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[Mini Manannán]

Ben, a bit off topic, I look after one of these:

 

 

Would that Etalon be the right kind of thing to go on the rear load bed?  It has a plastic load bed cover but under the cover is a bit groady!

[Shep76S]

Ben, a bit off topic, I look after one of these:
 
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Would that Etalon be the right kind of thing to go on the rear load bed?  It has a plastic load bed cover but under the cover is a bit groady!

Everyday is a school day, 'groady'. Had to use the urban dictionary on that one

[Ben_O]

Ben, a bit off topic, I look after one of these:

 

 

Would that Etalon be the right kind of thing to go on the rear load bed?  It has a plastic load bed cover but under the cover is a bit groady!

Its really more of an underbody coating as it does retain some flexability once fully cured but i would imagine it should do the job if you let it fully cure and then put the plastic load cover back in.

[Ben_O]

So as you know, yesterday was the last push with the prep work to fet everything ready for paint.

 

We painted the engine bay

 

 

and inside the boot

 

 

And as i mentioned, all of the hinges, shims and nic nacs

 

 

And this morning, i got some more pics of the paint job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once it's had a good flat and polish, i'm sure it will look excellent.

 

Today was spent tidying up and sorting through the parts ready for reassembly.

 

I got what i needed to built up on the front subframe so that's ready to put in

 

 

 

And i fitted new gaiters to the driveshafts and steering rack

 

 

And then assembled the radius arms with all new parts. I pressed new bearings and studs into the hubs too

 

 

The other side is done too but i didn't get a picture

 

And that's about it today.

 

More Monday!

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[mattmiglia]

Looks great. What colour is the main body?

[skoughi]

Stunning!!

[clovus]

Tweed grey? Almost like seamist green, will be interesting to see it after the paint has 'dried down'

[JDImini]

Looks great. What colour is the main body?

[JDImini]

Hi Mattmiglia

Clovus is correct it is tweed grey

And I think it looks brilliant

Cheers for commenting
Darren

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Love the colour combination it's going to look amazing once it's all back together

[mattmiglia]

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Edited by mattmiglia, 17 September 2016 - 08:16 AM.

[mattmiglia]

Hi Mattmiglia

Clovus is correct it is tweed grey

And I think it looks brilliant

Cheers for commenting
Darren

It's beautiful. Can't wait to see it fully built up

Edited by mattmiglia, 17 September 2016 - 08:16 AM.

[Ben_O]

The roof is Rover Paul Smith Black

[clovus]

Yep, totally agree. It is stunning!

[JDImini]

The roof is Rover Paul Smith Black

It sounds like one of those old M&S adverts
"The roof is not just black, it's Rover Paul Smith black"