my 356 journey

[Disco]

couple more pictures - bumpers off now... soon to be on ebay!!







Absolutely love the shape without bumpers...- just needs lowering...

[Disco]

Ok... So a little bit further forward...

[Lightweight_911]

Looking good !

[Bootsy]

Looks great.

[left4dead]

Cool looking motor.

Keep the photos coming!

[mycar]

From this....



..... To this.....



Took me completely by surprise. Wasn't expecting that at all.

Looks wonderful.

Regards, Mike.

[Disco]

ha - yes and it has caught me by surprise to be honest Mike. There's plenty to be getting on with now. I'm just about to meet with the painters about a bit of snagging that I've noticed, so hopefully it'll be back with me quite soon for the final put back together.

thats when the fun starts.

[Disco]

so, the car is now back in the garage... my garage, rather than someone else's.

I had grand plans of working on it late into the night, man against beast, with only a haynes manual to fend off the utter amateurness (sp?) of one man and a spanner. Sadly, but not totally unexpectedly, I've been faced with a sort-of-summer - which means car cleaning, tennis pick up, swimming drop off, grass cutting, outside of the house painting, interior decoration and of course work. -

So, very little progress, a lot of reading and frankly eye watering money spendage

here's a few pictures of where I'm at:



the all-tricky window frames... fit quite nicely, although not yet secured:


and of course the all important windscreen water jets in place:

[sladey]

Stripe looks good - those black lines down either side are so important to make it pop out. Car looks cool


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[mycar]

I suppose these things go in fits and starts, sometimes there's great progress, othertimes things drag unendingly on.

Thinking about it I've just described what I do for a living. There are times when it seems it's just never going to end, all the planning goes awry and it can all become a bit of a slog.

My reasoning at times like this is, just do a bit... doesn't matter what bit it is, all the bits will need doing sooner or later, so I do a bit, any bit.... and then I do another bit.

Then before you know it all the bits add up and you're in business again.

Squirters look good,

Regards, Mike.

[Disco]

Squirters look good,

Regards, Mike.

thanks for the encouragement Mike.

All the best,

Joe

[Disco]

its been a while since I've updated this thread with any info. There's a pretty good reason for this... there's not been much to report.

That said, some of you may recall me asking the question around costs and recommendations for interiors. - my car had what I believed to be a pretty original interior, but pretty tired at the same time and in places, patched in an average manner. So a new interior was the way forward.

after a while and a couple of good cups of tea, Garry ( visualfx ) agreed to help. - we bounced a few ideas back and forth and finally settled on what I wanted : ) - the equivellent of an old timberland boot ( that I bought for reference ) for the seats ( distressed look - like an old sofa in a pub ) a lovely sparkly new head lining and all new door cards etc.

here's the car being dropped off at the workshop...



and another one to show the back:



You'll notice that the windows aren't in, door handles aren't on and a few other essential parts are missing. Garry has those 'minor details' on his list but thats part of the next instalment.

[cubist]

Yum!

[Lightweight_911]

- we bounced a few ideas back and forth and finally settled on what I wanted : ) - the equivalent of an old Timberland boot ( that I bought for reference ) for the seats ( distressed look - like an old sofa in a pub ) a lovely sparkly new head lining and all new door cards etc.

Sounds great - looking forward to seeing the results ...

[Disco]

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Sounds great - looking forward to seeing the results ... [/quote]


All in good time Andy :D

obviously the next step was to strip out the remaining interior that I had, carpets and other bits. As is always the case, once the carpets come up ( potentially these were the original ones ) there's always the worry that something'll be found lurking underneath.