Daft Ways to Treat a Classic
Discussion
Dynion Araf Uchaf said:
I’m going to say that no painting has occurred and instead it’s the difference between paint exposed to the sun and paint that isn’t. Red is ripe for a bit of fading.
This. Red is one of the worst colours for it, but it happens to an extent on pretty much all colours - have a look at a van where they’ve peeled off the signwriting.About 13 years ago my mate had a party. He owns a few classics and lots of land. We all got a bit tipsy and set out a course with cones on the grass. Our choices of car were 72 Mini, Austin 1100, Jaguar 420 (!), Land Rover Mk1 and some French thing. I chose the 1100 and totally ragged it to within an inch of it's life, including handbrake turns and reverse J turns, as everyone else did.
It was all a good laugh.
Now I feel guilty about abusing those lovely classics, however, the 1100 and Mini did not seem that bothered and he still has them today. The LR not so much and it overheated!
It was all a good laugh.
Now I feel guilty about abusing those lovely classics, however, the 1100 and Mini did not seem that bothered and he still has them today. The LR not so much and it overheated!
Stick Legs said:
Some mates & I once ragged a Mk.1 Renault 5 3 door in Bronze around a field until it broke.
Really wish I hadn’t now. It was a charming little thing that our idiot teenage brains couldn’t understand.
A friend and I used to do the same with his Volvo 340 as 12/13 year olds, once that broke it was replaced by a somewhat less-athletic VW Golf Mk 2 with some woeful un-turbocharged diesel engine. To be fair we tried for years to kill that thing, when I last enquired about it 10 years ago it was still running!Really wish I hadn’t now. It was a charming little thing that our idiot teenage brains couldn’t understand.
tapkaJohnD said:
kis,
You are most mistaken.
Of all the car colours, especially in those days, red fades more than any other. What you show is a faded boot lid, where the number plate has shaded the paint from sunlight, an preserved the original colour.
John
except on that one you can actually see the (rough) paint line round the number plate and the overal texture looks more like artex.... You are most mistaken.
Of all the car colours, especially in those days, red fades more than any other. What you show is a faded boot lid, where the number plate has shaded the paint from sunlight, an preserved the original colour.
John
ETA. For those that do not see it, click on the image to show the original and then zoom in.
tapkaJohnD said:
kis,
You are most mistaken.
Of all the car colours, especially in those days, red fades more than any other. What you show is a faded boot lid, where the number plate has shaded the paint from sunlight, an preserved the original colour.
John
No disrespect John, but I think Keep It Stiff knows his way around a car well enough to spot that it's been hand painted. It's not his first rodeo with Gilbern GTs, either. I assume this one is the V8 beast?You are most mistaken.
Of all the car colours, especially in those days, red fades more than any other. What you show is a faded boot lid, where the number plate has shaded the paint from sunlight, an preserved the original colour.
John
Turbobanana said:
No disrespect John, but I think Keep It Stiff knows his way around a car well enough to spot that it's been hand painted. It's not his first rodeo with Gilbern GTs, either. I assume this one is the V8 beast?
Yes it is the Chevy GT. The car has been hand-painted, it has created a pretty horrible finish, it looks like water droplets on a polished surface over most of the car! Actually I was quite pleased to find this patch under the number plate, I want to restore as close to original as possible and this gives a good reference.I'm told that the original colour was probably Peony Red, a Ford colour with the reference 177-27353, a Google search on this number reveals nothing. Does anyone have an info on this? Searching Peony Red without reference number produces a few images however these look like the pink end of the red spectrum when the colour under the number plate looks more like an orange shade of red.
untakenname said:
I've noticed a few classics being used this winter even with all the road salt that's gone down, I wonder if they are new owners or if their cars are very well rust proofed.
Possibly. Some people buy restored cars, or have them restored, and see it as being like a "re-start" for the car, and start using it as a daily runner in all weathers again, just like when the car was new.
They could also be short term owners, taking all the plaudits for using their classic cars in all weather conditions, and being told how cool they look, whilst at the same time happily knowing that they will off-load the car in a few months time, leaving someone else to have to deal with the salt induced corrosion, later on in the car's life time.
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