Rob & Stu's 69 Sport Satellite
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Driver side front wing needed a lot more repair than the other as we already had a replacement. Only prob with the pass side was/is that it's off a 68, so Steve had to cut out the side marker area from the original and graft it in place of the replacement's.
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- jump forward in time to see the fixed wing
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- tobacco tin area prepped for patch panel. Tatty bit behind was also fixed
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- scabby areas cut out, to be replaced by hand made pieces
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continued...
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- didnt stay looking nice for very long
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- L-r: Stu, Steve (body man), Andy (mate, providing another pair of hands)
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Was trying to keep it in date order but thats gone a bit pear shaped.
Not many left tho so bear with me..
Gettin some paint (ok, primer) on at last.
And engine gettin tarted up too.
Did want to stick with the original colour but Steve was reluctant to use metallics cos he didnt have access to an oven. Any painters out there - was this just an excuse or a good reason?
So we looked for a colour that we thought would go well with the vinyl, and ended up with a Vauxhall dark blue that was deep enough to have a sort of deep, metallic feel.
Not many left tho so bear with me..
Gettin some paint (ok, primer) on at last.
And engine gettin tarted up too.
Did want to stick with the original colour but Steve was reluctant to use metallics cos he didnt have access to an oven. Any painters out there - was this just an excuse or a good reason?
So we looked for a colour that we thought would go well with the vinyl, and ended up with a Vauxhall dark blue that was deep enough to have a sort of deep, metallic feel.
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- next time we turned up the engine bay had been painted as had the rest of the car, so in with the engine
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- ally valve covers cleaned up (good old Solvol Autosol), inlet powder coated silver (doesnt like petrol leaks tho, we later found out)
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nearly there...
New windscreen fitted too, paid for by the insurance (before they started charging a separate excess)
New windscreen fitted too, paid for by the insurance (before they started charging a separate excess)
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- had a friend who had his own business in upholstery. Luckily did cars as well a domestic, so got him to supply & fit the new vinyl. He also recovered the worn front seats
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- fitted the headers with paper on to stop the aluminium coated headers getting dirty! Sounds a bit tarty but if youve ever seen that coating you'll know how easily they get dirty. It's like a white sandpaper that youd never get oily handprints off
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At last!! 
At the time we thought 8 months was a long time, but hearing how long some club members have had to wait, and considering Steve had to do a lot of other bread & butter jobs (eg insurance repairs) as well, dont think he/we did too bad.
Okay, its not a concourse resto but still a lot of work for 1 man and a couple of weekend helpers.
At the time we thought 8 months was a long time, but hearing how long some club members have had to wait, and considering Steve had to do a lot of other bread & butter jobs (eg insurance repairs) as well, dont think he/we did too bad.
Okay, its not a concourse resto but still a lot of work for 1 man and a couple of weekend helpers.
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- new air cleaner lid not yet fitted!
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- centre caps not fitted but apart from that..
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Well I preferred it like this! 8) 
Sorry for the quality; Photo of a photo! D'ya reckon it was the same meet as your early pics? Spooky! 
Sorry for the quality; Photo of a photo! D'ya reckon it was the same meet as your early pics? Spooky! - Attachments
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The name is Kev, nowadays known as Kevvy or Pommie C***!</center>
The name is Kev, nowadays known as Kevvy or Pommie C***!</center>
1st proper outing for the car after all that work was a classic & american type show at Lee Valley, Waltham Abbey, Essex.
Cruised down there with Tony Walden in his 69 RR (RRX972X). Felt good having a car that didnt look out of place with its hood up.
Plenty more good pics (IMHO!) from this event which I'll post separately
Cruised down there with Tony Walden in his 69 RR (RRX972X). Felt good having a car that didnt look out of place with its hood up.
Plenty more good pics (IMHO!) from this event which I'll post separately
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- remembered the new air cleaner top this time, details, details.
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God that is spooky Kev! Got so many pics over the years of our car, its strange to see some different ones!
Could well have been the same meet, at least another in 85 or 86 cos I think we had the centrelines after that.
Used to have to jack up the rear using the air shocks and by changing the fixing holes on the leaf spring rear hangers so that the tyres didnt rub, especially on trips to the Pod cos of all the camping stuff, as you can see in those pics Kev!
See you took a pic of Pauls Chrysler, you into 4dr aussies back then too?
Could well have been the same meet, at least another in 85 or 86 cos I think we had the centrelines after that.
Used to have to jack up the rear using the air shocks and by changing the fixing holes on the leaf spring rear hangers so that the tyres didnt rub, especially on trips to the Pod cos of all the camping stuff, as you can see in those pics Kev!
See you took a pic of Pauls Chrysler, you into 4dr aussies back then too?
Well, Mal. Wouldve been some profit if we hadnt spent at least what its worth now (around £10k according to Tony O).
If we'd spent a bit more at the time and got a Roadrunner (I remember one going for £2200 around that time), and managed to get one in good nick that wouldnt have needed a bunch spending on it over the years, then we may heve been onto a winner.
But what the hey, it's a good job we're not into it to make a profit!
If we'd spent a bit more at the time and got a Roadrunner (I remember one going for £2200 around that time), and managed to get one in good nick that wouldnt have needed a bunch spending on it over the years, then we may heve been onto a winner.
But what the hey, it's a good job we're not into it to make a profit!
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