AFWO'Z 67 "feel the funk"

[MR AFWO !]

after purchasing my 67, i got it home to the garage for some cosmetic changes.

the first thing was the bumpers from white to black






then i added smoked rear lenses at the back

[MR AFWO !]

then it was time for the wheels to go from white to black










then i borrowed my black aussy visor, from off my 70




lamp was added to the front bumper

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from this




to this, with rear blind aslo borrowed from my 70

[MR AFWO !]

the doors will soon be turned back to original, from one piece to two piece.
i have donors but just need to get a few more parts, due to the fact that the donors are off of a car that got chopped into a convertable.
i prefure to have quarter glass in the doors, for the classic looks and also the functionality. they let in air in the summer and are much better for flicking f*g ash out. also one piece windows rattle like god knows what, when opened.

[MR AFWO !]

i decided to refit chrome trim to the side panels and found that, the original holes had only been filled in with body filler.
so i just carefully pocked the holes back through with a screwdriver, fitted new plastic clips and then second hand chrome, from slough swap meet.





many jobs tend to not be as easy as first thought and this job was one of them.
after fitting the trim to the rear and front quarters, i found that the holes on the doors had actualy been welded up instead.
luckyly i had the trim on both the front and the back, so i used them to tape the door trim in place and then mark around it. i measured the center and drilled the new holes.

[MR AFWO !]

ive now been kindly given, a bonnet trim.
so the next cosmetic change will be to drill more holes, in the bonnet.

[AdmaN]

i love this bug to bits

[bigfella]

loving the chrom mate would black rubber linings (in between the body and wings) be weird

[MR AFWO !]

Jan 16, 2012 20:32:47 GMT -1 bigfella said:

loving the chrom mate would black rubber linings (in between the body and wings) be weird

yep black wing linings may be added.

im thinking of completely changing the colour of the paint, so will see what i decide. white may look good with grey paint ?

[MR AFWO !]

huge amount of progress has been made now. it will look completely different when i get it back out in a few more days. pics to come soon

[MR AFWO !]

tryed steels from Sarahs 61

[MR AFWO !]

got the cans out to make it different before BIG BANG

[MR AFWO !]

a few arty shots with the cream side panels

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decided it was time bite the bullet and treat all the rust issues that were appearing all over the body. so got it in the garage to strip down



the strip down begins



found this lucking behind the side window. it was visable until the window and rubber had been removed



ground it out and gave it a good ol' kurusting



fixed



interior stripped





under the dash goes dark grey



on goes the interior colour ;D

[MR AFWO !]

rusted areas and body in prep for primer



body and rust treated and primed and arches with fresh underseal



masked up ready for paint



all paint applied



i rekon the plum interior looks great against the grey. see my freshly restored steering wheel, that i picked up for £3 at last years slough swap meet