purplebargeken Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 Still plodding away, albeit slowly. Today saw the removal of the front bumper irons, headlight mounts and moar paint. Also fitted the NOS bootlid. The old one isn't too bad. It will be cleaned up and kept. Bought a new panel to replace the rear lower valance. Easier to replace than faff around. Delivered it came to a tad over £30. Wilko220 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Very much liking what you are doing here....That's going to make a nice motor car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 Cheers In all honesty, the mechanical bits are very sound indeed and all I am doing is making it prettier It always drove nicely and it will be fun with the TR7 engine in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 I knew that there was an original thread for this somewhere. So 'holy thread resurrection'. Thought it'd be handy to update. The interior has been stripped out, well, the carpet anyway. The floor pans are perfect, utterly solid. I cleaned them up and panted them with some white stone chip stuff I had lying around. I hopefully have a buyer for some 1300FWD wings, so that will get me the carpet I need. It'll be black to match the seats and other trim. I will likely try and do the headlining paint trick but need to make a couple of repairs first. The body work is 98% cleaned up and primed, I will do the rest this week, some filler sanding and a bit of touch up and the rest is surface tidying. I have tons of red oxide paint and the remainder will be used on the 2 door Tolly. I hope to paint one panel per day, the colour will be satin black. Not ideal but it will do the job. It will make any touch up easy. I just cannot do 3K onwards for a paint job. It'll be rough and ready but concourse is not in my life anymore. Need to fit a tacho, move the OD switch and the fan switch still. I have a LED reversing light to fit and wire in. Tracking needed, then a tune and carb balance all via a mate in Coventry at some point. Today saw me cleaning most of the overspray off. Pictures tomorrow. Orange Hub Nut sticker fitted to the boot lid. Skizzer, LightBulbFun, Dirk Diggler and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Wot no pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Tomorrow mate, honest. For some reason my phone doesn't want to transfer them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 Whilst settling down to fettle the Toledo I suddenly realised I hadn't done anything to the front end of the car. It's not like anyone had hidden it or anything, I'd just forgotten. Until today. So, front end stripped down, bumper off, side lights off, front grilles off, headlights out. Badges off. Sanded down, rust killed, red oxided and painted all in one day. Helped hugely by the weather which behaved itself a lot. I have pictures of the finished front panels on the phone but they refuse to email over to my account. Luckily I took a real camera. Tamworthbay, GrumpiusMaximus, Skizzer and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 I step drilled some holes in the front valance, it is an approved mod, any bit of air flow is good airflow as they say. Okay, so the left hand side ones are a tad 'out'. I don't care. The front bumper is a little twisted, I have a spare in the garage that I had completely forgotten about. Doh. I like the orangey hue of the hubnut sticker, shall I go for a narrow orange pinstripe on the sides and orange MGF steelies? Fabergé Greggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 LightBulbFun, BeEP, Brodders and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Looking ace mate! If if I ever get a moment I can deffo help you get those electrical bits sorted purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 That would be bloody spectacular mate Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 So, wheels. The MGF steelies are currently satin black as standard, keep them that colour, or go orange? Might do orange single pinstripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 Or red oxide wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan302 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 This is making me miss my Dolly Sprint. Will look ace in satin black purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Am I the only person who thinks you should keep the paintwork exactly as it is now? And it's a definite no to orange or red wheels from me! purplebargeken and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 I get what you mean re: paintwork, but it would make my teeth itch to do so, I need it to be at least mainly one or two colours at most lol. Ok re: wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan302 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 What about white wheels? I've got terrible taste though so maybe best to ignore me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Hmm, a possibility. It is compulsory to have little or at best, terrible taste here on AS, this is how we roll. BeEP, eddyramrod, Dan302 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 Black steels with orange stripe ? purplebargeken and BeEP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 No stripe, all black with grey wheels. Or even better, paint it all again matte grey with black wheels... soz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Matte grey. So, that'd be primer then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 why do I think this would look surprisingly good painted London Transport Red with either London Transport or the 1980s solid white bullseye on the side? would be hilarious to see peoples reactions to it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 You appear to be biased somewhat. Oddly intriguing but........ no. ? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Just clear coat it as is. Looks great. BeEP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 I might just clear coat the roof once I have sanded the albeit teeny bit of filler on there and put some red oxide on.but I do need/want to do the rest in black. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 27 minutes ago, purplebargeken said: I might just clear coat the roof once I have sanded the albeit teeny bit of filler on there and put some red oxide on.but I do need/want to do the rest in black. LightBulbFun, purplebargeken and stonedagain 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodders Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 I think the satin black really suits it. Orange pinstripe is a possibility which would work, but a white/silver pinstripe could also look pretty good too. With the MGF steel wheels the black does suit it, but possibly spraying them silver could work well too. It would give it a bit of a Dolomite SE look. Or my suggestion from a few weeks ago of putting wheel trims from a Mondeo/Vectra might be a good way of messing with people. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 Just blagged a set of white Wellers for the 2 door eddyramrod, Brodders, Dan302 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 More bodywork done today. Mostly sanding down the filler in the door lower panels due to old trim holes. No photos 'cos it's dull stuff. LightBulbFun and Fabergé Greggs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Content is only dull when there's no pictures, Ken chaseracer and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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