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[vulgalour]

Adventures with painted interior vinyls and plastics have taught me the following:

 

> Duct tape can be used as a rudimentary 'waxing strip'.  I'm experimenting with application, times, heat and so on to find out how best to use it.  So far it's a great way to get badly prepared surfaces free of paint.

>  Parcel/brown tape is rubbish at doing the duct tape job.

> Deodorant works in a pinch if you have no access to rubbing alcohol due to the alcohol content in the deodorant.  Unfortunately, the smell and cost of deodorant (I had a bottle of stuff I don't want) renders it impractical.  It is excellent for reactivating the paint and removing it without damaging the vinyl/paint underneath though.

>  Nail polish remover doesn't work.  At all.

>  Brillo pads are great on vinyl used carefully.  Not so great on hard plastics as it can damage the finish a little too easily.

>  Loose paint can be removed from either surface with a thumbnail or green scourer or flexible plastic card (like a bank card or similar).

 

So there you go, some research into removing paint from plastics and vinyls.  I've got a few more things I want to try out to see if I can get any better results and a few more products to give a go yet.  All of the products are aimed at being cheap and low effort because really who wants to be scrubbing plastic for days?

[theorganist]

SKREAM! Ole Ma_Sterling had exactly one of these when I were a nipper. This is a car I really must see, in fact, if you need a lift to it/help picking it up, please let me know.

Thanks Mo,

 

Yes you are very welcome to come round and take it for a drive, didn't realise a Fiesta would illicit such excitement!

 

I am going straight after work to pick it up. May put some pictures up later!

 

Pete

[HillmanImp]

What was up with the Herald then?

[kinkersaab]

Today I have agreed to by a 2003 left hooker terracan 3.5 v6 petrol or gas jeep in black for "some hundreds of pounds" how many hundreds will be decided tomorrow when the chap drops it off on his way to he airport to start a new life somewhere else....... Quite excited, I like terracan s....

[cort16]

I was sitting in a Hyundai Terrahawk the other day they look quite purposeful outside but they're 100% shiny plastic fat ass american on the inside. I guess they never sold the v6 in the uk?

[panhard65]

I hate to think what the road tax will be on the Hyundai one of our customers had the smaller 4x4 thing they built with a V6 and the tax was over £400 a year

[kinkersaab]

Pre 06 so it can't be more than £280 odd. And the price it should be ,taxing it is kinda irrelevant.

[trigger]

Busy morning so far, I've finished polishing the outside, It still needs a good hand polish and the roof doing but it's getting there, then I've stripped out the interior and made a start cleaning the inside, Just call me Vulgalour.

 

1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

After spending £27 on a new headrest i found the missing one wedged under the passenger seat. 

 

1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

It should look a lot nicer once the bumpers have been refitted.

 

1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

[theorganist]

Very nice. Are you going to rip the front seats out and drive from the back seat?!!

[vulgalour]

 

I've stripped out the interior and made a start cleaning the inside, Just call me Vulgalour.

 

Hey, I resemble that remark!  Does make me happy to see the little Civic getting such a thorough fettling, though.  As you were.

[barrett]

What was up with the Herald then?

Broken valve spring. Luckily Hardcore, colonelk and GC all came to my rescue and we managed to bodge the valve up to get me home. Apparently you can put new springs on without taking the head off and it looks like they are available from Speedy Spares. Hopefully it hasn't fucked the piston but I'm just going to assume that is fine and try and put it all back together without breaking anything else. Which will be fun, considering this time yesterday I wouldn't have been able to tell a valve spring from a plate of smoked salmon.

[trigger]

Apologies for the overkill on here recently but I'm very excited at the moment with my Civic!, I've spent hours, and I mean hours working on this, I started at 10am this morning and apart from a1 hours break earlier I haven't stopped until now, but look at the results!

 

1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

It's gleaming! I fitted a chrome exhaust tip too which looks much nicer I think,  I done a oil change on it earlier, look how easy the filter was to change, I wish all cars where like this!.

