MadaboutKitcars

I managed to get a few hours work done on the car this week I made up some boot supports (the original ones cut down a bit) and welded them into place.
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I am taking my seven to the Margam Park classic car show tomorrow perhaps I'll find something there?

Yesterday I decided it was time to paint the interior alloy panels (mistake)
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Flatted back ready for etch priming.

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The etch primer went on nicely

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I lightly flatted back the etch primer ready for the main primer.
Then it all went wrong the primer reacted with the etch primer and made a horrible mess so I thought ok I'll just flat it all back again re etch prime and put the silver coat straight onto that

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disaster the silver paint worked perfectly on a flat test piece but on the vertical surfaces it ran like water

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So now I will have to start all over again having almost lost the will to live I gave up and am now heading for the pub to drowned my sorrows I'll be back in a few days when my hangover goes away

Ooh, bad luck. Keep plugging away though, you'll get there in the end.

Deggsy - Sorry to hear about your paint problems.

Without wishing to rub salt into your wounds...

Can I just ask why you didn't want to leave the alloy panels unpainted?

Good luck, Paul.

Paul it's much easer to keep a painted panel clean, constantly polishing alloy panels is a pain also shiny alloy panels can dazzle you when out driving on a typical British sunny day Hmm. I think I'll go for a walk now to clear my aching head.
cheers Derek

I finally managed to paint the alloy panels after much rubbing down and re painting there are still a few which I missed but they will have to stay for now (patina maybe)??
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I also drilled the mounting holes for the drivers seat,eace:

Love the green seat.

I also think your cockpit will look better if it is not 100% perfect.

Good luck, Paul.

I totally agree with you there Paul (or I'm too lazy to rub it down all over again) The green seat are good but they do limit my choice of what colour to spray the car any suggestions ???

More photos of the seats for Flix

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As I said the seats are glass fibre with wood bases I think they are available on eBay but you would need to have them professionally upholstered for the best results. I would prefer a bit more rake to the backrest but beggars can't be choosers.

It's a fairly simple job to make some 'wedges' to incline the seats for a more comfortable driving position. Flatlands Engineering make them for their beach buggy kits if you'd rather buy in a purpose built part -



http://www.flatlandsengineering.co.uk/fle/fle_bgkp.htm

You might find you need thinner seat bases too or your head could stick too far up into the slipstream. That would prove very blustery around the ears and, more importantly, ruin the aerodynamics...

Oh, and I reckon that the green upholstery will work with green, black, red, white, ivory or silver paint.

Thanks for that Mr T Those stainless wedges are very nice but the flanges may make them too wide foe my car! I expect I'll use wood wedges that way I can experiment with the angle of the dangle/ you know what I mean. As for the colour Ivory sounds like a good suggestion Hmm
Thanks

Deggsy

Ivory paint over green upholstery would be a great period choice for a Jag-a-like imho. I'd go with a green tonneau cover with white piping along the sides to complete 'the look' when it's parked up.

Brg?

Maybe but the boss (her indoors) is fancying buttermilk what ever that is?? I need one of those apps that let you check it all out?

I asked Chris for a cream gel coat, and he went with RAL 1013 (Oyster white), which I'm pleased with. But I think red seats would go best with cream? (...although mine are black).
No, it would be British racing green for me, or lotus green (with yellow stripe).

sounds good should go well with the silver panels or even yellow with a green to match the seats??????

Isn't that like Ivory?

I think she means this Lotus colour
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/7549825010_db171d494f_z.jpg

Maybe this will help

http://www.mgb-gt.ch/images/Farben/paintcode-6467.jpg

Oooo to many choices my head hurts I think ivory and buttermilk are the same?

I suspect that in ladyspeak, Ivory is for clothes, Buttermilk is for things?

Having been looking at wall paint colours yesterday and trying to fathom the difference between Blown Glass and Sea Mist, I know I am not the subject matter expert.

Nor me I'll make my mind up eventually? In the mean time I've found another job to put on the to do list the door side screen lip's lean in too far It won't look too good with a screen growing out of my neck and would be very detrimental to my health.
It looks as if I'll have to cut them off from about half way and re build them in a more upright position has anyone else had this problem? how did you sort it out?
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I've also started to make a tunnel box cum cup holder cum arm rest, the arm rest bit will be upholstered in green to match the seats it will be bolt on so if I don't like it I can chuck it!

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Cup holders on a D-type

They'll be hidden under the armrest (I do believe in my creature comforts) and quickly removable??

My screen ridge tips in a bit too ...I think its a left over from the wider D type origins ...there was a couple of inches more room either side..

I am using these on the one I'm doing ... rubber fixing with a nut inside and a 4mm pan head bolt ...the rubber sleeve pulls tight in the hole as you do up the bolt and the rubber head acts as a nice rubber pad for the screen to sit against