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Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Puma931 » Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:11 am

I thought I would create a page for my project.

I bought this a couple of months ago and have been busy sorting out the interior.
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Most of the interior has been stripped and I have started recovering the plastic trim in vinyl and painting the side panels as well as fitting Alfa GTV seats.
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Last night I recovered the headlining which was a tricky job, but it looks good in black. To do this I first coated the existing material in fibreglass resin, let it cure and then stuck the headlining material to this using spray contact adhesive. I'll post some pictures later.

I was going to wrap the car myself but as there are quite a few scratches, rust spots and bents here and there it will be painted as I think this will be more cost effective and longer lasting. The colour I'm going for is ford burnished glow (see below).
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I will probably get it painted at Pumabuild (I used them in the past for my fast fords - and they have a bodyshop - and oven) and their work looks very good and it will cost circa £2k for a repaint.
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That's it for now. I have a busy weekend ahead and will post some pictures of progress next week.
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by mikeonb4c » Fri Oct 31, 2014 1:49 pm

Excellent. I'm going to really enjoy reading about this as it goes along. Lots of pics please :-) Be sure that you check and address any rust issues underneath before spending all your dosh topside. Good luck :-)
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Spencer54 » Fri Oct 31, 2014 3:34 pm

=D> Nice
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by philpdr » Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:43 pm

How hard were the Alpha seats to fit?
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Puma931 » Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:22 pm

To fit the Alfa seats I basically cut the bottom of the bongo seat off and welded it to the bottom of the Alfa seat (runners removed). This allows you to utilise the bongo runners. I also had to cut and weld the inner backrest pivot/bracket as it was a bit too wide. Overall, the seat is a bit too high, so not ideal but more comfortable than the standard seat.
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Puma931 » Fri Oct 31, 2014 10:24 pm

Engine cover carpet - tried glueing on that stretchy unbacked carpet and it worked! Just finished the passenger side in dark anthracite and it looks good. I'll take some pics in the morning :-)
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Puma931 » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:44 pm

Engine cover re-carpeted by gluing on that stretchy non-backed carpet lining. It sticks onto the original carpet really well and the un-backed carpet can be shaped to fit around the engine cover. Need to remove the drivers seat and do the other side now.
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I also used the same material for the headlining as it is easy to work with and you can stretch it around curves.

Below is one of the interior panels that I painted matt black, material replaced with vinyl and new carpet.
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I have also insulated the inside using double sided foil bubble wrap, which is glued and taped in place. I'm not going overboard as I don't want issues with condensation.
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Can someone help with identifying this (rear o/s corner)...
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More to follow later this week.
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by mikeonb4c » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:00 pm

Looks really good, can't wait to see this one finished
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Gasy » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:53 pm

That's gonna be an inverta with them cables going to it
Carefull might be 110v / 240v live coming out of that

Cool I'm wish mine had one of them
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Gasy » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:48 pm

That might be the roof controller then
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Simon Jones » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:02 pm

It's not the roof controller and Google draws a blank for 'back allright'.

If it's a factory fit inverter there will be a socket to plug your organ in as seen here on second photo down :)

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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Puma931 » Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:14 am

I found the roof box unit, so its not that.
The Back Allright is the size of an iphone and the cables are very thin, so I don't think its an inverter. I'll have to trace the wires and maybe unplug it to see what stops working!
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by helen&tony » Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:54 am

Hi
My guess is that it's a tracker!...looking at the wiring and connectors....
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by roosmith » Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:59 am

helen&tony wrote:Hi
My guess is that it's a tracker!...looking at the wiring and connectors....
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That makes some sort of sense with the name Back Allright...............
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Re: Project - Retrim and new paint

Post by Spencer54 » Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:20 pm

Could be a parking distance device, makes sense in the rear?
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