« Last post by Richard48Y on Monday,April 29, 2024, 07:36:00 PM »
New stainless transfer tubes arrived at last. Single cut each made them much less expensive to ship. Shipping was still more than the parts. A little disappointed that the bends are not as nice as original tubes. Now I need to find someone very good to put them back together. Even with that I have saved a couple hundred dollars over the US sources.
« Last post by Kendo on Monday,April 29, 2024, 07:25:32 PM »
Yes, the VIN on my TCS was written on the top “shelf” under the window on both doors. That’s how I know that both my doors are original, even though the driver door was extensively damaged and repaired by a PO. Protip (actually, amateur…) scrape the paint out of the VIN casting so paint doesn’t “erase” it.
« Last post by berni29 on Monday,April 29, 2024, 12:26:17 PM »
Hi There
I stripped out the seats, hoovered up the copious amounts or rat/mice and what ever droppings. The seats will be stripped to the bare frames and sent off for blasting and painting. Do people modify them in any way before restoration? Like solid bases or metal straps instead of the rubber webbing?
One of the bases has been recovered and I like the look of the more pronounced stepping/stitching. I did see a pair of seats that had been redone in this style but I cannot find the pictures. Does anyone remember or know who it was?
Is the cardboard on the firewall at the back of the engine look original?
Also I have included pictures of the paint chipping. Does it look original? It seems to have a lighter coat underneath in places. I'm really not sure. It looks pretty thin.
« Last post by Bainford on Monday,April 29, 2024, 11:03:47 AM »
Nice work. A fine scale replica of your beautiful Europa. I am building one as well (as mentioned earlier in this thread) and hope to have it done a couple months. It is a nice kit.