Not fancy some orange candy stripe seat covers for him?
Mucky, The 1973 Mgb Gt
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, Mar 03 2012 07:13 PM
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 12:32 PM
He does need covers(but not orange candy stripe!!)
Been looking at him today........never a good thing, I think I will paint him all over. The drivers door is a bit crappy, he came with a good spare so thats ok, The passengers has had a skin and its not brilliant. I'll make an effort to save it but won't be too upset if it ends up being binned.
A repaint will only cost me £100 in materials and the rest of the body isn't too bad. I think he does deserve it.
Budget is ...
£100 paint
£250 interior
£150 service and mechanics
Job done.
Will be finishing Stinky this weekend and then its time to start playing with him properly!!
Been looking at him today........never a good thing, I think I will paint him all over. The drivers door is a bit crappy, he came with a good spare so thats ok, The passengers has had a skin and its not brilliant. I'll make an effort to save it but won't be too upset if it ends up being binned.
A repaint will only cost me £100 in materials and the rest of the body isn't too bad. I think he does deserve it.
Budget is ...
£100 paint
£250 interior
£150 service and mechanics
Job done.
Will be finishing Stinky this weekend and then its time to start playing with him properly!!
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 12:36 PM
He does need covers(but not orange candy stripe!!)
No taste!!! Will fit in with your colour schemes perfectly!!
No taste!!! Will fit in with your colour schemes perfectly!!
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 12:40 PM
Yellow, with orange seats!!!
Its like the 70's never ended!!
Its like the 70's never ended!!
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 01:13 PM
All of a sudden I've got the munchies!!
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 09:40 PM
The spending has started!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.u...0#ht_500wt_1287
Also got most of the mechanical bits on order as well. Just need a carpet set and some paint!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.u...0#ht_500wt_1287
Also got most of the mechanical bits on order as well. Just need a carpet set and some paint!!
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 10:50 PM
What happened to the cheapskate shifty we know and love?
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 10:54 PM
Alive and well, It would have cost me £200 in bits to do the front seats(in cloth)
Plus at least a day and a half of my time...
The leather covers are £200!!
Plus at least a day and a half of my time...
The leather covers are £200!!
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 11:01 PM
Gone are the tanktape days then!!
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 11:03 PM
Yeah, I'm all classy now!!
He owes me feck all so I can splash out a bit(also ppi claims rock!!)
He owes me feck all so I can splash out a bit(also ppi claims rock!!)
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Posted 24 March 2012 - 11:50 PM
Had a bit of time on him today.
After a bit of a proper look around I'm actually quite happy with him, he seems pretty good(surprise!!), sills and floors are ok and the rust is mostly surface!!
The main problem was the doors, they just had been badly skinned and didn't fit right. Luckily he came with a new drivers door so I removed the old one(after having to drill the bolts out). The 'new' one fitted much better so I prepped it and gave it a lick of primer filler.
I need to find a better passengers door now.
I then started to strip the chrome off an start to prep.
Welded up a small hole in the wing.
Beat out some roof dents
Found a ruck of filler in the bonnet
This needs a bit more work,,
Overall, not too bad at all.
After a bit of a proper look around I'm actually quite happy with him, he seems pretty good(surprise!!), sills and floors are ok and the rust is mostly surface!!
The main problem was the doors, they just had been badly skinned and didn't fit right. Luckily he came with a new drivers door so I removed the old one(after having to drill the bolts out). The 'new' one fitted much better so I prepped it and gave it a lick of primer filler.
I need to find a better passengers door now.
I then started to strip the chrome off an start to prep.
Welded up a small hole in the wing.
Beat out some roof dents
Found a ruck of filler in the bonnet
This needs a bit more work,,
Overall, not too bad at all.
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 11:35 AM
Looking good!
Got to be honest though.... that colour doesnt do it for me
Damask red or Mineral blue please
Got to be honest though.... that colour doesnt do it for me
Damask red or Mineral blue please
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 01:41 PM
Verrrrrry nice mate
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