My Jalpa is having a respray
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Not to be oudone by Lorraine and Leslie's Urraco, it is time for my Jalpa to get painted. Yep, the patchwork effect is going and she'll be coming back all in one shade of Acapulco Blue. Whilst there hopefully a few other things, will be getting sorted namely:
I popped round tonight and they've started the tear apart.
Over the winter I've got a few jobs lined up:
- the wheel arches are getting new metal at the bottom, where the inner wing has failed and started to rust through
- the sagging roof lining is getting replaced,
- new seals around the rear lights, boot, etc
- the bumpers are getting painted gloss black
- the handbrake calipers will be coming off and getting rebuilt to cure a incredibly annoying squeak.
I popped round tonight and they've started the tear apart.
Over the winter I've got a few jobs lined up:
- the door switches are getting replaced
- get an MSD coil and ignition module. The ignition unit is going to be fitted into the existing box. So that needs to come out and get shipped to the US. So I can maintain the 'stock' look, get roughly another 10bhp and cure some of the more violent flames.
- get the steering wheel recovered. There is a scuff that I just hate.
- get some of the interior recovered. More scuffs, can't people just watch what they're doing with they're feet?
- source and fit the correct decals for the wheels.
- replace the lubricant decal in the engine bay, which is looking a little tatty.
Hi Simon,
Looking forward to following your progress.My Jalpa went through a 4 to 5 month refurb etc earlier this year.Had hoped to see you at LCUK/Auto Italia this year so you could at least check out the rear wing...in fact we met a chap there who had one to sell...bought it for his Countach but realised it was for a Jalpa...or possibly a Pantera..he wasn't sure.
Cheers,
Huw.
Looking forward to following your progress.My Jalpa went through a 4 to 5 month refurb etc earlier this year.Had hoped to see you at LCUK/Auto Italia this year so you could at least check out the rear wing...in fact we met a chap there who had one to sell...bought it for his Countach but realised it was for a Jalpa...or possibly a Pantera..he wasn't sure.
Cheers,
Huw.
Hi all, got a couple of updates for you.
Thanks for all the comments, the garage estimate 4-6 weeks for all the major work, then I'll do some more over the winter layup ready for next year.
I'm assuming, that we'll be at Auto Italia next year, shall we make it fancy dress? Come in period dress for your car? Does a 1986 year car mean I can come as Gene Hunt, please?
"Fire up the Jalpa!" has a certain ring to it.
I popped down on Tuesday night and nothing much had changed. Meanwhile, off the car the boot cover was getting a good seeing to, by Paul:
On investigation the paint was too thick and there was some surface bubbling which means that the prep work wasn't very good. So they're taking it back to bare metal.
Meanwhile I spotted on of Amari's Diablos in for a service:
My second trip was tonight and they've moved on a bit. Well you can see the difference:
Needless to say, this has left a fairly sizeable pile of bits:
And some holes in the front, where the lights used to be:
On this one you can see the sagging roof lining, which I'll get retrimmed, possibly in leather.
Up to this point driving the car meant having the lining resting on your head. It is surprising how annoying it can get. Also as the visibility is quite poor on your rear three quarters, and you move your head about, it soon makes a mess of your beaufont.
Which as a natural scruff isn't a problem, but you put a woman in there...Her: 
, me 
So it is getting fixed once and for all.
The boot lid looks like it just needs sanding down ready for primer:
This is the lubricant sticker that I'm going to get remade. A local sign shop has said they can recreate anything on vinyl. If anyone else wants one let me know, though there may be a small charge
So at the moment, she is looking rather sad:
Thanks for all the comments, the garage estimate 4-6 weeks for all the major work, then I'll do some more over the winter layup ready for next year.
I'm assuming, that we'll be at Auto Italia next year, shall we make it fancy dress? Come in period dress for your car? Does a 1986 year car mean I can come as Gene Hunt, please?
"Fire up the Jalpa!" has a certain ring to it.I popped down on Tuesday night and nothing much had changed. Meanwhile, off the car the boot cover was getting a good seeing to, by Paul:
On investigation the paint was too thick and there was some surface bubbling which means that the prep work wasn't very good. So they're taking it back to bare metal.
