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lancia1969
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 Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:27 pm Post subject: Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rallye - 1969 - First ever project! |
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Hello Everyone,
I have just joined the forum today and am hoping to get a LOT of help and advice...
I have never restored a car before, have zero mechanical knowledge, however I have just embarked on a new project.
I live in Johannesburg, South Africa, and have bought a 1969 Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Rallye, in bits, with almost all parts present.
I have just completed stripping down the body completely, and am about to get this sent off to be bead blasted / sand blasted, any welding that needs doing done, and then primed.
Besides the engine work I have to do I have plenty of other side projects, the steering wheel needs restoring to its original glory, and today i got the dashboard out, I need to restore the veneer fronted wood.
If any of you have any tips on restoring the steering wheel and veneer fronted dashboard please let me know. Also if any of you have worked on these cars, know anything about them please let me know!
I need to locate someone to assist in putting the wiring lume back in / making a new one for the car, if anyone has any contacts in Johannesburg it would be appreciated ?
I also need to locate, and this is all I know is missing so far;
front grill
almost all badges from the inside and outside of the car
original wheels
front windscreen
Car stereo - original
I am sure I will find more items missing as I go along!
Anyway please help me! once I have worked out how to post photos I will get some on here.
Cheers,
Olly |
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Rick
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lancia1969
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Right, I have now completely stripped the body of the car out and it is going to be heading off to be sand / bead blasted and then welded and primed...
I have just stripped the steering wheel back to the wood, and am waiting for it to dry after washing it, before filling cracks, sanding and applying layers of varnish...
I am now wanting to start restoring the veneer dashboard, does anyone have any tips / the process for restoring a veneer dashboard ?
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lancia1969
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| Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Finally worked out how to get photos on here, below are a selection of the project so far!
Cheers,
Olly |
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Rick
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lancia1969
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| As far as I understand the Daihatsu plate is the 'importers plate' this is put on there by the company that imported the cars. |
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aps
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:02 pm Post subject: dashboard |
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| you may find that the dashboard is not veneer ,it could be a painted veneer called graining . but if it is veneer it would be a very time consuming project ,any damaged areas will need to be carefully heated and removed then replaced with new veneer ,the best method of heating that i have found is a cloths iron for large area and a soldering iron for small areas .wayne |
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