Restoration of Clara begins

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Re: Restoration of Clara begins

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Looking great Moleman :ok
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Hi clara has been delivered today for a completely new interior. I'm having everything replaced ,new cupboards ,carpet,fridge,sink and hob and new upholstery,electrics,heating.
That just leaves me the dash and engine to sort out.just need to get a compresser to respray the dash with the right texture .Also got to sort the poptop bellows ,wether to keep the original or go for new .

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Just a update on clara.
She is having the interior fitted at the moment ,here's some pictures of work in progress.
can't wait for it to be finished


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if you have any more maybe detailed ones of the interior parts as it goes together it would be good,
nice pale coloured finnish, only downside is the bliddy wheel is ont wrong side :rofl
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A very nice interior you have coming together there, I hope you dont mind me taking a wee bit of inspiration from it!! :D
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The interior is being fitted by someone else and these are the latest photos he has sent.i will post more when i get some .eiret25 i hope it give you some inspiration,she's been gone two months now ,so can't wait to get her back and finish it . :ok

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Hi
while clara's away having her interior fitted i bought some alloys.
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Just deciding what colour to paint them .
orange or grey as we are having grey stripe on her or just stick with black. :?

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What is it about orange & white colour schemes, especially on Devon conversions? They just look so nice :ok

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