The Portuguese Lancia Aurelia B12 1955 Series II

[BennyD]

That sounds quite nice for a sober car.

 

[hodroyd]

Are you going to keep it in those colours then Frank, or change to something a little more exotic..??

 

[BennyD]

I would probably keep it as bog standard as I could. But, there again, it's not my car!

 

[hodroyd]

I think it would be worthy of a leather interior if that's possible, but paintwork you are probably right Ian, keep it original..!!

 

[BennyD]

I see your point re the leather, but, if it were mine, I would put the original cloth back in. If you were restoring a Mk1 or Mk2 Lotus Cortina, would you put in black vinyl or black leather? I love leather seats but I would put vinyl in. Perhaps that is just me.

 

[Parisien]

They never came with leather........hate the colour.....will choose another Lancia colour of the period

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[2b1ask1]

Expect nothing less of you Frank!

 

[Parisien]

...well.....there were a few colours which frankly, even though of the era...fail to inspire me plus look a tad naff on this model......so am erring towards a dark blue.......might even be metallic if they did one...

But you never know......Newton....could end up banana yellow........

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[Parisien]

So...approximately 97 hours of labour later this is what a B 12 looks like!

Ok, glass needs to come out, dismount front/rear axles....but simple enough.

In new year, will spend a few weeks removing paint, then to sand blaster end of January.

The dirty, oily gloves have been binned, will treat myself to a new pair in the sales.


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[hodroyd]

Frank,
Starting to look pretty good and cleaning up nicely. Dark Blue would look nice with matching interior, or a contrast..??
Ian, I take your point on keeping original, but leather would be just that little bit more special..??
Cheers
R

 

[Parisien]

The flash does seem to emphasize the "orange" aspect of the superficial rusty areas.......in reality far less obvious/bad


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[safrane]

Not thought of having a chemical dip to remove the left over stuff?...will save some metal that may be blasted off if its sand-blasted?

 

[Parisien]

As mentioned Peter.....in an attempt to be kind to older metal work and those areas not too rusty, will use a chemical stripper...then a nylon brush arrangement to finish.....only sand blast lower areas and a few smaller choosen areas...advice is to let the guy spent more time doing it at a lower pressure.....


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[safrane]

Was thinking more of the bath type where they drop the whole car in and it removes everthing except metal.

 

[Parisien]

Yes...am aware of that technique.......issues about neutralising same stuff after...not sure.....expose and then cut out........


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[hodroyd]

When it's cleaned off, do a first coat of zinc based paint, it has a property which allows it to creep and cover any exposed part, giving excellent protection.

 

[Parisien]

A few more pics guys....lots of hours spent on it since......taking hub bearing off a complete nightmare...had to make some tools, remake them...use the red wrench....next week glass out......a bit more cleaning then paint removal


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[Emtee]

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So...approximately 97 hours of labour later this is what a B 12 looks like!

Ok, glass needs to come out, dismount front/rear axles....but simple enough.

In new year, will spend a few weeks removing paint, then to sand blaster end of January.

The dirty, oily gloves have been binned, will treat myself to a new pair in the sales.


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Amazing work P!. Well done.

I'd certainly consider an acid dip. It's a bit scary, but it's absolutely thorough and neutralising isn't an issue. It'll save you a LOT of labour time and will get to the bits that hands and fingers can't. Once primed you'll have a very sure foundation to build from.

 

[Parisien]

Am using a chemical stripper by hand for sound body work, sand blasting the remainder.....10" and down! Body man for 4/6/12 months

Running a few weeks behind where I'd thought I'd be, but got a few things done sooner than planned

Thanks Miles!

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[Emtee]

What sort of money are you looking at for the blasting P? Is your body man doing the full bodywork resto'?