Jonathan,
but the rubber buffer will support the bonnet whichever way up it's installed, with the only difference being that there's a wider seat for the bonnet to sit on if it's the 'wrong' way round.

Not to worry, guess I'll just keep fitting them the way which I think works best...

ken

no your not
just cause you think you are doesnt make it so

does that make Ken and me "old buffers" then?
Sean

In my quest to get that 60's vibe going on in the interior of my car it's now sporting a standard late model off white steering wheel and dash/ wiper cover arrangement. What was really missing though was a Quillery type wheel, like the one in the AZAM pic above.



That was...until now
My Quillery volant arrived this morning, unfortunately it's blue but it won't be for long, I just have a couple of small cracks to fill with something (any ideas?) before it gets several coats of the correct light grey finish.



The two cracks in it are only hairline things, and I don't think they warrant digging them out and making them bigger in order to fill them as in the usual practice of restoring bakelite steering wheels, so my thinking cap's on for what to use, araldite perhaps?



At least this is something that I can be getting on with for the time being as the weather's been a bit rough for two weeks now almost, I had hoped to have got some more body panels in paint by now but with the rain - no chance.

Hi O-N.

I've got a blue quillery wheel here that Neil sent to me sometime ago, it's got cracks etc and before I fit it I'll be painting it brown to go with the rest of the interior. Regarding glues, this site seems to have some info:

http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/vie ... 3380307eca

glue and some sanding seems to work well.

Thanks for that meshking, some interesting solutions there. I think epoxy putty is chemical metal isn't it? That's tough stuff but would be hard to get into the cracks. Superglue sounds almost too easy...so I'll try that first!

Let me know how you get on

I spent the day prepping the two rear doors ready to get them into at least primer before the snow arrives. Yes that's right, today is the first day of British summertime and there is snow forecast for the day after tomorrow!



I took my time with the flatting, and getting into every nook and cranny with the paper took a little inventiveness at times, here I'm using carbide paper wrapped tightly around a pencil to fit into a small area behind the door hinge. It would be nice if I could have all four doors in paint by the end of the coming week, that would then leave just the bonnet and front wings to do.



I also noticed a funny thing the other day which I forgot to mention. When I was down on the ground fitting those paperclip bumpers I saw that the the new fuel line that I had fitted had sagged once petrol was run through it. It's no big deal, I just trimmed some off and refitted the thing closer to the chassis leg, but what a strange thing to have happened. It's almost like it has stretched once fuel had been run through it, as previously to that it was tight against the chassis...very odd!

After a week of poor weather I finally got the rear doors into primer. I've also tried an experiment which I hope will stop any future chips or scratches in the paint showing up so much. After a couple of coats of primer had been applied to the doors I flatted them back again, and for the last primer coat I added a little of the top coat colour to the mix, just enough to tint it.



Hopefully that'll do two things, firstly stop any stonechips showing as stark contrast due to the light primer in areas that get marked, and secondly it should aid the covering power of the topcoats. Now for the front doors...

Great work. Now, I too want to complement you're work. I'm especially impressed with the "white" touch of the car. I have had that in mind for my car too, for quite some time, since I have a white dash and some other white pieces lying around after a 69'er. But haven't done the "conversion" because there is still much black left. And I have not even dared to think of spray-painting. I have bad experience with painting plastic. Really hope it turns out good and lasting for you. Looks great, that's for sure.

I have also wanted those "paperclips" on the front bumper, but after seeing that picture where you show the fuel-line, I think they are too close to the ground for my car. I kind a use the whole suspension travel when I'm driving
Even though my car have stock hight, the bumper have touched a speedbump or two, hehe......

Thanks Erik. Later today it might stop raining long enough to put on some top coats to the back doors. The trick to painting the plastic is to use etch primer first, then plastic primer (three coats) then build up several thin coats of paint, scuffing the surface gently with a scotchbrite pad in between.

Also, although the components look white they're actually not. So another tip would be never to use just plain white as it will look stark and cold. The 'whites' that I have used here are actually off-whites, like Old-English white (which is a slight cream colour) and sits much better with the gris rose of the other components. The wheel also has a slight warm tint to it, although it doesn't appear so in the photographs.



When I restore the blue Quillery wheel mentioned in the post above I'm intending to make it light grey as the original '60's ones were, but again that will be a different, slightly cooler grey - not gris rose. Using colour subtly can make a big difference!