A40 Farina Countryman restoration
Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
Thanks for the information, guess will have to wait for the British Motor Heritage Trust certificate to be 100% sure. Keep up the good work.
Many Thanks
Dunc
Many Thanks
Dunc
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
more photos taken just a few months ago
nearside rear corner repaired
under the rear corner return section & my next project in the background another A40 MK1 Countryman!
rotton lower rear panel removed
all the tail end of the rear of the boot floor rot cut out
replacement lower back panel fitted in
tail of the boot floor repaired
countryman inner rear panel strenthening fitted in
so we are nearly done with the welding, all that is left is repair & re fit the rear lower valance,repair the leading edge of the bonnet & repair both upper & lower tailgates & then it is prepping & getting the body ready for paint hopefully in April when i'm on holiday
nearside rear corner repaired
under the rear corner return section & my next project in the background another A40 MK1 Countryman!
rotton lower rear panel removed
all the tail end of the rear of the boot floor rot cut out
replacement lower back panel fitted in
tail of the boot floor repaired
countryman inner rear panel strenthening fitted in
so we are nearly done with the welding, all that is left is repair & re fit the rear lower valance,repair the leading edge of the bonnet & repair both upper & lower tailgates & then it is prepping & getting the body ready for paint hopefully in April when i'm on holiday
Nick Bayliss
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
just an update, here are a couple more photos, the shell is all welded up now just got to sort the paintwork the bottom of the lower tailgate repair section was gas welded in it took me about 4 hours to do tack by tack & then continuous welded
Nick Bayliss
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
looking better every time nick what colour you having this one ?
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
thanks Dave,the colour will stay the same Sutherland Green & hopefully it will see paint in a month or two once i have finalised the preppinga35lad wrote:looking better every time nick what colour you having this one ?
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
well being as the weather has picked up i was able to finally do some painting & here are todays results
Nick Bayliss
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
Looking good, I do like that Sutherland Green colour.
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
thanks Richard, Sutherland Green only ran for a couple of years, i think it replaced Ocean Blue during 1959Richard-Essex wrote:Looking good, I do like that Sutherland Green colour.
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
Looking at the pictures of your A40 shell reminds me of those pictures of the A40 bodies on the "Rotodip" spits at Longbridge. Didn't seem to do much good that rotodip did it
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
the early shells were a lot better than the ones from about 64-65ish the same with the AV8 vans the late ones rotted moreRichard-Essex wrote:Looking at the pictures of your A40 shell reminds me of those pictures of the A40 bodies on the "Rotodip" spits at Longbridge. Didn't seem to do much good that rotodip did it
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
Hi Nick brilliant stuff. i thought my car was rusty!! You are saving a car most of us would have sent to the scrap man. Kep up the good work
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
thanks Brian, i will keep up the good workbrianmekon wrote:Hi Nick brilliant stuff. i thought my car was rusty!! You are saving a car most of us would have sent to the scrap man. Kep up the good work
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
well being as the weather was nice over the weekend i have managed to do some painting,all underneath is done & put a dust coat on the main bodywork
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
Nice one! Shes looking good Nick!
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John G
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Re: A40 Farina Countryman restoration
Looking good, getting there
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MgB GT nsn 579m. 1973
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