Classic Restorations

[pradfred]

  MasterDon said:

haha...pradfred already tried machan...to no avail i heard

pradfred gotta another car so now all purchases on hold

Try again man, you know what they say if you dont succeed at first........give up lol.....

[CHAP]

  pradfred said:

pradfred gotta another car so now all purchases on hold

Try again man, you know what they say if you dont succeed at first........give up lol.....

[pradfred]

Tried that damn Image shack ....the less said the better aaaarrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhh

Edited August 13, 2009 by pradfred

[CHAP]

  pradfred said:

Tried that damn Image shack ....the less said the better aaaarrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhh

well pic talk better , machan looks nice. get him to hurry up on the body work

[CHAP]

  CHAP said:

well pic talk better , machan looks nice. get him to hurry up on the body work

Heay... why did u edit? where did the link GO?

[pradfred]

  CHAP said:

Heay... why did u edit? where did the link GO?

You mean it worked?

Ok then here are those links again. Damn, I canna believe I cracked it.....

This was the road we had to traverse. over a 20 foot drop on the left side to a river......

Thats GT Am with an escort, had to walk the road to see if it was drivable...in the end it took 2 4x4 cabs and a car transporter with a boom crane......and a Daihatsu fortrak running recce

This was my first view of the car. parked there for over 10 years.......that tractor's tire was flat and had to be moved manually .....

on the truck, about two weeks later. Over 10 people, and it got stuck. Had to use the boom crane as a winch and pull the truck up the road.....

Will post some more ......cheers

[pradfred]

The saga in pictures......

Moved to the light.......

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Slowly but surely she comes out of hibernation........

The enormity of the project dawns.......what has GT Am gotten me into ? lol

Onto the truck again, from a secret holding location ha ha (had to prime the wifey before taking another mistress home)

enroute .......

Hoo boy.....will post more later ..

[CHAP]

Some hard work mate! Guess mine was easy except for the part where I had to convince him to sell it after keeping it for 22 years

Edited August 14, 2009 by CHAP

[Ripper]

  pradfred said:

The saga in pictures......

Moved to the light.......

URL=http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=outafter10years.jpg][/url]

Slowly but surely she comes out of hibernation........

The enormity of the project dawns.......what has GT Am gotten me into ? lol

Onto the truck again, from a secret holding location ha ha (had to prime the wifey before taking another mistress home)

enroute .......

Hoo boy.....will post more later ..

darn...and here i thought you were the couch potato type

good stuff mate

sorry to sound like and utter idiot but what's the car... for some odd reason the pics are not fully loading in my browser and i suck with ID'ng classics

looks like fiat coupe something

Edited August 14, 2009 by Ripper

[GuruG]

  pradfred said:

The saga in pictures......

Ohhhh da "Coconut Fiat". Wonder what worths more? The car or the coconuts?

Dude u finaly able to post pics in da forum. Well done. Proud of u mate

[Supra_Natural]

  Ripper said:

darn...and here i thought you were the couch potato type

good stuff mate

sorry to sound like and utter idiot but what's the car... for some odd reason the pics are not fully loading in my browser and i suck with ID'ng classics

looks like fiat coupe something

That lovely looking thing is a Fiat 124 Sport Coupe.

some hard work there prad! Kudos to you machan, cant wait to see her on the road!!

[pradfred]

  GuruG said:

Ohhhh da "Coconut Fiat". Wonder what worths more? The car or the coconuts?

Dude u finaly able to post pics in da forum. Well done. Proud of u mate

Yeah finally got the image shack thing....

The coconuts were worth less .....btw, the funny thing with the owners of classic cars which have been left to rust is that they dont want to sell it unless they get their often ridiculous asking prices.

they would rather let them rust....funny situation.

Resto now in progress and fully stripped out. Hope this year she will come out .......

[CHAP]

  pradfred said:

Yeah finally got the image shack thing....

The coconuts were worth less .....btw, the funny thing with the owners of classic cars which have been left to rust is that they dont want to sell it unless they get their often ridiculous asking prices.

they would rather let them rust....funny situation.

Resto now in progress and fully stripped out. Hope this year she will come out .......

Yeah u better get the guy to hurry up on matters!

Get some new pic in Macnan

[MasterDon]

congrats prad...great find indeed...niyamai!

[pradfred]

  MasterDon said:

congrats prad...great find indeed...niyamai!

Thanks MasterDon & Supra for the kudos, as you say lots of work.....

Oh well.....

Will post how she looks as of last week....

cheers

[pradfred]

The restoration process ....

This is how the car was delivered to the Tinker. The kids had a go at painting her as well lol...

The begining...

The floor being laid....

Scraped.

Current situation. All trim & interior removed, scraped and being prepped....

And so it goes.......

[Ripper]

  Supra_Natural said:

That lovely looking thing is a Fiat 124 Sport Coupe.

some hard work there prad! Kudos to you machan, cant wait to see her on the road!!

thanks supra

[pradfred]

Now that I know how to put the pictures, gonna overload you guys.

Also gimme your opinions on the colour. I prefer dark options as this shows the chrome / shiny bits better which complements the cars lines....but hey...feel free to prove me wrong lol.

Enjoy.

This is what she should look like once she's done.

Options: Get to work guys.

Note the front airdam....

Let me know.....

[Ripper]

  pradfred said:

Now that I know how to put the pictures, gonna overload you guys.

Also gimme your opinions on the colour. I prefer dark options as this shows the chrome / shiny bits better which complements the cars lines....but hey...feel free to prove me wrong lol.

Enjoy.

This is what she should look like once she's done.

Options: Get to work guys.

Note the front airdam....

Let me know.....

hm i like that darker options...black or deep deep blue maybe....metallic perhaps?

[CHAP]

Machan either Red, Black or Dark blue will show the chrome nice I think...

[GTAm]

Prad my votes are,

1. What is called Fiat Sprint Blue - Check out 90's Fiat Turbo Coupes' many came in this hue. I think its the Alfa Rosso of Fiat.

2. White - With some subtle red and green striping and a couple of Abarth Scorpions strategically placed.

3. A lurid 70's color like dark orange for that quasi muscle car look.

[MasterDon]

  GTAm said:

Prad my votes are,

1. What is called Fiat Sprint Blue - Check out 90's Fiat Turbo Coupes' many came in this hue. I think its the Alfa Rosso of Fiat.

2. White - With some subtle red and green striping and a couple of Abarth Scorpions strategically placed.

3. A lurid 70's color like dark orange for that quasi muscle car look.

i like option number two

[GTAm]

  MasterDon said:

i like option number two

The more I think of it I like it more. Btw how are your babes coming?

[nira74]

Came across this rather shocking article..... now this would have been a real classic restoration project if someone had only known what it really was...

Shocking Story

[MasterDon]

  GTAm said:

The more I think of it I like it more. Btw how are your babes coming?

yup...nothing says "ABARTH" like white does

the MG A is about 90% done mate,it just needs the upholstry work and the final paint coating to be applied...many thanks to all Al members especially supra who has been a real help with this...it was only up for a new chassis and body paintjob but thanks to the financial situation and idiots we had to work with this has dragged on for nearly one and a half years...the 2cv is also almost complete,just need to attach the recently arrived parts,but the bloke whos putting it together is a real slow-poke,so it may take months...the others are as they were i'm afraid