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Cut the grass.
Sun shining, not yet started raining as forecast. Maybe they lied. Thought it was as good a time as any to take the Rezin Rockit out for a drive to Sally’s to drop off the kids bicycle I found thrown out last week. Free stuff, and,it won’t be long before Harry outgrows it too, then someone else can have a free kids bike. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Liking this view. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Drove over to her -lace, dropped the bike, then took a longer drive, pushing through the gears for about 10 miles, or 16km and maintaining around 70mph out on the bypass road. This car likes to rev and run. Came back via the farm and took a few pics on the side of the rapeseed canola fields. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Drove home, stopped to chat with a neighbour walking his dogs, started up, drove 20 yards and it cut out again. Like the last time. Tried a few times to restart, failed. Wondering if there is a heat component to this failing to start. Parked up, got the S10 out and came over to Sallys place for dinner. How was your day ? |
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Bank holiday weekend, or public holiday weekend
Lots of plans. Failed So the doors of the Canta are pretty much frames covered in moulded fibre plastic or something. 23 years of use and abuse have seen them scabbed up like this. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds So they needed to be sanded back , possibly treated with a rust stabiliser or converter and then painted again. I cleared the Rezin Rockit away so that there would be no flying grit on it, and masked the inside of the Canta with pull sheets. I really do love the look of this car, from the rear and front. The stance does do it for me. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Of course Mickey came around the moment he realised I was working. At 78 he is taking it a bit easier now. But loves getting involved or in the way. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Grinder and fine 120 grit flap disc https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Of course I knew there would be damage to the fabric, but also plan on renewing it all when the time comes, with new vinyl. Ground back and treated with the VACTAN rust converter/stabiliser. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Once the VACTAN had dried, as it was hot and two coats were applied, it was time to paint the first coat of exterior use black enamel paint (it is good enough in this case, for this car) I had bought this previously as there was no black Hammerite available, in the hope it would work well enough for most applications. Mixed through and applied. I was not impressed. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Thin coat all over the sanded and treated sections as well as the good parts, in order to get an even finish. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Good looking result. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds By 4.30pm I shut shop and carried on with other jobs…… Later after 6.00 I went to check the paint and realised it was still wet…… Not a good sign. Sunday it continued to be wet and come off on the fingers, even after a light touch. Today, by midday it was still tacky and stuck to my fingers. I am so unimpressed as I had more jobs to do, but cannot come near the car for fear of getting paint all over myself and my garage clothes. Maybe I will be clearing all the paint off by next weekend. Weekend over, not happy. Video : https://youtu.be/98TEXIFcKYU End shows the paint sticking to my fingers. . |
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After weeks of rubbish weather and bad excuses, the Kings coronation weekend brought me a dry afternoon on Sunday.
So I removed the front engine mount and made up a plate to reinforce and support the whole thing. And of course the mounting plate was bent so the BFH came out to play. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Cleaned the old weld off and prepped for welding. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Hole in the front chassis support to close up.. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Plan was angle iron to wrap around…… https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds But that plan ditched as it was going to be a fight to make it take up less space. So 30mm x 4mm flat bar used instead. Cut to size and prepared. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds In place and clamped for tack welding to original mount bracket. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Once that was done, I wrapped up for the day and spent some time tidying up,the garden, planting various flowers, and a lavender bush. Bonnie came to visit with Sally and of course George was growling like a lion, he had already attacked Bonnie as she came into the house….. So she was consigned to the garden on a 21 foot or 7 meter lunge lead. Happy dog, loads of toys and in company. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds And a video https://youtu.be/Lm13TLFdxIA In case you cannot be bothered reading the words 😉 |
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Monday morning, being a public holiday, after the king got his crown, meant more time for small jobs.
Andy got in around 7.30am from a 13 hr night shift, grabbed a beer and went upstairs to FaceTime his wife and kids. I had breakfast, then went to open the garage and unpack the tools we would need and get the Canta ready for a quick weld…. By Andy. Typically, George was there to inspect and do the QC. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds After tacking the new base plate, and the engine mount plate, they were welded up on both sides, with a double run on the inside. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Then I put it all back together, in position and Andy ran some welds all around. Weirdly, a couple of holes popped up on the two sides of the thin chassis material. Which he obviously closed up. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Followed by grinding back with a flap disc. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds And then a TEST DRIVE I have to say, it is completely different to before, when the engine was bouncing around. And once the belts are replaced and tensioned correctly, along with the throttle cable, and as planned a conversion from hand controls, back to foot control pedals by mate Martin, I suspect this car will be a completely different creature. It has also managed to be a bit more aggressive in the launch and take off stakes. Leaving marks on the concrete and grass. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds VIDEO: https://youtu.be/vnTCbvl-V8M After testing, and parking the Canta Andy had a beer, keep in mind, his clock is completely switched around till September, and I had a coffee. Later I went back and masked up, and painted the new metal and welds black. This is a small job, but suddenly it allows a load of other tasks to be initiated or completed. Next stop will be to find some belts for the CVT and alternator in the UK, rather than importing at cost of shipping and import duties, from Europe as we are not in the same trade zone anymore. Progress is Progress as Ta2Don always says. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds . |
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Yesterday started as normal.
Two business meetings booked. Then the lightening started to strike. So 11.30 meeting, head office announces 7/10 marketeers are going into consultation. 3.00pm national business review meeting more bad news, group 1, 2, 3 called into different meetings. Bottom line….. third redundancy action in 3 years. I have been kept in my role and it will be made bigger and expanded, thank fcuk that I go to work every day and have been growing the last two years. There is a lot to be said for getting out of bed and going to work every day. Sadly, a bunch of people will be made redundant. Again. I am getting real tired of this Sh!t. Seriously. |
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Well, certainly not the yellow one. But you have to make a living from something, it's just stupid if you always keep in mind that next time you're the one who has to go, not nice work.
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Still P!$$€d at the way this week unfolded, today was a loss in many ways.
But I guess in real terms it did deliver something intangible…… mind space. Nick Wheeler popped in for a few hours chat and looking at various aspects of this little car (he accidentally called it a car) when I was messing around with a propane gas bottle and some V8 headers for something else that I went to make. I also spent some time shooting the breeze with him. Looking at a few of the small issues that add up to being the mess this car currently is. The front disc brakes seem to work, needing to be serviced though. Nick also identified the thread and size of the missing nut that is meant to hold the choke cable and knob in place. So an old wheel nut was cut back to create a new one (to be fitted) https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds I also grabbed an old rag, and some petrol and wiped away all the sticky paint from two/three weeks ago. Long overdue job. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Yesterday I had taken the day off work to also just get my head clear….. I went shopping for work clothes, and then headed out to mate Darren’s over on the Isle of Sheppey. A few hours with him and the guys in the engineering shop always clears my mind. Like me, he is a bit of a collector and hoarder, but also just to move stuff on to other people….. I scored a Lotus 7 type nose cone he insisted on me taking. I only took it because I knew where it needed to go. A while ago I got a non running, minus carburettor, V-Twin lawn tractor from @frankenhealey This was the best option yet, compared to scratch building a new engine cowl. Just a test placement. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Nothing else done. Tomorrow will be better. |
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My buddy Eugene @skaiidawg who works in the UAE as an engineer, sent me this pic yesterday.
He has a story thread here: https://wilddog.net.za/threads/the-uae.233043/unread Copy of Mountain Dew. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Right now, from from where I am sitting, I still prefer American MtnDew The stuff we get in the UK has all the harmful chemicals removed. So no real buzz or glow in the dark. |
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Not been able to pick up speed this weekend, including Friday that I had taken off.
Eventually got going around 11.00 Ran into a wall, despite high hopes for a few jobs to get done. But got one done. Choke. Before……… https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds After https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Long winded video https://youtu.be/KM_bFAgoLTk Also noticed that I need to find some of this weird tubing for the heating system. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds @frankenhealey will know that there are alternatives, the drive belt, as fitted is incorrect. Correct code is 704040 https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Little by little we will get there. Weekend over. Again. |
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TWO WEEKS OF NOT TOUCHING THE CANTA……
So what has happened? Time well spent in my garden and 4 days up in Shropshire helping Craig to move some of his jobs on. It was not hugely successful, but it was progress nonetheless. Previous videos show a bit of what we got to do. One of the rewards over the weekend, was to drag out Craigs 1950’s Messerschmitt KR250 replica. The reward was to try getting it to run after 14 years in storage. So not so much a “find” but a barn-release I guess. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/5d3gCONPsGA Hopefully this weekend will see me get some Canta time. Fingers crossed. |
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Well, went to my second or third bootfair of the year.
