here's where the fun begins

by **andy001** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:40 pm

renault race spider full two tone respray, crash damage to almost all panels and only 12 days to do it in. i love a challenge.
watch this space

by **Trevor Skedge** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:52 am

Looking forward to seeing the work in pics. Keep us posted.

Trevor

by **eastlmark** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:56 pm

looks sweet without its cage. is the body coming off?

by **andy001** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:03 pm

well thats most of the bad bits done, rear bumper sorted

bonnet has had its corners rebuilt and now lines up ok

rear quarter corners repaired

just the wheelarches to repair and then prime the whole car

by **andy001** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:45 pm

sorry mark no the body is staying on the chassie. its the only way to repare and paint these 15 year old race bodies. due to all the oops impacts with the tyre walls and hey balies it seems the fiberglass shells have lost thier strucural strength and just crack around the front and rear top corners when lifted off the floor. best to leave them bolted down and ridged.this is being done to return the car to having a perfect colour and finish......it'll look fantastic on the grid

by **simonsays74** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:20 am

Hi Andy,

Do you grind out all the stress cracks from the top and also buff from behind to re-enforce before relaying the glass fibre?

What is the red stuff in the repairs under the iiisssseeeeponnnn?

by **andy001** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:15 pm

yep...1st tool i reach for, grinder. get right down to the original fibreglass. whoever repaired the car last time just filled all the damage with body filler :roll:

by **andy001** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:44 pm

well 12 days are up. andy's on his way up to yorkshire to collect the car tommorow.will it be finished ???????? got home at 10.20 tonight, still loads to do........we'll see :shock: