1960s Cox GTM resto project

[irlmin]

Got to be silver , G

[Pandora]

Oh, and if you go for meatballs, make 'em big. The rule for them as I see it, is they must be at least as big as the door panel (i.e.touching top and bottom edge) or better still, eat into the adjacent panel like the sill.

I don't like the wee ones that look like they are bobbing around looking for a home

God, I used to spend ages laying out decals on prototypes......

Al

[kevs 1961 mk1]

oew anything else is a compromise

[AndyB72]

Collected the GTM from Tim and Chris at Whights last week and couldn't wait to get the eyes in and wheels on, will have to sit in the garage now while I finish off more than a few job in the house for Mrs B...

[GTM71]

Looks lovely Andy! Shouldn't take to long to finish now, will be great to see it out. Not many unmolested Cox's out there.
Need to get the builders in to do my Garage extension and I can get on with mine...
Simon

[InnoCooperExport]

Looking great! Nice to see one not in faded orange as well, most I've come across always look a bit worse for ware. Looking forward to seeing more of it.

[WMU 211G]

Looks fantastic! OEW stripes and stick on number plates with silver digits on a black background will suit it nicely....

The Surf Blue Mk1 is also rather nice!

[goff]

Andy That looks superb , Its crying for some JAP 10 inch wheels .

[rpb203]

Does look excellent doesn't it!
Nice pair of cars there I would add.

[davidnutland]

210 mm is a good width for a stripe, it also makes it easy to mock up on the car

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[AndyB72]

It has been ages since I updated this thread so here we go. This is my dads handywork repairing some damaged areas on the seats. Some new vinyl and coloured vinyl repair/filler...












I bit of a c0ck up meant I had to have a new screen made as the original one was too small, don't ask, so after ringing around a few companies I found a sign maker in Leeds with a large oven who could make a form and shape the screen, the pattern is a work of art and over engineering at its best...







...fitting the rear screen was a nightmare and tuck 10 hours and lots and lots of tea.

I haven't been taking many photos since fitting the screen but this is how it looks now. Last week a tuck it for a short spin about a mile or two up the main road and unfortunately it overheated, or at least the temp gauge shot up and after parking it up there was a bubbling/gurgling noise coming from the engine block, but it hadn't expelled any fluid from the expansion tank so I need to investigate further.

There are still some bits of trim to sort inside but other than that its 99.9% finished.

What do you reckon to the door circle, yes a nope?

[mk1]

Great repair job on the seats. Top mk's to Andy's Dad!

The car looks Ace Andy!

Personally, I'd draw the line at door circles, but as they say, the choice is yours.

I look forward to hearing all about the screen. Sounds like a good pub story.

[surfblue63]

Very nice. Yet again another great car comes out of your garage Andy.

I've had a fiddle with photoshop with a couple of ideas.

Rear panel in stripe colour and black sills to give the car a bit of length. Try with a bit of vinyl first to see if you can live with it.

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[Pandora]

What an amazing result, and transformation. As far from anyone's lazy idea of a 'kitcar' build quality as you can get.

And as I just posted on Faceache, go large on the doorcircles. Massive. Big as you can.

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Al

[UHR850]

PLEASE no circles on the side, the stripes are good enough, and PLEASE colour the sils the same as the rest of the body.

Kees

[Old English White]

For myself: I think it looks perfect as it is A great result! The colour suits it so well and less is more in my book.

[roger mcnab]

hi andrew
i agree no door circles and no color on sills looks great as is
cheers roger mcnab

[almondgreen]

I am one of the few door circles supporters...

lovely car, by the way....

[kevs 1961 mk1]

no to door circles ,why spoil perfection

[turbocox]

Well I posted on the other forum about what a great job you two have done….

But… let’s talk about the stripe debate again…


The stripes need to be one wide solid stripe down the centre of the car. In Matt black, with two more pinstripes down either side of it making it wider than it’s currently showing.

The sills, need a 2” Matt black stripe with a rectangle section cut out letting the blue show through with Cox cut in (in Matt black) like the gt40 has. If you use a solid black sill yes ir does lengthen the look but it also raises the look. If you use a 2” stripe you’ll see blue black blue lengthening the look without it looking higher, if you know what I mean.

Just my option, but please mock it up and have a look see.