Meanwhile I spotted on of Amari's Diablos in for a service:
My second trip was tonight and they've moved on a bit. Well you can see the difference:
Needless to say, this has left a fairly sizeable pile of bits:
And some holes in the front, where the lights used to be:
On this one you can see the sagging roof lining, which I'll get retrimmed, possibly in leather.
Up to this point driving the car meant having the lining resting on your head. It is surprising how annoying it can get. Also as the visibility is quite poor on your rear three quarters, and you move your head about, it soon makes a mess of your beaufont.
Which as a natural scruff isn't a problem, but you put a woman in there...Her: , me So it is getting fixed once and for all.The boot lid looks like it just needs sanding down ready for primer:
This is the lubricant sticker that I'm going to get remade. A local sign shop has said they can recreate anything on vinyl. If anyone else wants one let me know, though there may be a small charge
So at the moment, she is looking rather sad:
Simon, to paraphrase many an observer - the night is darkest just before the dawn...
... and your Jalpa may look even worse for wear before it looks very much better - cf. Mr. L. Rentcome's Urraco 250S and just about any other car that's ever gone through extended restoration work!
The Lady Abigail's artfully crafted coiffure need never be quite so compromised again when thy motor 'as been a' sorted!
edited to defer intemperate rage of le fakir!!
... and your Jalpa may look even worse for wear before it looks very much better - cf. Mr. L. Rentcome's Urraco 250S and just about any other car that's ever gone through extended restoration work!
The Lady Abigail's artfully crafted coiffure need never be quite so compromised again when thy motor 'as been a' sorted!
edited to defer intemperate rage of le fakir!!
Edited by XXVIII on Wednesday 15th October 20:28
Hi Simon
Your Jalpa is looking good you say she looks sad BUT I see that she still has her 2 front teeth(Fog Lights) and to Leslie and I she looks likes she still smiling at the moment she is getting ready for her new dress also as did Sarah.
Fancy dress for Brooklands for the ages of our cars I up for that who else???
Lorraine
Your Jalpa is looking good you say she looks sad BUT I see that she still has her 2 front teeth(Fog Lights) and to Leslie and I she looks likes she still smiling at the moment she is getting ready for her new dress also as did Sarah.
Fancy dress for Brooklands for the ages of our cars I up for that who else???
Lorraine
Hey all!
Well there hasn't been much to report until this week, tbh. Though it is nice to know that people are interested. So thank you for that.
Basically Gavin's fabricator has been busy on some horrendous Astra 'show car', really less is so much more.. As it is winter and he is very good I've been content to wait for his services. After all I don't need the car till the sun returns and it gives me some space to play with my Landy.
Well I popped round tonight to take some pictures. I did visit yesterday, but the camera battery was dead.
Anyhow, they have been working on the drivers side. Basically she has had a bodged repair on that side at some time, judging by the amount of filler that has been used. Talking to the body shop manager, the reason for many issues in paint is poor preparation and they guess that is the case once they've completed the repairs. Perhaps not degreasing properly or not applying a coat of primer soon enough and allowing some oxidisation to occur.
You can see the layers of filler in this picture, i.e. anything yellow.
The rust bubbling actually wasn't as bad as thought. The amount of metal that has had to be removed is quite small. From the leading edge of the drivers arch:
Alas I missed getting the same shot, on the trailing edge, due to the dead camera battery, but you get the idea that a) it wasn't too bad, and b) what was left was being held together by paint. Here it is all fabricated with a layer of primer to stop the oxidisation.
You can see how s
tty a previous repair was, by looking at the back side of those remove pieces:
The one on the left is just rusty, but the grey blob on the right one, near the top, is a lump of filler that has been forced into a rusty hole...
You can also see some previous repair work, which is actually lead on these two shots, either side of the drivers door:
It is the slightly lighter shade of yellow, under a light dusting of primer.
Here is the rear three-quarter panel, you can see that there has been a fair amount of paint applied over the years.
If you want to get really nerdy, there is a dotted line in parallel to the cut out for the rear lights, this is the join line for the rear panel of the body.
And where the front 'wing' is welded to the front of the body:
It's not relevant, but I like getting down, dirty and deeply nerdy!
Here is the same view after a good polish:
I had previously had some paint work on the car, to cover some stone chips on the rear arches. Whilst it looked okay and was quite shiny, it turns out they must not of prep'ed the car properly as the dark area in the middle of this shot, is where the paint comes off with a little gentle rubbing, with a thumb.
Again you can see a number of layers of filler and primer...
Happily one mystery is solved. I had noticed this damage on both doors, near the mount for the wing mirrors:
It turns out, this corresponds with this damage in the recess the door opens on:
Turns out my check straps have a touch too much slack in them. Hence opening the doors has been causing this damage. This never occurred to me, I guess it is the benefit of experience.
ttfn.
Well there hasn't been much to report until this week, tbh. Though it is nice to know that people are interested. So thank you for that.
Basically Gavin's fabricator has been busy on some horrendous Astra 'show car', really less is so much more.. As it is winter and he is very good I've been content to wait for his services. After all I don't need the car till the sun returns and it gives me some space to play with my Landy.
Plaistow said:
I remember seeing a new Jalpa outside Portmans in the eighties in acapulco blue. It was specced with Silhouette rims and a rear spoiler. Looks gorgeous. Could this be the same car, a couple of decades later?
The guys have stripped and primed the engine and boot covers. Unless the boot cover has been changed then it is unlikely to have been that car as there were no holes in it (where the spoiler would be mounted). I know of two other Acapulco Blue cars in the club, perhaps it was one of those?Well I popped round tonight to take some pictures. I did visit yesterday, but the camera battery was dead.
Anyhow, they have been working on the drivers side. Basically she has had a bodged repair on that side at some time, judging by the amount of filler that has been used. Talking to the body shop manager, the reason for many issues in paint is poor preparation and they guess that is the case once they've completed the repairs. Perhaps not degreasing properly or not applying a coat of primer soon enough and allowing some oxidisation to occur.
You can see the layers of filler in this picture, i.e. anything yellow.
The rust bubbling actually wasn't as bad as thought. The amount of metal that has had to be removed is quite small. From the leading edge of the drivers arch:
Alas I missed getting the same shot, on the trailing edge, due to the dead camera battery, but you get the idea that a) it wasn't too bad, and b) what was left was being held together by paint. Here it is all fabricated with a layer of primer to stop the oxidisation.
You can see how s
tty a previous repair was, by looking at the back side of those remove pieces:The one on the left is just rusty, but the grey blob on the right one, near the top, is a lump of filler that has been forced into a rusty hole...
You can also see some previous repair work, which is actually lead on these two shots, either side of the drivers door:
It is the slightly lighter shade of yellow, under a light dusting of primer.
Here is the rear three-quarter panel, you can see that there has been a fair amount of paint applied over the years.
If you want to get really nerdy, there is a dotted line in parallel to the cut out for the rear lights, this is the join line for the rear panel of the body.
And where the front 'wing' is welded to the front of the body:
It's not relevant, but I like getting down, dirty and deeply nerdy!
Here is the same view after a good polish:
I had previously had some paint work on the car, to cover some stone chips on the rear arches. Whilst it looked okay and was quite shiny, it turns out they must not of prep'ed the car properly as the dark area in the middle of this shot, is where the paint comes off with a little gentle rubbing, with a thumb.
Again you can see a number of layers of filler and primer...
Happily one mystery is solved. I had noticed this damage on both doors, near the mount for the wing mirrors:
It turns out, this corresponds with this damage in the recess the door opens on:
Turns out my check straps have a touch too much slack in them. Hence opening the doors has been causing this damage. This never occurred to me, I guess it is the benefit of experience.
ttfn.
The doors getting opened too far is a problem for any of the V8's - a basic design fault if you will - the simple solution is to always have doors opened by skilled staff who can use any soft body parts to cushion the colliding edges and protect the paintwork...
Looks 'promising' is the best way to put it - seems the night is actually dusty grey before the dawn and not strictly darkest!!
It was a good effort to be cheered up but I may have to check the jokes of the Sean Connery thread on the Pie & Piston now... there are usually a few good 'uns to be read!
Looks 'promising' is the best way to put it - seems the night is actually dusty grey before the dawn and not strictly darkest!!
It was a good effort to be cheered up but I may have to check the jokes of the Sean Connery thread on the Pie & Piston now... there are usually a few good 'uns to be read!
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