who they are made by.