 

1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

I've put all the interior back together again and fitted some new mats, it's a much nicer place to be now, it no longer smells like a granny knicker drawer.

 

1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

I can't wait to actually start using it now!

 

[cort16]

Lovely. Are you the Doctors apprentice?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

No. If he was, his post would have started "We have known this car since 4,499,997,987 BC* where the service history records iron forming in the new planet Earth. This iron would later be processed into steel, and this steel would eventually become the Honda..." followed by so. many. words.

 

 

* accurate. did my research

[scruff]

I realised my Land Rover was starting to hang out of it's arse so this evening I gave it a proper good service, engine, gearboxes, diffs, props, steering box etc. Then I wiped it down with an oily paraffiny rag and it looks the biz!

[vulgalour]

Yet another reason to like Autoshite, with Trigger's super shiny little buzzbox on the one hand and Mr Scruff's most landrovery of Land Rovers.  It's the diversity that makes the place what it is, that and picking on Billy's V**vhalls.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

DOCTOR TRIG

[Cavcraft]

Fab that, Trig.

[trigger]

I AM THE DOCTOR.

[RobT]

Nice work there Bubba Trig, makes me a feel a right lazy sod as I've not done much with my new one lately - pics below of the Rover Vitesse I bought a few weeks back.  It's properly shite condition-wise, such as no headlining, bumps and scrapes everywhere, mega amounts of roof lacquer peel, and some suspect knocking from the front end when steering left, but cuts a dash nonetheless

 

Not sure if it's a keeper as I didn't actually mean to buy it, but it was close to being scrapped so thought I'd 'save it'.  Long MoT and taxed till end of September for very little money and it goes like stink.  Despite the cosmetic ropey-ness it's always been serviced regularly and cambelt and waterpump were done about 2,000 miles ago so can't go wrong really.  Will take it to BL day and lob a For Sale sign up to see if any Rover pervs fancy it, unless any of you lot are interested of course...!  It really is a lovely old barge but doesn't feel that big as it's quite nimble around the corners.

 

 

 

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

YUM!!! I really like that and I REALLY WANT it. Sadly I have too many cars and not enough space

 

Its a shame you want to sell as I reckon its would have a good long term future with you, or at least until I could gather some money together to buy it off you.

[Wilko220]

Fancy swapping for a 306?

[dollywobbler]

Or a nice, big Merc?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Got a shonky Volvo with a knackered exhaust and no ticket with YOUR NAME ON IT right here

[Sigmund Fraud]

Swap for immaculate*, collectible*, gold* Allegro and £3723 my way ?

 

Sorry, could not resist.

[phil_lihp]

I'm not normally that fussed about 800s but that Vitesse is sweet!  The early hatchs do have quite a striking style, the colour and kit/wheels combo is a winner.

[RobT]

Tempting as all those offers go, especially Meester Boll's shonky Volvo, I'll have to pass them up I'm afraid!

 

Mo, don't get me wrong it is superb and I'm truly bitten by the 800 bug, but I must be wrong in the head as I'm still fixated on getting an R8 - and there's a lush 416 GTi on the bay at the moment with my name on it.  Right colour (duo-tone Rovers are for WINNARS!), right gearbox (automatic) just the wrong price at the moment being a tad salty.  Can't keep 'em all etc...

[trigger]

Proof if it was ever needed that all new cars are massive.

 

My 1976 Honda Civic 1200 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr 

[dollywobbler]

Good grief - and to think that's your BIG Japanese car!

 

EDIT - Landy now has new O-rings. The old ones were actually there. Waiting for it to dry after a Gunk session so I can see whether the leak has stopped. Also adjusted the handbrake switch so it doesn't keep coming on when the handbrake is clearly off. Annoying.

[scruff]

Yet another reason to like Autoshite, with Trigger's super shiny little buzzbox on the one hand and Mr Scruff's most landrovery of Land Rovers.  It's the diversity that makes the place what it is, that and picking on Billy's V**vhalls.

 

And here it is