Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:56 pm
MOT passed so off to the DVLA.
Suede Ed wrote:Is it a bottom up resto?Speed Demon wrote:I have a former virgin in need of restoration, can you help?
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Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:18 pm
Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:19 pm
Fair play mate ,,,,,clyde wrote:MOT passed so off to the DVLA.
Mines still awaiting paint , will post up soon as I get some updated pics ..
Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:25 pm
I just got it mot ready mate, now I'm pulling it to bits ready for paint. It's got 50 years of Spanish mud in every nook and cranny so slow going, although only had a couple of dodgy nuts and bolts so far.
Will get some photos up later, I've only been updating the "other" forum.
Hope to get it delivered to the painter this leave at least that way hopefully it might get done while I'm away and not slow things down to much. I'm going to be crazy and try and get it finished for the Exmouth rally???? But that might be pushing it as I haven't got the engine problems sorted yet and want to do it right first time if you get my meaning.
Never done a resto on one of these before so its a steep learning curve. The expense is a little more than I expected but isn't that normally the case......it's all the seals and little unexpected bits that's ramp up the price.
Will get some photos up later, I've only been updating the "other" forum.
Hope to get it delivered to the painter this leave at least that way hopefully it might get done while I'm away and not slow things down to much. I'm going to be crazy and try and get it finished for the Exmouth rally???? But that might be pushing it as I haven't got the engine problems sorted yet and want to do it right first time if you get my meaning.
Never done a resto on one of these before so its a steep learning curve. The expense is a little more than I expected but isn't that normally the case......it's all the seals and little unexpected bits that's ramp up the price.
Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 11:03 pm
Nearly done
Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:19 am
Nice, I like that, great paint 
Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:09 pm
lovely, credit to you mate !
Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:46 pm
Looks incredible, very impressive colourscheme. What were you're biggest challenges?
Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:42 pm
Beautiful
Re: Another virgin restorer
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:57 pm
The whole thing was a massive learning curve. Id never pulled one apart, built an engine or anything like that before. Finding decent parts to fit is a nightmare, ive restored as much of the original as i can. Engine build and seals etc was abit daunting. Measured twice cut once and hope its all together ok. will find out when i fire it up.floorfacedown wrote:Looks incredible, very impressive colourscheme. What were you're biggest challenges?
Mainly Eibars are quite different in many ways and if your not an expert you dont realize this till youve took delivery of the wrong part, quite often what a dealer promised would fit. Then its the old "these are the best repos you can get" yes if i was repo,ing dog s**t maybe.
Ive learnt its a mine field and ive also learnt i want to do another. Its adictive like tattoos. you know you shouldnt but what the heck.