Anglia Progress

[Jonny69]

Tonight I flipped the doors round and the bootlid over and slapped on 4 nice heavy coats of yellow. So it was back to this again at first:





I lifted the doors off the ground by standing them up on bricks so they wouldn't stick to the cardboard I'm using to protect the floor:



After 2 coats, they looked great but I was a bit keen with the spray gun and got a couple of runs:





This is fine because I'm going to be block sanding and with two more heavy coats on top of that the runs are now hardly a problem at all. It's amazing that I blocked down the original paint and filler with 180-grit paper and this paint has completely buried it!

Boot looks nice and consistent now and I managed to get a few coats on that pesky back panel:



So this is nearly it. The car is now down to just three colours, red in the engine bay, yellw all over and blue flip front. Next job is to tackle that beaten p beast and get it in some kind of shape that I can spray onto. I roughly got it there before but it needs a lot more work before painting.

[Jonny69]

Bit of a late start today and not got very far compared to the rest of the week. I've been block sanding but not having much success so it's a good job I started on a discrete easy to fix panel, the bootlid.

Just had a chat with a mate on the phone and we think the problem is my grade of paper is too fine, that's why it's clogging up real fast and not knocking the orange peel back. Mark suggested 120 which I thought would be a bit too coarse since there's going to be topcoat going straight on it. I just double-checked my order and there's a few metres of 180 and 240 so that's a top result. Change of plan then - I'll be working on the flipfront instead. I can do a bit of prep on that, filling etc then blow the inside in with stonechip paint tonight and it'll be ready to handle tomorrow.

Right now, a few moments web surfing and a tea and donut (tip your head back and make that Homer Simpson mmmmm donuts noise)

[Jonny69]

The flipfront is rough. It's old and it's got racing heritage. You can read that as it has been used hard, it's beaten to hell and it sat in someone's front garden for a long time. The great thing is it cost next to nothing and I've already made most of the repairs so everything else is cosmetic.

I need to add some holes at the back to vent into the heater. I thought about patching in a grill as per original but it's a flipfront with no features so it would be more suited to some racing treatment with the hole saw. 5 equally spaced holes should do it as sketched out:



Pilot holes first to ensure they all go in the right place:



Then *BAM* through with the hole saw:



Well not exactly like that because I was using my trusty 9V Bosch battery drill which is STILL going strong, it was a bit slower in real life. I got two perfect holes, two good holes and the one in the middle went a bit stepped but it looks fine:



Then I was a bit stuck what to do with the rest of the day. Because of the colour and the extent of the damage it's very hard to fill and see what needs doing on the flipfront. I decided the best line of attack would be to get a few coats of primer on it, then it's both flat and a colour I can mark up where it needs attention. First coat is a thin one:



Next a real good heavy coat which I was surprised didn't run:



And that's where I left off tonight. I have enough primer left for one more big coat on the flipfront so I might need to get some more depending what I decide to do with it. It's tempting to leave it rough because it's going to deteriorate on the car and I've always planned to make it a feature rather than try and hide the fact that it's flipfronted. So it's ripples in the fibreglass, no shut lines and straps down the sides. I think a few licks of stopper to fill the holes and I'll leave it at that.

I'm happy that everything is yellow. It feels like it's got somewhere now, it's so tempting to sling it all together to see what my car looks like in one piece again but I haven't got time for all that.

[Darrin]

You're making me want to get back into restoring cars again, mate!! You're quickly sending me into financial ruin!!

Just kidding, but you're really making me want to get going on a project, but it's entirely too cold around here for anything resembling paint.

I was originally a little dubious about your choice of yellow for paint, as I really liked the red. But it's beginning to grow on me and I think it looks ace.

Keep up with the updates, this is quickly turning out to be my favorite thread.

[lostkat]

That is going to look absolutely fantastic. Can't wait to see it all painted and put back together

My Mum's first car was a Ford Anglia like that one

[Jonny69]

Originally Posted by Lozza

I think the yellow is just a primer and it will indeed be red again!

Yes, it's yellow primer because it'll make the red on top shine a lot harder

But I have seen one in gloss mustard yellow and it looked fantastic.

[Jonny69]

27-01-2008: The primer on the flipfront has done exactly what I wanted it to. It shows up all the pin holes, scratches, chips and cracks so I can see where to put the stopper. Stopper is a very fine filler specifically for filling small imperfections at the priming stage. Normally you'd only need a tiny amount but I've applied it quite liberally as there's a lot of holes to fill:



Then you rub it all back off. This is during:



Now it's ready for final priming once I've applied some stonechip along the front edge and at the tips at the back. These are the bits that are going to get smashed about on opening and closing so I can reduce the visual impact by adding some texture. Masked and sprayed:



And masking off:





Shows you can't leave anything anywhere. I had the car pushed outside and while I was working in the garage with the door down some **** punched a hole through the masking to see if there was anything worth stealing inside. :mad:

[Jonny69]

Hosting got spanked, all sorted now

Here's some from last night on another file host. Got 3 good heavy coats on the flipfront and I'm really happy with it. All the pinholes and scratches are buried and I'm really pleased with how it's come out:



Stonechip paint under the primer:



The sanders arrived yesterday with a lot of sanding paper so I can get on with the blocking down this week. The weather is taking a turn for the worse though so I'm not sure if I'll get to spray it next week. I need it to be dry and preferably above 10 degrees C. I've booked the week off work anyway but I can cancel if I need to

[BBx]

OMG this is great well done Jonny

Originally Posted by Jonny69

It was at this point my stomach was rumbling so much there was risk I'd disturb the dust in the rafters so I knocked it on the head, cleaned down, showered and headed to Kebab Ye for a shish kebab and chips with a few glasses of red. Yep you've guessed it, she's out tonight

You have a kebab ye?! There is one near mee too... hee hee!

BB x

[Muban]

You're doing a brilliant job on this. It's so going to be worth all the work in the end!