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by Grumpy Northener
Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:11 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Napoleon the Jupiter (and a modern one too...)
Replies: 19
Views: 6077

Re: Napoleon the Jupiter (and a modern one too...)

That paint on your Jupiter - was that really painted last year ? - I'd say looking at those pics that the paint is at least 30 years old - and I know what I'm talking about when it comes to paint.
by Grumpy Northener
Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:46 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: spitfire sills
Replies: 14
Views: 3296

Re: spitfire sills

I would not use wood - which absorbs moisture / drys out / swells / shrinks / sweats / and rots - dependant upon where it is located and the conditions it is kept in, a length of steel angle or box section is the better and safer option.
by Grumpy Northener
Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:19 pm
Forum: Feedback arena
Topic: PC Deputy Editor
Replies: 63
Views: 16613

PC Deputy Editor

It would appear that Practical Classics deputy editor Matt Jones has left the magazine - I have just sent him a mail and I received the reply that he had now left the magzine - I will have to start the footwork again I had just got a decent dialogue going in relationship to a feature on one of the c...
by Grumpy Northener
Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:33 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: cellulose paint spraying
Replies: 17
Views: 10493

Re: cellulose paint spraying

John - The Jowett Javelin was Briggs bodied and enamel painted, but the Jupiter was in house built and panelled by Jowett, the restoration was to bare metal so no reaction to the paint was encounted. We have just commenced a total restoration on a very historic Javelin as our next restoration - cell...
by Grumpy Northener
Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:42 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: cellulose paint spraying
Replies: 17
Views: 10493

Re: cellulose paint spraying

In March & April of last year through temps of 5 degrees - I painted the panels of a 1950's Jowett Jupiter, in a dusty shack of a workshop - the celly paint was left for a few months before we touched it although the car was in use - through the summer each panel was flatted back with soap & 1500's ...