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No way! Hard work but very enjoyable. It’s great to see such amazing motors but also to meet some pretty interesting people 👍

There’s some seriously ambitious ideas for next year. Watch this space!

And a few more. Flat out for 2 days up there. Managed to get sun and wind burned but what a bloody good show. Can’t wait for 2021.

I love hearing this kind of thing mate. I’ve always said that half of owning a classic or special car is its back story and why cars make people smile.

We all said the same yesterday. I’m friends with the guy who was sales director of the F1 project and have a model he once gave me to apologise for bombing on a meeting due to 2 Japanese clients clashing with our slot to buy one each - would have been late 90’s when they were changing hands for...

It is. Back tomorrow for the 80 guests we’re hosting and Saturday to meet some of the car clubs visiting. Weather looks better so I’ll try to get some better photos.

Brilliant write up. Definitely on my list and the Mrs is up for it - or was until she realised it’s 2,000 odd miles door to door in a Clio 😂

Insurance broker. We sponsor the event and insure a good chunk of the cars displayed.

If you can flag which dealer or source the parts are from, I’ll ask my contact 👍

If it’s any help Autofoam needs to be diluted to a rate specific to the litres/minute flow rate for your pressure washer. I fannied about measuring then settled on 300ml of foam topped up with about 700ml of water. This creates a reasonably thick foam with dwell time of up to 10 minutes and...

Cleans the driveway better than the car...😳

I have a contact in Turkey. We met him a few years ago on holiday and he now runs a business exporting lamps and pottery. My Mrs bought a lamp for a fair few ££, I was convinced we’d never see it and it arrived with minimal delays. He might be able to help with sourcing parts?

Thanks fella. Lives in the garage but it’ll get used - no point having a car to look at. This is why I’ve protected the paint as best I can so it won’t deteriorate (I hope!) I was quoted close to £4K by another painter who took great pains to show me a car midway through a full repaint with a...

And she’s finished. Everything back together, coated with 3 layers of cquartz UK and 2 of Gliss. Still got to hoover inside but washed the dailies today as well so proper knackered. Brief scare earlier as she ran like a bag of spanners briefly - hopefully just a gremlin from sitting around for 3...

For the price I paid I’m happy. The skirts are coming off anyway at some point to straighten the jacking points properly. The doors weren’t painted but blended and I can’t find any evidence of a blend line. I didn’t want the job to run into thousands and it could have easily done 👍 Feel free to...

Almost there now. Bumper refitted, just front arch liners and side strips to refit and ceramic top coat. Debating ordering a KTec CF splitter but for now fitted a new Fabia one. Can think of better ways to spend £140 but we’ll see!

Nice. Very nice.

I stripped mine and picked up an IG post from another Clio owner where he’d used some Gtechniq C4 on the centre binnacle. I didn’t have any so tried Gyeon Trim instead and really pleased; slightly darkens the trim and leaves a satin sheen. Helluva lot easier than either masking everywhere or...

I believe it is - the RS version is said to be almost identical under the skin.

I only detail now for mates and a very few clients from my full-time detailing days. This Q8 comes from a chap who has an RS4 and a beautiful Renault 8 Gordini replica amongst others. It replaces an X3M which I detailed new last year that he had issues with and moved on. Dealer instructed not...

Ceramic base layer done. Ran out of Cquartz UK midway through second coat; more ordered; not a drama as car tucked away in garage. Rear lights refitted and it’s starting to look like my car again. Stopped car stuff to cook some chicken and drink some beer. Happy with progress.

Very kind. Lots of little niggles, some spare cash and no summer holiday as such this year so I went for it. This is what I wanted to do with both of my 205’s and to a lesser degree my E36 and never managed it. Chassis refresh will be the next big job but that can wait for now.

Today’s job. Clean arch liners and restore them with some Solution Finish. Rears refitted with stainless screws and washers from Accu. Break for F1 before some more bits and possibly coating.

I’m broken. Back and shoulders feeling it after yesterday lol. I’ll be happy when it’s all back together and I’m not getting stuck in a single garage trying not to damage anything 😂

Compounding done. I also removed all of the arch lines, cleaned them and also the arches themselves with a few surface rust repairs too. Cleaned out half a ton of muck from the front of the sills, recoated the wheels and repainted the hubs while I was there. I did refine too but after 10 hours...

Tempting but need to sell my Turinis first. Have the 2118’s got tyres?

I think they’ll look terrible so to help I’ll be happy to take them off your hands...

#straightjackingpointenvy 😂 Looks good mate. Watching with interest.

More progress. Driver’s side cut using Meguiars microfibre pads and 205 polish. Switched between this and Koch Chemie H9 and used both DA and smaller rotary with wool pads. Replacement washer jets to be fitted and my front bumper inserts turned up too. Bloody expensive but they fit perfectly...