The Portuguese Aurelia .........the Phoenix has arisen......

[Parisien]

Coming back to the paint, having gotten this far and the promise of it all being painted shortly ( can anyone define shortly, because it doesn't fit the OED definition!)

I'd ordered up the 6 litres plus thinners etc from the paint supplier in Belfast. I told them I'd send up the mix ratios for the Amaranto colour in advance, they'd mix it the following week.

Belfast is about an hour and 30 mins away so I'd lined up a few more things to do on that trip

As I queued with 4/5 customers to receive my paint, I felt a tad giddy, like an overgrown school boy waiting for his first "99" ice cream of the season on a warm summers day.

Standox supplies paid for, then safely stashed in my boot, things are looking up!


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[Sliding Pillar]

I'm looking forward to seeing it painted 

[Parisien]

And then there was quite an hiatus, weeks turned into months, excuses and reasons why no further progress got a bit tedious and exhausting.

Of course some work was done, I'd inspected it in occasions, noting one of the  back doors couldn't be fully opened, realising there was an issue with panel  gaps/lines.

Eventually he agreed to paint up some panels, to see how they looked.

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[Parisien]

Usually, as this paint guy told me, when he gets a paint delivery in he does a quick check, but as this was from a different supplier, first time he'd used the Standox paint system ( noting its suitably expensive price as a premium product), plus all neatly labelled and packaged/sealed, he felt confident all would be hunky dory.

Finally after being sat in his store for nearly a year he opened one of the tins .......


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[impaw]

the suspense!   

[Parisien]

Quelle horreur!  (As they'd say in South Kensington!)

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[Parisien]

Upon receipt of the attachment on his text message I felt quite nauseous/panicked even.

How could this have happened, was the ratio from Thornley Kelham completely wrong, was it the suppliers fault?

A quick flurry of phonecalls/emails resulted in this information.


"My paint supplier got back to me, they incorrectly added each tint to overall figure each time instead of clearing scales and doing each tint individually!"


Thankfully they agreed to remix and deliver the correct colour later that week!

Panic mode dialled down several notches!


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[Parisien]

I'll let you all recover from the paint cauchemar as relayed above. .......


I'd signed off on the first segment concerning the water pump.

I'd left it with James Parry in Wales a while back, I'd also left the refurbishment kit from Cavilitto with him too. As James reported the body of the original pump was completely corroded and unuseable, luckily a member of the forum was able to help me out with a decent one, looks magnificent doesn't it?

Turned out it needed both bearing replaced, Omicron helped out for second one.

[peteracs]

Hi Frank

I was only thinking about this project about a month or so ago and wondered what had happened. Glad to see it is still ongoing albeit very delayed, cannot imagine your frustration.

You started this a couple of years after I started my Beta Spider, that was finished in 2021, but the difference was the time taken was due to me, not any third party which is not the same.

All the best for the future, hope the road is less stressful….

Peter

[Parisien]

Thank you gentlemen for your kind words and support, yes it's been a struggle especially for a first timer in fully restoring any car never mind an Aurelia B12!

The posts in the first two pages are  from the previous years, soon I'll bring you into the present. I delayed posting as I truly wanted to get to another milestone stage before restarting my story

More anon.

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[Parisien]

More progress in building up and getting the car as good as it could be, it still ( on reflection not near being to in a good enough condition to be fully painted

Remember, these little improvements were over a number of months.

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[Parisien]

Please don't ask any questions about the bumpers, they are a story in themselves!

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[impaw]

Looks better and better!

But hey, what’s going on with those bumpers?

[GG]

Who needs bumpers?

[Parisien]

Just a reminder of the B12 in 2011 as advertised on eBay.

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