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by 8BAK465
Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:56 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Heatwave 76 behind the scenes ;)
Replies: 98
Views: 10666

Re: Heatwave 76 behind the scenes ;)

DodgeRover wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:51 pm If it shrunk that makes it easier to shape it back up, stretched is much harder IMO to lose.
I think its shrunk as its lumpy :lol:

It's ok for now I'm just focusing on stabilising it a degrotting so its nicer to work around ;)
by 8BAK465
Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:14 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Heatwave 76 Gina I got a Cortina...................
Replies: 53
Views: 6583

Re: Heatwave 76 Gina I got a Cortina...................

Hooli wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:27 pm
8BAK465 wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:16 pm And I thought the car just needed a Wash and T Cut :lol:
You're nearly as bad as SiC!
Ill take that as a compliment I admire his fleet and his fine work :mrgreen:
by 8BAK465
Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:16 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Heatwave 76 Gina I got a Cortina...................
Replies: 53
Views: 6583

Re: Heatwave 76 Gina I got a Cortina...................

So after struggling with the wrong sandpaper :roll: I switched to wet and dry but gave up the will to live then Dad let me use his Electric Drill and provided the wire brush attachment to strip Grandads metal gate and fence (which he never did) so ill put them to use instead ;) So I decided to revis...
by 8BAK465
Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:50 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Heatwave 76 behind the scenes ;)
Replies: 98
Views: 10666

Re: Heatwave 76 behind the scenes ;)

Are you planning on getting the wing off? Maybe find a local panel basher who has good form. I think I paid about £300 to have one of my Farina wings repaired, refitted and properly painted (i.e. not by me). Still way cheaper than Ex-Pensive Steel Panels would charge for a replacement though. A bit...
by 8BAK465
Wed Oct 12, 2022 8:58 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Heatwave 76 behind the scenes ;)
Replies: 98
Views: 10666

Re: Heatwave 76 behind the scenes ;)

Ill be posting an update back in 76 at the weekend but back in the Year that is Two Thousand and Twenty Two earth years I have hit upon a dilemma :roll: Ive been burning off what are several blow overs,and brush paint jobs to reveal what it quite solid on the whole bodywork for a 57 year old Dagenha...
by 8BAK465
Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:10 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Heatwave 76 Gina I got a Cortina...................
Replies: 53
Views: 6583

Re: Heatwave 76 Gina I got a Cortina...................

So things have somewhat come to a halt because after being fried alive for a couple of months we are now being drowned. The last I did was I started to bare metal the passengers side wing,now I am no paint spraying outfit and dont have access to professional tools its Sepetember 1976 and I live on a...
by 8BAK465
Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Heatwave 76 behind the scenes ;)
Replies: 98
Views: 10666

Re: Heatwave 76 behind the scenes ;)

Yeah you might be right but its definitely been brush painted at some point might of been brush painted then sprayed over as the brush marks where in quite hidden places,gutters,near trim,door shuts etc but one thing I did find was the white comes off fairly easy but the blue side flash is a nightma...
by 8BAK465
Wed Sep 28, 2022 1:07 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: VW harrasing customers again Dieselgate 2
Replies: 9
Views: 673

Re: VW harrasing customers again Dieselgate 2

Cheers Guys I think its going to end up like the first Dieselgate where they will offer buybacks there will be claims etc and if you take to them they will update the software to give you worse everything so we are holding onto it not signing anything ;) It reads to me like a general disclaimer so y...
by 8BAK465
Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:20 am
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: VW harrasing customers again Dieselgate 2
Replies: 9
Views: 673

VW harrasing customers again Dieselgate 2

I just wanted to run this past you all. We have had a lot of ups and downs over the past few years and we needed a break so we decided to slim down the fleet and do the Van thing properly ;) On 2nd August we pooled our resources and took delivery of a good clean used VW T6 which has just been to a c...
by 8BAK465
Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:26 pm
Forum: Motorised Conveyances
Topic: Heatwave 76 Gina I got a Cortina...................
Replies: 53
Views: 6583

Re: Heatwave 76 Gina I got a Cortina...................

Hooli wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:25 pm Pfft, heaters for for girls!
:? :roll: :lol: