1988 Mk2 Cavalier 1.8GLi

The stone chip is finally on there! Cleaned all the sanding muck off yesterday, masked and sprayed today.

It goes on shiny and black.



And dries textured and dark grey.



The blackness will be restored once its been hit with the underbody wax.

Few more pics of the newly coated underside.











Need to get some epoxy primer on the welded sections of the body now so I can get on with preparation for paint.

This is one very lucky motor having you as its owner. Top stuff.

SOME DIFFERENCE TO WHEN YOU STARTED LOVELY JOB

Cheers, it'll be staying in its original colour - 29L (I think its Monaco blue)

I finally got round to stripping the doors bare today. The rear doors were a bit of a faff to strip, I imagine they'll not be much fun to reassemble when fresh paint is involved.





The front doors were a lot easier most probably due to there being better access to the mechanisms within.





Hopefully epoxy priming will commence this week.

Disappointingly little progress this week. Started removing paint from the back end in preparation for getting the epoxy primer on there.



Daubed the rust pitted bits with Deox gel, then taped plastic sheet over it to stop it drying out.



It'll probably take a couple of applications to remove all the rust, but when it's gone, I can prime it.

While the Deox gel does its thing, I made a start on getting the Nearside rear quarter cleaned back to the metal.



Most likely be splashing the primer about next weekend.

Cheers Owen! The start seems a long time ago now, but we're getting there!
I got tired of bare metalling bodywork once the offside rear quarter was done, so decided to remove the scratched glass out of the replacement tailgate. This time less finesse was employed, and I used a hammer.



Doing it this way was a lot quicker than doing it properly - from swinging the hammer to finishing cleaning up the mess took about half an hour.



Just need to wire wheel off the rest of the sealant - That can be done when I get round to priming it.

Great to see progress on this amazingly detailed restoration. With the underneath as good as it is, this next stage is highly anticipated 👍

Offside sill + door apertures now epoxy primed. It's a lot easier to see where filler needs to be applied now it's all the same colour.



I realised just how effective my dust/fume mask is when I had to answer the phone half way through spraying - this stuff properly reeks!



If I'm really lucky, I'll get the other side done tomorrow.......

Many thanks! See pages 6-8 for wheel arch repairs.