After the painting comes the flatting and polishing. It's slow progress, but I'm glad it's not a van!
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No, the Punto is currently SORN. I was going to get it MOT'd when I sold the XK8 a couple of months ago, but other things have got in the way. Is There is a twin to ours though which I know did attend, but it has a cream roof whereas ours is blue. It's also a month older than ours which makes it the oldest survivor, with ours second. I can't get used to the idea of going to a show in a car which was nearly new when we bought it, although we did attend the Auto Italia event at Brooklands a couple of years ago where we were parked on the concrete banking.
Reassembly is slowly commencing, which can be confusing as the car was fully dismantled when I bought it. Fitting the windscreen went smoothly with able assistance from Mrs renaultvation (liz). I had to work out how the opening windows behind the louvres fitted as well as the rear side windows. There are two types and I had a mixture of both. It came down to trying them until finding one which fitted. Dashboard is in and outer panels are being fitted. I am still waiting for the quarterlights to come back from the re-chromers before I can fit the front windows. I have checked a couple of motors for the windows and they are all working.
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I thought it was about time I updated this thread. Looking more complete on the outside, but still lots to do inside. I have a set of Amil allow wheels which I have refurbished, then I can tackle the original steel Fergat wheels.
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Thank you, there is still a long way to go, but at least it now looks like a carThat really is a lovey job
Looking cracking, amazed how lovely these old French cars now look
After much searching, I managed to find the correct wheelnuts from a supplier in France for the Amil alloy wheels I refurbished . Not cheap at £82 for a set, but with new tyres fitted they are on the car. I can now start to refurbish the original Fergat steel wheels. It also has most of the interior fitted now, but still struggling with the electrics.
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About time I gave an update. Before I start thinking about getting it to go, I thought I had better make sure it can stop, so I am gradually replacing the whole braking system, only to find that one or two elements are unique to this particular variant of the 17 which was in production for only a couple of years before being replaced by the Gordini. This includes the servo and the master cylinder. I am hoping that the servo is fine, so have just cleaned and painted the exterior. I managed to find a refurbishment kit for the master cylinder, but found some minor pitting on the bore, so took it to Past Parts who are local to me and they have re-sleeved it with stainless steel. I managed to find a new offside front caliper and successfully rebuilt the nearside caliper. I have also made new brake lines, replaced the flexible lines and rear brake compensator valve. Rear brakes calipers are removed and ready to be sent off to Bigg Red in Worcester tomorrow for refurbishment. While I was working on the front brakes I took the opportunity to replace both track rod ends and ball joints. Surprisingly I have yet to find a seized nut or connector.