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green96v4
V4 Mad
Canada
738 Posts |  Posted - 04 Jan 2015 : 23:21:31  
| Thanks guys, your encouragement means a lot (especially when I have "nothing went right days" - one just the other day in fact, came in from the garage and said to my wife I'd have been further ahead if I'd stayed indoors!)
I'll keep the photos coming, exhaust went on today, so I'll get underneath with the camera! |  |
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Woody
V4 Guru
United Kingdom
2764 Posts | Posted - 04 Jan 2015 : 23:26:56
| I've had plenty of days like that. Spend more time thinking about how and what needs doing whilst pondering over a hot coffee.
Keep it up I am waiting to see the finished article. | |
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Zagato
V4 Mad
United Kingdom
812 Posts | Posted - 05 Jan 2015 : 14:37:21
| Keep going this is an amazing rebuild... apart from which you probably couldn't repeat today from scratch as you cannot get hold of most of the NOS parts you have collected over the years. Just a shame we will probably never see it in the flesh back in the UK, so please keep the pictures coming as you in turn motivate us 
1977 96L Opal Green
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twisted wheel
Starting Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts | Posted - 16 Jan 2015 : 23:48:08
| hi Matt
just stumbled on your post
96 looks great!
Still remember welding it for you
Just starting my wife's 72 96 & another couple to do for customers
regards
Gary & Family | |
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green96v4
V4 Mad
Canada
738 Posts | Posted - 17 Jan 2015 : 12:56:40
| Hi Gary
So glad you found me! You did an awesome job on the welding. After getting the car back from you I stripped all the paint off back to bare metal, blasted, ground, drilled and removed the minor rust and had my father's shop paint the body in the original Tyrol Green.
Whilst all this was going on we made plans to emigrate to Canada, we moved up to York for a couple of years before that (bought a project house with no garage, so spent two years fixing up the house and building a garage) I said to my wife I didn't ever want to move into a house without a garage again, so when we moved to Canada we found another house WITHOUT a garage!!!!
So now that I'm an expert garage builder (and we bought another fixer-upper here) Also managed to have a couple of kids in there too, so I'm finally getting back into the car (hence the 20 year timeline!)
I'm glad you're still doing the 96's, my work has all but dried up with Porsche Club (I remember you saying you wanted to get into the 356/early 911's but the magazine I was sending you doesn't really have a classified section anymore)
I'll keep posting images on this forum, the guys here are really helpful and encouraging
Take care
Matt (and family)
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Originally posted by twisted wheel
hi Matt
just stumbled on your post
96 looks great!
Still remember welding it for you
Just starting my wife's 72 96 & another couple to do for customers
regards
Gary & Family
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twisted wheel
Starting Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts | Posted - 17 Jan 2015 : 18:22:49
| Great to hear from you Matt
Still receiving the mags actually
I pass them on to my mate with a Porsche!
Only doing a few Saabs these days, still rebuilding bodywork on mainly
German& Swedish stuff for road & competition use
Just had a 95 booked in for April & doing a 96 now
Our house nearly done after 15 yrs & son 16 in a few weeks!
look forward to progress on yours - wife hassling me to get on with hers now! | |
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green96v4
V4 Mad
Canada
738 Posts | Posted - 05 Feb 2015 : 11:45:24
| Finally the panels are in paint!!!
if anyone would like a fairly good condition kidney I'm selling one to pay for all this!!!! | |
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James Ranaldi
V4 Guru
United Kingdom
1475 Posts | Posted - 05 Feb 2015 : 19:58:29
| Great stuff. . . .looking excellent 
1968 V4, LHD
1984 99 GL
1992 900i Convertible
2001 BMW E46 320 Ci | |
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john-saab
Administrator
United Kingdom
2679 Posts | Posted - 05 Feb 2015 : 20:29:54
| STUNNING!
'73 96 (Vernon),'74 95 (Veronica)plus 4 other 95's and 2 96's | |
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twisted wheel
Starting Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts | Posted - 05 Feb 2015 : 20:52:48
| | You'll be too scared to use it at this rate! | |
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green96v4
V4 Mad
Canada
738 Posts | Posted - 05 Feb 2015 : 21:08:43
| I will, (especially with the standard of driving in Canada, I've often joked I'll have it all back together and some idiot in an F150 will pile into me as soon as I pull off the driveway!!!)
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UK_Sub
V4 Guru
United Kingdom
2558 Posts | Posted - 05 Feb 2015 : 22:30:37
| | Don't - that happened to me - spent my 3 months of College Summer holidays - respraying my first car - I almost sanded off my fingerprints rubbing down the orange peel paint - my first drive and a Mk3 Granada Estate piled into the back of it! He had the cheek to say 'I was just saying to the wife - that's a nice Mini' - I had to sit down. | |
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twisted wheel
Starting Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts | Posted - 05 Feb 2015 : 23:29:51
| I restored a car for somebody once and some idiot ploughed into it outside his house within a month.There wasn't anything that could be saved left on it.It was about 2 feet shorter.I don't suppose he ever got the insurance to pay up enough as he didn't have agreed value cover.
I rebuilt the bodyshell of a split screen camper for a guy who then spent ages rebuilding it mechanically with a Porsche engine & gearbox etc.It developed a fuelling problem coming back from its first MOT & he had to stand & watch it burn out at the side of the road.He had agreed value cover though & got enough to buy another & build a better one.This time he has a fire extinguisher system in the engine bay! | |
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green96v4
V4 Mad
Canada
738 Posts | Posted - 06 Feb 2015 : 13:22:50
| yes, I have nervous butterflies thinking about anything that could go wrong with the "first time starting up". Seen many YouTube videos of proud owners firing up their restored classic only for a loose fuel hose to spray fuel everywhere and you have Classic Flambé.
UK Sub - sounds like a typical Granada owner to me!!
I'll dig out an image of my SAAB in the first year I owned it (1989), some muppet pulled out in front of me and rearranged the front end, luckily we had a sympathetic Assessor who was a classic fan and we were able to rebuild it (probably wouldn't happen today, too quick to write everything off!) | |
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Zagato
V4 Mad
United Kingdom
812 Posts | Posted - 07 Feb 2015 : 11:02:15
| Despite the new fuel pump mine still smells of petrol, my carb overflows slightly apparently and the petrol tank to filler pipe isn't great but I can't find another so I have put a fire extinguisher in the car just in case!
1977 96L Opal Green
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