Lets see a picture of your classic(s)
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PV7998 said:
The good news is that as of 20 May this year it's MOT exempt as well as tax exempt
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-new...
Can't believe that I didn't notice this from last weekend! http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-new...
Looks beautiful and more than worthy of more photos please.
Some real nice comments here, thanks guys, particularly about the interior, wood and patina. There's a little story to it.
I pulled all the wood out and thought re-veneer, light stain and polyurethane lacquer to a high finish. I started to clean up the bits and noticed how a previous owner had used a belt sander to cut through the original finish and veneer with a course paper on something like an orbital sander and then subsequent owners had try to finish over this. As crude as this looked 75% of the original wood and grain still remained and after decades of working in museums and hearing time and again that 'it's only original once', I decided to work with what I'd got.
This was the start point. Sun bleached veneer everywhere, cracked components and plywood substrate separating from the fiberglass core.
All clocks and wood pulled out, showing the factory burgundy colour from 1965.
Binnacle sanded, as far as I dare, showing veneer missing and cracks. It was tempting at this point to do all of it from scratch, new veneer etc.
These bits were very fragile. I had wood glue and fiberglass everywhere at one point, took about 12 hours to get them back to shape and ready for staining.
Two coats of stain, three coats of Briwax, 0000 grade wire wool in between coats. Still had doubts when it all looked uniform here too.
It wasn't until after about an hours buffing when all the clocks were fitted and fingerprints were cleaned off that it started to look right. Installing something with flaws in it when you know you can remove them to make it look as new was more difficult than I thought it would be, you don't know when to rein yourself in, so your comments about patina are well received.
The bonus is regular applying of the wax on the wood and Renapur on the leather seats makes the whole interior smell wonderful, particularly in summer.
I pulled all the wood out and thought re-veneer, light stain and polyurethane lacquer to a high finish. I started to clean up the bits and noticed how a previous owner had used a belt sander to cut through the original finish and veneer with a course paper on something like an orbital sander and then subsequent owners had try to finish over this. As crude as this looked 75% of the original wood and grain still remained and after decades of working in museums and hearing time and again that 'it's only original once', I decided to work with what I'd got.
This was the start point. Sun bleached veneer everywhere, cracked components and plywood substrate separating from the fiberglass core.
All clocks and wood pulled out, showing the factory burgundy colour from 1965.
Binnacle sanded, as far as I dare, showing veneer missing and cracks. It was tempting at this point to do all of it from scratch, new veneer etc.
These bits were very fragile. I had wood glue and fiberglass everywhere at one point, took about 12 hours to get them back to shape and ready for staining.
Two coats of stain, three coats of Briwax, 0000 grade wire wool in between coats. Still had doubts when it all looked uniform here too.
It wasn't until after about an hours buffing when all the clocks were fitted and fingerprints were cleaned off that it started to look right. Installing something with flaws in it when you know you can remove them to make it look as new was more difficult than I thought it would be, you don't know when to rein yourself in, so your comments about patina are well received.
The bonus is regular applying of the wax on the wood and Renapur on the leather seats makes the whole interior smell wonderful, particularly in summer.
DB7 pilot said:
The bonus is regular applying of the wax on the wood and Renapur on the leather seats makes the whole interior smell wonderful, particularly in summer.
I've always used Gliptone on my car's leather, but based upon how well your seats look, I've just gone and ordered some Renapur off a well known internet auction site!
NDA said:
jamies30 said:
A big anniversary for me - I bought my Alfa Romeo RZ 20 years ago this weekend...
One from last year:
I've never seen one of those in the metal.... are they as rare as I think they must be?One from last year:
284 built in total, about 20 in the UK, so they’re fairly rare. Not sure how many actually get used either - there have been a few of the coupe version, the SZ, for sale recently with tiny mileage for their age.
jamies30 said:
NDA said:
jamies30 said:
A big anniversary for me - I bought my Alfa Romeo RZ 20 years ago this weekend...
One from last year:
I've never seen one of those in the metal.... are they as rare as I think they must be?One from last year:
284 built in total, about 20 in the UK, so they’re fairly rare. Not sure how many actually get used either - there have been a few of the coupe version, the SZ, for sale recently with tiny mileage for their age.
Congrats on the anniversary.
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