Only half a field full by 07.00 Mostly pink junk and stuff that seems to belong in a dumpster. Prices I heard have certainly gone way up. I found one small tin for £1.00 which maybe I could have wrangled a bit on price, but a year or two ago this was a 50p max item. I suspect that other than wetting the bed and having to get up early on a Sunday with nothing better to do, this is where I need to realise that they are not what they used to be. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds In other news, Dennis went to a car show and cruise in the NASCAR C10 Truck. He had Bryan drive, burn out and parade it with wife Katie….. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Adam took a pic of people taking pics of the truck. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds I guess it does really have a presence out there. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Looking forward to my next drive in it as well. |
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I needed some distraction today.
TBH, I was kinda expecting @nickwheeler to pop around after his Sunday tasks….. Anyway, Decided after a dead bootfair, and before starting on the Canta, to take the RR for a run. Tempt fate, some would say. So I drove over to Allhallows to see if @forddan68 was in, to ask him about what polish to use on my S10 as I want to just give the paint a bit of love, not a full “detail” or anything that extreme….. but it was all quiet there and I was not going to knock on the door. So I carried on with my drive, heading toward Rochester in the opposite direction. Eventually making it back home with no cut out or breakdown like before. Did I get lucky, or is the previous minimal issue sorting itself out. Parked up, after I got home. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds After this, I went to do a few small jobs on the Canta. Weekend over again. . |
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What happens when a Canta has right of way, but the driver on the intersection has no clue.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Mate Kevin, aka Woodside is at the Isle of Man for the TT Races. Last night he discovered a Canta LX. Investigation showed it to be a 337cc model as well. Other than a flat drivers tyre, it seems to be exceptionally tidy, and a 2007 registered model. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Sunday morning the boot fair was a distinct bust, so I took the Rezin Rockit for a run, and it all went really well. Hopefully a sign of things to come. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Sunday afternoon I managed to do a few small jobs that had been bothering me for a while. Removed the speakers that had been dangling off the dash, including the wiring, as much as I could get to. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Made up a pair of plates to help restore the hood release latch that I had managed to destroy in winter. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Painted it. And refitted it all. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Then drilled out the rivets that held the remaining bits of door retaining straps. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Also made a recording of what I got up to. Enjoy, comment, subscribe or do whatever you need to do at this point. 😉 https://youtu.be/o3oa2tYnGOM That concluded a short, but rewarding afternoon. . |
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Weekend is here again.
I really need to push my motivation at the moment. Funny how the ****ty state of emotional affairs at work creeps into every day life. Reducing drive and joy in getting things done. Hopefully get something random and worthwhile done, mowed the lawn and did two loads of washing after work yesterday, yes, I do all my own domestic stuff. This morning I refitted and repacked a very large printers tray and all the crappo on it, it fell off the wall months ago and I just swept the broken ornaments and mementos into a corner 6 months ago. Not sure what I will get done, but maybe cleaning up the Canta inside, finding some pipe to rebuild its exhaust for under the body. Address the front end where the lights are mounted etc to straighten that out. Coffee and garage keys next. |
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Company car said this on Friday.
Low miles for a 2020 and three year old. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Went for a walk on one of the days this week and saw the poppies are massively down in numbers this year. George had gone missing for two days, so I was looking to see if he has been killed and thrown in a ditch, or if the farmers shot him. He returned casually on Friday morning, asking for breakfast. Dick. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds |
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Before starting on the Canta yesterday, I had a few small jobs to do indoors.
