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22nd July 2017, 23:16
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revival of the unloved (dutton)
hi all this is my first post so i though i would ad some picks of my rebuild.
I no dutton's arnt everybody's cup of tea but i've got a real soft spot for them. my car is a 1970 dutton sierra. Different strokes for different folks.
this is still a work in progress but i will ad picks as i go.
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27th January 2018, 16:41
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]A wee update thats the new paint starting to go on the car. Been away from her for a while now(busy with other cars) I'm hoping I can have her ready for stoneleigh this year. Fingers crossed
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28th January 2018, 15:17
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jay1600e - A very belated welcome to the forum, as I missed your first post.
Your car should look very different when it is all painted that bright red.
Good luck, Paul.
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28th January 2018, 15:38
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Originally Posted by Paul L
jay1600e - A very belated welcome to the forum, as I missed your first post.
Your car should look very different when it is all painted that bright red.
Good luck, Paul.
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Thanks Paul it's taken a lot of work to make the dutton Sierra straight. Nearly 40 year old fiberglass is a challenge in it's self.
I've taken 4" out of the front bumper. And made the grill and bumper on piece. It's a real shame how some of these cars get treated. They seem to be the laughing stock of the kit car world lol.
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28th January 2018, 16:12
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Or maybe that they last so long and were well made they take more abuse than other kit cars ??
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28th January 2018, 16:26
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Originally Posted by redratbike
Or maybe that they last so long and were well made they take more abuse than other kit cars ??
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Could well be. But that's my point abused is the word. I've seen some really nice duttons i have friends that own some lovely duttons. They are a great affordable way into kit cars (as long as you don't get carried away) I have had mine a while and yes I've done and still doing work to the car. And for me that's where the enjoyment of these type of cars comes from. It doesn't need to be a Ultima or a Italian replica to be well thought of. I spend days walking around cars at shows admiring other people's ingenuity and at the same time cringing at other people's workmanship.
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29th January 2018, 10:36
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Great Cars!
I bought mine in '94 for £100, bolted a cut down XR3 spoiler (car boot sale, £5) to the back of the roof, brush painted it matt black (my mates dubbed it 'The Stealth') and replaced the 1300 x-flow with the 1600 from my scrap MkII Escort Ghia. I ran it for five years which included three trips to the 24 Heures du Mans and one to battlefields of the Somme. It never missed a beat.
I sold it for £60 as it had lost first gear and half the stick, over which I'd slipped a length of steel pipe to compensate. The bloke I sold it to brought a 'Nellie Knowall' mate with him to drive it back, it took him six attempts before he managed to pull it away in second! Two weeks later I saw him at the Castle Combe Kit Car Show and he had the gall to complain that the breather was blocked!!! WTF does anyone want for 60 notes?
Regards, Mick
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29th January 2018, 18:35
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Great to see you're restoring this, and I'll look out for it at Stoneleigh.
I had a Melos in 1982? which I built as my first kit car. Lots of fun, did what it said on the tin for the price. Despite some criticism, Dutton did a lot for the kit car movement.
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29th January 2018, 18:40
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Originally Posted by Mitchelkitman
Great to see you're restoring this, and I'll look out for it at Stoneleigh.
I had a Melos in 1982? which I built as my first kit car. Lots of fun, did what it said on the tin for the price. Despite some criticism, Dutton did a lot for the kit car movement.
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Could not agree with you more mate. I'm at stoneleigh most years. Love the show.
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18th February 2018, 18:29
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A few more picks. New carpet fitted paint work almost done she's getting there now
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24th March 2018, 06:22
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Another quick pick
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24th March 2018, 06:24
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Back end
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24th March 2018, 06:26
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She's getting there
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24th March 2018, 08:55
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Transformed, great job. A bit of kit car history saved.
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24th March 2018, 09:31
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Thank pal. Means a lot spent a lot of hours on the wee car but she's starting to look good.
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24th March 2018, 09:37
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Will you get to Stoneleigh with it?
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24th March 2018, 09:40
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Yeah defo. All the paint work is finished. New trim is in so hopefully she should be there a lot of small jobs still to do but should be ok.
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24th March 2018, 18:01
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Originally Posted by Mitchelkitman
Will you get to Stoneleigh with it?
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After today's shift on the car she's now back in one piece well pleased
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13th May 2018, 15:40
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Well she's now in one piece moted and looking as good as any Sierra I've seen. Unfortunately we had a breakdown going to stoneleigh but there's always next year
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13th May 2018, 16:20
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I looked out for you/it at Stoneleigh and one of the other members said you'd been unable to get there. Look forward to next year!
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