Manky's Pop.

[poprodder]

that looks real good andy, you should be proud of it.

[Manky Monkey]

Thanks chaps
The final coat of lacquer is quite heavily orange peeled. A textured finish presumably because I deliberately put it on as thick & wet as I dared to give me plenty of depth to polish into. I'm now dreading wet sanding it again in case I can't recover the shine with the cutting compound! Worst case scenario, I just spray it again, so not the end of the World. I'll give it a day or two to settle before touching it.
The steel around the rear window opening's quite wobbly, but remembering how we struggled to fit the rubber & glass, it's probably just 50 years worth of people bashing it about! Never really noticed it until it was gloss. I can live with it, but it looks like a bad filler job, so maybe a few very simple pinstripes might work.
The upholstery guy obviously didn't want the job so said it'd cost over 400 quid to strip & recover the tunnel -but to be fair, it's a big, time consuming job. I needed a hot air gun anyway
I'll give it a good scrub & look for some vinyl reviver -I used something from Frost Auto years ago on the old Jag seats in my Moggy Minor. The edges all need re-gluing too & because it's glued over a layer of Dynamat, it's very lumpy & bumpy -I'm wondering if it could be smoothed out with one of those little wallpapering rollers.
Don't suppose anyone fancies a little side project if I supply the materials & some cash?!

[stinkey]

Bring it down to me Andy..I will do it for you mate

[Manky Monkey]

I'll be in touch Steve. Starting to farm out jobs where I can now, just to get the thing done.

[BikerGran]

The 'wobbliness' round the rear window won't be nearly as noticeable when it's out of the garage and on the road, with shadows and reflections etc - don't sweat the small stuff!  Just get it done and drive it!

[Manky Monkey]

Yes ma'am!
I spent some time at the Basingstoke transport festival this morning, then nipped down to Dorset to see Stinkey. He's going to tidy up the gearbox tunnel vinyl for me. It's another job out of the way -& more stuff out of the garage.
Nice to see you Steve.
Steve's yard.

[Manky Monkey]

Maybe not as noticeable as I first thought. I don't really want to cover the truck in pinstriping. I'd like it more subtle than that, but maybe some sort of coachline or even shadowing around the rear window would do. Yes, a minor detail Bobbi!

[Manky Monkey]

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[the coppersmith]

That looks good Andy, well done

[stinkey]

The hot air gun's for the gearbox tunnel. I dropped in at Trimmania in Wokingham today, hoping they could refurbish the tired looking vinyl. They weren't impressed & didn't think they could get the 5 years worth of garage gunge out of the grain.
They can recover it for me, but it'll be a lot cheaper if I can remove the old vinyl & Dynamat soundproofing myself. Not going to be a fun job, but needs to be done.

Today I've been mainly cleaning this gearbox tunnel and scrapping old glue and paint and dust away from the areas that have peeled..started to re glue those places..will start the same process on the larger section tomorrow ? Spoke to a nice lady on the phone who advised me which product to use ..so if it's any good I will let you know which company it is? Whatever the outcome I'm sure it's going to look a lot better MR Manky..

[Manky Monkey]

Thank you for the update Steve

[stinkey]

Well I received the vinyl cleaner/paint today..so cleaned and painted the underneath with some black truck bed paint Andy gave me..and then started on the small section of the tunnel cover..doesn't look too bad..the bigger section seemed like it was covered in dozens of tiny spots of glue ? Andy thinks maybe it was overspray from the lacquer he's been using ?

[Manky Monkey]

You've been busy
Don't want it too glossy, just clean, as it has to match all the other vinyl in the cab

[poprodder]

You've been busy
Don't want it too glossy, just clean, as it has to match all the other vinyl in the cab

it'll have more shine than the paint!!!! lol