MarvinsMom Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 you sir, are a certifiable loon. but in a really good way, in how you have devoted time, money and hard work to what some peeps would say are hopeless cars. i don't as i think they are ace, especially the alpine. Roy Axe did such a great job when he designed that one. where on earth you have found those repair panels just astounds me. good work sir, i tip my bonnet to you and look forward to more updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_earwig Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 When it's done*, you need to drive it over to visit the previous owner, then start smacking him across the chops with a stale baguette. Maybe leave all the filler and rotten metal you've cut out strewn across his doorstep as well.Oh I dunno, the previous owner is part of the chain of coincidences that's got this particular car to this point. Ok, no money, no skills either but he kept it going nonetheless, it could so easily have been a fridge freezer by now. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 i'd take the car back to the previous owner just to show the amount of time and effort that has gone into the car to bring it back from the brink. if as you say the last owner a lot to keep it going, so he (she?) would be pleased to see that it has fallen into the hands of someone who really cares about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 you sir, are a certifiable loon. you have devoted time, money and hard work to what some peeps would say are hopeless cars.Not sure my father would agree with you. His 'S' plate Alpine, which he owned back in the day, was one he was very fond of. The car was only around 4 years old at the time, but appeared to have been an ex-repmobile. He got shot of it for a Horizon after 12 months as it looked like it had been clocked and wasn't the low mile minter he believed he'd bought. However, he still maintains that it was a fantastic mile muncher. He quoted just the other day that it was 'a far more refined ride than any previous cars' and he even went as far as to say the the engine was 'really lively for what it was.' The fact he then dipped into a 'T' plate Horizon, followed by an 'X' plate Ultra Horizon speaks volumes, I'd say. Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 While at Talbot Rehab over Christmas we met with a guy who knows the previous owner of this car, I believe he has seen the thread! - Stu, have just seen these photos on a proper screen, never ending is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcat Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." - Winston Churchill worldofceri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpinerapier Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 While at Talbot Rehab over Christmas we met with a guy who knows the previous owner of this car, I believe he has seen the thread! Adam, the previous owner has seen this thread when bodywork repairs were started and he was amazed, along with everyone else I am sure he would be delighted to see the Alpine again, so if its back on the road in June for the Simca Talbot club rally, I will invite him along as he stays close by. Adam has owned several Alpines over the years as daily transport, the LE being his last. Thankfully he gave it the best chance of survival by selling it on rather than just weighing it in when the bodywork got beyond his capabilities and the MOT was about to expire. Thankfully it has ended up with an most enthusiastic owner and now made its way south to Talbot rehab where the impossible is happening. Simcat, SambaS, Dick Longbridge and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I really should look at this thread more often, there's some pure internet gold going on here. KruJoe and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Found a Chrysler Alpine handbook pack in my dads loft today if that's any use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 if ya have the time - fix if not save bits weigh and buy johns twingo Funny John now has the Twingo I assumed you meant in the first place. My John that is, who I also assumed you meant in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcat Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Restarted some Alpine action today... Will this side be painted by Easter? The preparation begins! greengartside, Jim Bergerac, theorganist and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Still think it just want clear lacquering vulgalour, Simcat and SOUL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcat Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Still think it just want clear lacqueringHmm - that would be the quick & easy option... Would save the hours of rubbing down and hand finishing... That's a thought, with the time saved you could instead spend four days scraping all that odd white paint off from the underneath SambaS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpinerapier Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Restarted some Alpine action today... Will this side be painted by Easter? The preparation begins!Easter is a long time off............... Get it masked up and spray some high build primer on it tomorrow. Keep up the good work chaps Simcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Blimey 500tops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Almost looks like a stainless steel finish! Are you going for the original colour or something mad like an orange or yellow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcat Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Staying original being the last of the line - flat Baltic Blue, befitting of it's fleet market status. Asimo, anonymous user, For Fiats Sake and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpinerapier Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Easter is fast approaching, so looking forward to an update.I am currently waiting on some Ming blue paint arriving so I can spray the rear wings on my Solara.Been waiting for over 2 weeks now, so getting a little annoyed to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Tuesday. Filling, sanding, sneezing {infinite loop} Wednesday. Filling, sanding, sneezing {infinite loop} Thursday. Time for some etch primer Then primer filler mmm Now for some mauve! I name this photograph 500ing the door shuts: uk_senator, andrew e, MarvinsMom and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Get you painting your car all in one go rather than ekeing the job out over the course of 4 years and never finishing it unlike some people (me). BorniteIdentity and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Even The A Team would have balked at doing a proper job and giving this honey a second chance. Winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SambaS Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 I think it will take 4 years ! The engine bay needs doing, the front end and bonnet, the roof. Also the other side needs one door, one door skin, the front wing repairing, a new inner wheel tub and a new rear quarter panel, plus a repair to the sill, before it can be prepped to paint. The underneath also needs the opposite side of rear crossmember repairing, Then the boot interior panels needs finishing and painting. Tailgate needs tidying up. It needs a full new interior using impossible to find material, that was paper thin to begin with. Headlining, parcel shelf. Also a full brake overhaul, new OSF hub, wheel refurb and 4 tyres. And all the white emulsion underneath needs sorting out, it also needs a replacement rearcross beam, and both rear arms... Anyway more progress made! FRIDAY Currently the paint is drying. It may be ready to flat out tomorrow and then polish vulgalour, mat_the_cat, oldcars and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 This thread is absolutely amazing and inspirational. I just wish I had the skill, space and patience to carry out a restoration like this, I take my hat off to you. It is also great to see some more Talbot love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Well done ed. Great thread. Are you bringing it to shitefest? Comparison shots of it last year compared to now would be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Fantastic work on the Alpine it looks a different car just the sort of thread that makes Autoshite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Please tell me you're only making this side perfect, and leaving the other side cosmetically minging, like a before and after display of your capabilities. Skizzer and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcat Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Now that the paint has had a couple of days to dry - but not become too hard, it's time to flat it out. This takes out the orange peel and the odd fly that decided to embed itself in the wet paint... Method is 1000 grit paper used wet with a rubbing block - a little detergent is added to stop clogging. Angrydicky, Asimo, CGSB and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcat Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Allow the surface to dry off for inspection, any remaining areas of peel can be attended to as above. danthecapriman, Angrydicky, Sudsprint and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcat Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Now this is where the fun starts... Get out the T-Cut and get polishing - always use a new piece of cloth for applying and polishing off. danthecapriman, mat_the_cat, Sudsprint and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simcat Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Upper part of wing now finished, ready for rear quarter window to be refitted. I will now leave the paint for about a month to fully harden, before T-Cutting again and applying wax, I use traditional Turtle Wax paste, there's nothing to beat it in my opinion. Angrydicky, Jim Bergerac, oldcars and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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