Owner: My Classic Car Restoration URL:http://www.myclassiccarrestoration.com Join Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:37:27 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: A blogging community for classic car enthusiasts to restore, record and share Site statistics:Click here
How to add a restoration blog (Help) 2007-01-30 11:36:00 Some may wish to print out this guide or open up a new version of the site to view alongside as you go. 1. Click on MANAGE MY BLOG in the left hand navigation. It is shown just under your username - once you've logged in. If it's your first time here ... Read more:restoration
How to add video (Help) 2007-01-30 09:42:00 If you've already worked out how to add a post and add an image (see previous posts on this blog for advice) you're ready to add a video
. If you can copy and paste, you can show video, free, on your blog. Trust us, it's easy once you know how. How? Wh...
Video: Triumph GT6 returns to life (davidcushman) 2007-01-29 17:29:00 Practical Classics magazine (Practicalclassics.co.uk) ran a competition to give away a Triumph GT6. Here's video of the very car coming back to life after 20+ years resting in a barn... Rest assured, before the winner gets delivery, it's going to be f...
Truth about EU threat to classic cars - part II (davidcushman) 2007-01-29 17:26:00 Bill McDonald's audio report compliments his article in the February 2007 issue of Practical Classics. Second of two parts to listen to below. Add your comments, discuss the contents, rate this blog - start your own restoration news blog. Or just star... Read more:classic cars
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EU Paint ban - the truth behind the story (davidcushman) 2007-01-29 17:21:00 Bill McDonald brings you the background to the EU paint ban story
appearing in the November issue of Practical Classics magazine (www.practicalclassics.co.uk). Comment on the story, add your own thoughts, rate this post - start your own restoration ne... Read more:behind
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How to post your comments (Help) 2007-01-29 16:56:00 A community needs people to share, discuss and value. Even if you aren't ready to start your own blog, please do join in the discussions they prompt and rate their work. The highest rated articles appear on the homepage of the site. Your score helps f...
Gearbox (jimybob) 2007-01-30 23:22:00 Today i took the gearbox into work and shot blasted it along with the Axel tubes and gave them a coat of paint. I also took the top two covers off the gearbox to inspect the gears. Tonight i spent an hour fighting with the diff trying to get in back i...
Time for paint (jimybob) 2007-01-30 23:17:00 It feels so good when you get to start painting something and it also looks a lot better now, i have cleaned the rest of the chassis and then painted the whole chassis assembly with POR15. I also fitted the pedals and master cylinder.
Pedals (jimybob) 2007-01-30 23:10:00 During a rare bit of spare time at work i refurbished the pedals and made a new gear knob.Im not sure if the gear knob will stay but it was fun making it.! Read more:Pedals
First new parts (jimybob) 2007-01-30 23:01:00 With the second half in its starting to look a little better. Before i cut out the old floor i took some measurements so that the new floor would fit in roughly the same place as the original. I have now welded in the first half of the floor and it ... Read more:First
Floors cut out (jimybob) 2007-01-30 22:50:00 As can be seen in the pictures the chassis looks very naked without a body and no floors. The floors are spot welded along the inner edge and need to be drilled off any dimples left over are welded over and ground back. Read more:Floors
body off (jimybob) 2007-01-30 22:39:00 The first main job was getting the body off,the main problem with old beetles is that over the years the body gradualy get welded to the floor from botched repairs and it took a lot of cutting and grinding to get it off. I was expecting to replace the...
The first week (jimybob) 2007-01-30 22:32:00 The car in question is a 197* beetle cabrio not a genuine cabrio,sadly my budget wouldnt go that far. It looked ok on the face of it and i drove it the 10 miles home with no problems at all. Over the next five days i pulled the whole thing appart and ...
Beetle restoration (jimybob) 2007-01-30 22:24:00 The story began during a routine search of ebay. I always look at the VW section of ebay in the hope of seeing the 1965 split screen camper i sold 8 years ago (JPP828C) sadly i havent found it yet, what i did find was an interesting beetle for sale an... Read more:Beetle
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Studebaker - the beginning (davidcushman) 2007-01-30 22:07:00 From Youtube user somecallmejim (Studebaker - the beginning) "This was my grandpa's car. He loved it; It was his baby. He always wanted to make it really special. However, in the mid-80's it was stolen and vandalized. When he recovered the car, he sta...
1969 Ford Mustang restoration (video) (davidcushman) 2007-01-30 14:25:00 Found on YouTube. 1969 Ford Mustang
taken from battered to a fantastic blue painted Mustang. Check the automatic launch at the end of the video
. The interior from before to after is a real eye-opener. The video shows how the body of the Mustang has b... Read more:restoration
Gearbox (jimybob) 2007-01-30 23:22:00 Today i took the gearbox into work and shot blasted it along with the Axel tubes and gave them a coat of paint. I also took the top two covers off the gearbox to inspect the gears. Tonight i spent an hour fighting with the diff trying to get in back i...
Time for paint (jimybob) 2007-01-30 23:17:00 It feels so good when you get to start painting something and it also looks a lot better now, i have cleaned the rest of the chassis and then painted the whole chassis assembly with POR15. I also fitted the pedals and master cylinder.
Pedals (jimybob) 2007-01-30 23:10:00 During a rare bit of spare time at work i refurbished the pedals and made a new gear knob.Im not sure if the gear knob will stay but it was fun making it.! Read more:Pedals