Carmine Red Restoration

[aodanosiurdain]

I am posting some pics of the repairs and improvements I made to the carmine Red Dolomite 1500 automatic that i bought in London. I got some very welcome assistance from Ken , thanks again Ken. She is a fine solid car, structurally very sound, perfect interior and a lively engine. She continues to have autobox issues but not bad enough to force me to make a drastic intervention just yet. I repaired the rear end damage, replaced the chrome bumber section and did a bit of filling and respraying. While the colour match isn't great its not bad and not too glaringly obvious as its only in a small less than obvious corner. Other than that I've had the door caps off and they have been stripped professionally and relaquered. They look great. She cost me a fair bit, a bit more than anticipated to be honest but I'm delighted with her to accompany my 1850 russet brown. Enjoy the pics.

[aodanosiurdain]

Strangely enough this is me replying to my own post as I accidentally posted the message and pics rather than clicking to add more pics. Here goes again!!

[aodanosiurdain]

Some more pics!!

[aodanosiurdain]

OK OK so I accidentally posted a pic of the interior of the russet brown rather than the carmine red!! Only spotted by the very shary eagle eyed members!! Here the real one! Identical anyway!!

[Jod Clark]

I trust you're carrying a Lucozade Sport bottle for those inevitable ATF top-ups?

And a hand grenade hanging from the interior mirror. Surely these should be kept in the glovebox?

[2dollys]

Very nice AJ. What did you use to strip the door caps? Mine ,on my 1500HL, are long overdue a revamp. Nice engine bay,did you see the stickers for "Smiths heater"on e bay? nice to have when you repaint it. PJB

[2dollys]

Did your 1500" used to have" an alloy rocker cover,very long bolts with nuts well screwed down! PJB

[jw67]

Beautiful Dolly in my my favourite colour.
One day hopefully soon,I will have my own

[aodanosiurdain]

Thanks for the comments guys! I took the door caps off both cars, 8 in total and a guy I know machined them right down to bare wood and resprayed them, cost €10 each but well worth it they look great. PJ I'm not sure on the rocker cover question. AJ

[DoloWIGHTY2]

total and a guy I know machined them right down to bare wood and resprayed them, c

He has sanded through the veneer I am afraid it is extremely thin. Looking at the pictures above you can see all the knots etc has actually gone.

They should look like this:



Still yours do still look okay though.

[Garfin]

Nice pair Aidan I agree with previous comments, carmine is a great colour on these cars. Did you ring Damian about taking a look at it for you?

[aodanosiurdain]

No Gary I didn't ring him yet because I had plenty to be going on with of a non complicated nature. The car drives great and looks well despite the autobox issue. I may give him a bell at some stage, where exactly is he based? As regards my door caps I dont see any appreciable difference between mine and the other one shown. All in all im very pleased with the car. AJ

[2dollys]

Hi Aidan,saw your cars on Done Deal, sorry to see you are "getting out" of Dolly ownership, or have you another hidden away.Is the autobox sorted on the 1500? I might have some one that might be interested in the auto,if he hasnt already bought another car(auto) that he is currently looking at, I wont know until weekend.
Talk to you soon. PJB