After which I went out to the shop, moved stuff about and started to look for somewhere to mount and power the 200W LED spotlight my lodger, Andy who previously lived here and helped with the welding and hole digging when I built the carport, had liberated from a skip at work. Crazy world we live in, it was mounted, then found to be in the way of works going on, removed and put in the skip. The cost of repatriation on building sites exceed the written off value of items. Andy went home this week, to see his wife and for an interview with Rolls Royce, which seems very positive. So he may be gone sooner than planned. As a consolation he brought some large, salty pretzels 🥨 https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Back to the work light. So a suitable length of 3 core wire and a plug added, light mounted on a beam, thanks to @nickwheeler who popped in and held it in place for me to fasten. Sally was waiting patiently for me to get done so we could go walk Bonnie on the outgoing tide down at the River Thames. Testing. This thing is deceptively bright. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds In position. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds And at 10.30pm last night when I got home. This certainly, along with the strip lights will make the space super light for working in winter when it gets dark at 3.30pm https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Once the light was fitted, I closed shop as Sally was patiently waiting for me to to go walk the dog…… Always fun walkingBonnie, as she is such a hyperactive dog. Interesting sight passed us on the footpath. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Back at home, I got back to the Canta, a few small jobs in mind. My motivation is kinda low with all the cr@p and insecurity at work. First job was to clean out all the aluminium swarf from last weekends drilling rivets. Then found some of the nylon webbing used for the Rezin Rockit roll bar wrap and measured, cut it to size, followed by hearing a piece of welding rod to burn the holes through for the rivets. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Result. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Riveting progress. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Done. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Both sides now retained, hopefully preventing over extension and damage. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Next job was a bigger one, and had been bothering me since day one. The bonnet/hood supports had been damaged by the engine bouncing around while the front engine mount was broken This left everything catching, mal-aligned and of course the hood latch needing to be forced. After fixing the cable operated release last weekend, the obvious next job, which I could no longer avoid, was this. Shown more clearly in the video……. This was the process. So I tried to manually pull it into position using a length of trucking webbing the pavement gods had blessed me with at some time. I failed……… So it was onto “Plan B” that should have been “Plan A” to prevent wasting time. Using a hydraulic jack, and my large ball pein hammer handle, I just lifted it and pushed it back up to the position it needed to be. Simple solutions often deliver the best outcomes. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Looking at the bonnet before, it was way out of alignment. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds After. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds And stepping back. Just so much better. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Buoyed by my success, I put the tools down, went for a pee and made a coffee. Then back to the last job of the day, another eyesore. Duck tape is godly stuff, but man it can leave a mess years later. My guess is that the radio-tape had come unscrewed/broke away from the dash, and some genius used (as it should be when stuff moves that should not move) duck tape to secure it all……. Till it was removed by a subsequent fixer. So armed with some blue garage paper towel and washing petrol/gas I cleaned this mess. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds And the result was satisfying to say the least. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Closed up shop, came indoors and sat editing the bits of footage from the day for an hour or more. Showered, went to Sallys place to upload on her decent Wi-Fi, the YouTube video. VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/9Yc6Kj6Umk8 Sunday today, need to go next door and cut Mickey’s lawn as it is looking rubbish. Then maybe some more Canta Time. |
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Small jobs, often we avoid them because they are awkward or easy to overlook.
Case in point, the rear light. I knew from day one it was broken and managed to find a replacement UK Nova rear light. Slightly different, but intact. The price resonated really well with me as well, as I support Help for Heroes being ex military as well. So part of Sunday was spent doing house and garden jobs, including watering Mickey’s wife’s garden and seedlings, she has a lot. I also took my mower around and cut his Tetris-like lawn. Then back to the Canta, where I knew a job had been waiting, the rear light replacement. Interior covered in layers of fabric and Velcro, and all glued together, so I “removed” some of it to get in there. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Removed all the connectors carefully with long nosed pliers as they were corroded, and in an effort to be able to reassemble them, used some masking tape to lay them out in order. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Next job necessitated a Stanley knife and a prayer as the old light was glued in with Tiger seal or something similarly brutal. But I got it out. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Old VS New. Colours differ nd of course now I have two reverse lamps, so a bright red lightbulb in the fog light side, plus swapping the wires for the sides needs to happen for UK road worthiness. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Interior fitting done, hopefully not going to need to remove it again. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Fitted. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds And final result. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds It is a small job that took a while to get to, and then the cleanup etc took a bit of time, but I am very pleased. Once again it shows, small jobs take a load of time. VIDEOS: https://youtu.be/TEXRBfVZAEs And high speed. https://youtu.be/2zziYzBXdr0 Thanks for checking in. . |
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Alongside workshop stuff, my garden is a place for my mental health recovery.
These days are tough for many of us, and I find myself needing therapy almost daily. Seriously. And the dog, though not mine, still allows me to laugh out loud. This morning George the cat was walking behind me when I walked out to water a few pot plants, and tried to ankle-tap me, grabbing my leg, when I turned to touch him, he came up, grabbed my hand and gave it the gentlest of bites……. Because I had ignored him, sitting on the coffee table, waiting patiently for some Dreamiest. I could not stop laughing. So these animals and other side distractions do earn their keep, by reminding us to slow down and smell the roses. SO……. Just some random mix of doggy madness for those who enjoy animals living their best lives. This dog adds so much mental health support, it’s unreal. Some days you just need to relax and smile. https://youtu.be/vKa0XIJu624 |
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11.50 on Sunday already.
