Engine out, Bonnet Off.. Blingmeister shall return!

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Well i planned to just get the new stainless manifolds, water pipes & swirl pot on.. (thanks shauns3c)
It was surprising what the chassis looked like underneath with everything out the way, a state to be honest although still solid, there is spots of surface rust etc & i just couldn't ignore it so ive made the decision to 'go to town on it' with Tony at TJ Auto's in Coventry who's carrying out alot of the work & has worked wonders on this 'S' for me

-Pile of parts to be shotblasted, resprayed
-Any rusty bolts, washers, nuts replaced
-Chimaera front brake upgrade (thanks Mike ) might aswell replace brake lines with stainless braided
-treat chassis with some proper stuff, may even get some heatshield for the bulkhead
-VHT paint for the engine block etc
-Bonnet hinge mod, after seei'ng my good friend Mikes again (trendsetter you)



and the lovely welds on the new stainless swirl pot from ShaunS3c

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LawrieS said:

Body off then?

hmm decisions decisions, I already had a look at the underneath of the rest of car & it was solid, sealed it with POR15 last year

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Blimey, not sure what to do now :/ mine look really good from underneath if I'm being honest but i guess ypu never know, don't really wanna pay around 5k for body off..

Edited by greyhulk on Wednesday 6th July 16:53

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Kitchski said:

If that's your workshop, do it yourself!

If an S has got this far and hasn't had the body-off, it's probably going to need it. That's my experience anyway.

No sadly it isn't, i just haven't got the space. Hmm i think your probably right judging from the engine bay chassis, ill have to weigh up the options

Alan461 said:

Wait until winter maybe?
Otherwise you'll lose the summertime use of the car

i know yeah just as the weather gets good, its barely had much use as it is, ive insured it for more than 200 miles this time tho

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I'm building up a suspense

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Agent Provocateur

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on form glen, if i dont show up in my 'S' when its done this time, ill be expecting the Pai Mae 'Five-Point-Palm Exploding Heart Technique'

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glenrobbo said:

I'm afraid I'm not at that exhalted level of expertise Steve.
I would have to send Uma Therman after you.

Hope you soon get your S back on the road in top form. Otherwise I couldn't bear the thought of the mess.

Meanwhile, back on topic......

haha & nice one Glen rest assured i wont be going to the 'darkside'.. one shall stay true to his 'S' but yes back on topic.
Few more snaps from up at TJ Auto's, I cant be sticking nice stainless manifolds onto a grubby engine block now can i

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Well gents it would appear the gods are not in my favour.. Front Outriggers are completely shot, passenger side barely anything left

Now the rest of the chassis is pretty damn good & back outriggers are good so the question is do I splash out on full body lift or just replace front outriggers?

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Kitchski said:

Whole chassis, every time. The rest of the chassis will have an issue, somewhere. Do it once, do it right

thanks, think i know what route to go now

in oppose to zinc primer & powdercoating to the chassis, has anyone tried 'U-POL Raptor' they use it on marine vehicles etc, looks to be really sturdy stuff, waterproof, rustproof, the full works

http://www.u-pol.co.uk/product-cat/83/raptor%E2%84...

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thanks for the advice @Kitchski, appreciated.
Well the bodys off & heres a few snaps.. (glad ive gone through with it now)

Edited by greyhulk on Tuesday 12th July 12:20

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Kitchski said:

You'll be lucky if you don't end up with a hole in at least one of those rear arm hangers after shot blasting. And you really do need to get that one shot blasted, you're cheating yourself if you don't. Don't be one of those people who thinks wire-brushing is as effective

It'll be good when done though

yeah theres bound to be a swiss cheese effect somewhere, its being shotblasted tomorrow, as you said 'do it right, do it once'

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TVRees said:

I used something similar when re-painting my chassis. A two component PU/epoxy based paint. As Kitchski says, it goes on well and really is very tough. I did mine by hand with a roller/brush (because I'm a mean ol' git !) and it took me 10 hours to completely cover the chassis with one coat of paint. Put on 3 coats in total.
Quite a relaxing job really, with Radio-6 on in the background.

or maybe some drum'n'bass on loud & go at it like an absolute madman for a few hours

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few snaps of the progress so far, lawrieS you was right about the outriggers!
Also the rear RH body mount is none existent

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Hi v8250, nice to hear someone has used the raptor, never seen it on a classic car until now & wow the finish is better than i initially thought, looks awesome! 4litre v8 griff in there . I dont suppose it was you parked next to me at the classic car meet up at the 'Black Boy' in Knowle last month?

Ive got the starter kit in black & going to use it on the complete chassis & few parts like battery tray, fuel tank etc

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Thank you for the advice, appreciated. Yeah i had a look at some of its application uses, looks the dogs bks! Will upload some pics of mine when its done.

Ah no problem, a green v8 mgb was parked next to me that's all

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yep the thought did cross my mind to be honest due to the cost but i just went for the full body off resto & glad i did. Michael was telling me on the facebook group about his 'S' but forgot to mention it was one of the worst rusted ones around..