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The LH rear quarter was a problem when I brought the car back from Queensland. All I managed to do was a very poor treat and cover. :(
What you are doing is fantastic and I'm in awe of the work you have done. You know I have another one waiting for you - once you have honed your skills on 'Queenie' I have our Raid Arctique wagon 'Pascale' needing some attention. A life in the UK didn't help it much. It has rust in areas you haven't tried your skills on yet. :D
 
rmac said:
The LH rear quarter was a problem when I brought the car back from Queensland. All I managed to do was a very poor treat and cover. :(
What you are doing is fantastic and I'm in awe of the work you have done. You know I have another one waiting for you - once you have honed your skills on 'Queenie' I have our Raid Arctique wagon 'Pascale' needing some attention. A life in the UK didn't help it much. It has rust in areas you haven't tried your skills on yet. :D
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Awe from me too. Hope all's well down there btw.

Best wishes,
 
Yes Rmac, I think the UK was the basis of the issues on Queenie too. At the rate I'm going with this build, your car might have dissolved into the substrate [emoji13], it's taken 3 years so far, a lot longer than the 12 months on the Coupe.

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Priming is now completed and have the first piece painted, pretty happy with the colour combo. 20200507_190151.jpeg20200516_131452.jpeg

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What a great yellow against the grey and vice versa! I imagine grey paint is in short supply in Geraldton....
 
I shouldn't but I did have this vision of the car being painted that yellow with a grey dashboard....
 
JohnW said:
I shouldn't but I did have this vision of the car being painted that yellow with a grey dashboard....
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Not allowed to paint it orange, as my brother is painting his CX orange, the colour I put on the dash was a test colour we tried for his car, but he wanted it a bit darker, so it was lying around and I used it.

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I made the windows out of 3mm aluminium and have about 1mm clearance around the edges, so I cut the nozzle long so you end up with a bead about 10 mm wide and 15mm high. Normally a two people job to put in and yes it can get messy. Fortunately on this job I sat it at the bottom and just laid it in and very little mess.
I went around the outside with a thin bead to seal it and cleaned it with turpentine and rag.
The hardest part was making the windows getting the curve right.
DoubleChevron said:
How did you go doing the windows. I've always sucked at doing this. The window moves a little and you end up with sikaflex smeared all over the shop :(
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Been a while, for some reason I couldn't log in, so recreated a new account.
Will post more pics once I shrink them.
 
I'm confused / intrigued with the rear side windows. (Load space windows.)
Are they going to be glass, or blanked off?
If blanked, why? Van look?
I like big windows in a car.
Not criticizing, it's your car.
 
simca1100 said:
I'm confused / intrigued with the rear side windows. (Load space windows.)
Are they going to be glass, or blanked off?
If blanked, why? Van look?
I like big windows in a car.
Not criticizing, it's your car.
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I'm using it as a tool box, kind of Loadrunner style. I have removed the back seat and have a board over the floor with an access hole for storage where the seats were.
 
I love the seat material and colours, and your progress has been great. Motor looks good in place.

Ray
 
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