CX Time

[DoubleChevron]

Not only has he acquired "Queeny" but the engine and five speed transmission he plans to transplant into her came from another ex-Denmark CX!

Is it a turbo motor ?

 

[rmac]

Not as far as I know.

 

[d coupe]

Put about 40 hours in so far, definitely longer than I had anticipated

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[d coupe]

Been a long time on other projects (house) but finally finding time to get back to it.


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[d coupe]

The doors are an issue Part 1

Couldn't get any doors so I had the lovely task of rebuilding them.

 

[d coupe]

Part 2

The bottoms were worse

 

[d coupe]

Paint shop time

Finally I have it ready for the paint shop, hopefully have it primed over the few weeks

 

[d coupe]

Finally getting some priming g done

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[JohnW]

Great effort! Those rear doors are huge! What colour are you planning?

Cheers

 

[DoubleChevron]

Finally getting some priming g doneView attachment 120294View attachment 120295

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Excellent. Home made booth It will be good to see how the dash bits look painted (as opposed to that flocking they used). I think it'll look far better!

seeya
Shane L.

 

[d coupe]

Portable carport, stops 80% of the paint floating through the workshop, definitely a good cheap option for spraying. Only using it for primer and inside the door jams, will use a proper booth to paint the outside.
Yes keen to see how the dash comes up painted, should modernise the interior a bit aka DS3 ect.

Excellent. Home made booth It will be good to see how the dash bits look painted (as opposed to that flocking they used). I think it'll look far better!

seeya
Shane L.

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[DoubleChevron]

smart move.

I painted the shitbox a while back ...

I mounted the fan up high and had a air vent at floor level at the other end of the booth (so trying to be a pressurised booth). It seemed to circulate the air and concentrate shit falling into the paint in the middle of the booth (learnt the hard way obviously).

next time I paint a car (probably another 10years time ... and most likely the CX) I'll make a big filter box for the fan.

seeya
Shane l.

 

[d coupe]

smart move.

I painted the shitbox a while back ...

I mounted the fan up high and had a air vent at floor level at the other end of the booth (so trying to be a pressurised booth). It seemed to circulate the air and concentrate shit falling into the paint in the middle of the booth (learnt the hard way obviously).

next time I paint a car (probably another 10years time ... and most likely the CX) I'll make a big filter box for the fan.

seeya
Shane l.

Got an extraction fan for this, but it was going to take too much effort to seal the carport at floor level and make a new front to take the fan and put a filter ag the other end, so basically I got slack, however it does work pretty well for priming, not too much floating outside of it.

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[d coupe]

Great effort! Those rear doors are huge! What colour are you planning?

Cheers

Thinking it will be Conquer Grey, that's on the 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor.


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[JohnW]

Great colour. That will look quite special with the stainless trim and the black bumper inserts.

 

[d coupe]

Had some Orange in the cupboard in the shed, so took a punt that it will match the brown dashboard. Should off set the grey colour I'm doing the outside too.

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[JohnW]

That's quite a nice colour actually. Sort of orange I suppose. I'm trying to come up with a single adjective. Perhaps "chirpy"? I agree that it might contrast nicely with the grey.

Those Alfa mag wheels are nice. They are Alfa aren't they?

 

[d coupe]

That's quite a nice colour actually. Sort of orange I suppose. I'm trying to come up with a single adjective. Perhaps "chirpy"? I agree that it might contrast nicely with the grey.

Those Alfa mag wheels are nice. They are Alfa aren't they?

Yes they are John, bought them a few years ago, tad former riding due to the low profile tyres, but it feels a little crisper in the handling department.

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[JohnW]

Yes they are John, bought them a few years ago, tad former riding due to the low profile tyres, but it feels a little crisper in the handling department.

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I wonder whether they are the ones that I didn't buy! Our CX came the that option from Chris but I liked the big stainless steel discs. They are a great, simple and stylish design.

 

[d coupe]

Dashboard partly assembled, very different to the flocking. Think it will tone down once its bolted against the dark brown crash padding.

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