Aurelia Pininfarina Cabriolet history required

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Blue! Yes I know it is the same as the seats and body, but this is how it was originally, and when you see it, it works, especially with the contrast of the cream rings around the dials and the cream contrast on the wheels, and all the polished alloy and chrome.

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I have now owned the B50 for 2 years....... and there is still a little more to do before it's on the road. I have recently repainted the black crackle finish on the heater and fitted it. Whilst doing that I did the rocker covers too. The black crackle finish went on really well after I had heated the items up in the oven. (It did make the kitchen smell a bit though!!)
Two steps forward and one backwards..... I checked the torque of the head bolts, one of which was pulling the stud out of the block, so the head is going to have to come off to fix it!  Other than that, and the hood, we are almost ready for the MOT.

[fay66]

I have now owned the B50 for 2 years....... and there is still a little more to do before it's on the road. I have recently repainted the black crackle finish on the heater and fitted it. Whilst doing that I did the rocker covers too. The black crackle finish went on really well after I had heated the items up in the oven. (It did make the kitchen smell a bit though!!)
Two steps forward and one backwards..... I checked the torque of the head bolts, one of which was pulling the stud out of the block, so the head is going to have to come off to fix it!  Other than that, and the hood, we are almost ready for the MOT.

Hi Ade,
Can you go into a bit more detail regarding the process of the black crackle finish please, I did my 2c's Cam cover a number of years ago, and while it looked better than it did before, it isn't really satisfactory, and I'd like to achieve the same standard you have. whose paint did you use?

Brian
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Hi Brian, the crackle paint came from Frost, I can't remember if it was their own brand or not. I cleaned the heads with an abrasive wheel first (one of those made from scouring pad type material) then degreased them, again with a Frost product. Then put the oven on to about 100oC, cover a baking tray with a couple of layers of tin foil, put rocker covers on and put in the oven for about 10 mins.
Take them out of the oven and out side to spray. As the rocker covers were nice and hot the paint crackles up straight away, so you can give it a good couple of coats. I then put them back in the oven again for another 10mins, took them out gave them another couple of coats of paint and baked them again! As they were hot the paint drys really quickly, a hour or so later they were on the car!
Hope this helps.  Ade.

[DavidLaver]

...and all done before she was back from the girls night out to the cinema?

[fay66]

Hi Brian, the crackle paint came from Frost, I can't remember if it was their own brand or not. I cleaned the heads with an abrasive wheel first (one of those made from scouring pad type material) then degreased them, again with a Frost product. Then put the oven on to about 100oC, cover a baking tray with a couple of layers of tin foil, put rocker covers on and put in the oven for about 10 mins.
Take them out of the oven and out side to spray. As the rocker covers were nice and hot the paint crackles up straight away, so you can give it a good couple of coats. I then put them back in the oven again for another 10mins, took them out gave them another couple of coats of paint and baked them again! As they were hot the paint drys really quickly, a hour or so later they were on the car!
Hope this helps.  Ade.

Thank you Ade,
 that's great, Ill just tell Diane it's my feet 

Brian
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Luckily I am the cook in the house, so I just said keep out of MY kitchen!!

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Another sunny weekend in these parts so I managed to get the car out of the garage to do a bit more hood frame fettling, still more to do though!  The dash is now finished with its period Condor radio, only the steering column surround to fit..........when it's painted.

[DavidLaver]

The radio looks fabulous - as does that metal trim on the steering wheel.  Is the whole thing a horn push or just the "wire" part of it?

The one bit that looks out of place is the key fob - a bit bright white. 

David

[rogerelias]

Looking forward to seeing this at the AGM. Glad that you managed to get the cat out of the garage

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David, the steering wheel with the chrome trim is unique to the Pinin Farina cars, it is just the small wire bit that sounds the horn, but with air horns it makes a pleasing loud noise! Roger, the cat came out with the car!   Sorry to disappoint you but unlikley to be at the AGM, more likely to be sunning it on the Amalfi coast......holiday booked before the AGM date was announced.

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Over the past few months one thing that has puzzled me has been the Aurelia's boot catch, it just didn't look right and didn't hold the boot closed properly. Sebastien Simon in Switzerland provided the answer with a photo from his car. It is a complicated metal arm with brass wheels at either end.  It looked rather familiar...... ah yes the Aprilia Pinin Farina saloon I broke for spares some years ago had one just like it ............. a quick search found the required item with alloy boot lid still attached!  It has now been cleaned up and fitted to the Aurelia. Boot now closes properly.  Thanks Sebastien!

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More progress, the car has now gone to the ash framer to sort out the hood frame sticks, so hopefully with a little more fettling the hood frame will fit properly and the hood can finally be made.

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The wooden parts of the hood frame have now been sorted and fit properly. Today I have taken the car to Pete Harding who is going to fix the head stud that is pulling out of the block, do the wiring for the new (original) indicator flasher unit, so that the rear red lights flash for indicators and then take it for a MOT...... fingers crossed.

[fay66]

Wonderful Ade, good luck with the MOT.

Brian
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