Rich
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 Re-Painted the grille with grey bumper paint because it was all.. weird.  Mounted the front bumper and lights, front bumper didn’t actually fit the irons, not a huge surprise. Had to redrill the holes in the bumper to line up with the irons but no big deal.  Tailgate and such all assembled. Had to make new tail-light gaskets from mouse-pads, easiest way to get neoprene foam. Rear bumper mounted and fitted so it doesn’t sag under the tail lights.  Still find the finish impressive for aerosol.  |
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Excellent stuff. Love the colour!
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1991 Toyota Deliboy (RWD JDM LCV) - Now SOLD
1998 Lexus LS400 (RWD EUR VIP) - Also GONE
1989 Volvo 740 GLE (RWD EUR GLE)
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LAndy
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The colour looks amazing! Are you going to paint the bumpers too? Either gray or blue?
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Previous retros: 92 AX GTi 92 Scirocco Scala 94 80 sport 87 Golf Cab GTi Current retro: 1965 Clark Cortez YouTube Website Instagram |
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Rich
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The colour looks amazing! Are you going to paint the bumpers too? Either gray or blue? Bumpers are staying as they are at the moment, the front is brand new and has nothing wrong with it, and the rear matches pretty well. Will see how I feel later about it. They are already really dark grey  |
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Mark
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Do you know who first supplied this car or where? GTT plates seem familiar and wondered if it was from Kent?
Looking great by the way.
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E36 BMW 318is saloon (rare as a hens false tooth)
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qwerty
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Both the colour choice and finish are excellent. The cans I ordered have turned up, so hopefully I'll get a chance to have a bit practice.
Tom
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Rich
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Do you know who first supplied this car or where? GTT plates seem familiar and wondered if it was from Kent? Looking great by the way. I did look it up. I have a feeling it was Devon. Had a Babbacombe Mazda dealer sticker on the boot but it could have been from anywhere. The last MOT was done moderately locally to me in 2008 by CROWN Garage in Bath who are still operating. I’ll have a check and remind myself where it was registered. |
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Rich
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Both the colour choice and finish are excellent. The cans I ordered have turned up, so hopefully I'll get a chance to have a bit practice. Tom Excellent. I can’t wait to see the outcome. |
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Rich
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Do you know who first supplied this car or where? GTT plates seem familiar and wondered if it was from Kent? Looking great by the way. Devonshire was the area the car was registered when new. I did think it was. TT registrations are Devonshire. This is a useful ‘tool’, will tell you the area registered if you enter the reg at the bottom of the page. www.newreg.co.uk/dvla-number-plate-identifiers/ |
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Last Edit: Nov 7, 2020 13:52:00 GMT by Rich
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Rich
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Nov 24, 2020 21:19:12 GMT
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  I MOT’d it, passed (unsurprisingly), so I’ve been just piling on some miles to run the motor in. It’s quite good fun. Goes pretty well. Need to finish Dynax-ing the underbody, and start making an exhaust. |
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Nov 24, 2020 21:24:24 GMT
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That looks spot-on |
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Marc
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Nov 24, 2020 22:01:09 GMT
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Well that's just lovely isn't it. Well done, nice job.
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That looks perfect.
The trend of baby blue cars seems to have passed a bit at the moment so it's more of a treat when you see one.
I like the contrasting grey bumpers as it looks more original, I would maybe swap the red bumper trim line with blue though.
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Rich
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That looks perfect. The trend of baby blue cars seems to have passed a bit at the moment so it's more of a treat when you see one. I like the contrasting grey bumpers as it looks more original, I would maybe swap the red bumper trim line with blue though. Cheers dude. I can’t have the bumper stripe the same colour as the car though, that’s a weird look. It’s getting changed, but not until the paint has been given a good once over and I can sort the graphics for the sides in the ‘highlight’ colour, then the bumpers will match that |
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Mike D
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Paint looks cracking in the light |
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79cord
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Love it. Remember original Mazda promotional posters with them in that (almost) colour too well. [/quote]~ and I can sort the graphics for the sides in the ‘highlight’ colour, then the bumpers will match that [/quote] Looking forward to that, since I thought it was missing 'something'. (Aside from the body colour lower bumper valance brightening up it's chin). |
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Last Edit: Nov 25, 2020 9:20:14 GMT by 79cord
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tom13
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Nov 25, 2020 14:56:15 GMT
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This couldn't have gone to a better home. Great work mate.
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Rich
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Nov 25, 2020 17:09:38 GMT
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Love it. Remember original Mazda promotional posters with them in that (almost) colour too well. Looking forward to that, since I thought it was missing 'something'. (Aside from the body colour lower bumper valance brightening up it's chin). It’s very close to the OE Festiva ‘aqua’ colour, and a few mazda shades too. I never minded the front valance but in my opinion it only looked right viewed from the front or rear, not the side as the rear bumper is a more modern full length bumper but the front had a steel valance sticking out. If anything it should have been a full front bumper. The valance was very rusty and damaged, and would have been a lot of work to repair so I’m glad I snagged possibly the last new Pride bumper that I could find. Give it a bit of a more sporting look to go with the 16V too. That’s my 2p anyway. Graphics will be soon |
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Rich
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Nov 25, 2020 17:10:12 GMT
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This couldn't have gone to a better home. Great work mate. Thanks man. I’m glad it’s turned out close to my silly vision too. |
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Nov 25, 2020 22:07:15 GMT
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You’ve done a brill job on this !
I’m really impressed with the paint. No complaints for an aerosol designed for tagging and the like.
Think white rims would work for me but it’s your bus.
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Last Edit: Nov 25, 2020 22:08:40 GMT by vincento
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