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Andy's vl calais build

Started by Andy-30L · 15 Jan 2007 · 84 replies

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zaksvlArchived member
Looking good man, this makes me want to actually Do some work on mine haha
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Richo11Archived member
Sorry - I missed where you said you used 2K How easy does that make life? Ive used 2K a few times.. cheat a little and on the last coat put extra clear with it to bring out the gloss. I love the glasurit paint, fantastic brand. This will look killer in person. How long till you start peiceing it back together? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by Richo11 [View Post] Sorry - I missed where you said you used 2K How easy does that make life? Ive used 2K a few times.. cheat a little and on the last coat put extra clear with it to bring out the gloss. I love the glasurit paint, fantastic brand. This will look killer in person. How long till you start peiceing it back together? Yeh mate ive still got a little bit of work to do on straightening the rest of the panels, as theyre not quite ready yet. bonnet and boot are ready to go, just gotta run over the doors again an check their good. The painters want a decent amount of stuff to do all at once so they dont have to fire up the booth a few times; keeps the cost down for me. Soon as the cars home next ill be starting to put it back together, starting with the wiring and all the usual jazz. An yeh i can guarantee you it looks epic in person Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Andy-30LArchived member
finally home so lush
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xAsh-Archived member
You dont even see paint on new cars that clear in its reflectivity.
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by xAsh- [View Post] You dont even see paint on new cars that clear in its reflectivity. and still not polished boys going to do the whole car cut and polish together. you just wait. A few panels going to the painters this morning too, exciting! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Andy-30LArchived member
update. things like a mirror, just how i wanted it. chicks be checkin themselves out beside it haha Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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FLY-03LArchived member
Wow paint looks amazing mate. Cant to see it when its done
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Andy-30LArchived member
update, hoping to receive the rest of panels back from the painters this week, will throw some pics up as soon as i get the panels back. very excite Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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obsesvArchived member
why is the drivers door not painted? looks good but
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by obsesv [View Post] why is the drivers door not painted? looks good but at the time I hadnt finished blocking the front doors, im sortof getting stuff done bits at a time with the painters to get it done cheaper. so like im doing all the prep work then I send the panels down when i finish em. hopefully end of this week all the panels (bar the bonnet which needs a fair bit more smoothing work) will be all back on the car
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Andy-30LArchived member
doors guards and calais pop-ups done! next is to paint the black sections around the windows. hopefully if weathers nice might find some time this weekend if im lucky. but all is going steadily ahead. not the fastest build but im happy its progressing lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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leb vltArchived member
Progress is progress, looking great mate.
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VLT222Archived member
Any updates with this mate? Paint looks sexxy
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by VLT222 [View Post] Any updates with this mate? Paint looks sexxy yep, just brought home the bonnet this evening. we will properly assemble the body this weekend then it will get cut and polished next week then I can starting building the body and putting panels on. been waiting for ages to put the grey moulds on lol no more panels to do thank goodness Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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VLT222Archived member
I cant wait for it to be doone man, its gunna look so sweet..
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by VLT222 [View Post] I cant wait for it to be doone man, its gunna look so sweet.. ok so its been like just under two years since ive posted for this project. Had alot of time off, had a massive car accident so was off work for 6-7 months. But alls good now so its back on the project again! sketchy photo, but basically, whole front end is now all together, building suspension and motor at the moment.. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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VLT222Archived member
Wow I thought this thread was forgotten about haha, sorry to hear about the accident hope it's all good now, the car is still looking mint, what engine setup are you going to run?
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by VLT222 [View Post] Wow I thought this thread was forgotten about haha, sorry to hear about the accident hope it's all good now, the car is still looking mint, what engine setup are you going to run? Heres a better pic, just fitted up the grill. yeah im going with a carby n/a 308 setup and going to mod it abit obvously. Yeah it should be pretty clean when its all together, will be mad to get back into the scene with the boys again with the car I would always talk about but have nothing to show lol! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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zaksvlArchived member
nice man!
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