Introduction
Today we began a full resto on "Apple" our 1987 Bianca model...
Found a paint sprayer with a yard big enough for us to strip out the car to a shell which is what we did..and 7 hours later Heike and me stripped every nut, grommet and bolt off the car.
We will get the engine out tomorrow so the bay can be re-sprayed (thanks for that Vern!..) and then clean and replace bits on that once out.
We have lots of new stuff to put on like bumpers, grille and wheel trims which will also get sprayed white.
The underneath will also be done as well as the inside...so should be complete and perfect.....
The major surprise was just how fantastic the condition of the car was.....even the front valance and the inside of the front and rear wheel arches which everything removed showed no signs or rust!!
New suspension, brake parts etc etc...will be dug out the cellar and fitted..if needed or not....so there we are....pictures of the resto will follow as time goes by and all being well it should be done in about two weeks. Then off the the trimmers to have new twin sunnys fitted.
Now the car will not be worth the money which is going to be spent on it, but, It is a car we intend to keep forever and is the model which I originally had in the eighties... Wish us luck...
Now this car
Found a paint sprayer with a yard big enough for us to strip out the car to a shell which is what we did..and 7 hours later Heike and me stripped every nut, grommet and bolt off the car.
We will get the engine out tomorrow so the bay can be re-sprayed (thanks for that Vern!..
) and then clean and replace bits on that once out.We have lots of new stuff to put on like bumpers, grille and wheel trims which will also get sprayed white.
The underneath will also be done as well as the inside...so should be complete and perfect..
...The major surprise was just how fantastic the condition of the car was...
..even the front valance and the inside of the front and rear wheel arches which everything removed showed no signs or rust!!New suspension, brake parts etc etc...will be dug out the cellar and fitted..if needed or not....so there we are....pictures of the resto will follow as time goes by and all being well it should be done in about two weeks. Then off the the trimmers to have new twin sunnys fitted.
Now the car will not be worth the money which is going to be spent on it, but, It is a car we intend to keep forever and is the model which I originally had in the eighties... Wish us luck...
Now this car
