Practically Classics Forum

Steel rims tend to hold air better than alloys. Once they're cleaned and painted they should be fine. Tyre fitters use a brush-on soap to achieve a leak free seal when the tyres are fitted. I try to use one of the smaller independent tyre places who give a better service than the "fast fit" chains and some of them are "old school" who knew classics when they were everyday cars.

so, given that my mazda eunos will be given a fresh mot at the end of this month, then taken to my dads garage to be sorn'd and stored over winter, this will let me make a start on the vogue. unless something unexpected comes up (which i fully expect) all the parts for the recommission are sitting on the shelf waiting.
as i will complete one corner of the car at a time, refinishing the rims and fitting the new tyres as i go i need to make a start at stripping the rims. i have a spare spare with a tyre fitted (does that make sense?) this means i can refinish 2 rims at a time and still keep the car moveable which is handy.
ventured out into the wet weather tonight to take the car spare off so i can get the tyre taken off tomorrow.
the previous owner of the car did (before he passed away) tell me the spare tyre was a crossply and was original to the car from new and had never been driven on!)
so here is an unused Avon Super Safety crossply! was gonna drop it off in the skip on the way home tomorrow but i think it will be put in the garage loft as a keepsake





as im going to be doing a few repainting tasks i thought id invest in an infra red tripod heater. i have a gas space heater to keep me toasty but thought this would be ideal to set up near the bench to warm/cure various projects in the cold winter nights.




kev

Great bit of kit, that heater - how much and where did you get it Kev?

Cheers

Luxobarge wrote:Great bit of kit, that heater - how much and where did you get it Kev?

Cheers

heater seems fine. was £50 inc delivery

ebay 190898139420

kev

got the first rim on the bench tonight for paint/rust removal.
made this first so i can revolve the rim easily enough when painting




then set up my electrolysis container.
filled it with 4 gallon of natures finest and some soda crystals, hooked up my cheapo battery charger (with earth leakage trip thingy for extra safety) ad we will leave it there for 24 hours or so and see how we get on

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now, i appreciate that i could just take them to be shot blasted but i think its quite expensive and can be damaging. not very available locally to me either.
ive cleaned quite a lot of smaller parts with this method in the past few weeks with great results. its not quick but im in no rush and it lets me spend the money saved elsewhere.

will post the results as and when (if any1 is interested that is)

kev

Darned right people will be interested! This is about as practical as classic custodianship gets. I can think of at least half a dozen others who'll have this thread bookmarked by now as well.

JPB wrote:Darned right people will be interested! This is about as practical as classic custodianship gets. I can think of at least half a dozen others who'll have this thread bookmarked by now as well.

It's been done before though eh, John??

http://practicallyclassics.phpbbhosts.c ... ilit=Minor

superb work there luxo!
always worth reviving these methods eh, i think sometimes we take the easy (and often expensive) route to restoration when there are some great old methods available.
im upto about £1k worth of parts etc (inc a £150 hvlp spray gun though) so far in this recommission, thank f..k there aint no body rust to contend with..lol
love them minor wheels and hope mine come near to that finish

kev

kevin wrote:im upto about £1k worth of parts etc

Thanks a lot Kev.

I don't want to depress you, but you're doing well at £1k - When I did my Midget restoration I kept a careful record of all the costs, and found to my horror that I spent around £8.5k on parts and materials alone, and that doesn't include tools or labour, and I did everything myself bar the engine re-bore and crank grind.

I'm not saying yours will cost anything like that much, but it's amazing how it all adds up, especially if you include the cost of "sundries" like Mig wire and gas, cutting discs, wire brushes etc.

Keep up the good work though!

Cheers

Is your £8500 including a respray Luxo? I was thinking you could get a new heritage shell and a rebuilt engine for less than that