172 in a mk1, Superfatdan's very very long project....

[Bluebeard]

I’m aiming for it to look something like this...
(It clearly won’t look as nice as this but something similar will do!)

 

[DomP182]

Ah mate go back to tungsten, bloody love that colour and so timeless

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

White will look fantastic on that. Love a MK1. Wish I had one!

 

[Bluebeard]

Ah mate go back to tungsten, bloody love that colour and so timeless

The problem with a metallic colour, the paint job needs to be flawless or it will look like s**t.
White hides all sorts of sins. And given that this (full! Inside and out!) respray is costing me £845, it won’t be flawless! Lol

 

[DomP182]

The problem with a metallic colour, the paint job needs to be flawless or it will look like s**t.
White hides all sorts of sins. And given that this (full! Inside and out!) respray is costing me £845, it won’t be flawless! Lol

That's cheap! Oh well next time then😉

 

[cat171]

It'll look nice in white. Nice & fresh!

 

[Silent_Scone]

The problem with a metallic colour, the paint job needs to be flawless or it will look like s**t.
White hides all sorts of sins. And given that this (full! Inside and out!) respray is costing me £845, it won’t be flawless! Lol

f**k that's cheap.

 

[Darren S]

The problem with a metallic colour, the paint job needs to be flawless or it will look like s**t.
White hides all sorts of sins. And given that this (full! Inside and out!) respray is costing me £845, it won’t be flawless! Lol

For that money - going white is a no brainer. Plus, I think it will actually suit it really well.

 

[Cookson]

Loves me a white valver. I used to have a Phase 1.5 RSi many moons back.

 

[DomP182]

Had a white Clio 1.2RL years ago and now a white Caddy, great when clean....dont stay clean very long if you live rurally though

 

[Nafoff]

What you saying now Freebone....??

old man, you know if you put @ before a name it tags the person so they actually know you are talking to them, rather than they just stumble across it...
On the note of finishing, you still have a good chance, you seen my thread?

EDIT: I did see that I had already replied to this... it appears I am getting old too and have poor eyesight

That is silly cheap for the paint...

 

[Bluebeard]

She got painted this morning!

Inside is being done next weekend.

 

[Bluebeard]

She’s done and back in the showroom at work.

The race is on to get it out on track at least once during 2020.....

 

[Nafoff]

Yassss.... love this

 

[Coops Mk1]

Keeping it in primer then 🤪

 

[Silent_Scone]

Banging.

 

[cat171]

Yeah man!!!!

 

[Nafoff]

Keeping it in primer then 🤪

Banging.

Yeah man!!!!

Loving the cast in this thread.... I say in this thread, is it only us old folk who use a forum now?

 

[Silent_Scone]

Loving the cast in this thread.... I say in this thread, is it only us old folk who use a forum now?

No it’s just this car has seen the wars, and I remember reading about Dan not selling up many moons ago!

 

[Bluebeard]

Making some serious progress tonight.
Rear Bumper on, poly carb windows in, all door and window rubbers in, all door furniture on, wings on, wheels on....

It’s getting close!

 

[Bluebeard]

Oh, and we smashed in some dominoes... 😂

 

[Chambers_RS]

Needs a PMS shifter 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

I hate everyone with a MK1. I want one

 

[Cub.]

Looks s**t.

 

[JP83]

So not only do you screenshot images on here with massive black borders, you also double upload on images.

FFS Daniel, go back to school and do some IT. x

 

[Bluebeard]

So not only do you screenshot images on here with massive black borders, you also double upload on images.

FFS Daniel, go back to school and do some IT. x

posting pictures properly on social media is so far down my list of “stuff to care about” it’s unreal. It’s even further down than Strictly Come Dancing.
HTH.

 

[Louis]

So not only do you screenshot images on here with massive black borders, you also double upload on images.

FFS Daniel, go back to school and do some IT. x

I think @sn00p should be able to help with any IT problems

 

[.GAZ.]

Looks s**t, Danyul. 😂👍🏻

 

[Bluebeard]

So, all the parts loaded in the boot (loom, clocks, rad, coolant pipes, heater box etc etc) and car put back together.
She’s now just waiting to go to a wiring specialist to get all of that work done. Just a waiting game now.

 

[Bluebeard]

Holy s**t balls it’s finished (sort of) and I’ve got my first track day in it tomorrow..

To say I’m excited and nervous is an understatement!

 

[LOK]

Looks great! Good luck tomorrow

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Looks soooo good in white!

 

[NorthloopCup]

Looks epic!! I think it looks better on the gold Williams wheels though 👍🏻

 

[Bluebeard]

Looks epic!! I think it looks better on the gold Williams wheels though 👍🏻

Don’t panic, It will be back on them soon mate. Just need to finish the tyres off on the black rims so that I can put my wets in them and keep the gold Willies for dry tyres. 👍

 

[green]

Good luck with the shake down Looks great!!

 

[Coops Mk1]

Mega, enjoy the shakedown. All goes well you can then pick a colour and finally paint it

 

[Bluebeard]

Just got home and apart from the front wings need trimming (scrubbing under hard cornering) and the starter motor acting up, it was faultless all day. And f**king fast too! Genuinely shocked at how fast it is and the corner speed it can carry. Happy happy boy tonight. 😁😁😁

 

[Coops Mk1]

Best clio chassis

 

[White16valver]

Not at all jealous, no sirreeeee.

 

[Bluebeard]

Another month passed means another two track days.
September brought us a forecast very wet day at the start so I bought a Meglioto use for the day. No footage.
Then, last week all 4 of us made it to combe in all 4 of our proper track cars and all 4 of us saw the day through without issue.
Here is a little video to show why we do it and how much we enjoy it.