Hot and humid outside. 100% not in the mood to go work on anything, but I need to keep at it. Work continues to grind down my motivation, mood and finding pleasure in getting jobs done. Kinda sucks a bit right now. I may just go push the Canta out, fetch the roll of brown vinyl in the Grizz-Pod where it is stored, and start making templates and cutting the vinyl to shape. Not sure if the heat and humidity really is going to be conducive to successful application. Anyone done this stuff in mid summer weather, outside? |
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Late start again because my motivation is not where I am used to having it.
But driven by the knowledge that at 5.00pm I would look out and see nothing done, I went to the garage intending to cut some templates for the roof interior upholstery, and then cutting the vinyl I have stashed to size and applying it with contact adhesive. Vinyl is a brown, kinda looks like rusted metal, and maybe a bit lighter than the standard black fabric used. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Of course when I stated looking inside the Canta, I realised that there is another layer of fabric glued to the roof, with what’s left of a foam layer that would have been under the velour like outer layer. This ultimately broke the whole plan for the day. So I started to pull at the base layer, getting covered in dead foam residue and then realised there are obstructions screwed into the roof etc. Roof. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Pulling some old fabric backing away…….. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds So I ended up removing the two grab handles that run above the door and A-pillar and removing the rust and old powder coating on them with a flap wheel. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Before and after…… https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Both cleaned up. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds And once painted, they looked a lot better. Back in once the inside is cleaned out and new vinyl fitted. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds At that point I had enough of dirty, dusty work and got some more rust addressed. Mate Kevin gave me a really decent garden machete to use out back where a jungle has grown the last two years. So I cleaned and sharpened it, should be good on the shrubs and big weeds. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Closed shop by 4.00pm and came in, had a shower and a cold beer (one of those blue ones nobody is buying anymore, as I had bought them before a corporate giant tried to force their agenda down our throats. So I paid for them and will use them, after which no more support to them or their subsidiaries) Dinner was burgers, nice and easy. For those who like a movie. https://youtu.be/F6hZc7pZZIE Weekend over. Again. |
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George the cat has a habit of going missing for a few days at a time . Either locked in a shed, or voiding his DNA stamp.
Yesterday he was not here as normal at 07.00 for breakfast, he is incredibly regular and predictable. So I walked down to the garage, one of his sleeping spots, and found him curled up, after we had 8mm of heavy rain in the morning. Curled up under my mobile work table. Weird creature. I also took the opportunity to check if the paint on the hand rails had dried. Same as I had used on the door frames before, after the rust converter. Completely dry. So we know the culprit was the converter reacting, either due to not being completely dry, or just a chemical reaction. Anyway, a good result. Happy. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Roll on the weekend, so I can clean out the interior some more and remove the fabric stuck to it. . |
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Neat work on the Canta... Hadn't been out here in a looooong time. Have a great weekend, Mate.:chevy:
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Good to see you here, though we have our WhatsApp chat as well. Forums overall seem much less active with the advent of all the quick fix/satisfaction apps like Instagram etc. |
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George last night.
I suspect there could be a few quotes added to this pic. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds |
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The cat seems comfortable with you and you're happy when he's with you, win win. Good progress on your roller skate:D
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Animals generally gravitate towards me, or maybe I go to them. I know cars are mostly a-holes so leave them to decide when they want my company (other than feeding time) and that works well. George is a very low maintenance cat. 11.15 on a Saturday morning, laundry done, plants and lawn watered, excuses exhausted…….. Guess I need to get my garage clothes on and go get started removing that diabolical interior fabric in the Canta, with all its rotten foam rubber backing. Bleughh. |
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HOT
HOT HOT. Started at 12.00 with removing the fabric. Spectacularly rubbish job, but needed to get done. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds How many times have I cleaned the interior so far? https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds As @westbay said, I was happy to fetch a bag for the removed interior lining, while trying to breathe. Fire would have been a better option. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Possibly ready for vinyl. So many complex folds, tucks, rolls etc. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds So I fetched the roll of vinyl and cleaned out the Canta, again. Measured the first A-Pillar and cut some vinyl. One of the issues with getting the fit here, was the triangulated bottom. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds So a three or four handed job, done alone, no special tools, but I had to find and make some to tuck the vinyl in between glass and body, and body and beading. Biggest problem with these cars of course is the fact they are built to a very sloppy specification. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Glue in and then carefully started tucking and folding, still got some stuck, swore and pulled apart. Cut the excess off and tucked in under the beading in the doorframe. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Remember the comment about sloppy tolerances? So tucking in the vinyl between the body panel and front windscreen it became apparent there is interference. Kinda disappointing, but you can only work with what you have. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Cut grass, then go back and start on the drivers side, which also has the remote mirror stalk to consider when fitting it all. I may have to swear a whole lot later today. Objective: Drivers side A-Pillar Wish me luck, |
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Part 2 of the A-Pillar covering.
