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Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 20 11:45 am
by Blue
Nice drop of the original shade of light metallic blue...
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 20 2:12 pm
by Blue
Meanwhile at Blue's backyard trim shop...
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 20 2:58 pm
by Pete
A man with man talents!
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 20 12:23 pm
by Blue
Slowly coming together...
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 20 5:13 pm
by lough3969
Looks lovely as always Blue... forgot that the car was originally blue... noice
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 20 6:27 pm
by Blue
Originally a white car Dorian, with a blue interior but white seats and door panels, odd combo. I have redone the interior in the correct blue colours, there are 5 shades used on different items, blue seats now and blue door panels will come next and one of these days B5 blue bodywork.
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 20 1:07 pm
by Blue
All back together. Folding rear seat has never worked since owning the car due to broken and missing parts. Eventually I managed to get the bits I needed so it's been stripped, rebuilt and now works.
Rear side windows have never rolled down correctly either, greasing and unsiezing has only partially worked as I have found some of the plastic rollers are broken. So, new roller kit and some blue door panels to order once the madness is over.
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 20 1:19 pm
by kma176
Thats looking great Blue - Very Nice
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 20 1:36 pm
by ScottyDave
Looking tidy

Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 20 3:54 pm
by lough3969
Blue wrote: Fri Apr 10, 20 6:27 pm
Originally a white car Dorian, with a blue interior but white seats and door panels, odd combo. I have redone the interior in the correct blue colours, there are 5 shades used on different items, blue seats now and blue door panels will come next and one of these days B5 blue bodywork.
Ahh I see... well it’ll look spiffing in the B5!
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Fri May 15, 20 5:44 pm
by Blue
Rear side windows have never wound down fully and one side was very hard to get back up again so thought I'd have at it. I could see at least one of the rollers was broken so ordered up a repair kit. Normally I'd be stripping out regulators and glass and fitting fixed lexan, so this is a new one on me.
Reading up online it was sounding like one of those jobs not for the faint hearted. It's actually pretty straightforward although its fiddly and needs patience.The alignment was ok so I ran a felt tip around all the washers on the adjusters and stripped it all out in the order suggested. It just needed cleaning, the rollers replacing , a couple of bits unsiezing and a good greasing. Refit in reverse order, line up the marks, done!
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Fri May 15, 20 8:53 pm
by Derek
Good idea about the felt tip.

Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Sat May 16, 20 2:25 pm
by Blue
So onto the doors, I already have the paint so I might as well do the last bit of the interior that needs work. This is the starting point...
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Sat May 16, 20 2:30 pm
by Blue
All weatherstripping and window whiskers plus the usual stuff removed ready for prep. The regulators are dead easy to remove so I cleaned and lubricated them and they work silky smooth now.
Re: Blue's Barracuda
Posted: Fri May 22, 20 8:08 pm
by Steve
Amazing work as always Blue, I would love just a fraction of the talent you have for this stuff
Cheers Steve