Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

[Casey]

Really looking nice Cliff, excellent work and an inspiration (and challenge) to do some quality work on Kimi

I spent a few hours on her yesterday, de-rusting the n/s rear caliper, then using the "Marine Clean" and "Metal Ready" stuff before painting with Hammerite - gold colour actually, as the o/s rear had a new caliper fitted by the previous owner and that\'s finished in gold. I thought it would work well with the silver! Just need to find somewhere for bronze, but then again, the rust is a bronze colour, so no real need!!

I know Ian has mentioned going electric on the fans and has said he got a dual fan from a MR2 (\'93 model) I think. I\'ve just removed examined our viscous fan and determined it\'s "had it", so thinking electric is the way to go. Any idea where I can source a suitable fan (Kimi has an S3 rad)?

I would like to replace the rad hoses too, so if you find a source of for poly hoses, let us know!

[CHC (RIP)]

Sorry to hear you\'re having a rough time mate. Hopefully things will look up soon
 
The side brackets for the standard radiators are soldered on, and I had a pretty successful go at soldering one back on the other week. Cheapo plumbing solder and a blowtorch and it went right back on. Worth a shot to have another spare anyway!

Keep smiling I say and live each day as if there\'s no tomorrow - hmmmm..... who was it who said \'redline a day\'? sounds quite logical to me.

Yeh that is what I intend doing when I have taken the oldun out (my trade this one).  As I intended converting to electric cooling it seemed logic to do it now then repair work for the rotarshed - trouble is the shed is beginning to bulge now hehehe :rollin

[CHC (RIP)]

Really looking nice Cliff, excellent work and an inspiration (and challenge) to do some quality work on Kimi
 
I spent a few hours on her yesterday, de-rusting the n/s rear caliper, then using the "Marine Clean" and "Metal Ready" stuff before painting with Hammerite - gold colour actually, as the o/s rear had a new caliper fitted by the previous owner and that\'s finished in gold. I thought it would work well with the silver! Just need to find somewhere for bronze, but then again, the rust is a bronze colour, so no real need!!
 
I know Ian has mentioned going electric on the fans and has said he got a dual fan from a MR2 (\'93 model) I think. I\'ve just removed examined our viscous fan and determined it\'s "had it", so thinking electric is the way to go. Any idea where I can source a suitable fan (Kimi has an S3 rad)?
 
I would like to replace the rad hoses too, so if you find a source of for poly hoses, let us know!

Must admit I just love colour toning especially with a protective coating too, just seems to set things off.
Really glad you guys \'picked up\' KIMI as I never got around to visiting John before he took his extended holiday so I\'m keeping a close look at the work you guys are doing.  I\'m sure you\'ll all do a grand job on him/her and I\'ll be glad to help out wherever I can.

I bought my electric fans offa eBay for £15 delivered, they were in reasonable condition when I got them BUT you know how it is - we just to make sure they look good before we fit them :yes, don\'t mind dirty hands and fingers when stripping off but got to be clean when re-fitting :Giggle.  So I\'d try fleabay 1st - saves on petrol and time too.
Ta
Cliff

[CHC (RIP)]

Do you guys remember when I 1st got Goldie and how she came with a free Kermit the Frog interior colour scheme?
Well this weekend I decided to do something more serious about it so had some paint especialy mixed for this purpose.  Did some rubbing down and a bit more Kermit removing and finished with the following result ......... and isn\'t this more pleasing on the eyes (its not all gone yet but what an improvement)

[myatt1972]

Ahhh, I quite liked the green !

[spoddy]

sorry to hear about you getting robbed, but as you say atleast you were both safe. there was a couple who went on their honeymoon and the wife went back to get some biscuits for their tea, she disturbed a robbery and was murdered over it. she had been strangled and her husband had went looking for her 10mins after it wondering what was wrong with her taking so long.

it was on the news a few months back and an awful tragedy, so a few possessions matter not compared to someone\'s life.

i see alot of owners of fb\'s going right back to the shell and fixing rust areas or repainting, is it straight forward to do, ie are these wee cars put together easily?

[CHC (RIP)]

Ahhh, I quite liked the green !

Yeh!  Hmmmm ...... I wonder :rollin

[CHC (RIP)]

sorry to hear about you getting robbed, but as you say atleast you were both safe. there was a couple who went on their honeymoon and the wife went back to get some biscuits for their tea, she disturbed a robbery and was murdered over it. she had been strangled and her husband had went looking for her 10mins after it wondering what was wrong with her taking so long.
 
it was on the news a few months back and an awful tragedy, so a few possessions matter not compared to someone\'s life.
 
i see alot of owners of fb\'s going right back to the shell and fixing rust areas or repainting, is it straight forward to do, ie are these wee cars put together easily?

Thanks Spoddy - yep we were fine and that is what counts but not so lucky for previous victims I\'m sorry to say.

As to repairing of corroded areas - unfortunately the FB does suffer from corrosion  problems which, if left, can become a more serious issue in a few areas.  For this reason if repair work is necessary the obvious choice is to get down to the bare metal to ensure that the rusted areas are properly treated (and in more seroius scenarios remove the badly corroded material and replace with new metal) before re-coating with the relevant coating.
As far as re-building these cars - yes they are quite easy to work on with a lot of the main panels and various components being readily removeable to gain access to the respective areas.
JAZ was my 1st full restoration project and I just adored the challenge this motor offered, so much so that Goldie became my 2nd restoration job - these cars :InLove

[CHC (RIP)]

Well it was time for the rear valance to be colour coded with the main body - so here we are ...... although laquer coating yet to be applied.  Not a bad colour match though

[CHC (RIP)]

Hi guys - sorry I\'ve been away so long but computer finally replaced and with help from Kevin Gordon with IE9 issue - big thanks to Kevin :Thumbs-up -  I\'m now back on line.
New posts to follow soon.
Ta
Cliff

[spoddy]

good to see you back, i work with computers, web dev too, so if stuck can give you advice

[Ian65]

Welcome back Cliff....lokking forward to a mega update on Goldie mate!

[CHC (RIP)]

Great to be back home at last, now I\'ve got a lot of reading & some updating to do.
Cheers guys,
:wave

[CHC (RIP)]

Right then - where were we - ??
Oh yeah - I\'d found a small hole in the floor by the offside seat belt retaining bolt and by the time I\'d finished cleaning out the rusty bits and done a little tickling it finished up about 65mm square. spo out came the s/s plate, snips and grinder and finishing touches with the aide of the trusty ball pane hammer.
Tacked this into position and then welded up - so here we have the before & after

[CHC (RIP)]

So having completed the inner floor section it was time to go to the outside.
Again you will see that the rust appeared as a very minor hole which when poked and prodded abit opened up into quiet a large hole.
Again the trusted s/s plate, hammer & vice enabled me to adapt a flat piece of metal into a perfectly shaped floor section.
For those of you who haven\'t already tried welding in the overhead position - this is the most difficult welding position as molten metal can only go in one direction - yes gravity fed means it comes down and burns the hands and other parts of the body left uncovered, so always be careful in this position.  The option here is basically to spot weld, that way you reduce the heat input to the metal - takes a little longer but worth the effort every time.  Again, the before & after pics