I was more fearful of this one, because the rear view mirror adjustment stalk had to be kept in mind as it all plays a role in trying to derail a tidy job. The triangulated base, with recesses etc makes it awkward too, and of course once the glue goes off, you are screwed as I was using high end, industrial strength spray on glue. So with a lot of careful measuring, marking, masking tape and patiently working at it, I managed to firstly mark the hole, then enlarge it to the size of a wine bottle neck inner diameter so it created a nice snug fit over the base of the grommet the adjuster has. Once glued down I also tucked it further, right down to the actual body panel where it seats. So it went down even more than this. Flappy sides were mostly tucked away between the dash and body. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Because of the terrible fit, this side has huge gaps between the glass and body panels, they are riveted to the steel frame. I will add something like a strip of high density foam in black, to the gaps to just tidy this all up later. Result is acceptable, but certainly not what I like, still a huge improvement on what there was. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Being as it was 30’C outside, I decided to call it a day and go sit indoors, reading and sweating, drinking a load of water and eating pretzels. The only one who really enjoyed the heat was Bonnie. I found her a Little Tykes sandpit last year, and yesterday, she played in it, and actually just laid in the water when not chasing her balls, or watching Sally work in the garden. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds I did so little this weekend, but I am hoping it was the most awkward of the vinyl upholstery work. I will edit and make up a full video of the vinyl process once it is completed. It may take a bit of brutal editing. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/8yQ6z3doG5A Have a great week out there. |
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What a fiddling job, good that you have a lot of patience. A treat for the Dog in the heat.
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Yes, it certainly is a fiddly job, and far from perfect, but much better than it was before of course. I found that pool/sandpit in a skip, and Sally said NO at first, till she saw the absolute pleasure the dog gets from it in the heat. Modern times are so weird. We complain about the cost of everything, even air for our tires/tyres at a gas station or petrol station costs from 50p upward. Yet, this week saw me gain a load of junked lifting straps, ranging from 1 ton to 3 tonnes and a variety of lengths, from a maintenance job. Expiry dates mean all these needed recertification or destruction. SO GET THIS…… RIGHT. They are perfectly fine to be used for another X-period of time. But the cost of recertification is more than the cost of replacing or repatriating them. So they were all being cut in half and thrown in a skip. Except for a few that were put aside for me. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds What the hell is wrong with people, or the world. No, do not try to explain it, I do understand, but it is crazy. Next item, 9 high end, chemical vapour and dust masks, described thus: 3M 4279+ Maintenance Free Organic Gas/Vapour and Combination Particulate Respirator3MΓäó Maintenance Free Half Mask 4279+ is a simple and ready-to-use respirator with an integrated cartridge and filters. A newly enhanced valve assembly helps to reduce exhalation breathing resistance, and the close-fitting, non-silicone, textured face seal is soft and non-allergenic. Includes a resealable bag for hygienic storage and transportation. Found left over from a previous job, in a store, not on inventories, so headed to the skip. SERIOUSLY? https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Also found in the same pile of now “illegal on site” left overs from 18 months ago, were some of these flame/fire retardant balaclava hoods. I should have had them when welding the Chevy Blazer a few years ago, had more than one fireball in my ear hole, not fun. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds So I was thankful to be able to say yes of course my skip/dumpster is a house, I mean house is a skip/dumpster. Will I use them all? Of course not, but a few friends will all get given bits they can use. My lodger, Andy who is a welder, and helped me previously with the carport post welding during Covid and taught me some great stick welding and Mig techniques has an electric car, and I have not charged him for charging his car here, swings and roundabouts,I guess. This week he bought and brought me a new welding mask and a grinding mask as a thank you. Quite unnecessary as a thank you gift, but it does mean the old balaclavas will be used, and I will get my head into tighter spaces. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Have I mentioned recently that life is good? Nope, work has been sucking the joy out of my life to a large extent. But life is good, and as long as there is free cash about, I certainly won’t be saying no thanks. Right, time to go play with contact adhesive and vinyl once I cut the templates for the Canta. Catch you later. |
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Canta….. sounds a lot like a rude word.
