Yes you're right Ed, at least I know what I've done wrong and how to sort it.
And I've sprayed the front twice with good results so another coat can only improve things as you say.,
Mr Towed and Ollie, thank you for your in- detail helpful advice, its always welcome, I do try to learn from my mistakes, but the one thing which always lets me down is my lack of patience, and that is usually made up for by endless determination to get it right in the end.
If I had more patience, I would have been driving my car weeks ago.............
No way Ollie! I always want mine YESTERDAY!
Monday
I have spent the morning flatting the front end for the third time, and put the top coat back on it. It looks okay, and has improved, but there are still imperfections, but to be honest, I've really had enough of paintwork and prep, so it will stay like it is.
Providing it is not viewed from about 2 feet away, the unsatisfactory bits do not show, and it looks okay from 5 feet or more.
With my extra experience lately gained, I got a bit cocky, and reduced the gun pressure by 10 psi and thinned the paint a bit more, and it worked, the paint went on smoother with less spatter, and flowed out quicker.
We live and learn.....
If I ever get to any shows with it, the punters can amuse themselves by playing "spot the f**k up".
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Tuesday
Paul, the steroid bit was very funny, well done!
My aim today was to get some of the bits back on the car and sort the exhaust out finally.
I managed to make some vibration deadening pads out of car tyres, which I shaped to about 3 or 4 mm thick and put it between the chassis and the exhaust, where I had bolted it up tight to.
They are a mix of rubber and fabric layers which ought to be quite robust
under compression.
There was some slight vibration before, and this should help a bit. Very fiddly job, which took ages to do, but when I came to put the mirror mountings back on the car, I REALLY found out what the word "fiddly" meant!!
It took me over two hours just to get the nuts on the back of the bolts as the space to work in is so restricted.
In the end I did it using a combination of tweezers, a tiny magnet on a stick, and sticky tape.
It took me a while to figure out I had to put them in place before any of the interior trim panels go back in, as there would be no access otherwise.
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WCA I have an update on the head light cowls you asked for.
I filled and sanded mine a wee bit, then got peed off with the whole thing and painted the cowls mat black. They look quite nice, so I think on a dark coloured car, like yours or mine, mat black is the answer. ( Because it does not reflect the crappy finish!)
Its just a tropical illusion................
Rene. I had considered painting those self tappers, but now I know it irritates you, I'm just gonna leave them! :-)
Mick, you sent me that before, and I put it on my watch list, but I've been so busy I missed it twice!
Patience ( I don't have any) is a good thing, and the seller has dropped the price by a pound, so I'll see about it this time round!
Well, the cheshire cat phase never lasted long, as disaster has struck in a big way.
When I came to drive the car back to the tent last night, I noticed there had been an electrical short among all the spaghetti wires hanging about under the dash.
I usually hit the cut off switch, but for once did not, big mistake.
I managed to start and drive the car into the tent, thinking I'll sort this out in the morning.
On closer inspection its much worse than I thought, it looks like some of the earth wires in the loom have shorted and got so hot as to melt some of the loom together in a melted black twisted mess.
Chris has kindly offered to send me a Spitfire loom, but as yet I am still working to strip the out binding off the loom to see what the damage is, and if anything can be salvaged.
Auf wedersein Stoneleigh yet again.
I will post when I have more details , boo hoo. :-(
Thanks froggyman, once its wired up right, it shouldn't happen, as all the wires will be in their correct places, but at the moment they are all over the place, hence the F.U. !
Of the three fuses on the car, none of the the little buggers blew,
bless 'em!
On the positive side, and there always is one, I have a warm day and bright sunshine to work in, so I'll crack on!
The burnt out mess I'm looking at.........
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He's only joking Rene, don't take it too seriously! :-)
Just a quick update, today I put the finished windscreen on the car, hopefully for good. tomorrow I will put the trim back on the screen, the quarter lights and some of the internal trim.
I did not take any pics, but should have some tomorrow, watch this space.................
Sunday
Worked quite a lot on the car today, but don't seem to have achieved much,
but I have, its very time-consuming stuff putting all the bits back on without buggering up the paint.
Also, as the stuff is going on sort of permanently, it all has to be silicon-sealed to ensure its waterproof etc.
I got one quarter light on, some internal panels, and two rear rain channels,
fitted the stainless strip across the windscreen top, and sealed it on.
Fitted the seat backs, more to boost my morale than any practical use, as when I fit and wire the dash, they will come back out to give me room.
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Don't know or care Mick!
All repro's are frauds, and mine is a bigger fraud, than Lynx' as its not even Jaguar based, but what a crafty fraud!!
Yes they do Gary!
Or, at least they will against the dark green paint!
They are super-rare extra wide solid disc Triumph steelies, which I drilled out as per Dunlop.
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You won't ever find an XKSS replica without the badges!
Even at 380 grand!!
Interesting point Mr T, all the very very exclusive expensive replica
making companies put the badges on their "Jaguars"
If I didn't know you any better, I'd say you were thinking deviously!
Yes I think you are right there Ed, some years ago a judge dismissed a case bought by Caterham against Westfield, claiming violation, but the judge said there was not one measurement on either car the same.
I think it is the badge-ing that is the issue, but not with Jaguar it isn't, as they are very tolerant in that area, and I believe take it as a complement, rather than an insult like companies such as Mercedes or Bentley.
