A40 Farina Countryman restoration

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Any pics of Doc Shepherds car, please ?

I remember seeing this in its giant killing days.
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Neil Evans wrote:
A40FARINAGURU wrote:..... well the pleasure will be seeing it go to a loving home again,
Ah, yes..... Read the whole thread Neil before posting..... :roll:
lol, a early morning or late night was it Neil?
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this was a pig getting apart, the fulcrum had siezed on the pin,the cotter pin wouldn't shift so it was heat it up with the oxy aceteline

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Dave Clark wrote:Any pics of Doc Shepherds car, please ?

I remember seeing this in its giant killing days.
i don't know if you be able to see this link on the A40 Farina club website but here goes
http://www.a40farinaclub.co.uk/e107_plu ... .php?12012
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a nice progressive weekends work, engine bay cleaned,flatted, primed & painted :) & also the passenger side floors

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Always satisfying to see some colour going on.

Interesting to see the different treatment of the suspension and steering braces on the A40 compared to the A35 - my turbo definitely would not fit in there without major surgery.
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Dave Clark wrote:Always satisfying to see some colour going on.

Interesting to see the different treatment of the suspension and steering braces on the A40 compared to the A35 - my turbo definitely would not fit in there without major surgery.
thanks Dave, hope to get the whole car painted very soon, well you better get a shell & give it a go :wink:
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no pic's today, i have been outside painting my refurbished front suspension, the nearside is part fitted now it is going to be heavily polymasked when i paint the car,well it's pointless putting the knackered suspension back on just to move the car for painting & take it all back off again to put the refurbished lot back on
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well an update, i'm off this week & working hard on the car, yesterday i went to a fellow club members home to pick up some spares & just out of the blue he asked me how i was getting on with the car & i said it was nearly ready for painting & he asked me what sort of figure i was going to sell it for & just turned round & said 'i'll have that off you' & he hasn't seen it!!!
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well it's on it's wheels ready to be moved to check any final paint preparation ready for 3 coats of paint which shouldn't take me more than an hour to do :wink:
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finally got the main body painted today,all that is left is the roof

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Yo, Dude! You wanna pop up to Scotland for a little while and work your magic on my P.O.S.?
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btriplett wrote:Yo, Dude! You wanna pop up to Scotland for a little while and work your magic on my P.O.S.?
my last rebuild went to Scotland (Dunfries)
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all 'polymasked' over to stop any birds leaving their calling card on the fresh paint, all i need to do is cut a hole in the top of the poly sheeting,mask it off & paint the roof.

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Tis looking good Nick
Wish I could do spraying like that

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