Worlds longest Resto, my C2 2.7 19/3/18 Vent guage action

[a_kara]

Water based fella.

Orion sounded nice.

not fan of water based, but C'est la vie and we wont get much of choice in the near future.

orion was fast, it got sold and engine transfered in to an XR3i ( mk3 escort ) in nimbus grey which still lives to this day so i'm told.

[bss325i]

Nimbus grey, one of the rarer colours on the mk3 xr3i. Nice.

[Jhonno]

Barry you deviant, you are lowering the tone in Si's thread of greatness with all this talk of Frod shite..

[B7]

samoa blue?! maritius? (sp) would be lovely

If your going blue theres only one blue to go on it. Mineral. Correct for the year as well. Or I reckon Vulcan Grey would look the part as well.

F*cking Diamond black you stain. Keepin' it real homie.

[bss325i]

Barry you deviant, you are lowering the tone in Si's thread of greatness with all this talk of Frod shite..

The is a JPS Capri several pages back as well!

[Davenotouring]

The 1600E (I know ALL about it) didn't have the appeal of the Ghia, and I can't even explain why.

When on earth is this fresh turd going to be excreted out of the arse of the bodyshop?

I wanna see it done!

[bss325i]

A few more pics.

During to panel repairs to the car some of the underside of the car had new metal let in so new underseal was needed in these repaired areas along with any other area of original underseal that was flakey or looking like it needed attention. The original underseal is rubberised and is a durable protection. The underseal we used is light grey in colour and the original is beige but can be colour matched easily enough.



Adam at work degreasing the engine bay before the along process of rubbing it all down properly for a coat of primer.



All the repairs were given a coat of aerosol primer to keep any bare metal covered until the car was ready for paint prep, this was removed with thinners before a coat of high build primer was laid on the car.



The car in high build primer and sprayed with a guide coat of black aerosol ready to block down.

[Jhonno]

[Simon13]

here we go!

[Speedtouch]

Let me guess...Brick Red?

[e30topless]

love this thread keep the pics coming ! I just hope it turns out the RIGHT colour

[gareth]

in all honesty si, i've seen a lot of cars restored to this standard with this level of attention to detail (i'm a classic car man at heart), but never a E30! not discrediting anyone on here who has done similar of course but it's a breath of fresh air and a credit to the classic status that the E30 is rapidly acquiring.

outstanding work lads keep it up! it'll be pride of place at santa pod i'm sure (not long now...!)

[B7]

in all honesty si, i've seen a lot of cars restored to this standard with this level of attention to detail (i'm a classic car man at heart), but never a E30! not discrediting anyone on here who has done similar of course but it's a breath of fresh air and a credit to the classic status that the E30 is rapidly acquiring.

outstanding work lads keep it up! it'll be pride of place at santa pod i'm sure (not long now...!)

I could not have put that better.

Si I cannot wait to see it finished. It's gonna be a blinder.

[RJB6]

Hi Si it's looking good looks like you have to put in more hours overtime but it will all be worth it in the end.
Thanks for bringing the badge along to Billing.
Keep the pictures coming
Roy

[Simon13]

i've just seen some pictures of some painted bits won't be long now!

[d6dph]

It's black isn't, tell me it's black.

[stuartgallafant]

i think this is actually a more eagerly awaited site than lucy pinders nipples!!!

[B7]

i think this is actually a more eagerly awaited site than lucy pinders nipples!!!

Not so sure about that!

The wait is killing me tho. I will be shooting over when it's back on the drive Si, invited or not!

[bss325i]

Its painted, the colour will be revealed later this eve.

[B7]

Ooo Ooo Oooo BRING IT ON MY MAN!!!!!

[Kedge]

Can't wait to see it all painted up.

How long do you reckon it's going to take to get it back together Si, i assume you've got most the parts ready to go on?

[spook]

my money is on something beginning with b

[Kedge]

my money is on something beginning with b

shall we go as far to say it'll be followed by an L?

[B7]

my money is on something beginning with b

shall we go as far to say it'll be followed by an L?

But will a "u" or an "a" follow that????

I already know the answer

[spook]

So do i B7

[B7]

Me thinks Barry needs to get off the nest and start posting!!!!

[spook]

Come on Barry ffs

[bmad]

come on barry where are the pics of my lovely respray

[old_skool]

Okay so I was about 100 yards from this car today while it was being painted and Barry wouldn't let on as to what the colour was or let me have a peek. I even spoke to Si this evening and he won't let on!

By the way Barry, sorry for the off topic, but I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to the Croydon massive today thank you very much

[bss325i]

Well before i reveal the colour, here is some of the prep work involved before the first coats are applied.

After the high build primer was blocked down with the first guide coat of black aerosol, a second guide coat was applied using a charcoal pad which is a fine dust for highlighting the finer imperfections.





After the second guide coat was bocked down.





The engine bay and boot area were to be painted before the rest of the shell so the car was masked up for these two areas to be wet on wet primed, painted and laquered.





The two areas wet on wet primed.











The shots of these painted areas will be posted with the shots of the finished car.
Here's the car being masked up ready to go back into the booth for the rest of the car to be painted.
When it was masked the sills, lower part of the front panel, the bottom of the rear quarters and the bottom of the rear panel had the factory textured stone chip reapplied to these areas before the priming began.











The filters were changed before the painting of the car.



The final panel wipe down.



Ready to go!

[bss325i]

come on barry where are the pics of my lovely respray

Ad, your first post at last!

[bss325i]

Okay so I was about 100 yards from this car today while it was being painted and Barry wouldn't let on as to what the colour was or let me have a peek. I even spoke to Si this evening and he won't let on!

By the way Barry, sorry for the off topic, but I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to the Croydon massive today thank you very much

You are joking about Croydon right?

[SHAKEELE30]

hey guys just want give my upmost respect for you guys for doing this, especially simon, for the time and alot of effort he's actually put into this...

R..E..S..P..E..C..T

So still haevnt seen any signs of the actual colour

[bmad]

looks good ! but then i know that dont i wish this was my car . you never seem to do your own cars as well as customers .is that a midget walking towards me in one of those pics or is he far away

[bss325i]

looks good ! but then i know that dont i wish this was my car . you never seem to do your own cars as well as customers .is that a midget walking towards me in one of those pics or is he far away

Haha, just look through and saw Trevor. (Not B7)