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I like the Corsair but not the colour.
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I love both the Corsair and the colour it's in Strikingly different!
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That is the colour I brush painted my Reliant Mk 6 in when I were nowt burra lad!!
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Being Ford Consul Capri day and wondering if that bluey/purple paint on the Corsair was a ford original, came across this little restoration project on retrorides.
Now he starts off with what I would call an already decent car and paint job, in a similar shade to the Corsair, and then opts for a different paint job in a deeper "cadbury purple" as he describes it, and 5 years later it emerges as a finished job.
Without nicking the photos, a small flick through the short thread shows some nice pics and I would have been perfectly happy with the before, and driven it around for the 5 years rather than re-invent the "after".
Now he starts off with what I would call an already decent car and paint job, in a similar shade to the Corsair, and then opts for a different paint job in a deeper "cadbury purple" as he describes it, and 5 years later it emerges as a finished job.
Without nicking the photos, a small flick through the short thread shows some nice pics and I would have been perfectly happy with the before, and driven it around for the 5 years rather than re-invent the "after".
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That one I do like. The car and the colour.
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So I wasn't the only one to brush paint cars, I brush painted a Vauxhall Victor 101 (FC?, not coke bottle) in powderbkue/white two-tone (Blue below glass line, white above), but it turned damp overnight and ended up with white dots along blue upper wing edges!mickthemaverick wrote: ↑15 Apr 2023, 08:30 That is the colour I brush painted my Reliant Mk 6 in when I were nowt burra lad!!
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I brush painted a Hillman Imp, bright yellow.
The people I worked for hated it and I had to park round the back, with the other 'socially unacceptable' wrecks. It became acceptable when they needed me to go and take photo's of Henry Cooper in a bit of a rush.
Also hand painted my GS, but white. Ten coats of Tekaloid.
The people I worked for hated it and I had to park round the back, with the other 'socially unacceptable' wrecks. It became acceptable when they needed me to go and take photo's of Henry Cooper in a bit of a rush.
Also hand painted my GS, but white. Ten coats of Tekaloid.
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I brush-painted my first Mini Used a paint especially for the purpose. I can't exactly recall the name now but 'Re-Paint' rings a vague bell... Internet searches draw a blank...
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There definitely was a "Re Paint" on the market, I have seen it used by a mate but used Tekaloid myself, as it was what was in the carbits shop I used.
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I like this chaps approach and he does a very decent job. More than decent enough for the BB Micra . He is doing a Jim...hand painting a mini.
Had to smile at the end when he said...
"I'll put a few more videos on, when and as I do them, that's if you want to see them. If you don't, don't watch them simple as that!"
My view entirely...watch it if you want, I enjoyed it!
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Car Plan Repaint
Re-Paint, Car Plan Re-paint Car Plan are a brand associated with Halfords.
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and from the transient e-bay where occasionally old tins of paint are offered for sale, today Sunday 18th April in the year 2023, the FCF bags a tin of "repaint" to preserve for the internet enquiries of future generations.
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My DDG search turned up these images:
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I liked the Corsair.. but not the rust. They rusted away while you watched.
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