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[mini-adam]

getting stuck into body work prep and no surprises so far

roof had a small ding and easily sorted



one side getting 2pk primer



bonnet had a wee bit of rough edge along the front, sorted that and primed



and doors needed sanded smooth



rear doors had a few holes along the bottom

[ClubbyAsh]

This is going to look sweet for sure dude, looks tidy!

[mini-adam]

getting into more body work and tackled the bubbling to the bottom of the rear doors. Once I got through thick isopon discovered these..




doors were primed with several coats and flattened



eventually picked the colour after much thought and ending up with snowberry from the 1960's, although I think it wasn't used on clubmans.. but what the heck I like it



so to the underside, makes all the effort worthwhile when colour coat goes on




wheel wells



engine bay




went to the interior

Edited by mini-adam, 10 November 2012 - 11:13 AM.

[mini-adam]

Was thinking about the interior and was on the lookout for black seats out of a mgzr but found these at a
scrapyard which came out of a evo 1. and couldnt resist them. Done a bit of head scratching about the fit of the rear seats

[mini-adam]

missed this bit out of earlier post.. was working on the underside to get it cleaned up, previous body shop didn't do this bit, so it will throw up a few surprises.

I'll let the pics do the talking..




tank out and looks like loads of grease and sealer applied in the factory. Hope it has worked in keeping rust at bay.


cleaned up and rust treated (dark areas)

[mini-adam]

had a go at the front subframe, wasn't too bad so wire brush on the 4" grinder and half an hour later all cleaned down




now a coat of etch



now dunno why but didnt take photos of the engine the way it was but got it mounted to its subframe and ready to go in







and its in



wiper motor fitted



still a lot of work to do ...

[mini-adam]

looked at replacing the 2 clock dash with the centre type binnacle and decided I'd give it a go

here's the pic of it before..


then in the process of changing, done the switch panel flush and fitting flick switches, cloth over the steering column as I got a few scratches on the forehead

[ChrisCityE]

Only just spotted this, great build. I miss my Estate now though!

Snowberry is an awesome colour in the daylight, looking forward to seeing this one done.

[mercenary62]

lovelly job your making of that mate ,keep it up, loving the pics

[F1L8EY]

lovely looking build will be following this

[creakyjaws5533]

Absolutely beautiful car hope to own one one day

[mini-adam]

Now that the underside is done and engine is in, I turned my attention to the exterior paint. To be honest it daunted me a bit cause I've only done small stuff before, never a whole car, Got a ballpark quote from a bodyshop of £1400 and thats with me putting on base primer and leaving it for them to apply a sealer primer and top coats. A lot of money to shell out, so I bit the bullet, ordered more paint and started the prep work.

Wanted a black roof as I thought all the one colour might be too plain. Settled on a black pearl waterbase, (same code as my ford fiesta panther black).

Done the roof first, motor factors made the paint wrong shade and gave me the litre FOC. Applied it anyhow to help kill the grey primer and then the proper panther black shade.
Waterbase went on Ok and dried quite quickly, Laquer attracted dust particles, but will come out with sanding later.

Here's the pic of it done and laquer getting 2000 wet 'n dried.. Looks a mess to be honest...


but turned out OK in the end..


so now for the 2k snowberry


not the ideal place for spraying but this part of the garage has less dust and easily heated








so with all the paper removed...

Edited by mini-adam, 22 February 2013 - 12:46 PM.

[F1L8EY]

for a done in my garage at home paint job that looks fantastic!! i noticed you've got rid of the licence plate brackets are you running bumperless too ??

Filbey

[grahama]

Hi,

looks good. I am glad you have gone through putting the engine back as you have done as this is my next major job.

Paint job is excellent !

Graham

[ClubbyAsh]

This is looking better everytime i check this thread out, the colour is gorgeous and engine looks tidy as! Can't wait to see it complete!