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Tangerine '70 T targa resto


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Thanks for the offer Jono. When I was in the States last March, I ordered and picked up a set of seats covers and pads from Autos International with the correct hound tooth inserts. Will be fitting them in the next few days

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Looks awesome! 

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Hi Lee, they came with instructions which say boil them till 200F. I am gonna try whatever works

 

Haha, well there ya go! I would think warming them up would ofcourse make them more pliable, so that makes sense. I've done the freezer thing and its worked before, so if their recommendations don't work, go to plan B 

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Back to some boring stuff, brakes

I pulled everything out

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New stainless steel line was ordered. Will start making the new lines tomorrow

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And also a complete calipers and master cylinder kits from Big Redd in the UK

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Pistons don't have the provision for the pin. Will need to figure out whether to snap the pins and use the new pistons or keep the pins and use the old pistons

Old on the left, new on the right

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Some more pictures from the panel shop

Found a bit of rust in the right headlight bucket

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The panel shop ended up basically stripping the whole car except the driver's door. In hind side, I should've just blasted the car to start with. Would've been quicker and cheaper

Anyway, here are some more pictures before the spraying few weeks ago

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Sharp eyed people would've noticed from previous pictures that the smugglers box was still a LHD box although the car was converted to RHD years ago. Bought a NOS firewall and other required parts from David Jenej. The whole this including the panel work cost a small fortune. Done now

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Got the last (for now) parts from the platters back. They did a good job except they did the brake brackets in gold zinc rather than blue zinc. Oh well, no big deal

Now I can start putting the suspension back onIMG_7248.jpg

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IMG_7233.jpgWith the A rubbers, it wasn't too much of a hassle. Oiled the rubber inside and out

 

Then slipped it half way over the arm

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Then slipped the bracket over it half way as well

Then pressed it in. No boiling or freezing was required

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I decided not to pull the wiring loom off the car for two reasons

1) there wasn't that much welding to be done on the car that would require the loom to come out

2) didn't want to risk any damage to the loom pulling it off and pulling it back on again. It was iin good condition and fully functioning anyway

The one draw back here that I won't be able to get the area behind the dash cleaned and sprayed but that's a small price to pay considering it won't be seen anyway

So this week I moved the loom to the side, cleaned the area under the bonnet well and prep'd it for painting

Here is what I had before. It was red matching the rest of the car

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To get an even textured finish, I sprayed stone guard first. That sh!t goes everywhere. Sorry about the dark pictureIMG_7069.jpg

On Monday I applied the first coat of Tangerine. Still patch because the colour is so fine specially on black

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Few more coats plus 3 coats of clear and it looked much betterIMG_7230.jpg

 

Difficult to get a good picture presenting the colour well in the garage

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And left the vin number exposed but has the clear on it

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I will spend sometime on the weekend cleaning the loom and putting it back on

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