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waters

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4th Jul 11 at 10:02

you may remember me restoring this (in the front garden).....

well at a car auction I bought this, its a 1977 simca 1000.....

and i'm hoping to restore it looking something like this....

i think it'll be a pretty damn cool car

[Edited on 24-09-2011 by waters]

Brett

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4th Jul 11 at 10:05

Well, you've certainly got the skills for it. Good luck with it

Phillips_91

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4th Jul 11 at 10:17

end results of that first one are friggin awesome! well done sir!

Tomnova16

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4th Jul 11 at 10:49

thats pretty

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3CorsaMeal

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4th Jul 11 at 10:57

wow, from the side its like the 1st car i ever drew

nathy_87

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4th Jul 11 at 11:12

I can see this one being a bit easier than the other one for you waters

Looking froward to seeing this.

sri14

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4th Jul 11 at 12:58

Bottom pic looks like the new BMW M1 Coupe!

waters

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5th Jul 11 at 06:53

quote:
Originally posted by Phillips_91
end results of that first one are friggin awesome! well done sir!

thanks, 2 years worth of blood, sweat and tears went into that one!

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5th Jul 11 at 12:26

love it, get yourself on retrorides

waters

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6th Jul 11 at 08:11

i'm planning to replicate this one...........

I think its the best looking one on the interweb

taylorboosh

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6th Jul 11 at 11:20

Thats cool.... Project thread please, i could use your skills as inspiration

waters

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8th Jul 11 at 06:24

the simca is being delivered today after dinner, but I'm doing a wedding with the Alvis (the car at the top of this thread) so the wife will have to sort it

a project thread has been started here.....
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/phpbb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10811

I'll be starting to strip the simca tommorow so I'll update tommorow night.

taylorboosh

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8th Jul 11 at 07:19

I get my hillman imp tomorow too. Although i cant start it for a month or so

Brett

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8th Jul 11 at 07:22

quote:
Originally posted by waters
but I'm doing a wedding with the Alvis

Does that make decent money? S'pose the project will've paid for itself before long.

waters

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8th Jul 11 at 07:37

quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett

quote:
Originally posted by waters
but I'm doing a wedding with the Alvis

Does that make decent money? S'pose the project will've paid for itself before long.

I'm charging £70 for today....thats from brides house to registry office then onto the reception venue (about 20 miles in all)
but to be honest I'm hoping this will be the last wedding I do (i've done 3 since completing the restoration).......its a pain having to keep cleaning/waxing the car

....I did a prom for some school leavers last friday and since then the car is filthy again......so busy cleaning again after dropping kids of at school shortly.
oh and its a pain trying to keep a stressed out bride happy

Brett

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8th Jul 11 at 07:43

Fair enough

taylorboosh

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8th Jul 11 at 08:04

Do you still keep them outside? Bit of a shame if so after the work you did

Butler

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8th Jul 11 at 09:32

Fantastic mate! Ive just laid up a future feature of Simcas including a Rallye in yellow. Let me know if you are still interested in writing a bit for us about your Alvis.

Ricky352

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8th Jul 11 at 15:01

I remember seeing the first car on the web, loved it. The new project looks pretty cool too. And different.

waters

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8th Jul 11 at 19:57

well got back from the wedding at 3.45pm and the bride was well chuffed ......phew

the simca arrived at 4pm and its far worse than I remember from buying it last weekend.....things needing welding are....

floor, big hole in passenger side
sills, both total shot underneath
front inner wings, both can be repaired
rear outer wings, you can put your fingers through them

all good fun, tommorow it begins, starting with a full body strip down.....so I'll be up bright and early

my plan is to get it stripped and roll the shell onto its side so it'll be easier to sort the floor.

also got the service history, genuine 10k miles with one owner from new!
last taxed in 1983

waters

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9th Jul 11 at 17:29

a very busy day.........

photo at 7am this morning......