General Busy day yesterday! (56k warning!)

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General Busy day yesterday! (56k warning!)

project-cinqy

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Ok, so I've finally made a start on the cinq! Dropped the water out, and swapped the fan switch out. Unfortunately the switch I put in is dead too, so I'll have to buy a new one instead of getting from the scrappy lol!!!!

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And this radiators lasted a year. Must have been a pretty big stone that hit it! The waters only dripping out slowly, and not at all once under pressure, so I wont bother changing it yet!
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Also cleaned under the arches, and scrubbed and painted the calipers.
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Checked all the rust I have to repair as well :(
The bonnet,
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and under the edge of the windscreen,
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Thats going to have to wait a week or so until I have the cash to buy the primer and paint though!

Jon.
 
punto_jr_sx75 said:
that'll need the screen out to repair that and paint that properly. Otherwisecome MOT time they may fail it as the widscreent ives the car more than 30% of its rigidity.

Jordan


Yup, know that already! It's a fairly simple job to get the screen out in one piece, and it's quite easy to put back in.

As far as the repair panels go, I'm going to go down to the scrappy and get them to cut me a section out. Also gonna get them to cut the end off a bonnet. The plan for that is to skin the damaged sections, and weld the repair in. Will patch up the end of the bonnet structure before I re-skin it though. Got a few dents that I'm going to pull out with the mig as well whislt I'm at it. Should look as good as new when I'm done.

On that note, would de-badging and badboying the bonnet add to the value of the car?

Jon.
 
It wont be the normal badboy, as they rob way to much light from the headlights. Would be a bit curvier. Em'll design the templates.

I leave that decision up to her!

Jon.

ps. Where do you recon the best place to get the paint is?
 
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