1985 Honda Acty Show Truck

hells teeth thats clean , are you sure that picture wasnt taken in 1985???!!!! think you need to do whatever it takes to get those alleycats on there , just perfect.

Back on the proton today.

There were some bits of white paint that I’d rollered drips away afterwards and left a few marks compared to the rest of the roof / c pillars so i masked them off and painted the c pillars and a P on the roof.





Next chance I get I’ll do a black outline and more to give this effect...





Then I “rolled” the arches a bit more by cutting them into tabs with the angle grinder and hammering them in to a 180 degree fold rather than 90 degree angle





Then I used a glass scraper to remove paint drops from the windows that i had spilled on when I did the original paint before the weekender and gave it the first proper wash I’ve done since I owned. No polish or wax or anything just a normal shampoo and dry and glass cleaner.

Then took loads of photos for show applications...

Thanks for the words, much appreciated, my standards will never be up there with all of the “complete” builds on here but I do enjoy having fun with aesthetics and applying ideas that pop into my head.

spot the difference....








top job in sticking to the plan.

Just the shiny wheels I couldn’t resist being the difference

I'm very interested to know that you are interested to know this.

At really retro shoe there was a company making cut graphics on site, I’d planned on getting this made up for a while but hadn’t got around to organising it.

Unfortunately impatience got the better of me.

Don’t try applying a windscreen sticker on your own on a windy airfield.

I ruined the intensifies on one of the stickers as it flipped over and stuck back on itself and then I tried to apply it as separate stickers.

Didn’t take into account the windscreen curve.



Yes it looks / looked curse word. Looked because I removed them when I got back from work tonight.

The EUROBEAT on the back looks decent so that’s staying.

With the lovely weather yesterday and the fact I’ve now made it down to the “alloys for the daily” on my priority list I used my car time yesterday to spray up the fomb wheels in Montana hardcore gloss black.

I gave them a wash with washing up liquid and a cloth first so didn’t use the wipes in the photo.


The base from our old circular dining table makes a good height stand for wheel painting...


One can used for one coat on all four alloys on the reverse side...


Left them for about an hour while I tidied the house up and generally sat in the shade.

Fronts ready...


Done...



I used two cans for the faces - one per coat - again with a gap for drying in between. The only issues were cases of nozzle splatter on two of the wheels possibly caused by me not shaking the can enough or leaving an uncleared nozzle a fraction too long. I also inadvertently left a couple of blades of grass on one of the wheels thinking it was marks from sitting on the grass rather than grass blades stuck to the wheel itself. If they flake off at some point I’ll give that area a quick respray. They’ll do for the daily which spends 90% of its time dirty. Although that will hopefully reduce “when” I don’t have any other car jobs left to do.

Paint cost was £16.88 for 3 cans including delivery from graff-city, about 10% of the cost of full refurb and powder coat which i could get done if the Ignis ever becomes a show car rather than a daily.

I’ve been tempted by the Poundland paints a few times but the need for prep and primer puts me off compared to ready to spray graffiti paints.