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Nov 18, 2006 20:40:32 GMT
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All those of you with matt black cars, ever asked yourself what's underneath it? Wag? Crash damage? Odd coloured panels? Or Cool Flames???Started rubbing the front end of the t3 down earlier today, had seen the outline of some wavy lines ages ago when i was going mad with the red primer. Only when the red primer, and then the matt black underneath started to come off did the full extent of the coolness become apparent. Huge yellow flames on a bright red car anyone?    Sadly for some reason there's a square patch on the nearside at the front without any flames on, maybe an aborted respray? fibreglass looks ok from the inside so i don't think it's been crashed. They'd have carried onto the doors too, had the doors not been in my garden and replaced with proper quarterlighted ones. They look really well done, they're symmetrical and have some funky crossover bits. They also have orange tips. |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Nov 18, 2006 20:45:05 GMT
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The matt black on the Polo covers up a very faded curse word respray!
Adam
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Nov 18, 2006 20:46:40 GMT
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haha, cool. ;D
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Hirst
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Nov 18, 2006 21:06:48 GMT
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Leave it as it is, looks ace!!
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Nov 18, 2006 21:09:58 GMT
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it does look cool, but i'm in two minds what to do with it.... wasn't really the 'look' that i was aiming for, and also the big missing patch on the front and the replacement doors sort of ruin it. it's the kind of patina you can't make up though. as far as i can tell the car was last sprayed properly in 1991  |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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drew
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Nov 18, 2006 21:10:26 GMT
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Awesome. Stangely I feel they should be preserved in ankor wax  |
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The flaps always look a bit gash |
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Nov 18, 2006 21:53:40 GMT
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Leave it as it is, looks ace!! ankor wax it and leave as is my matt work covers up cosmos blue with red oxide rust spots  |
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 once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears! |
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Nov 18, 2006 22:51:33 GMT
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PATINA..... I hear..... 
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Rob
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You know, for kids!
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Nov 18, 2006 23:17:46 GMT
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my matt black covers this...   |
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Last Edit: Nov 18, 2006 23:19:35 GMT by Rob
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Kris
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Nov 18, 2006 23:35:54 GMT
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The matt black on the Polo covers up a very faded curse word respray! Adam Yes it is...  The matt black on the Audi bonnet is hiding filler, rust and a shoddy paint repair that only covered the front 6 inches done by the previous owner   |
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Nov 18, 2006 23:42:06 GMT
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What's it hiding? Not alot. Except every shade of primer under the sun!   Oh and that's satin, for those who care |
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Seth
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Nov 18, 2006 23:48:34 GMT
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Mine was/is just hiding some white/blue paint  |
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phatphord
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a two inch seat widening   and on the skummy it hid most of the lighting surfaces..eek |
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And that matt balck was some aweful stuff that never set, so it clogged the paper after like one or two passes. We were at that thing for weeks sanding that off. It was brush painted on about 1/4 inch thick.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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pillock, that is awesome!
i can see why you are so tempted to keep them. However, if you are after a nice paint job then i guess it will never be that. Tough choice.
Seth - did you flame the oxford yourself?
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I say, photo them, copy them, maybe even take atemplate by tracing them, then you can recreate them on your funky new paint job.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Seth
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Nov 20, 2006 10:06:15 GMT
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Seth - did you flame the oxford yourself? Yep, twice on the front wings! First time was done on the street outside my student digs in Manchester. This pic is re-doing the front wings (slightly differently) outside where we are now.  Pillock, that's pretty cool to unearth earlier signs of modding! |
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