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[rodomo]

"Blue and green should never be seen unless upon an Irish Queen"

[MRLXSS]

That's a touch harsh Matty
The girl is blind.























How else do you reckon she ended up with Heath?

HAHAHAHAHA

[Heath]

^ LMAO it has a name!

[Heath]

Yep, top of the dash is just a matte black pressure pack (of Acrylic I think) from K&H
Bonnet, around windows, top of inside of doors etc is all a gloss 'Jet Black' Acrylic, and I think it's a PROTEC product. It's much cheaper than an actual colour that you get mixed up to match a paint code. I think 4L of it is like 1/3 or 1/4 of the cost of the Mint Julep version lol

I think they are both pretty nice products, although the matte black would obviously be better if I actually got a tin of it so I could mix it up and use it in a gun it rather than a pressure pack of somewhat questionable performance. But it is nice having a pressure pack on hand. I've pulled it out at least 25 times (better than mixing paint 25 times) to do little things like screws, bolts, little areas I freehand mask etc.

Back screen is in. Today I'm just continuing doing little things. Tomorrow I will benefitting from some assistance of friends and should be working on stuff that's a little more interesting and also a high priority. Found a little crack in the windscreen I was planning on using... Grrrr

Edited by Heath, 20 September 2008 - 11:08 AM.

[Heath]

lol no that's a Carlton in both pictures

I don't think anyone can deny that Capris are pretty tough cars, but that one isn't actually nearly as it good as it looks in the pics. Its driveline is pretty mild and it's still quite an unsteady at full noise, so your creaming of pants may have been a bit premature.

You could get a neat Capri two door for less than an LX hatch of the same quality I think, but it won't even have a Crossflow let alone a Clevo, and it will have four studs on each wheel. lol

They need some considerable work to be an actual muscle car...

[Heath]

Today was like 95% electronics. Re-did heaps of wiring, learnt lots, did lots that I am not going to disclose on the internet

Here's the only thing I took photos of, it's just the way I wired the central locking. Holes on the passenger side were a little oversized (five wires on driver's side, only two on passenger's but I forgot when I was drilling). Both sides are now properly assembled, neatened up, bound with electrical tape neatly and pretty much finished with.



Just tinkering away with her...

[rodomo]

Just don't park it near the chemist on Chapel St Prahran.
Your remote won't work.
It's like the Bermuda triangle down there for remote central locking.

Also, stay away from Albert Park Lake when they're setting up the F1 G.P.
The cyclone wire fencing is like a big radio antenna.

[mrlctorana]

Good stuff heath!!

[Heath]

Both back doors have both windows in them lol

Just doing heaps of little things. Doing the most frustrating repair of my life on my dashboard lol. Getting the shits big time. Hopefully I can get my mate around again and finish up this electronics situation so I can install some of my dash

[rodomo]

Vice grips will get the old ones off. The name of the "star" thing is Torx.