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Ta Sir :) . Good point about the weather: I'll bring a 911 sized paper bag, and pray for sun :wink: .

Change of plan today. Thought that I didn't really want to re-mask for the polishing (takes quite a bit of cleaning afterwards, particularly the interior), so thought I'd try polishing it today.

I'd left some decent heat on overnight, and had used a fairly fast hardener, and sure enough it was hard enough this afternoon to polish. In the end I used 1000 grit, which is seriously course really. Nevertheless, spraying in this environment is less than ideal, both from a clealiness point of view, and having enough light to see how the paint is going on. Nett result is lots of dry areas, and lots of bits. The usual 1500 grit wasn't enough to cut through this lot, so I used the 1000 until the dry areas had almost gone, and then used the polisher with water and G3 compound.

Still a plenty of ripples, but certainly do for now ...

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Just the bonnet, rear number plate panel and bumpers to do. I'll re-polish the whole car a few times during the week as the paint settles, and again in a month, and perhaps during the winter as well. Each time will be less and less until the paint is as flat as poss.

Hopefully start fitting the car up tomorrow.....
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oh yes, and tidy the workshop :oops: .
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Looking good 8)
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Post by Derek »

Top work Barry :)
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Polished the bonnet yesterday, mounted that plus the front screen and a few other bits:

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Just pottering through the pile of bits as they go back on: now the paint is clean and shiny it's making the other bits look a bit tired :roll:
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looking good barry

keep up the work and the postings..
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Post by 58A - 71E »

Barry wrote:now the paint is clean and shiny it's making the other bits look a bit tired :roll:
Barry, it sounds like you could be in danger of succumbing to a dose of "whilst I'm at it"... :P

You need to leave something to do when you do the 'proper' restoration :wink: :lol:

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I'm sure I'll find something to do :lol: .
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It's all gone very quite here... MOT yet Mr Carter?
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Post by Barry »

Well .....













Yes!!

I have to admit that it actually failed on handbrake effort initially, which I should have adjusted beforehand. Silly really as I'd had all of the rest of the brakes apart, so wouldn.t have taken much to check the h/brake out :roll: .

Anyway, otherwise it was all fine: I ended up borrowing the Recaro seats back from the chap that I had sold them to, as I ran out of time (up 'till 2am this morning :P ). Plenty of small jobs to run through, but generally it drives as though it had never left the road .... more to follow, but here's a picture of it just about to leave for it's retest this afternoon:

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Post by Lightweight_911 »

Excellent news !!
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Well done Barry, loads of time spare before the wedding - maybe fit in another project!
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Post by 912uk »

hats off.. Alan and Barry both get them done fast..

Looks great Barry well done mate..
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Post by Bertroex »

O wow. :) 8) What a result.

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Post by Ian Donkin »

Well done Barry - looks like you've been a busy boy :P

And to think that just 6 weeks ago it looked like this:

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So what's under the cover to the right in the picture - got the next one lined up ready to go already?
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