Harrys finished!!!!

[Vickie]

Blimey! It is great that business is so good though - esp. at the mo!

Well I have noooo idea what needs doing tbh - just know it's gonna cost me lots of ££££!

Looking forward to seeing Harry out and about. Oooh and also jim, judging by the sterling work you're doing on Bee it would be a pleasure having you work your magic on Petal! :laughing:

[1958 Harry]

Well if you want me to have a look and give you an idea just say and we can pop over, I'm in Bristol most weekends, Mark will also come outr and have a look if you want him to :)

[Vickie]

Thanks mate that sounds great - we're heading up to CTTP next wkend (will you and Gem be there in Harry?) we can have a natter about it then and also the lowering springs!!

Noodle is going into the bodyshop on Monday to have his standard front bumper sprayed and fitted and his bootlid sprayed where the spoiler left it's marks. Shiny! But as I'm sure you know, I reckon having nice shiny paint makes you ultra paranoid about keeping it stonechip etc free!

[1958 Harry]

Oh and thanks for all the comments guys, Harry does look great, I'm well impressed with the quality of the work done on him, Marks best ever I think, the quality of work (which was excellent in the first place) is definitely improving with each car/bus he does :D

I'm just Happy Harry is finally back on the road! (well almost) I just wish I knew where I put his new tax disc, I only got it back in November :laughing:

I did have one 'oh ****' moment, we were fitting Harry back up and I hear a knocking noise on the back, wobbled his passenger side wheel and there was a loud knocking noise coming from it, oh ****e I thought, wheel bearing or one of the axle shafts (quadruple ****e!) :( anyway I checked the wheel nuts, they were tight, so I took the wheel off and checked the drum, no noise, so I put the wheel back on and gunned it up with the air gun this time making sure the wheel was 100% centred and voila no knocking, I must have not had the wheel centred properly and it must have had a bit of play in it, thank goodness this was an easy fix (for once) tho, makes a change! :lol:

[1958 Harry]

Thanks mate that sounds great - we're heading up to CTTP next wkend (will you and Gem be there in Harry?) we can have a natter about it then and also the lowering springs!!

Noodle is going into the bodyshop on Monday to have his standard front bumper sprayed and fitted and his bootlid sprayed where the spoiler left it's marks. Shiny! But as I'm sure you know, I reckon having nice shiny paint makes you ultra paranoid about keeping it stonechip etc free!

Cool :D

Mark should be there as well so you can have a chat with him about it as well, he can give you the SP on it then (isnt CTTP is 2 weekends time on the 19th? )

[Tofufi]

so I put the wheel back on and gunned it up with the air gun this time


Noooooo :eek:

Seriously, go careful using air guns on early bug wheel nuts.... Beeee has 2 or 3 threads stripped per rear wheel because of air guns doing them up too tight!

[Vickie]

Go on Lukey, you know you wanna bring Harry to CTTP!

Looking forward to seeing him hopefully pick up some trophies at some shows this year :)

[1958 Harry]

I'm sure his studs are fine dude ;) I'm just glad it was a nice easy fix! LOL!

And yeah I hope Harry wins some trophies this year! :D

[Shamrockez]

the title of this thread makes me smile every time :lol:

[Tofufi]

the title of this thread makes me smile every time :lol:

:laughing:

[1958 Harry]

LOL! I know, its a bit ironic now! I don't think he'll ever be tryuly 'finished' there will always be something I want to do/change on him! :D

[Shamrockez]

They're never finished! ;)

[1958 Harry]

Well Harrys in VDub Resto having his vandalism damage repaired and some other bits done :D

I stripped him down myself for Mark and this is how he looked, he looks so sad :(

He is having his entire passenger side painted including passenger door, drivers door painted, drivers side front wing welded where its split and then painted, and his front valance painted :D

This was last Friday:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/04092009030.jpg

and this was him by the lunch time Saturday :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/05092009032.jpg

Wing off ready for repaint due to a rust bubble:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/05092009033.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/05092009034.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/05092009036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/05092009037.jpg

Doors all stripped

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/05092009038.jpg

All his chrome trim has been removed as well as thats being replaced :)

[1958 Harry]

Then today lots of new shiny bits turned up :D

New door chromes & scrapers

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/09092009045.jpg

New entire door seal kit for both doors:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/09092009046.jpg

New quarter window chromes and new body chromes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/09092009047.jpg

More seals, clips and other bits:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v682/gertiebug/09092009048.jpg

On back order still to come are new running board chromes and new stoneguards for the front wings :D

I still cant believe that little lot just cost £320!!!!

[Blue Smoothie]

all worth it when you factor in the glory and fame of winning trophys!!

[Doodlebug]

all worth it when you factor in the glory and fame of winning trophys!!

lol! Harry must be about a few inches wider that most other bugs with the ammount of paint he's had ;) Looking cool though mate!

[Shamrockez]

this thread title still makes me chuckle every time I see it :lol:

[Graham]

this thread title still makes me chuckle every time I see it :lol:

Me too ! :laughing:

Finished my ar$e ! :laughing: