More from today...
Doors & front panels going back on
Boot getting some paint..was the worse part on the car before..
Partially re-assembled while we have a cuppa..
All done..some sweat & tears later...
Few bits to go back together yet, such as door mirrors and interior. Other than that...
Some more progress has been made over the last 48 hours. A couple of 12 hour days and a feck of a lot
of work later, my new panels are in paint and waiting to be fit :) . Heres a few pics..
First coats of primer going on...
Boot will be re-used as other donor was full of holes from...
Anyone got a half decent one they could let go for sensible money please?. Im sick of buying stuff from
Ebay listed as being for such, then getting a SD1 badge in the post...grrr
Thanks!. I'm lucky enough that my best mate works for a independent Land rover garage stuck in the outskirts
of no-where and off the radar. His boss is fully accustomed to me turning up with my P6 as it's spent the last
few months being brought in and out for various jobs including swapping the...
Having got my own car back on the road what with an engine transplant and all last month im now full
steam ahead with the bodywork.
BBP lacks paint and metal in the usual areas. Paint has fell off the boot. All doors, especially the rears are
crusty and each panel has some small annoying scabs...
Went today..good turn out. Couple of P5's there but sadly not another P6..(typical as apparently there where two last week when my mate went in his Vauxhall Victor FE)
Well done! Looks very smart, and yes reminds me of the Italian Job as well :) It suits it with the cars colour,
and why not be different?. There are so many "standard" cars out there. Get's my approval :D
Thanks for all the positive comments guys..its one of those jobs i want sure about..the worse bit was
applying the first few bits of glue..no turning back & all that. But its turned out well :D
Later this month..full respray... I have all the panels off my donor SC which i will be working on...
Yeh..i wasnt sure whether there actually a totally different colour..im trying to source a replacement interior as my rear
seats are very badly gone across the tops, and the front two have splits although clean. Might try and source a later
cloth interior..thinking about black..and i need door...
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