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by Excel SA
Tue Mar 26, 2024 07:54
Forum: Events, Meetings and a "Run Out"
Topic: NEC Restoration Show - 22-24 March 2024
Replies: 45
Views: 3929

Re: NEC Restoration Show - 22-24 March 2024

Thanks Pete - will have a look at that video!

I'm too scared to get painting before I've got most things fitting in place - I can see major paint damage otherwise.

Neil.
by Excel SA
Mon Mar 25, 2024 09:17
Forum: Events, Meetings and a "Run Out"
Topic: NEC Restoration Show - 22-24 March 2024
Replies: 45
Views: 3929

Re: NEC Restoration Show - 22-24 March 2024

That looked like a very nice stand!

Hi Pete - is your car fully painted already?

Neil.
by Excel SA
Wed Mar 20, 2024 14:29
Forum: General
Topic: Electric window
Replies: 12
Views: 269

Re: Electric window

If I remember correctly, you need to take the bracket that the motor is attached to off the door beam to get to the bolts of the motor itself. It's been some time since I removed mine though.

Neil.
by Excel SA
Wed Mar 20, 2024 07:17
Forum: Restoration projects
Topic: Elite restoration begins!
Replies: 338
Views: 19737

Re: Elite restoration begins!

Very tidy looking Pete! Even your workshop :lol:

Great work.

Neil.
by Excel SA
Mon Mar 11, 2024 06:13
Forum: Electrics and Electronics
Topic: Remove rear lights? And renew silvering?
Replies: 37
Views: 9333

Re: Remove rear lights? And renew silvering?

I think there will be a significant different in brightness between your two light clusters with one done and the other left alone. I did this to my lights a very long time ago and seem to recall there was a noticeable improvement in light output by re-painting the reflectors and cleaning the inside...
by Excel SA
Wed Feb 21, 2024 14:08
Forum: Restoration projects
Topic: Elite restoration begins!
Replies: 338
Views: 19737

Re: Elite restoration begins!

Crikey Pete - you're going to a lot of effort to ensure your chassis doesn't get covered in oil like Stu's - you do know that your chassis will now rust and all bolts will seize in place? :lol: :lol:

Neil.
by Excel SA
Tue Feb 13, 2024 08:19
Forum: Restoration projects
Topic: New member - Excel SA
Replies: 552
Views: 37467

Re: New member - Excel SA

Thanks Pete - I'll look at your way too - I've borrowed an electric riv-nut setter before, it makes it really easy to fit them, so if I can get hold of it again, I'll probably go that route. The latest project was the high-level/3rd brake light. Best Tony looks away now - I did have to cut into the ...
by Excel SA
Tue Jan 23, 2024 13:33
Forum: Restoration projects
Topic: New member - Excel SA
Replies: 552
Views: 37467

Re: New member - Excel SA

Thanks Peter K! I've had a lot of practice with the fiberglass by now - I also went through all the threads on TLF by a chap who goes by "Changes" - he has done some major work on Esprits, and he describes all his processes in great detail - including fiberglassing, painting and final sanding and po...
by Excel SA
Thu Jan 18, 2024 15:02
Forum: Restoration projects
Topic: New member - Excel SA
Replies: 552
Views: 37467

Re: New member - Excel SA

I've had a number of cuts, scraps and bashes over the years, and splinters I could easily pull out, but this one was harder to fix than the others! Hi Peter K, I don't think I've added much weight at all with the repairs I've done, and certainly removed a lot of excess fiberglass and filler from pre...
by Excel SA
Thu Jan 18, 2024 09:24
Forum: Restoration projects
Topic: New member - Excel SA
Replies: 552
Views: 37467

Re: New member - Excel SA

Thanks Pete! Following a bit of a break over Xmas, am back on to fiberglassing. I had previously done the repairs to the passenger side of the engine bay, but the driver's side also needed some work - a fair amount of cracking - which had popped up in a few odd places - as well as some visible damag...
by Excel SA
Mon Jan 15, 2024 15:46
Forum: Bodywork, Fitments, Interior and Trim
Topic: Elite/Eclat steering wheel
Replies: 15
Views: 1663

Re: Elite/Eclat steering wheel

Project creep Pete hard at work project creeping his own projects - as well as everyone elses' :lol:

Neil.
by Excel SA
Wed Dec 06, 2023 15:37
Forum: Restoration projects
Topic: New member - Excel SA
Replies: 552
Views: 37467

Re: New member - Excel SA

After the glum news from a few months ago - some much better news! My daughter just got her final exam results and is now a doctor :D . She has completed 6 years at university - the first two years are all lectures, the middle two mostly lectures but some practical stuff in hospitals, and the last t...
by Excel SA
Tue Nov 21, 2023 14:26
Forum: Restoration projects
Topic: New member - Excel SA
Replies: 552
Views: 37467

Re: New member - Excel SA

I will definitely be looking at some heat shielding in that area to protect the fiberglass - good to know that something as simple as heat tape is effective. The bottom pic is a fiberglass mirror cover. Mine are torn - not badly, but certainly an eye sore, and i can't see any repairs holding up. I m...
by Excel SA
Tue Nov 21, 2023 07:06
Forum: Restoration projects
Topic: New member - Excel SA
Replies: 552
Views: 37467

Re: New member - Excel SA

Back to a bit of car work - some bits and pieces have been done - not all of it news or photo worthy! Back to some fiberglassing (as requested by Andrew...) The Lexus engine is a tight squeeze into the engine bay, to give a bit more clearance for the exhaust manifolds I needed to trim the joint in t...
by Excel SA
Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:25
Forum: General
Topic: Seat refurbishment
Replies: 15
Views: 1299

Re: Seat refurbishment

It's not necessary to take the leather off to see the rubber base and foam - that you can see quite easily from underneath - as Bash says, it's almost certainly the rubber diaphragm that's torn and the seat has no support anymore.

Neil.