The Kebab

[molleur]

Fingers crossed for you Bob!

[Munky]

Nice job and good of you to share.
Now let's see the polished side in full glory!

[hurnleft]

This is all the photos I could take as the car is hemmed in again by a load of auto jumble that came today and is stacked under the carport.
It shows the areas where the cracks were all looking invisible now.





The grille and number plates went back on this afternoon so I though I'd put the new plates on. The yellow/white ones are still on the car as backing plates to the new ones so I can change them easily if requested.






I thought I'd found the ideal solution to the unattractive black plastic trim under the windscreen, A Jaguar XJS polished panel was in the auto jumble purchase. I may try harder another day but it doesn't look like it will quite first. Shame.
Cheers, Bob.

[molleur]

Looking great Bob, you have my fav 250 SWB!

[Munky]

Amazing!
I like the idea of the plates too.
Sorry officer, I forgot to remove the show plates...

[Mitchelkitman]

How do the "show plates" attach to the reflective ones? Tenax fasteners are possibly a good way?

[hurnleft]

Originally Posted by Mitchelkitman

How do the "show plates" attach to the reflective ones? Tenax fasteners are possibly a good way?

Simpler than that. They are just bolted to the brackets/body through holes in the same places on both plates.

[hurnleft]

Just fiddling about under the bonnet today.

I'm going going to do much to change it or bling it up, just some paint and a good clean really.

I used left over paint from the wing repairs to brush paint the front slam panel. Not perfect but much better than it was. Some more will be blue and the rest will be flat black.



I also took the engine covers off to repaint the stripes and have removed the BMW . I've made a plate to fill the space and ordered a new badge to go on it.
Bob.

[molleur]

Looking good!

[hurnleft]

Well, that's that.

It's finished….well, as far as these things can ever be finished.

I've finished painting under the bonnet, added the new badge to the rocker cover, stuck on a couple of Italian language service stickers and added the gold sticker to the front panel ('built not bought' in Italian)







Inside I resurrected a damaged wooden gear knob I was given and added a spare sleeve to fit the lever.
The sat nag point I'd put in the side of the console didn't work out as well as I'd hoped when in use so it's now in the middle of the passenger 'no air bag' panel with an Italia pin badge glued in the centre.



I'm sure I could think of more bits to do but the line between successful and christmas tree is an easy one to step over so I'll call it a day here.


When the weather gets nicer I'll get some decent photos taken and put them up.

Cheers, Bob.

[molleur]

Nice work Bob, thanks for posting.

[froggyman]

Looking great with all the subtle mods. Roll on the longer warmer days!!

[ericholm]

Nice one Bob!, looks great....

[Jeff H]

Looking good Bob,

Liking the interior mods too.

[Paul L]

Bob - As others have said, you have a lot of nice touches in your car.

I look forward to seeing your 'photo shoot'.

Cheers, Paul.

[hurnleft]

Thanks to all for your kind comments.

I'm taking a few snaps when the sun shines Paul, not sure it qualifies as a photo shoot.

Cheers, Bob.

[smash]

Well it (and you!) certainly got it's picture in this months Kit Car mag! (just flicked through in Smiths)

Nice feature on the Brass Monkey Run - looks great.

[hurnleft]

I'll look out for that, sadly the feature on it that they were hoping to do is not going to happen now as the magazine is finishing.

I've just found a couple of nice column switch knobs so the car might not been quite finished yet!

Cheers, Bob.

[Lucky@LeMans]

Originally Posted by hurnleft

I'll look out for that, sadly the feature on it that they were hoping to do is not going to happen now as the magazine is finishing.

I've just found a couple of nice column switch knobs so the car might not been quite finished yet!

Cheers, Bob.

I didn't know about KitCar magazine coming to an end. I haven't bought a copy for many years. It must be hard for the publishers since the internet has taken over so much. I stopped buying the magazines because the content was mostly advertising and the cost was OTT for the few interesting articles that were there. A quick flick through at Smiths was enough for me .

[Mitchelkitman]

Sad if Kit Car is ending........ It's good to support the industry (and our hobby) by buying the mags. I subscribe to Complete Kit Car, which has few adverts and lots of good content!