Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK

Hi all,

Does anyone have before & after shots of their pride and joy, ie as found and after restoration? It'd be interesting to see the vehicles that have been tackled by members here.

RJ
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MikeEdwards · Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2470 Location: South Cheshire

Ooh, ooh, me, me!

Sportshatch exterior, before and after:

I do need to update the "after" shot, because it has the stripes and stuff now.

On the inside, it improved a bit as well. Before:

Seats are the same, after a bit of a clean. Door cards aren't.
and after

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK

Good stuff Mike, that passenger door had received quite a whack hadn't it!

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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh

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1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon

ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4104 Location: South Cheshire

1958 MGA

As bought

During restoration

Almost finished

norustplease · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 779 Location: Lancashire

As delivered August 2018

12 months later
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1953 Citroen Traction
1964 Volvo PV544
1957 Austin A55 Mk 1
Boring Tucson SUV

Rootes75 · Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 2:03 pm Post subject:

Before, just being off loaded after being found in a field where it lingered for 30 odd years.

After, around 9 years later and after an awful lot of hours work, the not quite finished article. Only very minor jobs were left to do.

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Various Rootes Vehicles.

mikeC · Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:15 pm Post subject:

I'm sure I can add a few to this thread; I'll have to hunt through my old photos and scan them first!

But here are a couple to be going on with:

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in the garage: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK

Excellent stuff, please keep them coming folks Smile

RJ
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mikeC · Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:58 pm Post subject:

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in the garage: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
Recently departed: 1953 Lancia Appia, 1931 Austin Seven, 1967 Singer Chamois, 1914 Saxon, 1930 Morris Cowley, 1936 BSA Scout, 1958 Lancia Appia coupe, 1922 Star 11.9 ... the list goes on!

badhuis · Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 1390 Location: Netherlands

Great pictures!
Amazing that the seats of the Vauxhall could be saved, respect.
Also good to see an Atlas van saved.
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mikeC · Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:46 am Post subject:

Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK

Wow, in the early 1990s I went to have a look at an Atlas that had been left in a garage for years. It was pretty hard to get at, it involved climbing into the adjoining garage and climbing through a hole in the wall to get to where the Atlas was stored. I often wonder what happened to it, the friend I was there with didn't bite on it and I had no room for it. There is a photo of it somewhere, although being so cramped it's not easy to see it.

RJ
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