MY SPRINT VXG 707N (W london)

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straylight

Re: MY SPRINT VXG 707N (W london)

#91 Post by straylight »

looking really good. Excellent work and a great pace you are setting. Do you live near mart ? :D

The starter motor fault, yeah, I can remember a similar problem, the heat from the exhaust dries out the lubricant in the starter solenoid, so it doesn't fire home properly. having someone turn the key while you lie underneath the car hitting the starter with a lump of wood seems to be the approved fix. Like you, I made a new heat shield for the solenoid, mine was out of stainless. The heatshield under the passenger floor/tunnel I will do the same way. An old sink is being sacrificed for this purpose.

good pics too, even with the phone :D

keep up the good work, cracking project this, a swagload of work done. I really need to spend some time jumping the final hurdle with mine :oops:

stu
montythemole

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#92 Post by montythemole »

:D Cracking work, worth the wait for the update. As said above would never know the roof has a sunroof (or the 30 or so rivets holes I added :wink: ).

You seem to be running out of bodywork at this rate? Presume sills and a few bits at the rear next?
Andybrad

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#93 Post by Andybrad »

Great progress mate, amazing how quick you're getting through it. :D
johnnyv1

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#94 Post by johnnyv1 »

Hello again all. Just a quick update, gradually getting there with the resto. My only wish is that i had my own garage/lockup to do this in as i would have both time and the freedom to do what I need without any issues. My only quote on this is that ' its a restoration not a new car respray ' so...

A few pics until next time for now, oh, and yes the fibreglass wings were not the best fit to say the least- I found both wings badly matched to car in different ways, this i sorted with a little gentle persuasion with a heat gun to shape( be careful here, just to shape don't burn them ), and some fibreglass paste to build up some small places- one of the wing lines as it didn't match correctly when matched elseware.

I would just like to say that without the encouragement and comments on this forum I would be thinking of walking away from this as i'm under a bit of pressure where i'm doing the car due to them being used to just spraying new cars and not restos, so its difficult when i have to explain everything I need to do to the car and have them think i'm being overboard or that i'm doing it at leisure, (i'm doing it too slowly apparently). The main thing is that I am doing everything to this car myself to a professional standard and have no help or choice to have something done by someone else on it to speed things up, Its just me alone.

Anyway, just wanted to tell everyone thanks for the replies, this forum has keep me going... :D
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johnnyv1

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#95 Post by johnnyv1 »

Rust and hole in bootlid :(
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#96 Post by johnnyv1 »

Cut the bad stuff out...
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#97 Post by johnnyv1 »

Welded the good stuff in...
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#98 Post by johnnyv1 »

Bit of shaping and cleaning of welds...
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#99 Post by johnnyv1 »

Boot ready and zinc primed complete, I'll get a better pic up soon.I've since final primed this also. :)
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#100 Post by johnnyv1 »

Rear of car, looks like the back was machined gunned at some point.lol
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#101 Post by johnnyv1 »

Old fibreglass repairs...
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#102 Post by johnnyv1 »

Out with the old...
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#103 Post by johnnyv1 »

In with the new... I also welded up another hole under the right hand tail light and zinc primered it all since. I will put up a finished pic next week...
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#104 Post by johnnyv1 »

Checking all the gaps and making adjustment before welding the headlamp brackets in, which i will do next week...
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#105 Post by johnnyv1 »

While I was there I made some holes in the front panel with the hope to get more cold air to the rad
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