Some photo's of the work so far - life in the paint shop

[Mark325Cab]

Pictures moved from multiple posts by Simon

[citizensnips]

thats neat work on that arch, any phot's of it being done?

[Simon]

Mark, I'm moving this to the gallery section, please continue to add more great pics.

[Mark325Cab]

Sorry, when the work was being done, the body shop was extremely dirty and I didn't take my camera in

[Baz666]

got my rear arches to do soon, so i`ll try and take as many pitures as i can.

[Simon]

Mark, you can reply to your own posts, no need to keep making new threads for your other pictures.

I will lock and move the others for you.

[Simon]

OK, I've added the rest of the pics to your first post above.

[citizensnips]

did you say the replacement arches where cut off another car? where did they come from?

[Car-Nut]

I did this last year - well not personally. got my arches form Beevers - good quality

My car has an article on it being done in BMW car Club magazine earlier in the the year.

[Alex]

all the work will pay off in the end

looks like an interesting project

[Mark325Cab]

Thanks for moving them Simon.

The arches are new but they were Coupe arches and have been reshaped as the lower parts are different.

[citizensnips]

I did this last year - well not personally. got my arches form Beevers - good quality

My car has an article on it being done in BMW car Club magazine earlier in the the year.

did you use beevers panals for the whole job? i'm really in two minds as which to use because there is such a massive price difference between them and bmw ones


Mark325Cab did you get your arches from bmw ?

[Mark325Cab]

My arches came from beevers mainly because of price. The BMW panels fit better than these so it means that you have to do extra work to get them to fit. More beating, welding and filling. Whoever does it for you has to be a reasonably competent panel beater or you could end up with a messy job. The BMW panels are far better but whether you buy them or not always comes down to your budget. I decided on copy panels because I have a lot of work to do on mine and I only have so much money to put into it.

[citizensnips]

hmm tricky one. its first project so maybe i should make life easy for myself, more expense means project will move slower though

[Mark325Cab]

The Rear Right wheel arch has been screwed into place ready for welding up over the weekend. It doesn't look too pretty yet, but it will.



Whichever "Boy Racer" owned her in the past has rolled the front wheel arches too much and now there is no metal left, shame about that but at least it will be right when we've finished.



More detail on that rear left wheel arch, the jigsaw can be seen a little more clearly here. I hope that it's not too distorted so the work can be seen when it's finished.



This is the Rear Right wheel arch. It is a beever pattern panel from a coupe, so it has been beaten into shape. It will fit with a bit more hammering and cutting.

Onwards and upwards, Mark

[Mark325Cab]

According to my paint guy - Steve, Betty has been filled down both sides now. The aerial hole is plated and filled. All of the wheel arches are now complete.

The whole car is ready for primer, unfortunately I couldn't get down there today to take some photos but there will be some more up by the weekend.

The wheels are remaining 15" BBS, refurbed black centres with silver rims.

[Mark325Cab]

Filled, primer and stone chipping applied

[Mark325Cab]

[gooner1]

Keep them coming Mark.

[Mark325Cab]

[Alex]

its comming along nicely

[Mark325Cab]

The workers displaying their superb efforts





Fitting some pieces of trim



Nice, straight lines down the body



Lovely shot from the rear, see it is a Scorpion Le Mans - lovely growl





Refurbed wheels - the centres are the same colour as the car - charcoal. The caps will be added when they have been sprayed. I'm sticking with the BBS 15" as they are original.



Aaaaargh......! Now I have to continue with the interior. So far 6 coats of Kiwi boot polish and 8/9 coats of olive oil to soften the old leather. It is soft now and black, still more to do before I fit her back in though

Onwards and upwards

[Mark325Cab]

Before anyone points it out, I know that the front (directional tyres) are on the wrong way round. They haven't been balanced yet after refurb and will be swapped over.

[SPADGE]

Looks like a tidy job Mark

[Mark325Cab]

need the rear seat belt (short bit) and the receiver on both seats. Any ideas?

[DaveGT]

Looks good, will have my cabby project all back together this weekend!!

[wilkos]

Reminds me of mine being done lol nice work mate