Posted: Sun Apr 10, 16 10:37 pm
With the aid of my ever trusty assistant and with it being a nice day we got the car out, gave it a wash and went for a drive. Was a good day 
Exactly what its all about !
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 16 11:27 pm
Good on ya.
Exactly what its all about !
Exactly what its all about !
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 16 9:20 am
Gripping read, great thread!
Love the attention to detail.
Did you think about dynamat instead of underlay btw?
Love the attention to detail.
Did you think about dynamat instead of underlay btw?
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 16 12:39 pm
Thanks. Yes I was going to put that in at first, but my friend who restores cars said is can potentially be a water trap if there are any leaks (window rubbers etc). As I'm wanting to keep the car as original as possible I'm not changing rubbers unless really nessesary, so I bought water resistant underlay (it said its used on boats as well as cars). My plan is to have everything mechanically sound/new and the body 100% solid while it still keeping its original paint and appearance. If you see it you wouldn't think anything has been done to it. I get asked when I'm going to have it painted all the time. Which is exactly the car I want, old original, slightly tatty so if it gets a ding in a car park so be it, but not a heap.
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 16 1:28 pm
We had that decision to make a few years ago, on our 69 Sport Satellite. Whilst it would be nice to reduce heat and noise with something like Dynomat, the main priority was to ensure we weren't adding anything that could cause condensation and therefore corrosion.
In our Polara, we have a transparent rubber mat that extends across both front footwells; not very pretty but it came with the car, and does a job! If we leave the mat in the car when it's been parked and the engine turned off, because of the heat coming up thru the floor from the exhaust, we often get condensation forming on the underside of the mat. So we partially roll it up or completely remove it to allow the hot air to dissipate up thru the carpet.
We reasoned that it we put dynomat in and it wasn't 100% adhered to the floor, any air pockets between it and the sheetmetal could cause condensation to sit between the floor and the dynomat, potentially leading to corrosion. And with the ribbed design of the floor it was always going to tricky to ensure the dynomat is stuck down 100%.
Maybe I/we are worrying too much but we didn't want to take the chance so just used fairly conventional underlay under the carpet.
In our Polara, we have a transparent rubber mat that extends across both front footwells; not very pretty but it came with the car, and does a job! If we leave the mat in the car when it's been parked and the engine turned off, because of the heat coming up thru the floor from the exhaust, we often get condensation forming on the underside of the mat. So we partially roll it up or completely remove it to allow the hot air to dissipate up thru the carpet.
We reasoned that it we put dynomat in and it wasn't 100% adhered to the floor, any air pockets between it and the sheetmetal could cause condensation to sit between the floor and the dynomat, potentially leading to corrosion. And with the ribbed design of the floor it was always going to tricky to ensure the dynomat is stuck down 100%.
Maybe I/we are worrying too much but we didn't want to take the chance so just used fairly conventional underlay under the carpet.
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 16 5:08 pm
It's happy 50th birthday day today, 25th April 1966 our car was built. Shame the weather isn't playing ball so we can take it out. But it got a birthday hug from its biggest fan
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 16 5:34 pm
Happy 50th!
mines in a couple of weeks
christ I'm old!
mines in a couple of weeks
christ I'm old!Posted: Mon Apr 25, 16 5:58 pm
Your only as old as you act!lough3969 wrote:Happy 50th!
mines in a couple of weeks
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 16 6:17 am
She looks so good for 50, many happier years to come for sure.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 16 8:13 am
XP29 wrote:Your only as old as you act!lough3969 wrote:Happy 50th!
mines in a couple of weeks
Very apt, eh Dorian
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 16 10:07 am
And still in its original paint!cadboy wrote:She looks so good for 50, many happier years to come for sure.
Happy Birthday
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 16 10:31 am
Happy Birthday
The Coronet's is coming up next month
The Coronet's is coming up next month
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 16 1:48 pm
Hmmmmmm.... Indeed....RobTwin wrote:XP29 wrote:Your only as old as you act!lough3969 wrote:Happy 50th!
mines in a couple of weeks
Very apt, eh Dorian
Posted: Tue May 03, 16 9:13 pm
Was a nice day so I took a drive into Epping Forest which is nearby.
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 16 6:27 pm
My pretties arrived. Just got to get the tyres fitted.
