New born soonly (Green one)

[SpidArman]

My 87 is doing the same thing....

I have an unrestored 87 with 36k and the dash suffers the same problem. I am not positive, but fairly certain from the lack of rust, that my car, was garaged for most of its life. I believe that the factory applied some paint to the dash cluster pod, which is now peeling on both our cars. In fact, I have seen otherwise mint cars with peeling dash clusters.

It seems pretty strange for the factory to have painted the pod when under the paint looks to be a similar looking finish. Perhaps they were having some sort of moulding problem which they needed to correct when the pods where made.

Just my 2 cents...

Arman

 

[Black-Tooth]

Interesting...

Makes me wonder now...

But regardless, they need to come off and be redone. It would appear that COLD has more to do with this than heat...

 

[Black-Tooth]

Same goes for me, Yves...

My French, Romanian, Japanese, and even my English is quite lacking in many ways!

Given some patience though, we can get our messages across... Good to have you here!

 

[DanielForest]

Dash

Hi Yves,

The sanding and painting solution seems right to me. If you want, Jean-Marc Nadeau used to have X1/9 dashes rebuilt for customers. Is business is called Syncro.

Or, I may have some spares in good shape. I could take a look if your are preferring this solution. But I think they are all brown. Let me know if interested.

 

[Yves]

Dash

Thanks Daniel for the offer,
but for beginning I will try to paint the cluster.
If the result is not there I will think about Synchro.
Yves

 

[Yves]

Cluster cage paint Done

Hi all,
finally I sand the cluster cage and clean with "Acetone" solvant.
There is the look before paint.

I used Krylon paint for plastic and vinyl

Paint done

Finally I'm satisfied with the job, the cluster look good.
Thanks everybody for all advices.

 

[Andrew Coles]

looking good!

In your first series of pics of the car in the body shop theres something red lurking in the background. It looks like a Porsche Carrera GT, however something doesnt look quite right... is it a replica?

 

[Yves]

Porsche GT

Hi Andrew,
Yes that Porsche GT is a kit install on Porsche 911.

I'm so sorry it's not my car .... but I prefer expense of my X :no:

 

[Black-Tooth]

Looking good. Do let us know...

... just how well it holds up over the next ten years!

HA!

 

[Yves]

New Green one Part III

Hello all,
I still working on my green one, there is new pictures
I wish you will liked. Presently in Québec Canada is cold minus 15 Celsius.
But I will take time for pictures

Next month I will send new pictures.
Bye

 

[dcioccarelli]

Excellent work!

Hi Yves,

I'm really impressed by the work that you have done. Not just your attention to detail but the choices that you have made during the restoration.

Many X owners take a classic X and try to modernise it with dubious results. In your case, you took a later X and transformed it into a classic.

May more X owners be blessed with your good taste!

Cheers,
Dom.

 

[Yves]

Thanks Dom

Thanks Dominic for the good words:thumbsup:
I try to do my best and share with all of you.:grouphug:

 

[allansieben]

Two Thumbs Way Up Yves!!!

Great colour!! Love the detail. Looks like I won't have the status of having thee nicest X1/9 in Canada anymore! (I'm only kidding my fellow Canuks!) Great job Yves! I wish you many fun filled adventures showing off your new ride after its unveiling! Allan