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Someone has just put up the ideal set of wheels for this today too, on the ol' eBay. Fingers crossed, in 6 days time it could be rollin' on them! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Feel brighter now. A mental break from the sanding, picturing it on 'em! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Last Edit: Jan 4, 2009 21:34:06 GMT by Lewis
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Cheers for the update Lewis, it's looking good ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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I really like how this car is taking shape, Can you give us any clues as to what the new wheels may be??
Dan
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love the front quarterpanel shot of the matte black, so badass
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I really like how this car is taking shape, Can you give us any clues as to what the new wheels may be?? Dan ![](http://i4.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/28/5b/5d6a_1.JPG) ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) The only shame is that they're "just" 5.5J so the same as the Sprint. I'd really like some 6Js but haven't seen any about. I'll keep my eyes peeled though as eBay seems to be filling up again ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I still need to find the clips to suit my Autoplas louvres, too - so hopefully some will appear. Thanks all, by the way. It's snowed today so I don't know if I'll get much done but we'll see ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I may try and park the car in the garage diagonally so I can get at the front and do some work around there! ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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some fine work there chap! certainly starting to look nice and tidy! look forward to seeing it all black ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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It's been cold out today: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/66.jpg) ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/65.jpg) Roads are that pretty treacherous mix of compacted snow and ice. I couldn't walk down the hill to the garage (a KA had been abandoned at the bottom) , I had to stick to the verge! A low of -7 was recorded last night and it was a brisk -4 whilst I was out mucking around. Anyway, I didn't get much done as my neighbour needed to use his garage overnight so I only managed to finish sanding the roof (finally!) and then fired it up to shunt it out into the yard. It'll be back in tomorrow. Survivor, anyone? ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/62.jpg) Quick, to the Thunderdome! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/61.jpg) ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/63.jpg) I did notice a slight mismatch between the door and the wing whilst doing this - Presumably because the wing was primed and 3 coats deep whilst the other was only a rough 2 coats. The door, with fewer coats, still shows some of the underlying paint which gives it more of a sheen and makes it a less intense black. To resolve this I shall do another coat tomorrow and check that it's equal, before progressing too much further. Other than that, just more prep, some primer and then start masking everything up! .......and finally remove that blasted bumper and windscreen ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Car runs good though, given the climate - and my neighbour was very impressed with the engine work. It is a little agricultural and unsettled when it's dead cold and on choke though, so I'll probably lightly strip the carbs and give them a good clean, then reset them to 'factory' settings. That should get rid of the erratic cold idle. Roll on tomorrow!
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Last Edit: Jan 6, 2009 15:03:19 GMT by Lewis
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First point of action for today: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/74.jpg) The cold's been getting to the battery, which to be fair is a beat-up old thing. I whipped it out and stuck it on a trickle charge, to see if it can be revived. Next was this issue: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/75.jpg) I'd slapped some black paint (rollered) onto the boot lid only to find that for whatever reason the paint wasn't providing good coverage, sticking properly or looking particularly good. It had to come off - and that wasn't going to be fun. Firstly I scraped as much off as I could using a razor, then set about it with sandpaper and my Black & Decker. It took a good hour to get to this state: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/73.jpg) ......and after another 30 minutes scraping, sanding and staring blankly into space: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/72.jpg) Voila! Now that it was clean of old paint, I wiped it down thoroughly to get it clean then gave it a quick prime, so it could settle overnight: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/70.jpg) I'm getting a nice flat surface from it, which is great. Fortunately the test patches of primer are now coming out nice and smooth on the roof too, after all the corrective sanding. As such, both these elements will be ready for black soon. Consuming the rest of my time in the garage today was roughly sanding down all the remaining panels, cleaning the worst of the dust off and filling all the unrequired trim holes and superficial body damage. You can see the dots of filler along the top edge of the door, where a chrome strip used to run. ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/71.jpg) I also dotted a fair bit of primer around to cover bare metal I'd exposed during sanding. Remarkably, I actually made an attempt at removing the rear bumper today. Didn't complete that though - got bored, tired, half asphyxiated and hungry by that point - so I'll get that done tomorrow. The rest of the day will be spent getting the car out of the garage, cleaning it thoroughly, then doing any final prep on the panels. I may even start spraying! ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png)
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Last Edit: Jan 8, 2009 17:58:57 GMT by Lewis
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Jan 10, 2009 16:34:49 GMT
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Finally happy with the roof now: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/81.jpg) The boot lid's also got a nice finish to it so everything's almost ready to go. Had another cold one today: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/80.jpg) A low of -12 was recorded during the night (although it was more like -9). It claimed another victim, in the form of our Jeep battery! Still, it's given 6 years of service so it was a fair cop. Today my mother very kindly lent a helping hand, so between us we got all the final sanding done: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/83.jpg) ...and then any other prep finished, so it was just a case of washing it down to get rid of all the grime and grease: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/82.jpg) VXG is now back in the garage drying out thoroughly so in the morning I will mask everything off and then hit the paints! I gave up trying to remove the rear bumper in the end, it turned into too much of a pain to get off easily. It is, for the meanwhile, intended to stay on the car so I've just prepped around it which turned out not to be too difficult, fortunately. Just some masking required to protect it, of course! More tomorrow ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Jan 11, 2009 10:03:54 GMT
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Good going Lewis. I hope the finish acknowledges the effort put in! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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Jan 11, 2009 10:12:41 GMT
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Crikey - your Mum helps out with car things? I can't even get my Dad to help!
