my 1971 danburyfalia aaz project

jp · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:03 am Post subject:

Woow that looks stunning love the colour.
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1971 Devon Bay with 1800 Ford Turbo Diesel Engine (wip)
1983 VW Golf GTI Campaign
1979 Mini 1275 GT
2013 Scirocco TDI GT

illzlee · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:36 pm Post subject:

looks cool! Love

finished in time for vanfest then? Laugh Out Loud

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'79 Bay running citroen 1.9td and phat tyres!

13 window deluxe · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:12 am Post subject:

andewilson · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:21 pm Post subject:

completed my rims for the bay

4 6j x 16 inch fuch rims. i need to get myself a polishing kit to give refurbing a go
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most bad experiences ive had included cars that werent german. never again

andewilson · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:23 pm Post subject:

picked these up on the way to france for the t4. 4 8.5j x 19 inch oz racing splits. though they will have to sit for ages as rubber will cost a fortune as the 255 40 19 were a bit too big for the velle.

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andewilson · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:26 pm Post subject:

went down to andover on friday for what turned out to be a very tiring weekend.

nelly had texted me a couple of pics in the week of the wet flatting

and at 10.30pm friday when we got there nelly was just masking it ready to do the clear coat.
after two coats of clear and a good bit of baking, at 4.30am saturday morning when we inspected the bus. Nelly wasnt happy with the grey colour being patchy below the clear in the odd area so decided to make the decission to flat it back and do it again.
so after another coat of grey and two more coats of clear it now looks like this

the finish is unbelievable :shock: . every little bit that i had been worried has all been sorted by Nelly. the pics dont really do it justice. i am so pleased with how it has turned out.

the journey back however was one of the most tense experiences i have ever had. totally uncovered, and after thunderous downpours we set off at 7.00pm saturday night. the weather held out and other than the crap uk roads and the odd bit of spray we got it packed away in the garage and home for 11.30pm.

it was a mad weekend for me with only three hours sleep (which was three hours more the nelly got :oops: ) and it was topped off with a blast around the block in Nellys rocket. at which point i really wussed out and asked him to take it easy. Ive never been that fast in my life. Grin

my plan is to not touch it for a couple of weeks to let it go rock hard. then hopefully start the rebuild. Grin

watch this space. i have three requests for it for weddings mid 2012 so need to pull my finger out
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andewilson · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject:

nelly emailed me some pics today which just go to show how sh#t my old phone was (now have a new one so should get some better pics from now on)

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most bad experiences ive had included cars that werent german. never again

13 window deluxe · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:26 pm Post subject:

nice one dude been busy then last weekend! looks like nellys done you proud. when i get a min i will have to have a pop over and check bit out in the flesh so to speak Grin

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1964 rat 13 window deluxe 1Z tdi,
1975 rhd twin slider tintop (TBA)
1991 golf 2 gti with tweaked AHU tdi,

previous tdi swaps: gone but not forgotten
1979 rhd twin slider tintop bay ahu 1.9tdi
1990 T25 1Z 1.9tdi
1993 suzuki samurai with 1Z 1.9tdi

jp · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:24 pm Post subject:

Rather you than me putting it all back together without tarnishing that beautiful paintwork.

Is that this months Volksworld Bus I see there in the pic! Fancy bigging up early bay and not us Sad

not that he gets on here much to be fair.
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1971 Devon Bay with 1800 Ford Turbo Diesel Engine (wip)
1983 VW Golf GTI Campaign
1979 Mini 1275 GT
2013 Scirocco TDI GT

madmick · Padawan Joined: 04 Jun 2010 Posts: 67 Location: SCOTLAND

Just spent sometime reading through your posts, it's been some journey so far real nice work you have done, now it's time for the white gloves and soft spanners!

andewilson · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:40 pm Post subject:

you're not wrong guys.

its getting left for a good while to harden.

cant wait to get on with it tho. just finishing off renovating one of my flats but whould get round there next week if im lucky.
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ElusiveStranger · Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:40 am Post subject: