Berlinetta restoration

[scott h]

Re: Door gaps

You could try swapping the hinges around, top for bottom or on the other door, that's what I had to do. Also if you elongate the holes in the door just a touch it gives you a couple of mm vertical adjustment. The other thing is that the windscreen frame will move a small amount if you slacken the bolts (assuming that the glass is not fitted yet to avoid breaking it!). The last thing I can think of is to only tighten the hinge bolts to the chassis when the door is closed, to give smooth operation of the latch. I've just been doing all of the above in the last couple of weeks as I get mine ready for paint.

[Cameron F]

Door gaps

Fitting the new doors today - what a palaver. I just cant seem to get a decent fit. Using the hinges and everything 'as is' means the door bottom hits the cill panel about 6" in from the hinge. Adding a shim between the lower hinge and the door about 4m thick gets the clearance on the cill even but brings the screen frame closer at the top than the bottom. And the rear top corner of the door is hitting the B post. The hinges are sound with marginal play.
Putting the car away now whilst I have a sulk and a think (or read...till one of the MOC crew tells me what I'm doing wrong!).

[wiggiesworld]

Re: Vinylkote

Today I tried vinylkote.
The seats in the Berli are nice enough and dont have any damage - maybe a few pressure marks form storage. However, they were badly faded from exposure to sunlight. The unexposed bits were bright red and the exposed bits orange.
The first stage is to disassemble as much as possible. Then you clean with vinylkleen. This is a strong detergent and is diluted 1:4 ish. I applied with an old tea towel and gave the seat a good old scrub, a nail brush might have worked better but it was amazing the grime that came out.
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Then I used the vinylPrep which is some sort of solvent as it leaves the surface tacky. I applied it with a bit of polishing cloth and kept turning it over, the amount of additional muck that came out was amazing.
I have spray equipment and so I used that but vinylkote comes in aerosols too. I bought 1 litre of matt charcoal/black and sprayed it at 30psi with a 1.4 jet. Lots of light coats - well about three is the result in this pic. I thinkI may give it another couple as well. I have to say I was doubtful of the claims but am eating my words - it really is an excellent finish.
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Impressive.... gives me a clue of the standard I should be aiming for with my seats resto.

[Cameron F]

Vinylkote

Today I tried vinylkote.
The seats in the Berli are nice enough and dont have any damage - maybe a few pressure marks form storage. However, they were badly faded from exposure to sunlight. The unexposed bits were bright red and the exposed bits orange.
The first stage is to disassemble as much as possible. Then you clean with vinylkleen. This is a strong detergent and is diluted 1:4 ish. I applied with an old tea towel and gave the seat a good old scrub, a nail brush might have worked better but it was amazing the grime that came out.
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and after
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Then I used the vinylPrep which is some sort of solvent as it leaves the surface tacky. I applied it with a bit of polishing cloth and kept turning it over, the amount of additional muck that came out was amazing.
I have spray equipment and so I used that but vinylkote comes in aerosols too. I bought 1 litre of matt charcoal/black and sprayed it at 30psi with a 1.4 jet. Lots of light coats - well about three is the result in this pic. I thinkI may give it another couple as well. I have to say I was doubtful of the claims but am eating my words - it really is an excellent finish.
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[Cameron F]

Re: Berlinetta restoration update

Just pushed car out of garage to let it enjoy some sunshine! And remembered I hadn't taken a pic of the new lights on the rear end..so here it is...

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[scott h]

Re: Berlinetta restoration update

Looking great! I often find that although I have been busy it can be a while before there is something worthy of a post to my build diary. Looks like you will make Stoneleigh easily, wish the same was true for me. I will give it my best shot.

[Cameron F]

Re: Berlinetta restoration update

Thought I would post a couple of pics to let you know its still ongoing...
Rewire all finished-bar replacing a reverse light bulb. New rear lights look good - but no pic of that end just yet.

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[David]

Re: Berlinetta doors cracking and splitting - any fixes?

I've been looking for a 6 powered Berli to buy in Feb so this looks like a contender. Interesting that the interior trim appears to have changed from grey to beige at some time.

[Cameron F]

Re: Berlinetta doors cracking and splitting - any fixes?

Interesting... priced right? A car which is part of marlin history?

[b_caswell]

Re: Berlinetta doors cracking and splitting - any fixes?

Tried to put a link to original post but failed for the moment

[David]

Re: Berlinetta doors cracking and splitting - any fixes?

Thanks Mike and yes Scott - I agree there are too many red cars about (saying that almost every car I have ever done I have repainted Red!!!). Wasn't that last car Peter Filby's? Whatever happened to him? Or the car?

I just saw this car for sale on Gumtree and remembered this thread, so two years on we have an answer, on the car at least.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/marlin/ford-marlin-berlinetta/1281326065

[cameronfurnival]

Re: Mini window regulator

you are welcome as with anything I do ( and I'm sure others who rebuild these cars will testify) it's never simple. My new alloys arrived today AEZ 15 inch (seen in the pic above) I purchased them as 4x108 but when they arrived they are clearly marked 100!!! Beggars belief that people cant read simple details! I am sending them back on Monday unless someone wants a set of alloys fit for a corsa chav mobile or similar! 2 good tyres! £100?

Meanwhile the passenger door has drooped further - I repaired that one with L angle, the drivers side is rock solid but I uses U channel on that one - guess which one is recommended from now on? So hoping I can find a good passenger door somewhere.

Meanwhile it comes on quite nicely, I want it to be good and reflect the care and attention to detail that was put into the original build and subsequent upgrades.

[angusgrooby]

Re: Mini window regulator

Thanks for the pics Cameron your car is looking really good enjoying your build thread.

[wiggiesworld]

Re: Mini window regulator

Ooo, liking the look of your new wheels, could you say the style and where they are from please?

[cameronfurnival]

Re: Mini window regulator

Yes they are the adjustable ones Very nifty... Here are some pics...


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