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Ambers body makeover begins !

Postby zoe » 04 Oct 2009 17:52

Ambers body makeover started today

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John from luton came and helped Steve take all the bits off under my watchful eye as i cooked dinner for them, hopefully she will be sprayed in a couple of weeks time .

Just got to get all the bits to put her back together again now , got a another better door off ebay today ,so that will be put on before she goes in too . And bought another engine today too for steve to rebuild through the winter !!
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Postby macmattom » 04 Oct 2009 18:15

<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="2"><font color="blue">Good luck Zoe, I know how proud you'll be when she's finished.....
....and how delicate you'll be putting it all back on, trying desparately not to scratch your new paintwork. It comes off easier than it goes back on!! It'll all be worth it.

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Postby tr7inc » 04 Oct 2009 18:18

Great pics Zoe, lets know how it all goes, one day soon mine will be resprayed, in Inca Yellow of course, Mac youre 7 looking great mate, well done.

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Postby stevie_a » 04 Oct 2009 18:35

<font color="maroon"><b>Good luck Zoe</b></font id="maroon">

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Postby Beans » 04 Oct 2009 18:59

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by zoe</i>

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Did you use the hammer to knock of the bumper? [:D]

Good luck with the respray, but as a warning don't get carried away to much [:P]

At least you have good taste according to the chosen colour, see which one's green first, yours or mine [:)]

How are you going in dismantling the car for the respray?
Make sure all known rustspots are checked thoroughly

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Postby zoe » 04 Oct 2009 19:04

beans, the hammers for anything that wont fit !!!

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Postby Beans » 04 Oct 2009 20:23

Sorry I thought you started dismantling [:I]

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Postby john 215 » 04 Oct 2009 21:03

Hi Zoe,
Thanks from Me,Sandi and Danielle for a great roast [:D]
If she goes back together as easy as she came apart we will be laughing [8D]
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Postby zoe » 04 Oct 2009 21:09

John , thanku for your help, just been looking on internet for all the little bits i need , poor amber all stripped under that cover , she might not want to run again lol!! zoe

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Postby Hasbeen » 05 Oct 2009 03:16

Zoe, I'm really surprised at you. I didn't think you were the type
of lady to threaten poor Amber, with a sledge hammer, if her nuts
wouldn't come undone.

Shame on you, Oh, & good luck with it all.

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Postby busheytrader » 05 Oct 2009 09:46

Good Luck with the makeover.

When's Amber due back on the road then?

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Postby zoe » 05 Oct 2009 14:19

Adam, hopefully will be done and ready to go by the end of november all being well, maybee sooner , im female , we 'cant wait' for these sort of things, have to be done quickly !! maybe see u at Ace cafe 2nd tuesday in december for her first 'Triton' outing !!zoe

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Postby Dave Dyer » 05 Oct 2009 16:07

Hi Zoe,

I'm just wondering, are you going to sand the paint and spray on top, or remove the old paint completely?

Also looking at your pics, your car seems to go from blue to triton green and back to blue again!!

And can you take some photos during the colour change and post them on here, it will be good to see.

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Postby zoe » 05 Oct 2009 18:07

Dave , my car was origionaly triton green , then sprayed blue , and now im going back to triton green, and as for how far back they strip it ,will be down to what they find when they start ,zoe

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Postby FI Spyder » 06 Oct 2009 00:30

Zoe, my sledge hammer is never far away either but never had to use it yet.[:)]


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