the nisida grey is an option colour which hardly any had as it was an expensive option (i'll dig out the period brochure and look it up) but mine was one of the very rare cars that had the box ticked. it is mush more silver than grey, you're right there
i will be using the 1.2 ti gearbox together with the original 1186cc engine, THE original engine at that too
so, on to the build.
i was in 2 minds as to whether to paint the underside or not. it's a real pita to do laid on your back.....guess i could have done it last year when it was upside down on the spit
but i do like to see a painted floor and mine had had a couple of repairs and sections of fresh stoneguard.
so i bought a litre of brushable paint this mornign and got the sud up on axle stands again.
pleased i made the effort now, all fresh paint now ready for some of the bigger bits to go back on.
the rear quarter vents are metal on the S1 cars instead of the plastic of the S3 ones, didn't know that until we took them out at the paintshop the other day. anyway that of course means they need sanding and painting
weren't in too bad order but couldn't put them back on without a fresh coat.another pita job to take the paint off in the vents, must get myself a little dremmel type tool
should do a couple more jobs tomorrow but it feels like i've jumped a stage or two, this is the fun part putting shiny bits back on, seems like i've not hard the hard part!
mostly thanks to john and bobs previous hard work
and yes, i often do feel like i'm in no way a youngster
