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31st January 2021, 16:11
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Looks great Geoff !
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31st January 2021, 18:46
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Looks fantastic!
I bet your amazingly happy with it!
Thanks for sharing.
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1st February 2021, 12:05
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Cheers guys really happy , guy spent considerable time on panel gaps , made up with paint , Geoff .
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17th February 2021, 13:05
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Just recd my updated V5C back from Swansea to show change of colour etc , make is know TRIBUTE Z3GATO no mention of BMW anywhere , Geoff .
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23rd February 2021, 11:37
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27th February 2021, 05:54
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Geoff - A belated congratulations on your paint.
That is a great colour choice and the car looks amazing.
Enjoy, Paul.
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3rd April 2021, 14:22
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Any updates Geoff?
I’m guessing you have been busy tweaking things to make your Z3GT even better!
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4th April 2021, 17:09
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Very nice!
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5th April 2021, 08:59
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Originally Posted by Munky
Any updates Geoff?
I’m guessing you have been busy tweaking things to make your Z3GT even better!
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Morning all , work carried out recently has been to have a head-lining fitted by Rick at Cheshire Car Trim , this has covered the roof and around the rear side windows and also around the rear screen (down to top of seat height) . I have just completed the rear parcel shelf and covered it i the same carpet (Green) as will cover the floor . The seats that i had made (see previous post) have know been sold , i bought a pair of old MGB headrest type seats stripped them down cleaned the frames and repainted them then fitted new rubber webbing , bought new (hump type foams) and had Classic Car Seats nr Stafford to supply and fit new leather covers , they did a great job and i am really pleased with the look and the comfort , will take photos soon . PS my seats were all black no coloured piping .
https://www.cheshirecartrim.co.uk/
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MGB-ROADS...IAAOSwmCRd0HiE
Last edited by casamolino; 5th April 2021 at 11:31..
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6th April 2021, 02:08
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Wow! You make me feel ashamed at how little I’ve completed on my old 911 by comparison!
Sounds like a real labour of love!
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19th April 2021, 17:59
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19th April 2021, 21:08
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Well done!
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20th April 2021, 06:21
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I love the period speaker grille and the dummy Motorola wireless. The whole effect looks really convincingly 1960's, which is quite an achievement on a Z3 interior.
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20th April 2021, 10:26
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Nice work, looks great!
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Originally Posted by casamolino
The radio is for "show" its non functioning there isn`t the depth where i wanted it , basically i cut the rear half of the radio off!
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Didnt project binky have the same problem? I believe they approached a stereo manufacturer (mighta been Alpine, cant remember) who were quite happy to make them a separate faceplate, which un-clips like a normal stereo, but had the wires extended to allow the main bulk of the unit to be mounted elsewhere, so got tucked under the seat, where they could still put CDs into it. I dont think it was particularly expensive either.
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20th June 2021, 11:51
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Just got my wire wheels back from being refurbished by Tudor Wheels in Southampton , they were not that bad but some of the spokes were not looking great , Tudor wheel did a brilliant job the finish is now superb , so thank you to Richard at Tudor .
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22nd June 2021, 12:42
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What happened to the lovely chrome wheels in the first few pictures? They looked far nicer than the later pictures.
I had some bolt-on wire wheels powder chrome coated by the same people as you but it was not a good experience. I was quoted a price on drop off but when I went to collect them he wanted an extra £10 per wheel for the small centre cap (fitted to the wheels and not mentioned when the price was agreed on drop of). He then wanted an extra £5 per wheel for a box (I was collecting them) and then wanted to charge more for some bubble wrap.
When I dropped them off and after he had looked at them he said they would look almost as good as new, when I went to collect them a lot of the finish looked like the surface of the moon, this was, of course, my fault as I had brought in such "crap" wheels.
All that is done is blast and powder coat, something you can dome cheaper and local.
The MGB seats look very good and are suprisingly comfortable. I trimmed mine wiyhout headrests and trimmed the rake adjusting lever that hides the "MGB" origin a little.
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22nd June 2021, 15:11
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I was quoted a price and paid that , really pleased with the finish on mine , ref the MGB seats there does seem a lot of "noise" that they are uncomfortable , but maybe the new webbing/leather and humped foam make all the difference , wont there be a problem come MOT time if no headrests? all the best Geoff .
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22nd June 2021, 16:27
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The toned down look of painted or low gloss silver powder is better on a classic car in my opinion ! I saw an MGB in town today, obviously freshly restored but you needed sun glass's to look at it, far too much bling !
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22nd June 2021, 21:35
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No problems with no headrests so far. I replaced all the seat foams and replaced the webbing for the later diaphragms. Also used the humped seat foams and added heated seat pads.
I do think that the chrome powder coated wires just too dowdy, not too bad when viewed on their own but when they sat next to my Mk2 Jag with perfect chrome wires they just looked awful but I know the choice of chrome or paint is a personal choice.
I think Geof's car looks far better with the proper bonnet aperture, take the "kit car" look away. For some reason the windscreen looks much better too, the 250 screen always looks far too high compared with the door glass. I do like the look of the new 250 recreation doing the rounds at the moment and think the 250SWB kit would make a great base but couldn't live with the high windscreen.
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12th July 2021, 12:36
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I attended a Classic car show at Weston Park nr Telford yesterday and spent the day describing details about the car , one gentleman explained to me the the screws holding the side window frames were not correct! i assume he left his Zagato at home Geoff .
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