my little progress
 

my progress on my waggon today and a few days ago has been great , after seeing partsmaster and squadron leader yesterday , made me pull my finger out this morning and do a little more to the old girl .

have attached a before and a current pic for any comments

bravo tango alfa romeo over !!


this is the before pic after i removed all the stickers

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and this is how it sits now , even looks different since squadron leader saw it last night lol


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Liking that fella. :yeah:

thanks i painted all the wheels today , it has come up really well considering it was a rattle can , well 6 off them lol , i will be honest , im on a budget with this car and im trying to do everything my self , next will be the roof as it had a sticker on there and when it came off it took the top layer of paint off so it needs to be sanded down and im getting it primered and then a black vynal roof is going on ,.
hope you like , oh and doing this all with 6 slipped disc's and a spinal deseze lol , oh and really bad spelling lmao

Oooh, black and red. Loving that. :10:

Wheels do look good :10: i did mine by rattle can as well and was also surprised how good they came out :grin:

do the right prep and always comes out better

i have just painted my top spoiler now aswell as im having a black roof , so that the colour flows accross

Great stuff. Red and black gets my vote!

You had white wheels on Saturday!

I believe you may be suffering from 'Black-my-ride-itus’. A condition where one feels the need to paint everything black. We have a couple of suffers in the Sqn, so you’re not alone.

The condition is a symptom of Wagonism. There is no cure I’m afraid and all you can do is get on that ‘Wagon’ wagon and hold on tight. Some suffers get relief from dressing up in silly uniforms and having their pictures taken, but they never admit to it :paranoid:


PS. Where were you going at 08:41 this morning heading flight level Ashington/Thakeham? I have my sources before you ask.

I say… ‘Red Baron’ …what! Dudley here.

The boys at MI555 think you may be suffering from 'Black-my-ride-itus’. A condition where one feels the need to paint everything black. There’s a couple of suffers in the Sqn, so you’re not alone.

The condition is a symptom of Wagonism. There is no cure I’m afraid and all you can do for mild relief is dress up in silly uniforms and have your picture taken. The Sqn never admit to this though :paranoid:

Just for your information our ‘Wagon High Amplitude Tracking’ (or WHAT for short) picked up your wagon at 08:41 this morning travelling in an easterly direction. Heading Bravo two-er one-er three-er three-er Broadford Bridge descending Harbolets Road.

These details will be fed into our ‘Super Computer’ which will give us absolutely nothing back.


Dudley Atherton Farquar-Tongwell
Senior designer of stuff I don’t understand
Wgn Sqn - MI555

PMSL at all this!!!

Wonderful stuff Dud !!!!!!!!!!!:five:

My sources tell me, Dud, that you may be getting a visit from Air Commodore Sir Charles Compostable-Punnet very soon.

He has a keen interest in black, and I know that he likes his crumpets lightly buttered on one side only.

During the course of his visit, he will be surrounded by armed guards who chew toffees!

Just for your information our ‘Wagon High Amplitude Tracking’ (or WHAT for short) picked up your wagon at 08:41 this morning travelling in an easterly direction. Heading Bravo two-er one-er three-er three-er Broadford Bridge descending Harbolets Road.

Dudley Atherton Farquar-Tongwell
Senior designer of stuff I don’t understand
Wgn Sqn - MI555[/QUOTE]


hmmmmm , i was spotted this morning then ? lol

swapped my huge middle vent with a smaller one today so all is looking better and it was in red aswell so a little bonus

swapped my huge middle vent with a smaller one today so all is looking better and it was in red aswell so a little bonus[/QUOTE]



I thought that was an observation scanner housing?:yeah:

black roof on a red wagon should look very cool...my influence is spreading ;)

It is Ian :doubleup:, been thinking about that myself

you have full permission...as long as you tell everyone it was my idea :p

mines been done nearly 5 years if you can believe how quickly that's gone!!!

I really hope you dont have to sell her

That is a stunning wagon

Gotta love the black on the front end

Did the grill have to be modified to fit the pre-facelift bonnet?

