Dicky’s Disastrous Debris - a UTE joins the fleet 26/3/25

[Angrydicky]

Well it’s here. It’s fairly rough but just look at it!

The cab interior is nice, headlining is all there, seat isn’t too badly ripped and the dash plastics are good. It even has its original rubber mat which I’ve removed for safekeeping ahead of the floor repairs. It’s in surprisingly good condition due to it being about 3x the thickness of the rubber they used on the saloon mats.

[Angrydicky]

  On 27/03/2025 at 06:56, Spottedlaurel said:

What an amazing thing, and it's gone to the perfect new home.

Any clue as to where it started its life in Essex?

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Colchester.

[SiC]

How do you clean a headlining light that without damaging it?

[Angrydicky]

  On 29/03/2025 at 10:44, SiC said:

How do you clean a headlining light that without damaging it?

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You don’t!

[Matty]

  On 29/03/2025 at 13:58, Angrydicky said:

You don’t!

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Inside and out it looks just right. The challenge i suppose is doing the repairs without the need for significant paint. It just looks so right as is.

[SiC]

I'm not I could live with that amount of dirt in an interior!

[Matty]

  On 29/03/2025 at 15:29, SiC said:

I'm not I could live with that amount of dirt in an interior!

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Hoover it out and give the seats and steering wheel a wipe and it'll be reet 👍😆

[Angrydicky]

Christ.

It’s 75 years old and unrestored and someone’s fussing about the original headlining being a bit dirty?

[Asimo]

If it originally had black wings, would they have been the rubber ones?

[Stinkwheel]

That’s properly nice, as in properly

[Matty]

  On 29/03/2025 at 17:04, Angrydicky said:

Christ.

It’s 75 years old and unrestored and someone’s fussing about the original headlining being a bit dirty?

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I feel he was being a bit light hearted. 

It's a bit like not looking at the mantelpiece while you're poking the fire. I drove that triumph of my Dad's half a dozen times before I looked up and saw it didn't even have a head lining!

[junkyarddog]

What a fabulous machine!

Just love the patina.

 

[lesapandre]

  On 29/03/2025 at 17:27, Asimo said:

If it originally had black wings, would they have been the rubber ones?

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Not on these. It was the early Morris Minor Post Office vans that were so equipped.

[captain_70s]

What a lovely old thing.

Cloth headlining I assume?  Probably not cleanable to any major degree, likely as much nicotine staining and discolourisation as dirt.

[lesapandre]

Special bodied (Italian?) A70 convertible at a  motorshow somewhere - probably in Europe. 

[lesapandre]

  On 30/03/2025 at 20:30, captain_70s said:

What a lovely old thing.

Cloth headlining I assume?  Probably not cleanable to any major degree, likely as much nicotine staining and discolourisation as dirt.

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Probably best to give it a very gentle dusting with a soft brush like a paintbrush or somesuch. 

Restored cars as opposed to conserved cars lose so much character and detail otherwise.

[vulgalour]

That looks even better in daylight.  Hopefully the headlining can just be tacked back up where it's dropped and you're good to go on the interior.  I'm amazed at how not-fucked the interior plastics are, I assume it's the prolonged storage periods that have helped out there.