And I have used a few recently. Started the vinyl on the two A-Pillars. Removing the door frame beads made it easier to get a tidy finish. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Contact glue is industrial strength, and goes off in a minute in the summer heat. If it touches, it stays. Tucked in on returns and around the edges, then trimmed with a blade. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Happy so far. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds At this point, I just wanted to point out to all those who have not tried to do this job, specifically on a ****a, this is what you have to work with and cover. Also loads of badly joined and riveted panels. NOW I KNOW ABOUT AUTOMOTIVE CARPETING, USED IN CAMPER VANS ETC……….. USED SOME IN THE REZIN ROCKIT. But the vinyl is paid for, and when I started, I was not aware just how badly some surfaces would be, and the havoc it would create for me. This sort of thing. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds So I carried on, piece by piece, and had to ditch most of my plans for more complex pieces, cut in one, in fact, even having to modify some by cutting them up into smaller sections that were manageable. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds So that was Saturdays progress, if you can call it progress. Sunday I started early. Thinking I would complete the two sides and rear tailgate frame. Ohhh how wrong could I be. This section worked pretty well. Making me quite optimistic. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Result. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Then the next, big section…… Thought it could be a one piece. But you need to be an octopus, with more than two hands to hold and lay the vinyl down. So I cut the one piece into more manageable pieces. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Coffee break between each piece to calm down nd regroup my swearing words for the next. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Eventually I made it this far. One side done. I hated it. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds So I shut shop and pushed the hateful thing away into its corner for another day. Video not great, but with added Timelapse, shows my pain. https://youtu.be/1wog_Rp-8oI More of this horrible little thing another day. Got matches and petrol? |
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Man oh man, what an ordeal,
what a vehicle. You have my respect for that. |
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I am not sure why I am doing all this work on a car that is already sold in my mind. I guess it is the African in my blood, we never like to give up. Making excuses on a Sunday morning not to go out and get started on the next bit of irritation. So yesterday, @nickwheeler visiting, weather, looking at an Audi A2 and the heavy humid heat all made good excuses to keep walking away from the Canta. In the end I closed shop after 18.00 but at least side number two of the body was done. As much as I really do not like this little car at the moment, I have to keep reminding myself….. This is not a car in the traditional sense, it is a mobility aid. Imagine nailing a chicken coop to a Chinese mobility scooters chassis in a shed, somewhere on mainland Europe. Then bringing a couple of them into England 20 years ago…… No support, no spares stock, no knowledge and certainly not much to work with. After 20 plus years of very low mileage use, but a flurry of abuse, possibly years of just standing in someone’s driveway or back yard, it is removed and given a really good, short burst of extreme abuse. Fabrics have perished and aged in the 20 plus years since it was built, plastics are brittle and still most people don’t give a sh1t about a Canta LX. Enter the weirdos…… why go mainstream when you can try swim without arms or legs ehhhh? So yesterday I started by trimming a couple of small bits, then ground to a halt when Nick came around (great excuse to walk away and make coffee) Next job…….. Disassemble and remove the rear light I previously installed. Including some wires joined by the devils joiners. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Opened area to work. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Measure, cut, shape, glue and fit. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Then the rain stopped play. So I closed shop, went for a drive to look at an abandoned Audi A2 three miles from where I live. Unfortunately if you check its current status, it seems a new V5c ownership document has been issued, so someone has a cheap car. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds This is the inspiration for a 20 plus year old car being given a cheap but awesome new look. Thread here: https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...-retro-classic https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Anyway, later the weather cleared again and I went back to the garage, loaded with guilt at wasting so much time that could have been spent on polishing the turd instead. So I completed the wheel arch box and shut shop. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Next stop will be to get started on the rear door, then the side doors and roof. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds 11.00 on a Sunday morning and still not made it to the shop. Soon……. |
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