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seanick · #**381** 23rd May 2013, 22:23

Good progress and a nice bit of bling too. Keep going, I am enjoying your updates

tonyt · #**382** 23rd May 2013, 22:44

Thanks, your encouragement helps.

tonyt · #**383** 24th May 2013, 16:19

Managed the seccond side, now rain has thwated my efforts, working for the next three days, so unable to progress.

tonyt · #**384** 24th May 2013, 19:36

As it was wet anyway gave it a wash off with the hose pipe.

Tribute Automotive · #**385** 24th May 2013, 20:50

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Originally Posted by tonyt

As it was wet anyway gave it a wash off with the hose pipe.

Looking good Tony. See you on the 29th June?

tonyt · #**386** 27th May 2013, 17:43

Progress today.

tonyt · #**387** 27th May 2013, 17:51

First door primed, now it looks even longer.

casamolino · #**388** 27th May 2013, 19:10

Tony which car are those chrome headlamp rims off? thanks Geoff .

tonyt · #**389** 27th May 2013, 20:14

These are standard 9 inch mini headlights bought of Ebay, they came with the chrome but there seems to be two types, clip on or screw on, mine are the latter, so I had to make a hole undernieth the kit to access the screw, they are also showing early signs of pitting, better quality clip on ones are on ebay for around £20, I only spent a bit more an the whole units, but you get what you pay for. I will change mine for th better ones at some point.

tonyt · #**390** 27th May 2013, 20:16

Not intentional but my cat matches the interior.

tonyt · #**391** 27th May 2013, 20:21

Only two small spots of rust found on body, only surface rust and now treated, was worried about sills incase of filler, but when taken back to bare metal they are as solid as if the car was new not 20 years old,

tonyt · #**392** 27th May 2013, 20:28

Seccond door prepared for high build primer.

tonyt · #**393** 27th May 2013, 21:17

[QUOTE=tonyt;43855]Not intentional but my cat matches the interior.

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Looks photoshopped but its not.

casamolino · #**394** 28th May 2013, 08:01

Cheers Tony , Geoff .

tonyt · #**395** 28th May 2013, 19:21

Thwarted by the rain this morning, just about dry enough tonight to prime the other door, looks longer and wider now.

tonyt · #**396** 28th May 2013, 19:25

Other angle view with boot open.

tonyt · #**397** 28th May 2013, 19:53

Loveing the smoothe look, no swage lines.

tonyt · #**398** 28th May 2013, 20:43

Keeping the original brown mats for now, quite like the 70's look of them, but to cover up the Eunos Vspec badges will use chrome plates.

tonyt · #**399** 29th May 2013, 22:42

Mats fitted (retro brown accepted)

now in South Wales for a few days so unable to work on the kit, have actualy gone mad and now bought this from ebay, need to go north to get it home, its a like a VW camper but bigger!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mercedes-2...vip=true&rt=nc

tonyt · #**400** 29th May 2013, 23:51

I got up yesterday to find a card from Volksman on my kit, they are local to me for restoration of VW's and others but I have a sprayer in mind for the kit but was alerady looking at the Merc campervan, I think it could have been listed better as there were no other bidders, (I did my research and I am happy with my buy) Volksman is on facebook and his work looks good.