Retirement is over Cesil

[alexk]

only people you run over would see it :hahaha:

It's all about the weight :thumbs:

[billyboysm3]

Nice one Paul!!!

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Looking good !

Has anyone considered making this front underside panel (plastic) out of carbon ?
Because I am :whistle:

only people you run over would see it :hahaha:

[alexk]

Looking good !

Has anyone considered making this front underside panel (plastic) out of carbon ?
Because I am :whistle:

[Nikey30]

The car is looking superb, hat tipped on your work. If u do t mind me asking where did you source the headlight covers, from the dealer? Mine are pitted and marked and would like a new set.

[Mike R]

Looks superb .

[CraigMillwardCroft]

You have been busy looking good :thumbs:

[rstoughy]

So a little Lockdown Update.

Shipped the car off to have the paintwork sorted.
Rear arches, both sills. LH wing and the front bumper.




While the car was away I sourced some good OEM Halogen headlights as the car has at some point in its life had Xenons fitted. I wanted to put these back to original for two reasons,
1 - The legal ststus in the UK states headlight wash and auto level is required for any car with Xenons. This car has neither.
2 - I may be alone here but I prefer the light from Halogens over Xenon.

I bought new OE covers and cleaned up the lights and they come up like new.




So with the car back it was a case of start fitting everything back up hopefully for the final time.
I had tried to retain / refurbish as much of the original plastics as possible and only had to replace 1 piece (splash guard behind the front bumper LHS) I did this as I have to remember the car has been done to a standard that I can still get out there and use and enjoy it. The scrapes etc are all part of the character.

A couple of days spent fitting up.










So there you have it so far.
next on the list,
Wheels to polish / seal and fit.
Halogens to be coded in
MOT
Geometry to be set
And Air-Con re gas.

Hope to have these done over the next week or two and then its ready for when the world gets some sort of normality back.

Thanks for reading :thumbs:

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Yeah if it becomes a pain in the ass then I will just get it re covered but for the moment all I want to do is get the thing out there now and drive it.
I like the originality factor but also need to remind myself it has AP's and a rear silencer :hahaha:

Waiting for this lockdown to release them can go to France to work on my car :thumbs:

[0-60Motorsports]

Man that steering was horrible. I have one in the exact same shape sitting in storage and afraid to wash it lol. Looking forward to updates on your refresh build.

[rstoughy]

Looking good. , I’m still on original steering wheel. All cleaned up ok. But then they flatten again after a short time , but great while it lasts till next time :smokin:

Yeah if it becomes a pain in the ass then I will just get it re covered but for the moment all I want to do is get the thing out there now and drive it.
I like the originality factor but also need to remind myself it has AP's and a rear silencer :hahaha:

[Chad]

Looking good. , I’m still on original steering wheel. All cleaned up ok. But then they flatten again after a short time , but great while it lasts till next time :smokin:

[rstoughy]

End of April Craig. Paint and MOT and its good to go.
Needs an Insp2 but will stick some miles on it with the rebuild bottom end 1st then get it booked in.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Looking good when do you expect to be all done :thumbs:

[rstoughy]

Cheers folks Its nearly there.

Last couple of weeks has seen it fired up and moved off the ramp awaiting it's slot in the paint shop.


Filled the fluids, rebuilt the engine bay back up, stuck in a gallon of fuel and turned the key.




Prepped it for the body shop and stuck the wheels back on so I could free up the ramp for the next project.






Now this has been a huge issue of mine, the steering wheel.... Its totally original and 17yrs old. Id like to keep it original if I can.
I decided I did not want it re covered if I could help it as I have seen some good and some horrendous ones. I also think they look a little fatter once done but that might just be the material.

I removed that last weekend and set to work with hot soapy water and a sponge. It was minging :vom: COVID-19 eat your heart out!!!




So started with this




Currently have this



I'll continue to work away on it and hopefully get it to a stage where I am happy but if all else fails then Royal can be a fall back.

Thats it really now until the paint work is done, booked in mid April :banghead: