One or two of the panels are just too far gone so he has re painted them with a color that matches the body now. Then he put cracking agents in the paint to give the new paint some history and then distressed it all. He is going to reline the coach work in gold leaf then rub in some satin varnish over the whole body to bring out the old pigments in the paint. Aim so happy this is working as I really did not want to paint the whole car with new shiny paint and take away the original look of her. Well the flint is coming along well so far. The chassis is done the front axle bearings were missing so I have had new ones made from scratch.
The tiller steering is done, I have spent weeks machining up all new square headed nuts and bolt to match the original ones that were fitted.
Next was all the brackets to hold the fuel and water tanks to the chassis. I have taking drawings from the sister car in the UK to get the correct match. I have made two new tanks .One for water and the other for fuel was really happy with the end result.
The wheels aim having made in the states by a guy called Bill Calimer he is making me exact replicas of the original wheels in hickory and with 12 spokes. The old wheels fitted to the car were off a model T ford and were too high for the car..
The body I have taken to a friend of mine who has been a art painting restorer, and I must say he is making a fantastic job of it.
One or two of the panels are just too far gone so he has re painted them with a color that matches the body now. Then he put cracking agents in the paint to give the new paint some history and then distressed it all. He is going to reline the coach work in gold leaf then rub in some satin varnish over the whole body to bring out the old pigments in the paint. Aim so happy this is working as I really did not want to paint the whole car with new shiny paint and take away the original look of her. ........Well the flint is coming along well so far. The chassis is done the front axle bearings were missing so I have had new ones made from scratch.
The tiller steering is done, I have spent weeks machining up all new square headed nuts and bolt to match the original ones that were fitted.
Next was all the brackets to hold the fuel and water tanks to the chassis. I have taking drawings from the sister car in the UK to get the correct match. I have made two new tanks .One for water and the other for fuel was really happy with the end result.
The wheels aim having made in the states by a guy called Bill Calimer he is making me exact replicas of the original wheels in hickory and with 12 spokes. The old wheels fitted to the car were off a model T ford and were too high for the car..
The body I have taken to a friend of mine who has been a art painting restorer, and I must say he is making a fantastic job of it.
One or two of the panels are just too far gone so he has re painted them with a color that matches the body now. Then he put cracking agents in the paint to give the new paint some history and then distressed it all. He is going to reline the coach work in gold leaf then rub in some satin varnish over the whole body to bring out the old pigments in the paint. Aim so happy this is working as I really did not want to paint the whole car with new shiny paint and take away the original look of her.
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