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« Reply #420 on: December 08, 2008, 11:05:49 am » |
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the result so far is beyond my expectations, given the starting point of this car... Now I have to pick up the rest of the parts tomorrow, then the fun part begins  |
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« Reply #421 on: December 08, 2008, 13:18:09 pm » |
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I just had to sneak out in the garage to check a couple of things:
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« Reply #422 on: December 08, 2008, 15:39:22 pm » |
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This is a fantastic statement to all your hard work, grelland - a reward to know that you didn't cut any of all the corners that came along your way! Congratulations on the result so far - I bet the final result will be amazing!  |
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« Reply #423 on: December 08, 2008, 15:53:00 pm » |
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thanks, and I havent posted ALL my mistakes, so it might be that I did cut some corners  |
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« Reply #424 on: December 17, 2008, 13:06:46 pm » |
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yesterday I collected the remaining parts from the painter, and had my brother-in-law coming over to help me mount the doors etc.
This is how it came out:
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« Reply #425 on: December 17, 2008, 13:07:52 pm » |
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I am somewhat picky when it comes to door gaps, and although I am not 100% pleased with the results, this shot indicates that this could turn out ok in the end:
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« Reply #426 on: December 17, 2008, 14:45:36 pm » |
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I have also started thinking about the interior, and one of the options is to cover the door panels in diamond stitch vinyl.
I have received a couple of sample patches, and I know what my favourite is, but still have not made the final decision:
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« Reply #427 on: December 17, 2008, 22:51:40 pm » |
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The red would look awesome  |
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« Reply #428 on: December 17, 2008, 22:53:55 pm » |
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the colors in the picture actually "lies" as the red is not that signal red, and the beige is darker.
more like these:
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« Reply #429 on: December 17, 2008, 23:12:27 pm » |
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the darker beige look good to me |
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« Reply #430 on: December 17, 2008, 23:13:37 pm » |
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maybe with some red piping |
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« Reply #431 on: December 18, 2008, 13:42:36 pm » |
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maybe with some red piping No, that'll be too much! Brown piping would be more in keeping! Like the diamond stitching too.  |
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« Reply #432 on: December 27, 2008, 20:49:22 pm » |
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here are some ideas after some playing around with photoshop:
maybe switching the colors on the door panel.... (?)
please ignore the green, it is just a result of my lacking Photoshop skills...
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« Reply #433 on: December 27, 2008, 20:50:50 pm » |
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or red?
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« Reply #434 on: December 27, 2008, 22:15:47 pm » |
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The brown looks so much better. In my opinion is red is too bright.
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« Reply #435 on: December 28, 2008, 00:01:15 am » |
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beige and brown |
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« Reply #436 on: December 28, 2008, 14:02:55 pm » |
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Yep,the colors in the first pic suit better,anyway,that's my opinion. |
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« Reply #437 on: December 30, 2008, 11:22:11 am » |
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I went to see my good friend that accidently runs a VW restoration shop, and he had a carpet kit and a door panels kit that I borrowed in order to check the color combo:
The door panels are tan/offwhite from TMI, and the carpet is oatmeal from VWHeritage:
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« Reply #438 on: December 30, 2008, 11:24:22 am » |
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And while I make up my mind on the interior, I started working on the car again.
First up was to paint the engine and luggage compartments in the right shade of ivory:
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« Reply #439 on: December 30, 2008, 11:25:31 am » |
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Then I started the job of sound-deadening the car:
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« Reply #440 on: December 30, 2008, 16:06:44 pm » |
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Then I started the job of sound-deadening the car:
Grelland, what did you use for sound deadening ? Tx, Harry |
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« Reply #441 on: December 30, 2008, 17:01:58 pm » |
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« Reply #443 on: January 06, 2009, 12:12:28 pm » |
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Christmas is over, and I have managed to get a few things done in between family gatherings and HUGE dinners...
Here are a couple of teasers:
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« Reply #444 on: January 06, 2009, 12:13:51 pm » |
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Really nice to be able to find old parts, clean, polish, mount, watch.... |
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« Reply #445 on: January 06, 2009, 12:14:15 pm » |
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woow,nice colour |
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« Reply #446 on: January 06, 2009, 22:55:39 pm » |
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one more |
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« Reply #447 on: January 06, 2009, 23:22:06 pm » |
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very cool! |
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« Reply #448 on: January 23, 2009, 00:06:09 am » |
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Now I decided to focus on the engine, and here's a couple of shots of that end of the car as of tonight:
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« Reply #449 on: January 26, 2009, 20:05:43 pm » |
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Really nice detail.
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