Cliff\'s 1st Gen Purchase - Goldie

David Nock (RIP) · January 27, 2011, 12:51:32 PM

You\'re doing well Cliff....no overspray at all on that kitchen table, your lady will be well pleased.

Steve-A · January 27, 2011, 09:22:33 PM

Good stuff Cliff! Making pretty good headway there, makes me feel really slack for moving at the pace I am!

CHC (RIP) · January 27, 2011, 10:01:24 PM

Quote from: David Nock;739242You\'re doing well Cliff....no overspray at all on that kitchen table, your lady will be well pleased.

What you don\'t see is the dragon behind the camera with a duster and polish - oh and that\'s to hand to me after I\'ve finished.:evillaugh

CHC (RIP) · January 27, 2011, 10:07:11 PM

Quote from: Steve-A;739309Good stuff Cliff! Making pretty good headway there, makes me feel really slack for moving at the pace I am!

No way Steve - I\'ve only been able to put in a few hrs here & there. After the work you\'ve been doing recently mate you can be excused for a break now & again.

I need to get down to it as there\'s a fair amount to be done on the underside - hard graft & elbow grease I think rather than full blown restoration.
I think I\'ll have to replace all the bushes though - how are yours coming along? Was it a good buy from Respeed?

CHC (RIP) · January 27, 2011, 10:10:01 PM

Quote from: Ian65;739150I doubt it... it\'s probably best to source a good second hand bumper bar from a scrapper.

My thoughts too Ian. Stu in Tamworth has one fo me, so hopefully it will be half decent and i can strip it and restore the frame.

Steve-A · January 27, 2011, 10:22:15 PM

Quote from: CHC;739323No way Steve - I\'ve only been able to put in a few hrs here & there. After the work you\'ve been doing recently mate you can be excused for a break now & again.

I need to get down to it as there\'s a fair amount to be done on the underside - hard graft & elbow grease I think rather than full blown restoration.
I think I\'ll have to replace all the bushes though - how are yours coming along? Was it a good buy from Respeed?

No sign of the bushes yet. I\'m guessing it might be a while till they show, can take almost a fortnight for royal snail to deliver a note saying \'please pay import tax\' sometimes

I\'ll let you know how they are when they arrive!

CHC (RIP) · January 27, 2011, 10:25:52 PM

Quote from: Steve-A;739331No sign of the bushes yet. I\'m guessing it might be a while till they show, can take almost a fortnight for royal snail to deliver a note saying \'please pay import tax\' sometimes I\'ll let you know how they are when they arrive!

Fair play - just hope it doesn\'t snow here too otherwise the extra delay would be caused by the wrong type of snow :rollin:rollin

syebba · January 28, 2011, 03:02:03 AM

Quote from: Steve-A;739331No sign of the bushes yet. I\'m guessing it might be a while till they show, can take almost a fortnight for royal snail to deliver a note saying \'please pay import tax\' sometimes I\'ll let you know how they are when they arrive!

Royal snail are a joke.
Ian & i ordered oz spec mirrors from the same guy,sent out more or less same time from oz.Ian got his 1st & from memory had to pay import duty,mine turned up 6 weeks later,but i paid no import tax???

syebba · January 28, 2011, 03:06:10 AM

Quote from: CHC;739335Fair play - just hope it doesn\'t snow here too otherwise the extra delay would be caused by the wrong type of snow :rollin:rollin

Haha,yeah our snow is unique,it\'s white & sometimes settles on the ground!
Just seen on msn,2010 globally was one of the hottest years on record,EXCEPT UK,it was the 12th coldest on record!:Giggle

CHC (RIP) · January 30, 2011, 05:10:25 PM

Took the middle section of the exhaust and the heat shield out this weekend, this was to enable full access to the underside to determine it\'s general condition. Great find - apart from one area, the underside of the offside floor pan is in pretty good condition

CHC (RIP) · January 30, 2011, 05:14:45 PM

Had a bit of a dig - well actually a bloody good poke around to make sure I would be taking all of the effected area out, this was the result.

CHC (RIP) · January 30, 2011, 05:30:45 PM

Having cleaned up the areas I then primed them in preparation for the big underside paint job - once the small amonut of welding has been completed

Steve-A · January 30, 2011, 05:31:50 PM

After all the hidden rust you\'ve found else where thats really good news Cliff

CHC (RIP) · January 30, 2011, 05:40:12 PM

Quote from: Steve-A;739683After all the hidden rust you\'ve found else where thats really good news Cliff

Sure is Steve, I\'m just glad really that nobody had tried to repair this before I got to it - makes my task a lot easier.
I dare say that I\'ll find something similar with the nearside when i get round to it (hopefully next month).

When I repair it I\'ll do it in two sections, inner side 1st and then the outer skin to finish it and put the rigidity back in.

CHC (RIP) · January 30, 2011, 09:32:44 PM

Also managed to drill out the sheared 10mm bolts from the rear bumper today and then re-tapped holes so hangar brackets will secure properly when tightened up in place (picture before drilling out bolt)