Andy's awful autos: living that VP life

[Andyrew]

The big ol tub of easy 1 filler came out and the area was skimmed, once dried was knocked back with 80 grit on a block.

[Six-cylinder]

That girl of yours is so lucky, you could have been a chef feeding her great food or a banker with a six figure salary but she hit the jackpot, a man who knows how to lay in body filler to her car!

Are you sure she is just not after you for your smoothing skills

[Andyrew]

And Now available in grey, 

[Mrs6C]

2 minutes ago, Andyrew said:

And Now available in grey,

The car or the jeans?

[SRi05]

I love seeing normal, day to day, dare I say unremarkable cars like this getting attention & a new lease of life. Watching with interest

[beko1987]

On 27/11/2021 at 09:30, Six-cylinder said:

 

Are you sure she is just not after you for your smoothing skills

[Andyrew]

5 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

The car or the jeans?

Both now!

[Andyrew]

5 hours ago, SRi05 said:

I love seeing normal, day to day, dare I say unremarkable cars like this getting attention & a new lease of life. Watching with interest

Unremarkable definately fits most of the tat in this thread!

 

 

[Andyrew]

Dickered door.  

Along with the wing, the door was also shagged out, this unlike the wing and quarter panel of this side contains no wob! But upon closer inspection its a new replacement door. So the damage on this side must have messed the door right up. A bollard or something maybe? 

Anyway it doesnt matter as the more recent bang has fubar'd it anyway, so its one knackered door . The shadow from the trim highlights how deep the dent was.

Some thinners got the rubbing marks off, i feel i should have left it there but a mate popped by and we ended up seejng if we could make a scrap door any less ugly.

We bashed, levered and heated the door but the skin was very stretched, the dent goes down at that angle as thats the skin deforming around a tubular support inside the door. 

 

Im sure a pro could have got it better but im far, far, far,  from a skilled panel beater. So good enough, and some wob was the order of the day, its a bolt on panel that can be replaced in the future should it need be. Id guess at its thickest its maybe 5mm so nowhere nears as bad as the quarter and wing repairs, pin straight also wasnt a priority as the upper part of the door is scratched and has a shallow dent that im not fixing.

 

 

[Andyrew]

The areas were primed, knocked back, primed again. Then as the paint id ordered was the wrong shade i used this red as a good base colour that i could knock back and then the hopefully correct red can go over the top.

This was left to dry overnight. Tonight i knocked back the red with and smoothed off any shite or sags. Dont worry the headlights bin bound anyway!

The wings better than it was when i started but perfect it wont be. I just decided ive spent enough time on it and any more would be a waste.

The drivers door recieved a couple of coats of what appears to be a close enough red and 3 coats of clear. The rub strip will hide the join. As straight as a house of mirrors but so is the rest of this little red nugget.

Upon pulling some masking tape off the paint came of the sill, underneath pure bare metal, but that needed repainting anyways as i do the quarter panel.

 

Thats a very deep chip in the sill tho just below the failed paint . . . 

[Andyrew]

*digs chip with flat blade screwdriver*

Ohhhh no, filler. Fuck it hammer and screw driver test time. . . . Whack , ping!

YOU UTTER, UTTER FUCKING WOB WEILDING WANK WOMBLES. What the fuck is wrong with these people?

 

 

[Crackers]

I shouldn't laugh, but I'm going to because that's quite funny. Not for you, obviously, but the amount of filler in this is just sheer comedy.

 

Sorry. Please don't hate me.

[Andyrew]

Its bonkers isnt it? 

I feel the sheer depth and volume of filler must have taken more time than it would to have body worked it more with the dent puller.  

The actual finish and straightness of the repairs were good and if they hadnt of been hit again there would be nothing to suggest a bodge that lurks beneath. 

If someone found this on one that was shiney and good looking having paid the forcourt going rate they would be gutted.

One of the reasons i like  buying beaters to tidy up.

[beko1987]

One fast hit of a speedbump and it would have exploded 😂

[garethj]

When this hits the road again it will probably be 3 seconds faster 0-60 and do an extra 10mpg.

And you won’t need to pump the tyres up to 50psi😀

[Andyrew]

Live red shitbox update. 

Red wing becomes red with shine over it.  Can doplets in clear but might polish out. 

Random beer review

Clear coat - meh 

Beer - meh

[Andyrew]

O M G 

Dusty barn find! Give me all the monies!

[Andyrew]

 Wing and fron half of door Wet sanded and polished , new indicator too 

 For a rattle can repair Im calling that good enough. It will always be a 10 footer 

 

[Andyrew]

Front bumper off, engine bay degreased and given a quick rinse

[Andyrew]

Headlights getting a good polish aswell

[Andyrew]

[garethj]

2 hours ago, Andyrew said:

Front bumper off, engine bay degreased and given a quick rinse

 

 

Shitting Nora, taking the front bumper off that is like removing the front end off a Triumph Herald!

[Andyrew]

It soon comes appart. Many a broken clip found, so ive got to repair some of those aswell.

[Andyrew]

When the little pug was collected the  o.s headlight had a hole in it so a replacement was required. 

To an automotive tight arse like me These are fairly pricey, the cheapest i found was 30 quid as it had one broken mount. It turned up with another bit of damaged and i recieved a 6 quid refund.

As seen in the other post the replacement the headlights have now been polished up.

When the bumper came off the n.s had the same broken mount issue. having used glues in the past to almost zero success on other cars, i just knocked up two little support bracket 

The bumper brackets, were also cracked and busted. Seems they are fairly common and easily avalible at 8 quid each but again i just opted to neaten them up and nut and bolt them in place rather that the shit plastic clips

Replacements probably wouldnt have worked with my headlight brackets anyway.

Nice bolts and washer. No wanky clips.

Also cheap! 

Bumper back on minus large volumes of its clear coat, this will now get a bit of a touch up along with the brackets under the bumper that join it to the undertray being fixed as these too are all busted. 

 

 

[Andyrew]

Lipstick on a pig!

 

[Andyrew]

[stuboy]

great work, but there still ugly lil things

[Andyrew]

Bumper wet sand and polish, probably should have left a day or two more but the painting of the rear bumper went south so while that reacts badly i figured id get the front finished.

 

[Six-cylinder]

Carry on like that and I will want it!

[beko1987]

We could build some of a pretend one for you?