Car
12-03-2009, 07:28 PM
Yet another restoration from the early 1980's! In the photographs before the restoration it appears to look ok but when viewed for real the enamel spray can paint job is awful! I have stripped off the paint and plan to update this little Honda to appear less 80's! (except for the 80's touring car racing style suspension set up!) The pictures below show the car before any restoration work except for removing the glass and so on. Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3886/dscf4880.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5759/dscf4882.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3888/dscf4887.jpg These pictures (below) show what it looks like after stripping the paint, lowering the suspension in a 1980's touring car racer style and adding some different more suitable wheels (in my opinion!) with a bit of negative camber added to the suspension! I also sanded down the edges of the sunroof which appeared to be massively out of scale. Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/659/dscf5975.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2374/dscf5988.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8020/dscf6002.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8287/dscf6003.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2425/dscf6010.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4456/dscf6011.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/223/dscf6013.jpg I then decided to fill in the 1980's red stripes and also the Japanese number plate space on the rear for a more up to date smoother look, and I re-attached the boot spoiler. The filling is is not very noticeable in the pictures but should be when I get a chance to paint the body shell! I think it looks a lot more purposeful than before! Sorry for the picture quality! Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9343/dscf6072.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2537/dscf6073.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7108/dscf6080.jpg Image: http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2619/dscf6082.jpg