Yesterday I was working on...

[Kegsti66]

What is going on there JB ?
Is that mirror / chrome effect paint or a trick photo ?

[Johnboy]

Hi
Just 2k reflection. Just showing the gun finish . Got to do a bit of polishing tomorrow .As some crap in it .

[Spacenut]

That's really shiny

[Kegsti66]

Ah ha !
I see now. I thought it strange talking about the P5 then showing a custom paint job. It looks like a chrome effect.
Full picture of the car please when finished.

[Johnboy]

will do tomorrow

[Johnboy]

Well the owner picked up the rover today . Very happy with it . Was a bit of a mission. But glad it's done now. Now an Audi a4 tomorrow rock and roll

[PETROLHEAD]

Audi a4 tomorrow rock and roll

Rough with the smooth JB, Rough with the smooth.


At least you won't have to flat it out much, all those "Gerry Can's" are peely as hell from the factory anyway!

[Kegsti66]

What a lovely old girl.
Top man.

[Johnboy]

Cheers chaps
Is a nice car . Hopefully I'll get a lot of work from this . As he's a member of the local classic car club there will be an Alfa joining it this year, if it kills me
Yes shrew . The a4 hopefully will be easier. There was 10mm of body filler on the bottoms of the doors . On the rover .Bloody cowboys

[KevJTD]

people used to rave about the quality of rovers back in the day when that was fresh, not a patch on the stuff they spewed out when Austin got involved. they are lovely old buses, have an air of superiority about them, well amongst the British stuff anyway

[Johnboy]

Agree kev
I should of taken some photos of the inside. The seats are like Rolls-Royces. Thick carpets like them too . definitely built to last

[KevJTD]

yes, remember the thick carpets and quality feel of the switchgear.
when I worked at the VW place a couple of years back we got quite a few different classics through the doors, often just for an MoT which I jumped at doing. we did though have a lovely P5 for sale which was just lovely to drive, well it was amongst what I was used to driving there!

[Spacenut]

Super-sophisticated cars in their day, absolutely love 'em. Not much prod with the old 3 litre six, but the addition of the Buick 215 (aka Rover 3.5) was a master stroke. Lighter and more powerful than the engine it replaced. Torsion bar front suspension too, for proper rising rate - shame it had cart springs in the back, but the P6 was just around the corner, waiting to send Rover into the space age...

I think the P5B came with a fitted tool kit under the dash - if one is going to break down, one may as well do it in style

Lauren

[KevJTD]

talking of tool kits Lauren, we had a Merc in today and whilst trying to find the locking wheel nut we came across a first aid kit, a Merc one. In there was 3 shaving razors! Just how long do they expect you to be broken down we said!!

[Johnboy]

that's brilliant kev
Lauren the v8 is very nice . He's had it up to 90 .

[Spacenut]

Just how long do they expect you to be broken down we said!!

You can't perform brain surgery without shaving the hair off you know!

Still, 3 razors seems a bit over the top - brain, open heart and limb amputations rarely all occur at once

[Spacenut]

He's had it up to 90 .

I can well believe it. Probably rock-solid at that speed too. The P5B was supposedly good for 110 in its day.

Rather him than me . Steering was a bit vague when drove it into the garage . But fair play to the owner

[Alfasixnut]

Talking of Rovers, my father had a Rover 2000 (P6?) which I learnt to drive in. It was a very smooth ride and the doors closed with a very solid "Thunk". I always wanted him to get a 3500S but he never did. However I satisfied my RV8 urge later on.....

[Kegsti66]

Did a final bit of polishing and cleaning before this goes to be reunited with its running gear.
This has been a long job at work, and very involved.
Take a mechanically good but tatty old car, then have what looks like a "small" off into a ditch. It was actually driven to our workshop by the owner. Then as it starts to be stripped you realise it was worse than you first thought.
Lots of structural repairs needed first, then panel work , and finally body prep and paint, flat and polish. Mask out and black chassis and compartments .

[Johnboy]

Stunning car .It's crazy how a small job turns into a mission I know an owner of a Dino. He's had it years . In blue . Not the best colour tho. There was talk of me painting it . Bit scary . When there going for over a quarter of million now .

[Kegsti66]

I have done four now. Two gt's and two gts's.
I do think they are pretty cars but are a bit tricky to paint, especially around that back window.
If you do paint one, don't be responsible for removing and re-fitting that window

[Johnboy]

That's nice . Cheers for the heads up . I doubt I will . But you never know.

[Kegsti66]

The blue one was another tatty car that was really rotten and the body was remade for the owner in aluminium rather than steel.

[Johnboy]

bet that was a cheap resto not !

[Kegsti66]

I don't know how much JB , i don't get involved with that.
I just prep 'em and paint 'em.

[KevJTD]

really nice work there mate, bet there's a few hours in that job can't rush it and stick a screwdriver through the paint peeling the 'screen rubber back in

[Johnboy]

Well more today . The 63 Buick le Sabre . Already painted the bonnet last week and the roof last year. Now starting the body . It's going to be in old school cellulose Matt silver metallic . The thing only just fits in the my garage . So will be cosy painting it
It's a beast

[Kegsti66]

That is a big bugger JB.
Good luck getting it all in.

[Johnboy]

Primed ready for Monday. I'm going to spray two panels aday . Starting with the wings . I'm spraying in cellulose. That way I can take my time .And then play with the 33 in the afternoons

[Johnboy]

Well the Buick left the garage today . Just got to spray the boot lid and fit the chrome . not a show car .But I'm pleased with it. It's have a new interior too. Respraying a mini next month and April a sud which I'm really looking forward to doing