Loving the effort here - and the effort taken to record everything!
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Jan 11, 2009 13:29:59 GMT
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Nice work and good to see a detailed report too!
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Loving this Triumph Lewis. Surely you've owned pretty much all of the remaining Sprints left in existance :lol:.
Looks hard as nails with the Stain Black coat, but I thought it was meant to be porous. Satin I am unaware of (although some guys here think it is) but I know primer and filler are.
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Jan 12, 2009 12:41:09 GMT
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Loving this Triumph Lewis. Surely you've owned pretty much all of the remaining Sprints left in existance :lol:. Looks hard as nails with the Stain Black coat, but I thought it was meant to be porous. Satin I am unaware of (although some guys here think it is) but I know primer and filler are. primers are porous but a satin/matt top coat should be fine AFAIK. I'm loving this thread.. it makes me want to do things to the herald. I almost wish it was in less good condition so I could justify it a bit easier..
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Jan 12, 2009 13:26:30 GMT
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That's good to know about the paint ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) There's also the fact that under both the primer and the satin is the original paint in most cases so should be a fair bit of protection. None of the cans of the satin have any instructions regarding sealing or anything, just 'suitable for top coat' or something along those lines. I know what you mean Ben - most of the time I've owned 'good' ones which I was either too shy to do anything to, or doing so would have ruined them or their value altogether. In this case it doesn't stand me much, is potentially an improvement on what it was and is good practice! So win-win! (And I've always wanted to do it ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) ) Small update in a bit after lunch. Waiting for more of the Kurust to go off before starting to mask up and spray even more..
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Jan 12, 2009 14:30:00 GMT
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More primer: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/90.jpg) Just putting it on where I think it'll be needed most, really - and to give a bit of grip and durability to the paint in the areas it'll probably get bashed about in. ....and more rust killing: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/92.jpg) The front end's actually pretty good, just lots of light surface corrosion. Just sanded it down roughly, wiped it clean then stippled plenty of Kurust into it. I also started removing the windscreen whilst I was free for a moment: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/93.jpg) Getting the trim strip out without damaging it is quite difficult, especially if it's been hacked about previously and suffered the tests of time. This one's seen better days anyway, as a few chunks are missing, so it may just do an interim job whilst I order up a new one. ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/91.jpg) Had to come back for another pair of hands though ;D Back up to the garage in a bit to start masking off and ploughing some more primer on. Should be on black tomorrow............ ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Jan 12, 2009 18:48:58 GMT
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Couldn't be bothered finding a helping hand in the end, so just thought "sod it" and got on with it myself. I hacked as much of the old seal away as possible to make removing the windscreen a gentle process: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/103.jpg) Then, applying pressure evenly to the glass: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/102.jpg) .....gently popped it out. This took a bit of time, easing it out slowly - but it was infinitely preferable to giving it an almighty heave and propelling it across the bonnet of the car to a swift demise on the floor of the garage! I then just cleaned up any blebs that had developed under the old and very crusty seal as well as generally tiding the area ready for paint: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/101.jpg) I was also very happy to see that the usual trouble spot, at the bottom corners of the windscreen, were in fact fine. I put a load of Kurust on any exposed metal so now that's settling overnight prior to being painted tomorrow. ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/100.jpg) So, masking and more paint tomorrow - I did prime pretty much the whole car today but the battery on my phone went dead, killing any further photography! Here's a quick question too - can I run MG Montego alloys on my Triumph? I've seen Maestro ones on an 1850 and it seems the PCD is the same, just the offset I thought might be a bit skewed. I only ask because I've seen these: ![](http://i8.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/28/d5/2ce3_1.JPG) .......they're 14", 6J and would suit it great I think - plus they remind me of my Corvette alloys and I'm really rather quite fond of them! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Jan 12, 2009 19:03:44 GMT
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Polish those Montego alloys and they will be sweet.
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Jan 12, 2009 21:24:56 GMT
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Dolomites have quite a "FWD" offset don't they? Certainly there are issues with fitting Sprint wheels on to Heralds/Spitfires. I reckon they'd be OK. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Jan 13, 2009 17:44:27 GMT
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Yea, I think so at least.....they have a wider track at the front than rear for certain. I'll just have to buy them and find out ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Started off today by turning it into a stock car: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/118.jpg) ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/117.jpg) Yeaaaaa What I was actually doing was building a web to hang newspaper on, to mask off the interior from the frame, so I could get a good few layers of paint around the windscreen aperture. ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/116.jpg) Like so. A little bit of paint and.... ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/115.jpg) Sorted. Mum was helping yet again today, so we quickly finished all the remaining masking and got on with the process of laying down the last of the primer. As such it is now ready for the satin to go on! ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/113.jpg) ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/112.jpg) ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/111.jpg) ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/119.jpg) The only bit that requires any more thought and attention is around the Webasto roof, as I didn't want to remove it for the meantime. As such it's been folded back to allow painting around as much of the edge as possible then once that is finished in black, will be slid forwards allowing access to the bits at the back edge by lifting it up slightly. ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/114.jpg) I've got a few coats of black on there now so it should be sorted come the morning. I would have done more today but I wanted to let all the primer and black edging I'd done go off properly, rather than rush it. For the meantime I'm just going to concentrate on getting the exterior panelling done then I can do the inner detailing at my own leisure ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) So, first thing in the morning: ![](http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Lashout_UK/Dolly%20project/120.jpg) "Hold still!" ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Last Edit: Jan 13, 2009 17:51:04 GMT by Lewis
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