Sanj's Silver Campaign 1.8t

So finally after 2 years of putting it off due to work and family commitments bit the bullet and started on the full resto of one of my 3 campaigns - the easiest to do the Silver One !

Was very very lucky to find this beauty as it only had 92k and been dry stored most its life and off the road from 1989-2005



Here it is already half stripped down, if any of you guys saw the car in 2012 it was already one of the most solid campaigns I had ever seen , body super straight and had original paint from the factory that had started to blister as it does after 32 years. there was also yale locks fitted ( like Campaign Jerrys ) but I coundnt stand them ( sorry Jerry) and the tow bar and aerial holes had to go so all welding was done



Before any body prep we made sure every panel was lined up perfect as over the years doors has dropped and tailgate and bonnet had moved slightly .



5 Days in , every panel was long blocked to get rid of any imperfections, doors and bonnet off to be worked off the car





any low spots filled in using only Dolphin Glaze very fine finishing filler











Spent 5 hours taking the 32 year old rear decal off without damaging original paintwork !!  and still got to take glass out !



This stuff helped a little with the horrible glue







Door Shuts get a proper going over degreased , scotched and all original unsightly spot welds smoothed





The boot floor on this car was pretty much mint but cant paint a car to this level without doing the insides so that will need a proper going over





So thats it for now more tommorow





 

Cracking job that, look forward to seeing how this project develops!  

Great work and keep the pics coming  

Stunning! Great work so far and a really tidy car to start with, such a good find    

So next to getting ready for some 1st coat primer, our local paint supply recommend sherwin williams as the best primer money can buy , it goes off shiny so you can see any imperfections in the panels

























Then to making way for the new big wheels , didnt want to damage or cut any off the original metal so bought in a professional arch roller and with a little heat folded back the arch lip on itself , then before totally flat squeezed in some proper 3m watertight panel sealant , then completely folded the lip then smoothed the sealant over to give a totally waterproof seal ready for body shutz later then paint .







Then spent hours cleaning every bit of the bottom rails to get them spanking ready for etch then shutz and then paint.



Enough for today more tommorow





 

Very nice! Great idea with the shiny primer. I take it that it doesn't change the look of the top coat at all?

Not at all Andy, its just so you can see any imperfections plus you have to block flat it totally now with p500 before applying any base coat.

Ah cool, nice one  

looking great so far mate  

So back to work, we get to block sanding the first coat primer





Then flatting out the original stone chip







then mask up for new 3m stone chip




3m stuff goes on lovely









Also some shutz where the old tow bar was removed so back to factory





Mask up for second coat primer











Second coat od primer goes down like glass






Then down to preping the boot floor area, what a nightmare !











More updates later this week.






 

Wow, your patience and prep work is paying off, that looks stunning so far. I can't wait to see final colour go on  

Excellent work going on here. Great prep work as Andy says above.

Looking forward to seeing this one finished.

Smudger

Thanks guys


So the boot floors now been painted

Original Diamond silver base first

















The 3 coats of gorgeous Lacquer








While that dries time for the front panel prep





Decided to last minute weld up the unused holes ( what are they all for anyway lol)



Bought a lead filling kit just incase we needed it but didnt need to at all on the body so had to test it out a bit !!



Then front panel get a proper rust treatment before primer







Boot floor dry



Always liked the 90's colour coded front spoiler look so decided to go through all the sanding and priming and sanding and priming to make one (may not use but what the hell Im doing paint work so why not get one ready)



After 3 coats of high build



Inside of tailgate also get some primer



Major clean up of scuttle now !! 32 years of muck.



After a whole days deep cleaning and sanding and scotching looks a lot better







Looks so much better with fresh paint





Then lacquer





Spent 2 days prepping the inside of doors

the glue from door membrane and old outer rubber was a absolute nightmare






Thats it for now folks more tomorrow

















 

Stunning mate love it

Great work with the paint and prep !! What setup are you using to spray the car ? i.e. size of compressor any filters and so on…..

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All prep work and internals being done at home using a hydrovane 15 compressor devilbliss guns  then all panels and outer will be done at my brothers paint shop

Looking like it will be stunning when it's done.   Have  you routed the front  sunroof drain tubes so they stick out of the holes  in the door frame ? 

SANJP said

All prep work and internals being done at home using a hydrovane 15 compressor devilbliss guns  then all panels and outer will be done at my brothers paint shop

Thought that you were going to do the body & panels in the garage too. Makes sense if you brother has a shop  
 I've got a tin top that needs prepping and wanted to have a shot at it myself that was all rather than send it out like I did my cabby.
  Looks awesome so far  

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Mate Im lucky just to get him to do all the panels and body lol , hes been putting me off due to being to busy for 2 years ! Insidesand prep can all be done at my home workshop gives me proper time to really get everything perfect then its just a flat bed ride down to body shop to get sprayed in the oven.

No body shop would do this much detail prep work without charging 6k plus.

Oh and sunroof drains have been pushed in to be fished out after paint

So the cars almost ready to go for paint body and all panels ready to take the trip down to the body shop, so wheels back on









Fianlly after 4 weeks of prep its finally delivered right to the spray booth !



loaded up the van with all the panels with a lot of care !





Let the masking begin







Mixing Time



Time to paint !





First coat of base down



Then more









Lacquer time

























Cars baked and out !!!



Now time for the panels







Panels done



Now a quick nib polish





What a finish !!!!















Doors and tailgate and bonnet goes back on







Time to go back home for the long reassembly process !!!