I've got facelift lights and pre-facelift bonnet. Would like to get the facelift grill again

no not really to be honest , hard way is to make up some mounting brackets to support top off grill or easy way is to cable tie lol , more than welcome to pop and have a look if yo wish

Got a grill sitting in my mate garage. Might have a quick go see how it looks

Cheers for info

looks wicked mate, i really like the red on black, number plates not really my cup of tea but i really like the wagon as a whole, in all honesty i think all cars look better with no front numberplate

more progress pics , beteer quality as well

right have the small scoop on there now and decided to keep it red and it does look a lot better red and small , also a pic off the rear top spoiler that i painter black as well ..

right also as you know the car had plenty off stickers , well for someunknown reason it had a british bulldog with a british flag on the roof , well when taking it off , nasty things happened and it took the paint off , well im so annoyed that cos i now cant afford to get it done its really depressing me , i have got some pics to show you what i am dealing with and if anyone can help it would be much apreciated , got quoted £350 to paint and repair
anyway here the piccys what you lot think



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now for the bad bits please be kind lol


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more progress pics , beteer quality as well

right have the small scoop on there now and decided to keep it red and it does look a lot better red and small , also a pic off the rear top spoiler that i painter black as well ..

right also as you know the car had plenty off stickers , well for someunknown reason it had a british bulldog with a british flag on the roof , well when taking it off , nasty things happened and it took the paint off , well im so annoyed that cos i now cant afford to get it done its really depressing me , i have got some pics to show you what i am dealing with and if anyone can help it would be much apreciated , got quoted £350 to paint and repair
anyway here the piccys what you lot think



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now for the bad bits please be kind lol


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That looks so much better with the small scoop :doubleup:

Don't know about the paint on the roof, could it be cut back??

not at all , its taken a layer off paint off , it really needs sanding down

:agreed:
small vent looks sooooo much better also keeping it red is a good thing too.

Would try as above, cutting it back and seeing how you get on, if not just cover with vinyl as you first suggested, black would be a good option. You seem fairly good with a tin of paint, why not give it a go yourself, keying the roof up may flatten it all off ok.

Now the question is, would the lower rear spoiler look good in black too?

you'll have to keep it with all the work your putting in

where my post gone with all my new pictures

It's still there (i can see it), it was posted twice so i deleted the first one

tis gone:-|:-o

Something wierd is happening as i can still see it

Can you see it now as i've just restored it, but i'm still seeing the post twice :?

:tequila:tis back

specsavers tomorrow:oldman:

You must try to keep her.

Black the roof and it will be beautiful once again

Will help you as much as i can if need help with anything

could do with some help with the roof lol , thats my main thing at the moment ,
also i could do with disc's and pads all round aswell my local parts place can do , front disc's and pads and rear disc's and pads for £152 is that good ?

also yes can now see my post but it is duplicated

can you catch the scratches with your fingernail? if you can they might be able to be taken out with some wetsanding depending on how deep it is but it also could be a respray, if you cant, then it should be able to be buffed out by a machine polisher, just a thought :-P

yes you can catch your nail all over the area , its really hard to expalin , i think it was the laquer that got pealed off with a little off the paint ,
a machine polisher wouldnt even touch it , unless it had a sanding disc attached lol ,

it did look like the laquer had been damaged but i wasnt sure, shame though, shouldnt cost alot to get resprayed or if you wanted to do it black you could allways do it your self :nod:

Apart from the roof problems, looks a treat !!!

well its gotta go , just had a job interview as was told i was a insurance liability , so thats it , i just cant keep her , im so gutted so if anyone wants her she's £1800 as is or £2100 with the roof done , going to put her on ebay later but thought i would give first dibs on here first

Will put the word out about it.

Good luck with the sale

it didnt sell :sadnod:

here is a new link and low reserve off £1500 , or i may just have to break it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...STRK:MESELX:IT

:-|

Such as shame you still have to sell m8

nice car

unfortunatly she is gone now , i now have a renault 5 gt turbo , in near mint condition and only done 88k .. i will still pop on here everynow and then , but thankyou all for making me very welcome ,

At least you didn't have the heart-ache of stripping her

R5 GT-T Nice one. A true classic. You gotta bring it to a meet



It's not Ali G style is it?

Good luck Bud !!!

shame the scoobs gone:(

5GT-T:doubleup:

Get some pics up:doubleup:

sad the scoobs gone but hopefully your new one will make up for it, get some pics up, a couple of my mates had r5 turbos a while back, dont see many around any more would be nice to see a mint one

its not mint but it will get there

will post some pics up probably tomorrow , after i finish a little work on it

well its not staying it just inst the same as a scooby

so i have decided i might get a non turbo scoob and see how it goes

here's a ebay link for you too see it lol

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...STRK:MESELX:IT