sloth Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Amishtat, captain_70s, somewhatfoolish and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Wowsers. Been largely absent for a few days due to life and things. Excellent work chaps! LightBulbFun and captain_70s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikovron Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 What a productive effort, it's almost got a production line feel of resurrection one after the other! Rust proofing like mad ftw! LightBulbFun, GrumpiusMaximus and captain_70s 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GingerNuttz Posted December 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2020 Turning out to be a straight old boat is the Acclaim. Now just need to sand the whole bloody thing again with 800 grit, gonna have arms like Mike Tyson by the end of this 😂 phil_lihp, Saabnut, J-T and 47 others 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Wow! This thread is amazing, some fantastic work by GingerNuttz,absolutely brilliant and amazing progress. If you fancy a free all expenses paid holiday in Wales next year, let me know. I could have some of the fleet looking like new in a few weeks if you took up my offer, you may not get much time to get to the seaside though. 😀 There are some great threads and very skilled people on here, I really enjoy seeing the updates. horriblemercedes, GingerNuttz and captain_70s 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Look at this rear wing, it looked like a jigsaw puzzle not long ago! Stunning work Spiny Norman, Dick Longbridge, Eddie Honda and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Fucking tremendous - looks absolutely Bob on! Well played gents. captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I love how casually this went from 'partial blow over' to full repaint. Coprolalia, davidfowler2000, LightBulbFun and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 This is an extreme case of Project Creep. Yoss, Coprolalia, timolloyd and 8 others 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I think this says it all, to much acclaim. Superb work. verb verb: acclaim; 3rd person present: acclaims; past tense: acclaimed; past participle: acclaimed; gerund or present participle: acclaiming praise enthusiastically and publicly. GingerNuttz, captain_70s, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Fantastic work both of you! I can’t get over how fast this seems to be progressing. Not even a few weeks that Acclaim was cornflakes. Can’t wait to see it painted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigeT Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Absolute feckin heroes. Definitely up there with Vulgalour's Princess of Doom in the alltime-winners-against-all-odds-and-logic-stakes. vulgalour and captain_70s 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Well done to both of you for persisting with this auld tub in the face of adversity, reality and all the other itys that have got in the way. It's looking fucking ACE. captain_70s and aldo135 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Tickman said: Look at this rear wing, it looked like a jigsaw puzzle not long ago! I know it's only on the previous page, but here's a reminder mercedade, Datsuncog, Coprolalia and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, loserone said: I know it's only on the previous page, but here's a reminder Great comparison! Definately over and above what anyone else would have done with a rusty Acclaim. Keep up the good work! captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Fantastic work fellas. I've just been reading of the multiple close shaves with the reaper this little car had prior to your ownership. I reckon it was fate that you ended up buying it. It definitely sounds like its got nine lives and it's certainly fallen on it's feet with you as it's owner. Heart-warming. GingerNuttz, captain_70s and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickvw72 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Great work here. I did my apprenticeship working for a Triumph specialist, so I feel the pain (and flashbacks) captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Bloody hell guys! That’s a excellent effort, make no mistake. Looking forward to seeing the finished article! captain_70s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 This is the texbook case of a project spiralling out of control that your mother warned your about. I think the first weekend pretty much went as planned and we were at the stage of discussing options for painting the wheels before I turned up a few days later with half a missing chassis leg. Once we really started wailing on it with hammers and chisels it became more obvious how much of the car was actually just underseal and it was downhill from there. With the chassis legs repaired and a rear valance made the inner arches were found to not exist, this extended all the way up the outer edges of the strut towers up to the level of the parcel shelf. It'd have been one thing to know how rotten it was from the outset but it held up against the initial probing incredibly well, which is why I sacked off the Volvo which had crumbled to dust under stern looks. Oh, I also turned up from work yesterday to find this MYSTERY BOX on the doorstep. RoadworkUK, adw1977, Fumbler and 17 others 16 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 DO NO OPEN mat_the_cat, Tickman, gm and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 He's gonna do a open! Do no! No open! sdkrc, RichardK and Stanky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 mercedade, davehedgehog31, vulgalour and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 just open it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 8 hours ago, captain_70s said: This is the texbook case of a project spiralling out of control that your mother warned your about. I think the first weekend pretty much went as planned and we were at the stage of discussing options for painting the wheels before I turned up a few days later with half a missing chassis leg. Once we really started wailing on it with hammers and chisels it became more obvious how much of the car was actually just underseal and it was downhill from there. With the chassis legs repaired and a rear valance made the inner arches were found to not exist, this extended all the way up the outer edges of the strut towers up to the level of the parcel shelf. It'd have been one thing to know how rotten it was from the outset but it held up against the initial probing incredibly well, which is why I sacked off the Volvo which had crumbled to dust under stern looks. Oh, I also turned up from work yesterday to find this MYSTERY BOX on the doorstep. Probably not a great idea to share your actual name on a public forum chap. timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niffleman Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Captain 70s, perhaps you could also consider a v40 or s40 from around 2000? Quite a lot around in your price range and pretty OK to work on. Bits are available and not bad to drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said: Probably not a great idea to share your actual name on a public forum chap. He's feeling lucky so it's fine. eddyramrod and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Made my day.... louiepj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBJ Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 15/12/2020 at 21:33, Dick Longbridge said: Probably not a great idea to share your actual name on a public forum chap. Why? loserone, Dick Longbridge and BeEP 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I hope this mystery package is an urn with the ashes of your white 740 OR quality street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, GBJ said: Why? Because fraudsters on teh internetz will steal his identity, travel back in time to shoot JFK before Oswald, hawk London Bridge to credulous merkins, sell GF 70s into white slavery and sign him up for a subscription to Reader's Digest Fiction Anthology of the Month. BeEP, Rab, SpareSnare and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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