Its first clean for 7 months

[ralph350i]

Well i had the car since October last year and at last its finally coming together and thought it was about time i gave it a good clean, so on Saturday i attacked it with the cleaning stuff, its still work in progress but The Red Devil is getting there

looking very aggressive in the garage


exhaust pipes cleaned up real nice


and the old girl polishes up pretty good imo and i like the colour even more now.



engine bay, needs a bit of polishing on the paint but defo getting there.


and the dash is looking a lot better, just need a new steering wheel


Thanks for looking

Ralph

[hallsie]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

[MarkS1966]

Looking good, really good actually Ralph!
Thanks for the latest set of pics, it's been good watching your progress.

[ralph350i]

hallsie said:

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

Cheers Stu

Getting there mate at last, cheers, Ralph

[ralph350i]

MarkS1966 said:

Looking good, really good actually Ralph!
Thanks for the latest set of pics, it's been good watching your progress.

Hi Marks1966
Thank mate that's kind of you and still along way to go, but am enjoying working on the car, so hopefully with a bit more time, it will only get better, Regards, Ralph

[adam quantrill]

You can clean up the wheel with black shoe polish - make sure you leave it a few days (or more) to soak in and then buff it off or you'll get black hands ;^)

[MarkS1966]

adam quantrill said:

You can clean up the wheel with black shoe polish - make sure you leave it a few days (or more) to soak in and then buff it off or you'll get black hands ;^)

Adam,
That's exactly what I used
Worked a treat, although the first couple of times I drove, I made sure I used gloves, which wound up decidedly blackened.
Well worth it though and much better than trying to get a new one as it retains some of the patina of the original.

And it was a lot cheaper too

[mrzigazaga]

adam quantrill said:

You can clean up the wheel with black shoe polish - make sure you leave it a few days (or more) to soak in and then buff it off or you'll get black hands ;^)

Or you can use some renevo..I have some black and if your not in a hurry..I can bring it next time i pop over...Looking good mate...Ziga

[ralph350i]

adam quantrill said:

You can clean up the wheel with black shoe polish - make sure you leave it a few days (or more) to soak in and then buff it off or you'll get black hands ;^)

Adam/ Zig
cheers but its cracked to hell and needs replacing, any ideas where i could get a new or good used one, failing that i could have it recovered, cheers Ralph

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Ralph...Heres a link for momo steering wheels but you will need to check the fitment as some have the 12 o clock fitting and yours has the 1 o clock..You might need to change the boss...Hope this helps...Ziga
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=t...

[ralph350i]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi Ralph...Heres a link for momo steering wheels but you will need to check the fitment as some have the 12 o clock fitting and yours has the 1 o clock..You might need to change the boss...Hope this helps...Ziga
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=t...

Cheers Mark
Another item on the list of many mate and thanks, cheers Ralph

[Mr Tank]

Ralph

I have some good used original ones. If you want I will get one out at the weekend at take a few pics and send them to you!

Andy

[ralph350i]

Mr Tank said:

Ralph

I have some good used original ones. If you want I will get one out at the weekend at take a few pics and send them to you!

Andy

Hi Andy
That would be great and thank you very much, i,ll await the email, kind regards Ralph

[Mr Tank]

ralph350i said:

Mr Tank said:

Ralph

I have some good used original ones. If you want I will get one out at the weekend at take a few pics and send them to you!

Andy

Hi Andy
That would be great and thank you very much, i,ll await the email, kind regards Ralph

Hi Ralph

I haven't forgotten your wheel, I just haven't been down at the garages long enougth to sort them out!

I hope to do that this weekend (If I have help) as I am sorting out two garages on Sunday ready for the delivery of my Tuscan 88 race car and the 450SE the following weekends!

So I will sort out the wheels on Sunday OK!

Andy

[ralph350i]

Mr Tank said:

Hi Ralph

I haven't forgotten your wheel, I just haven't been down at the garages long enougth to sort them out!

I hope to do that this weekend (If I have help) as I am sorting out two garages on Sunday ready for the delivery of my Tuscan 88 race car and the 450SE the following weekends!

So I will sort out the wheels on Sunday OK!

Andy

No problem Andy and thank for letting me know, regards, Ralph

[al 350i]

looking good ralph! just need to get out and use it now, be good to see you at zig's sat morning gathering ............although not been able to myself last couple weeks

[ralph350i]

al 350i said:

looking good ralph! just need to get out and use it now, be good to see you at zig's sat morning gathering ............although not been able to myself last couple weeks

Cheers Al
Have been mate, but ran into rad problems which are being sorted as we speak and hopefully see you at a Zig meet soon mate, cheers

[Mr Tank]

Ralph

Found two good wheels, I will post up pics tomorrow! I would fit either on any of my cars!

Andy

[ralph350i]

Mr Tank said:

Ralph

Found two good wheels, I will post up pics tomorrow! I would fit either on any of my cars!

Andy

Morning Andy
Thank you very much, look forward to the pitures, regards, Ralph

[Mr Tank]

Ralph

Here they are!



















Andy