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Jun 13, 2019 18:21:38 GMT
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Although the Sprite has "period patina" I really don't think it is right to have the paying public "admiring" my quick job, 13 year old spray painting.......So a local sprayer is going to do a respray if I do the prep work to keep the cost down.  The wing bead shows the sort of problem! So I have started to strip the Sprite!  |
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Having had a holiday it is time to get back to the Sprite. I have removed the windscreen and wiper arm spindles, then I found the old roll over bar strut.....  |
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and i thought my 33 years was long time to own a car! cant wit to see the next in-car-nation. boom boom.
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jul 12, 2019 16:13:19 GMT
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The start of a lot of tedious rubbing down - fortunately I am using my small air powered DA sander this time!   |
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Jul 16, 2019 15:27:20 GMT
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....and the rubbing down continues.....  |
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spiny
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Jul 17, 2019 11:33:33 GMT
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nice  |
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Jul 17, 2019 20:47:16 GMT
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Bookmarked! Love a Frogeye
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1975 Triumph Spitfire 1500
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Jul 19, 2019 20:03:32 GMT
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Slight change of plan and I have now pushed the Sprite round to my lock up to continue the work...It is now in different company....  |
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Still rubbing down and nearly finished one side.......   |
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Aug 13, 2019 17:38:39 GMT
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I have now got round to the other side of my "Frog".....It takes a long time because my air compressor is too small to feed the DA sander....I have to build up the pressure, quickly sand a small area.....then wait until the pressure builds up again! Still, I have also started to build up some low spots with spray filler.  |
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Aug 14, 2019 11:23:16 GMT
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I have now got round to the other side of my "Frog".....It takes a long time because my air compressor is too small to feed the DA sander....I have to build up the pressure, quickly sand a small area.....then wait until the pressure builds up again! Still, I have also started to build up some low spots with spray filler. good excuse to treat yourself to an electric random orbit sander! ;-) |
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Last Edit: Aug 14, 2019 11:24:36 GMT by strikey
'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Aug 14, 2019 14:07:29 GMT
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Hi Strikey
As this is the last time that I will be doing a full re-spray prep, it is not worth investing in an electric one....and anyway it gives me frequent rests!
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Aug 14, 2019 15:24:58 GMT
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just a thought...carry on. :-)
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Aug 16, 2019 12:27:00 GMT
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Well I have been carrying on and the initial rubbing down is now complete. It is fascinating to see the variety of colours where the hood fastening was removed. Powder Blue was the original colour, around it was the metalflake turquoise, flat BRG and on top the metallic BRG.   |
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Aug 16, 2019 15:46:11 GMT
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Automotive archaeology 🙂
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Aug 18, 2019 20:41:25 GMT
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Automotive archaeology 🙂 As per this post, I have got a spare passenger door so decided that it should also be re-sprayed when the car is done. I have been rubbing it down .....and found some metalflake fuscia! Obviously I had swapped doors when I went down to bare metal and sprayed the metalflake turquoise back in 1972.  |
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Aug 21, 2019 13:01:16 GMT
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Aug 23, 2019 10:39:44 GMT
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The spare door has some rust along the bottom edge and so I have started to cut sections out. I have looked at replacement door skins or cutting a section off a later (cheaper) door skin but I have decided that I will keep as much original as possible and just patch repair.   |
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When I got the old door out of the garage loft, there was a crumpled ball of ribbed rubber matting that came from the inside. This was the original door lining material which, I believe, is now unavailable....so I have been straightening, flattening and re-assembling it.  |
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