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beechy666_uk Astra Specialist
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Any news on this project ? As it's been awhile |
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PAULDRIVER Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Yes mate, its getting re painted, then i can put it together ASAP ! _________________ Whale Oil Beef Hooked!
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bentley Astra Enthusiast
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Location: Leeds
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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DeadEye Astra Legend
Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 4546
Location: Oxfordshire
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2017 10:32 am Post subject: |
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PAULDRIVER wrote: | Yes mate, its getting re painted, then i can put it together ASAP ! |
Repainted!? _________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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PAULDRIVER Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:06 am Post subject: |
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Im not happy with the paint job i got,
When i first got it back, i thought it was mint, it wasn t !
After a good look round, there are some areas, that haven t had the attention it deserves.
The paint shop i took it are messing me about now since january !
So i have a mate who is $hit hot, i so wish id got him to do it first time, but i totally forgot he still does paint ?
He can get it in, in 6 weeks !
I know it will be worth the wait,
Then it is getting put back together ASAP !!
All this waiting i started another 4x4 project in the meantime, which is almost finished
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?214330-4x4-VAN _________________ Whale Oil Beef Hooked!
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 311
Location: Portugal
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:09 am Post subject: |
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Donīt you guys forget this is the man who splitted the seams to get the rust in between removed, so we should be expecting a top class paint job on the van. . This is gonna be so aewsome canīt wait. |
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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Location: Oxfordshire
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:50 am Post subject: |
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PAULDRIVER wrote: | Im not happy with the paint job i got,
When i first got it back, i thought it was mint, it wasn t !
After a good look round, there are some areas, that haven t had the attention it deserves.
The paint shop i took it are messing me about now since january !
So i have a mate who is $hit hot, i so wish id got him to do it first time, but i totally forgot he still does paint ?
He can get it in, in 6 weeks !
I know it will be worth the wait,
Then it is getting put back together ASAP !!
All this waiting i started another 4x4 project in the meantime, which is almost finished
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?214330-4x4-VAN |
I don't know what it is about painters messing people about. I had the same when I had my Celebrity painted. Took them 6 months to do not a lot.
Nova looks great by the way. _________________ "A fine example of how not to build a car..."
And this is why, my GTE restoration thread: http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16119 |
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PAULDRIVER Astra Enthusiast
Joined: 08 Oct 2010 Posts: 261
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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Unless you know the painter it is pot luck on what you get even if you spend a bit,
Paint does my head in, for eg. buy a hybrid turbo, some rods and pistons for 3k you will have smiles guarenteed,
Get a 3k painjob ,it s sh$t and makes you angry and start wanting to hospitalise body men, or so called body men
paint is the worst bit of a resto in terms of value for money, but now i ve found a show winning painter, who is on the same page and demands perfection, as he has agreed with the van. _________________ Whale Oil Beef Hooked!
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PAULDRIVER Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers about the nova, its the only one ive got, Im still a mk1 er,
I got it for peanuts, and thought id would be fun, and unique.
Im just off for my mk1 astra tattoo in fact _________________ Whale Oil Beef Hooked!
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PAULDRIVER Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Been a while, where is everyone ?
We are back on the van !
It is now in at my mates place, worked on as we speak,
I need to update photobucket,
I will be ready in a few weeks to drive it,
Will put some pics up of us workin backwards, to move forwards,
The van will be mint _________________ Whale Oil Beef Hooked!
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nelson c. Astra Enthusiast
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 311
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Canīt wait for this, itīs been a while , funny I was talking about your van to a guy at work, I used you as an example of one of the most mental things Iīve see done to a mk1 |
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PAULDRIVER Astra Enthusiast
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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I cant ive been sat lookinG at it for over a year,
Will Get some pics of it been re done
THen full steam aHead back toGetHer _________________ Whale Oil Beef Hooked!
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mobile Astra Veteran
Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 1463
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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yeah come on crack on _________________
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DeadEye Astra Legend
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