You prompted me plus when I had a call from Rhys who's putting it together on Friday he told me I had to do something with the sump as he was not happy either

Much better Ty... I stood looking at it Saturday thinking is this mine ?? It was a bit bewildering I can't wait now to see it get further along during this week.

Hi Craig, yes stick a few pictures up, you may get mixed reactions with the wheels fitted but the paint job was brilliant and the trick Craig did with the arches really was very clever indeed.

 

Cheers Shaun I was going to ask you if you could do some pictures and you beat me to it, all of your pictures are really good and some are superb and I am really looking forward to seeing what you come out with from the RA.
The only thing is you will need to PS some of the dents for now as there are still small phases of work I will be doing after I am back on the road.


Plans for the week ahead will be to collect boot, wings, bonnet and bumpers which are still at the paint shop. When all are fitted Craig will go the the workshop and line all the panels up and run the polisher over because all of these items are still in spray booth finish, he wants to finish them on the car where they are secure.

The discs will be swapped so the grooves run the other way and the rest fitted on, the car will then be on wheels... Next brake lines to be fitted and made as the old ones where beyond good mostly, followed by the wiring, need to get the loom back together and Rhys did say he wants to try and get it to the point of starting the engine next week.

Exciting week ahead.

 

Absolutely stunning Si.

One thought, if it's going to be a while before you fit the hard lines for the brakes, you might want to refit the plugs to the hoses.

Look forward to seeing more pics soon.

 

Yea I get what you mean with the wheels, either way it will look better a little lower IMO, he's got the covers for the lights, and is having a small plate made for the front, he just wanted to get it refreshed first and is now doing the other bits, here's a few pics, Craig certainly knows how to do a good job, these were before it was cleaned tidy

 

There's a big lip on those arches it's hard to see on the pictures and its a testament to Craig's body work skills that you can't see it hardly. It's the best way I've ever seen to do it.

 

Thanks Rich brake lines will be fitted this week so the uncapped ends will not be left to long open.

 

F,ing stunning! seriously top job indeed!

What I'm liking even more is most of the fresh painted things above are not new, but refurbed, repainted and refitted.

I would so love to do this time mine (its sore bloody needing it as well) If only I had the know how.

 

Holy smokes this is awesome. Great progress Simon!

 

like this alot..

 

Cheers Dunk.... The refurbishing of parts was one of the most important aspects for me, ok cost is a big factor don't get me wrong but to maintain the integrity of the car was very important for me also. Just imagine a lotto win and big budget and I would have done it the same as I have even down to seeing the bead blasted rust patches through the paintwork on the chassis components.


Kosta it's been a while ! Thanks matey

Cheers

 

Has anyone realised what OEM paint I have used on the underside ?

Red
Grey
Silver
Black

It's all model specific.... But what model I hear you say

 

RA-R

 

I know

 

Not quite Jon...


You know to much at times

 

Stunning job Simon

Bloody hell looks so great,real awesome job there

Jura

 

What garage is doing the work, could you paste the Facebook link up?

 

It's a new page so there's very little info on it at present but if you search for..

Ace Performance Cars

 

More

 

Thanks Jura

Patience dear boy

How do you think I feel

 

I must do this one day! great work mate

 

Simon that looks fantastic ,a real professional job

I hope you have a trailer ready for it,you couldn't possibly drive it anywhere when completed,

Have a word with Kev ,i'm sure his finished project has a tow bar

Will it be ready for rallyday ?

 

Go for it there and cheers

Trailer never

I'm so looking forward to driving this car and with the handling mods it should be fantastic we would take a day to get to Combe with it on the back of the lightweight

I'm focusing effort on Rallyday but we shall see... I'm not compromising to get there so lets see how things pan out, either way I will be there.

 

Only a couple of pictures Frayz from the FB page.... They don't need me phoning everyday even though I may be as keen as hell

 

I used the silver on the front and rear land rover bumpers

 

I have but it's slow progress in the o'l girl, might take a while

 

What wheels were / are you putting on it Si?

 

Paul I'm going for the 17" Revolution's.. I'd like to find just a set of rims that I can re paint as I have a custom colour in mind.

 

Perfect choice!

 

I had a feeling you was going to say that

 

There's a set just come up in the for sale section, 17s in gold with Yoko tyres - £500