Much better than before with zero cash spent. Its never gonna be perfect and theres no way i'm shelling out £150 for new replacements. Just the marks on the back seat rest that are bugging me. I think they're definately a burn (or heat mark anyway) from the copper pipes melting the vinyl. Tried sanding the marks with some 320 grit and it made no difference. Will grab a bit of 80 grit off my FIL this afternoon and try that. If it doesn't work i'll just mix some Humbrol enamel up and sponge it on to cover it. Theres a 50p sized hole chewed in the side of the drivers seat base too but i think i can repair that with a vinyl repair kit if i can find some vinyl the same colour. Don't really want to spend £30 on a knackered seat just for 2" of vinyl.
Gave the back seat base a clean. Once i'd removed the mouldy seat cover it didn't look too bad. Quick clean with cream cleanser on a small part shows the difference. Fully cleaned. Back in the car for the first time in years and years.
Found someone on facebook with some spare matching vinyl so i can fix a couple of holes in the front seat skirts, then they can be put in too. Still need to make the headliner though finding a source for this cardboard type trim for round the edge is proving difficult.
Arm rests for door panels came up reasonable. Found a seat belt for the rear. No idea where the other is. Had a go at colour sanding and compounding by hand. Front arch flatted with 1500. Needs a bit more work. Rear 1/4 after a quick going over with 1500 grit. Probably 1000 grit would have been a better starting point. Front valance after 15oo then 2000 then some G3 cutting paste. Not too bad a reflection. Would be easier to see whats what on a darker colour i think.
Sanded the orange peel with 1500 then 2000 grit followed by G3 cutting compound. Didn't turn out too bad. Its a better finish (orange peel wise) than most new cars anyway so it'll do me.
Cheers. It comes up OK with very little effort. Doubt i could do the same with 2K as its a lot harder. Doing a panel at a time so it may take a while. Too cold to be working with my hands in water all afternoon.
Noticed a dent in the rear wing. Didn't show up when the car was covered in dust. Right size for a mountain bike handle bar grip. At least its a removable panel so i can sort another one and just swap it over. Rear light housings came up OK though.
Decided to fit the rear light housings and came to the horrible realisation that one wing had the mounting holes for a 1200 light and the other for the 1300 tombstone one. No idea how i missed that pre paint and only option was to drill a couple of new holes in the painted wing. Luckily the bottom hole for the 1200 light was covered by the bottom of the light housing. Made a start on compounding the roof. Hands ache like a good un now. Still needs more work as i only sanded the back half.
Reflection of garage roof in the roof. Still needs a bit more work though. Got one rear light lens on. Can't find the stop/tail light bulb for the other side.
Cheers. Just need a smal bit of chrome trim for either side of the rev counter in the speaker hole and the dash will be done.
