76 Swallowtail - Ocean Blue

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Yayyyy, still dont want to sell it?    haha

Hi Brad. - nope as you will guess this one is a keeper    

Good to see this rare mk1 is finally getting put back on the road after sitting locked away for so many years. Going to be watching this one, keep the updates coming.

watson said

Good to see this rare mk1 is finally getting put back on the road after sitting locked away for so many years. Going to be watching this one, keep the updates coming.

Thanks watson - finally managed to get this build thread up now that I've got some time! been meaning to do it for ages   have more done so will  keep the updates rolling in.

Nice ..Look forward to seeing some updates

cheers mk1 Jamie - your project is awesome. Hope I can get anywhere near the quality of yours  

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Great to see another MK1 being saved. Best of luck with the project matey. Keep us posted with the progress

Oh wow, what a find Jonathan!! Not surprised you're a tad chuffed!  

Great to see it start, what condition are the seats in?

thanks smudger - I will keep the updates coming no worries.  

Hairyarse - yes super chuffed with this. generally looks in not to bad but I am sure there will be some hidden problems that I havn't found yet.

Re the seats - Passenger and rear bench are in reasonable shape, usual wear with a few rips. Driver seat bottom however is completely shot. I've been trying to source some OEM fabric for a full re-trim but this 'cognac houndstooth' seams impossible to find NOS or even close to OEM. It has a tan and gold thread in it with black (most I have found are only light brown and black i.e. not the two tone like mine).

It seemed to be only very limited run time in production - the 75 brochure I have shows it (along with black& white; and green& black houndstooth) but it was not as a UK option - in my other early 76 brochure it is an option in the UK, and then a later 76 brochure (pdf. on this site I found) it has completely gone… all indications are that it will be very difficult to find.  

Any help/contacts that may be able to help source would be much appreciated !! I am now contemplating speaking to a local weaving firm to see if they could recreate it.  

Cheers

great looking project, what a find  

good luck with the restoration  

matt

That's a shame - it's why I asked as knew it would be a tall order to find the fabric. It would be great if you could!

Nice project in the best colour. Takes me back to mine

Hairyarse , yes I get that feeling that it is gonna be an issue to track down the fabric

dubboy , another ocean blue motor..  What interior colour/seat combo did you have in it? Any pics you could PM over?

Hi Jonathan just read your thread,great find best of luck with it.
Lego has also come along way since I played with it 40 years ago! I sent you in post message in earlier post.

ivortheengine said

Hi Jonathan just read your thread,great find best of luck with it.

Lego has also come along way since I played with it 40 years ago! I sent you in post message in earlier post.

thanks ivortheengine , yes it will be a great project. Agree on the lego stuff - my better half couldn't believe how much fun it was!

Yea I saw the other post - sounds like it could be a cool trip - obviously my mk1 won't be finished by then - is there a restriction that only mk1's can do the road trip?

Pt message sent.

Good luck with this build !! can't wait to see it get underway.  

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