Practically Classics Forum

Some links below to upcoming South West events; 11th July : RNAS Yeovilton Airday - including classic car display; http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/yeovilton-airday 11th & 12th July : Powderham Castle Classics; http://historic-vehicle-gathering.info/ 19th July : Classics at the Castle (Sherborne) http://...

Good work. These E30's just look better with age, a sound investment me thinks :thumbs: My Dad's neighbour had a 323i which had been in his garage since ~ 1988. Only done 55k and wouldn't have taken much to get it back on the road. I'd nagged him for years to let me have it and finally about 4 years...

Yes, liquid leather are who I was going to suggest. I use their cleaning products which are fantastic and the restoration products are supposed to be equally impressive.

Good luck, let us know how you get on.

I would think that the leather dye used on seats could be used just as well on the steering wheel?

I've seen it used and the results are impressive.

Welcome to the forum. I for one think you have made some good selections! I ran 2 Mk2 GTI's, firstly a 1988 8v and then a 1991 16v. I somehow managed to damage a big end on the 8v engine at just 69k, it went to TSR for a rebuild and they were perplexed as to what had happened. At the time, they were...

It's your hearing, what they actually want is a really, really, really really big cigaaaaar!

Here we go, some pictures of the finished article. The car will be on the club stand at the Footman James show this weekend making a much awaited return to the show scene!! http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/JPSH120/DSC_0108_zpsdbjgmwhe.jpg http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/JPSH120/DSC_...

If you buy good quality aerosols then you will be able to achieve a good finish. I ended up with a really nice job in my engine bay and I used aerosols. If you are doing 1 panel at a time then the most important thing will be to ensure you can get the exact same paint mixed every time, assuming you ...

That's it, close the website down, it's not possible to better that!

Top work as ever.

Thread resurrection!