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Alva - New engine and more paint problems


Amber_Nunny
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Quite :lol:

Love it, we have a best interior award, we should have a best engine bay - this would be a contender!

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tempting fate with a white engine block! but looks good :)

Thanks. I didn't want to overkill it with the colours so that's why I picked the white. I'm really happy with how it looks now :)

Quite :lol:

Love it, we have a best interior award, we should have a best engine bay - this would be a contender!

Thanks Koop ^_^

I'm just trying to get it to meet my standards at the minute.

Going for paint?

Indeedy, got some bits and bobs being done.

You know if you put some effort in on the head it would come up very shiny.

All in good time - it's not finished yet.
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looks good :P lots of hard work from what i can see

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  • 3 weeks later...

So just a quick update of a couple of new things I've got over the past couple of weeks...

Excuse the bedroom pictures - I've ran out of storage space everywhere else now!!

Matching rear seats ^_^

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Gti headlining, sun visors, grab handles and interior light

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Really can't wait to get Alva back from the bodyshop now and get the engine back in!

Only another month hopefully :)

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Engine will look sweet :thumbsup:

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So I haven't updated in ages!

Alva's still at the bodyshop but I'm hoping she'll be back next week, so there will probably be loads of photos!

In others news, we finally got round to doing a bit more on the engine, cambelt and sump on :)

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I'm really excited to see how this MASSIVE project finish. keep up the work :)
Loving it
Thanks for all the nice comments! ^_^I can't wait to get Alva back from the bodyshop and get this engine back in.Got loads of things to buy and some things to hide ;)
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Real tidy work Amber, Bet you cant wait to get it back in the shows :yes:

Ryan

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So its been a very long time since I've been able to update Alva!

Yesterday she came home from the bodyshop and I can now show you all the work she's had done :)

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And the finished Alva...

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And back home! ^_^

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She's still got a long way to go, but at least bodywork wise she's pretty much there.

So a list of the things which she's had done:

Full exterior respray in Candy White with extra lacquer

Sills straightened and detextured

Door lines smoothed out

Aerial removed

Mk5 boot handle :wub:

C pillar trim holes removing

Door shuts and insides of the doors repainted

Bumper resmoothed

Arches rolled

All interior plastics resprayed as well as a few bits for the engine :)

I just now can't wait to get her back together and put the engine in! ^_^

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