Project 1980 Citroën Acadiane | 1967 Citroen Ami 6 | 2005 Audi a2 colour storm | 1996 Lotus Elan

[Talbot]

Hidden in Disreputable blue van corner, circa 2008:

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/31244-talbots-selection-of-historic-chod-mainly-french-in-no-particular-order/?p=1447903

 

It was all blue at this point (despite the B&W photograph!) and owned by Mr. Chapman. (who I am stunned is not on this forum)

[DSdriver]

You should have it all fettled (but not painted) just in time to be your daughter's prom car. She will love that

[Tadhg Tiogar]

…..So here we are, project acadiane after a quick jetwash.

 

Acadiane Harlequin Edition?

[meshking]

You should have it all fettled (but not painted) just in time to be your daughter's prom car. She will love that

We've promised it'll be ready to drop her off at her first day at secondary school. She was incredibly* impressed*.

[meshking]

Hidden in Disreputable blue van corner, circa 2008:

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/31244-talbots-selection-of-historic-chod-mainly-french-in-no-particular-order/?p=1447903

 

It was all blue at this point (despite the B&W photograph!) and owned by Mr. Chapman. (who I am stunned is not on this forum)

Pleased to see the rear doors haven't got too much worse. Thanks for the photos!

[Frogchod]

Consider a Dyane, if you can find one.

There's A Dyane Caban here in Normandy (rhd) .

2k euros though..

[meshking]

This weekend I managed to get 3/4 of the my new kitchen fitted, so I could justify moving my cars around. My garage is long rather than wide, meaning that I have to do some shuffling to get the cars in the correct place. My 2CV has been relegated to the drive, with the Lotus tucked under a cover at the back. That leaves some working space for:

 

 

I'm working from home this week, so can spend the odd moment poking about with it whilst waiting for jobs to run etc.

 

Got busy with a knot wheel on this area, which looks like it has had a patch in the past:

 

 

After a short while there was quite a mess:

 

 

And not much left of the panel, sill, a post and edge of bulkhead:

 

 

[Tamworthbay]

It always looks the worst at this point, but that doesn’t look too bad.

[Wingz123]

Great to see you have started work on her!

[Stinkwheel]

Ouch, I didn't realise it had got that rusty

[meshking]

No worries - I'm not phased by this. Once the knotwheel gets involved panels have little chance.

 

Will crack on with more unpicking this evening.

[meshking]

Yuk. Plenty of grot in this corner, luckily all panels are available.

[meshking]

Managed to spend sometime this morning on unpicking, a few patches had been let in and the floor is on the way out too.

 

I've placed the first (of no doubt many) orders for bits for the van on Thursday just waiting for them to arrive.

 

Managed to get a new bottle of hobby weld, no questions about the empty tank and didn't want to see the original receipt.

 

[Stinkwheel]

I am really glad to see progress being made so quickly. The van deserves a decent owner taking care of it at last.

[Frogchod]

This turned up at Frogchod towers today

Sorry to highjack this thread. Have a bump, I'm off to Leboncoin....

[meshking]

Oooh nice. But doesn't Citroën prefere Total?

[meshking]

Quick update. Things are progressing slowly - I lost a bit of mojo, and coupled with busy work things happening I didn't get much done.

 

I did get the new sill fitted, then realised I'd cut out a strengthener for the upper door hinge.... Luckily I realised this before I fully welded it in.

 

Pics below show the progress. Not sure what to do with the window lip at the moment, no repair panels so I'm going to have to put my creativity hat on.

 

Inner sill

 

 

Bulkhead repairs and triangle strengthener tacked in

 

Rusty side window lip

 

 

My thoughts are with the eventual colour. I quite like this:

 

[meshking]

So where did I get to on this?

 

First off, I've found sometime to do more of the sill and get the a panel fitted. I'm spending a lot of time chasing holes but I'm getting there.

 

I was going to fit a quarter floor, but I soon found another patch on the floor which made me think I'd just replace the whole floor.

 

 

I don't have the floor, so the next order I place will get this delivered too. That means I can pay attention to the window. This is tricky. 1.2mm thick "steel", and it seems to have a 7.5mm gap between glass and steel for the rubber seal. So, armed with that info, I formed a plan - to weld in some steel beyond where it needs to be, then trim back to the correct profile. Hopefully this will work!

 

[dollywobbler]

Just plate over the window hole. Blind spots are fun!

[meshking]

No sure about plating over that a hole that size...

 

In other news, work is slowly progressing. It's clear that there has been a leak onto the parcel shelf for some time. So time to fix that before turning the van around and starting on the other side.

 

 

Chop chop

 

Cutout some sheet steel, tack on the old mounting strip and voila! Need to weld it in, but I'm fairly happy. It won't be seen.

 

My thoughts are turning to paint. I'm not sure my welding skills befit a proper paint job, so I'm considering another rustoleum paint job... It went on well in my first attempt.

 

Note, doors are professionally painted here...

[tooSavvy]

Rustoleum +1vote

 

Savings towards more gas & filing cabinets m8

[dollywobbler]

A shiny, perfect Acadiane is a very odd thing. Get the brushes out!

[meshking]

Rustoleum +1vote

 

Savings towards more gas & filing cabinets m8

Savings might be going towards a larger engine

 

rustoleum has been ordered on the strength of two votes... wcpgw?

[LightBulbFun]

I have to say I quite like its current bright multi coloured paint job

 

maybe replicate that to some extent?

[meshking]

Two tone is a possibility, but not different colour on each panel!

[shedenvy]

Have to agree with DW. No need for concours. One shade in a commercial hue will look great, as much as I was loving the harlequin edition that is.

Below; photo taken late 80s I think, my mum is 68 now. But dont tell her I told you lot.

[mk2_craig]

Fair quantity of new metal going in there! Love those (BX GT?) seats, are they staying?

[meshking]

Yes, they're bx gt seats I think. They're staying, very comfortable.

[meshking]

Wow. November since last update. I blame a new job that has eaten into my evenings, but I have made some progress.

 

I'll let the pics so some talking. Still need some paint on the front end, the sides need flatting down another a finish coat applied, its never going to be perfect, but it's an acadiane - it never was!

 

I'm moving my other car out of the garage so we can start building works, but first I'll repair the bonnet and spray the wings so it's all in one colour.

 

[meshking]

Forgot to add: there is emulsion paint on the window rubber that I'd like to remove. Does anyone have any ideas how to remove it? I've tried with cellulose thinners, but it doesn't budge.