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Spenny'S Cabriolet Is Off The Road Finally


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just a little update of my slow progres.. new bonnet sanded down just found one or two little dings to fill in .. also managed to get some filler primer on the wings after a bit of repair work. just gotta keep going now with the old samd paper and fill the dings in as i find them..2011-03-20180357.jpg2011-03-20180449.jpg

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a little bit more done today. got the sanding block on the bonnet today to help me find all the little dings .. so skimmed them all over with filler and sanded back down .. looking very smooth now.. also got the wind screen out.. :biggrin::biggrin:2011-03-22174448.jpg2011-03-22174535.jpg

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black i just love fords in gloss black.. the cab is solid mate just got little bubbles starting to show here & there so just gonna slowly strip the car and get the body mint ready for the paint.. yippy .. the garage is a god send :biggrin:

 

Snap!!!........just started mine & I'm also going for gloss black.... :tongue:

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nice one mate.. just got to make sure the body is mint as we all know black is a bugger to keep clean and shows up all the imperfections.. but when done right it can look stunning.. goood luck with yours mate..

wots it gonna cost you for the spray job. im spending a grand and its going in the oven but doing all the hard work myself the sprayer will have the easy job

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Yeh mate the sanding does get a bit tedious but someone gotta do it plus with me doing it I will know its done right. The screen came out very easy thank god as its a new one so is the rubber. Just hope it goes back in as easy

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More sanding done today on the back bumper. Just one little scrap to repair & now its ready for paint. Feels like my arms ganna drop off :dry:

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This summer hopefully I can get the cab ready no probs . Just got to save the rest of the cash to fund it. Very tempted to sell my mint 1993 orion ghia to fund it. But the orion is good for the kids & shopping lol

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well if i was to sell the orion at least i would still have my escort van to get about in & i could finnish the cabby... dont know wot to do as i am realy starting to miss the cab being on the road :convertible:2011-03-29185616.jpg2011-03-29185715.jpg

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keep the orion m8, if u sell it u wont b able 2 get it bak, u myt b missin the cab, as i know i am missin mine but u still ave the cab like i ave mine.

it is annoyin knowin that ur doin up ur car & money is tight 4 every1, it myt not b on the road but u know it will b in the end, mine is gonna take another yr, it's almost totally stripped & will b a bear shell very soon ready 4 new front panel's & paint, hope this give's a bit of insparation & help's.

that orion does look dam clean, regards mark

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Yes your right the orion is going nowhere. it was a good find as it has no rot so I would be silly to getrid plus it dont cost alot to run and I couldn't leave the cabby on asda carpark could I lol

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gd decision m8, get the wax oil inside then doors, ect if its not already

keep that baby lookin as gd as u can 4 yrs 2 cum :salut_gb: should b pleased wiv her, sooooo clean.

regards mark

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Well peeps I now have the cash for the resray so its just a case of getting her ready. Got a day of today so its of to work on the cabby. Will get some pics up tonight of my progress

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well i had a good day on the cab today and made soom good progres. finished smoothing the front of the bonnet and got some paint on .. also rubbed down the windscreen suround and got that painted plus a little bit more work on the wings .. its starting to look so smooth with a bit of paint.. the doors are next but i did all the hard work on them last year befor i put them one so thay wont take long... very excited :banana_dance::banana_dance:2011-04-13112430.jpg2011-04-13112521.jpg2011-04-13165905.jpg2011-04-13165810.jpg2011-04-13165837.jpg2011-04-13195835.jpg2011-04-13201128.jpg2011-04-13201100.jpg

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another good day on the cabby today.. been working on her back-side all day and found 3 nasty little hole's eating away at her under the stone chip. so cut out the rotten metal and treated around the holes with rust treatment.. also cleaned up the wheel well as there was a lot of surface rust so treated that. filled the holes and then painted it all with hammerite.. her back-side now looks alot better just needs one more coat of paint :biggrin: here's more pic's

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bit more work done on the cabby this wkend not a lot but its all good progress... a little repair work done were the back lights sit. as some of you may know this area holds water and as a result will rot. i think i have sorted it just in time as there were only 2 or 3 little bubbles starting to show under the paint. but to provent it from holding water again i have skimmed it. plus it also looks a lot smoother. i have also cleaned up all the boot & treated any areas of surface rust then gave it all a good couple of coats of hammerite.. 2011-05-09164935-1.jpg2011-05-09165011.jpg2011-05-09165102.jpg

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