So she wanted a reliable, frugal and cute runaround. I went and bought her that:
It's a '86 Renault R4 TL 1.1, made in Spainistan by Fasa.
She was pretty solid, ran sweet and needed little but cosmetics. Well, loads of them...
First it was time to swing the hammer, bumpers were quite banged up.
Before:
Rear
Front
After:
Rear
Front
I'm gonna leave them like that, the chrome is pretty much undamaged, plus it will be her daily and in Spain bumpers are used as such...
The wheels:
Before:
After:
Nasty surprises to be found on the way:
Oh well...poked it with a key and it just collapsed. Some cut out the rusty bits and filled it with...um...dunno and painted it.
Both sides, but easy to fix.
Tacked some sheet metal in, then glass on top. It was easier to shape the lip for the seal that way.
Done:
Taking care of them wrinkles:
I found some more rust too:
Other than those spots there was little rust on the body, the chassis is in great shape. The car lived in northern Spain for quite some time so I've expected worse.
A couple of afternoons took care of both rust holes and dozens of little dings.
A owed favor payed for the actual respray. I only had to prep it, the pro threw some paint on it.
To be continued...
It's a '86 Renault R4 TL 1.1, made in Spainistan by Fasa.
She was pretty solid, ran sweet and needed little but cosmetics. Well, loads of them...
First it was time to swing the hammer, bumpers were quite banged up.
Before:
Rear
Front
After:
Rear
Front
I'm gonna leave them like that, the chrome is pretty much undamaged, plus it will be her daily and in Spain bumpers are used as such...
The wheels:
Before:
After:
Nasty surprises to be found on the way:
Oh well...poked it with a key and it just collapsed. Some cut out the rusty bits and filled it with...um...dunno and painted it.
Both sides, but easy to fix.
Tacked some sheet metal in, then glass on top. It was easier to shape the lip for the seal that way.
Done:
Taking care of them wrinkles:
I found some more rust too:
Other than those spots there was little rust on the body, the chassis is in great shape. The car lived in northern Spain for quite some time so I've expected worse.
A couple of afternoons took care of both rust holes and dozens of little dings.
A owed favor payed for the actual respray. I only had to prep it, the pro threw some paint on it.
To be continued...