My Latest Project

My latest project was purchased yesterday

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f59/4-6-p38-hse-550-a-275037.html








Loaded and heading home, hired trailer lasted 6 miles before a puncture stopped me in my tracks

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f75/broken-down-trailer-puncture-275715.html



Finally off loaded 'Project', will need to think of a name


Took advantage of the good weather today
and removed the damaged front bumper and nearside wing

biggeeeee said:

My latest project was purchased yesterday...http://

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Ah! Selling your worldly goods makes perfect sense now..

Tis a nice car that matey.. my Renault 5 GT Turbo also had a 999 registration and I called it Fuzz lol..

Looking better already

Quick update

Wing on
Bumper on
Headlight finisher stripped and ready for paint
Front Fog lights refitted
Windscreen washer nozzles replaced
Numerous bulbs replaced

Found a man close by breaking a P38
visited him last night and

got a new HVAC panel
Original jack and wheel brace
Front grill
all for £65

HVAC panel fitted tonight and now shows up book symbol

Front grill prepped for paint


Tackle the bigger jobs this weekend

Looking great! was it an ebay buy?

Littelwill said:

Looking great! was it an ebay buy?

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A lot worse than Ebay

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f59/4-6-p38-hse-550-a-275037.html

Front grill and headlight finisher, 3 coats of primer. Painted tomorrow.

Beer time

Can I have your tyres please?
They look better than mine.....

Had a few hours to spare this morning, and waiting for parts to turn up for the engine so decided to have a go at changing the Fuel tank sender unit as a new one had been supplied by Vil.

Dropped the tank in around half an hour (Wolfie take note!)
Managed to salvage around 60 litres of fuel.





However thought it was going too well, unwrapped the new unit and was transferring the pipes to find that the plastic part that holds the float was in three pieces





So garage is now out of action until new Sender unit arrives

Not much to report however dropped the headlining, removed the old saggy cover, cleaned up the backer and just have to get a hold of something to re-cover it with.

All the A B C & D pillar trims were covered in mildew, tried cleaning them up but stripped some of the velour type covering so had to take them back to the beige plastic underneath, took a few hours but look a lot better.

Still no parts delivered!

biggeeeee said:

Managed to salvage around 60 litres of fuel.

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knew i left too much in there

biggeeeee said:

However thought it was going too well, unwrapped the new unit and was transferring the pipes to find that the plastic part that holds the float was in three pieces



So garage is now out of action until new Sender unit arrives

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doh.. i had never checked it mate sorry, it was as was supplied to me from the previous owner.

biggeeeee said:

Not much to report however dropped the headlining, removed the old saggy cover, cleaned up the backer and just have to get a hold of something to re-cover it with.

All the A B C & D pillar trims were covered in mildew, tried cleaning them up but stripped some of the velour type covering so had to take them back to the beige plastic underneath, took a few hours but look a lot better.

Still no parts delivered!

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yeah the mildew is a bugger to try and get off isnt it.

Re the roof covering, theres a chap on ebay that recovers them. But he is way down south. Maybe he would sell you the material though?

Nice find :clap2:

All i have done so far = was to change a reg plate lamp ( got the wrong lamp )

Look in the How To section, dopey did a guide with info on material to re-do the headlining.

Datatek said:

Look in the How To section, dopey did a guide with info on material to re-do the headlining.

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Yip, already visited and has given me the confidence to give it a go.
Just need to pick the right Fabric.

biggeeeee said:

Yip, already visited and has given me the confidence to give it a go.
Just need to pick the right Fabric.

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How about a nice floral?

I did mine with B&Q magnolia matt.

Castor said:

How about a nice floral?

I did mine with B&Q magnolia matt.

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Each to their own

When you do the roof lining if you use that spray glue get the high temp stuff, you will end up doing it again when it gets hot in the summer.
Did mine not long after I got it, had to do it again after the first summer, been fine since.

Rollo Tomasi said:

When you do the roof lining if you use that spray glue get the high temp stuff, you will end up doing it again when it gets hot in the summer.
Did mine not long after I got it, had to do it again after the first summer, been fine since.

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Did you see my location? Summer??

I recovered my headlining with some fabric supplied from eBay it was sooo easy and looks fantastic! Cost about £70 but worth it