Stripping the Paint on the Talbot Sunbeam LOTUS Shell - What Will We Find!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Time has come to strip the paint on the Sunbeam LOTUS shell. What will we find underneath the paint...... will there be any more surprises????
We don't usually get in finished cars for restoration! This Sunbeam LOTUS had a full nut and bolt restoration but all didn't go to plan in the place that did the paint. The customer brought us the car to try and fix the defects but we found a lot more problems than we thought we would........
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“Pretty poor”. That’s very generous of you. I think I’d call it something else!
Trying to stay family friendly 😂
That coat of steel sealer looks pretty sweet and the body looks pretty straight
Nice work 👍👍
The epoxy does look good on it's own doesn't it! Super straight body on this one.
That thing looks real sweet in satin black. Laughed my butt off at the tumble weeds. Looks awfully familiar LOL
The satin is awesome isn't it, it would be cool to have the decals in matt too!
All the hard work has turned out very well. Very solid original shell
It is remarkably straight and soild. Very lucky that we caught the issues before they set in!
Wonderful preparation again guys......hats off.... 👌😎
Thanks Aled! 😁👍
Absolutely Amazing (again)!!👍👍 Fantastic work and entertaining to watch too. You guys are now officially my joint favourite YT channel! I’m sure if you were around thousands of years ago you would have even got a mention in the bible!! I can see it now:- “ And Moses came down from the hills in his Triumph, following its excellent restoration work by Whiteland Restorations”! EPIC! 👍👍👍👍
As always. Cool music.
Thank you!
Another excellent video showing how to do things properly. You are what the Whitewicks are to railways and canals to the classic car world.
Glad you're enjoying the videos! Thanks for watching 👌
Even though the paintjob was bad it's always better to go back to bare metal as you get a better finish.
Always best to go back to bare metal if the budget allows it! 👍
This has become one of my favourite YT channels, RS brought me here, love the content and dynamic. I hope the previous “restorer” sees this, poor show on them.
Thank you very much JWxUK, glad you're enjoying the channel. Really makes it worthwhile knowing subscribers like you are enjoying the content! 😊
What an amazing job! Paint stripping looks like an insane amount of work. You both do such great work! Someday when I win the lottery, I'll be sure to send one of my 240s or a tercel wagon your way for restoration!
It's dirty work but it's worth it! You'll be washing it out for weeks 😂
Great video as ever. I have heard that lechler stuff is meant to be good I have used their clear coat before.
It is good stuff, we love it 👌
I watched this last night but I’m watching it again just in case I missed anything! 😃 It goes to show that if anything is worth doing, it’s worth doing properly! The car is going to look mint again but no rot under the paint. 👍🏼
Glad you came back to watch it again Simon! It's def worth doing properly. Take short cuts and it will bite you in the behind! 😁
The tumbleweed moment is genius..your videos have come such a long way in a short time, great job!
Thank you so much. Think our editing skills are improving. It's tricky learning something so different to what you do on a daily basis!
I hope the crap body shop who had it before are watching this they will learn an awful lot ! Great work you to cars really looking nice a credit to you 👍
Thanks Bigsquatch! Already looking better than when it came in...... lovely and straight now!
Proper prep job, well done to you both 💪💪. The rear valance looked tack brazed on, didn't look factory😮
Yeah it did look like it had been braised on. We haven't stripped enough of them to know if it's factory or not. At least it was done properly and it's very straight if it isn't 👍
Great work guys! I imagine this car was built in an era where unpainted bodywork with surface oxidation was painted over in the factory....car manufacturing has come a long way since then......
Actually it was only painted a few months before it came to us! Hard to believe!
I’m pretty sure the previous painters must be following this build very closely so it would be really nice for them to comment and explain why they think all of the paint pealed off? and have since corrected the problem (hopefully!) 🙏
Although it may have just been done by an inexperienced DIY-er so he can’t really be blamed too much to be fair….
Hello. New subscriber to your channel, just popped in to say how much i have enjoyed all your videos (yes i have sat and watched all of them) great channel great work and will keep on watching roll on the next one.
Welcome aboard! Glad you've found us! Thank you very much for watching, lots more content to come 😁👍
Sunbeam looking awesome in epoxy 😎 look forward to the next episode as always 👍
It looks the biz in satin black epoxy! Thanks for watching!
Your attention to detail is commendable and must be very reassuring for the owner but how can you be sure that there aren’t similar hidden horrors on the underside of the car?
We're going to cover that and the other areas in a future episode...... stay tuned!
Great to see new paint. Will stay on the body
This is the first layer of many! Black epoxy to seal the shell ready for the next stage 👌
There’s your merch idea “steel the seal” t-shirts! 😁 Loving the work.
We're working on it 😂👍 Thanks for watching!
Quality craftsmanship and attention to detail as always, Do it right - do it once i the old saying. Short cuts don't work. Well done guys. Five star.
Exactly! It's what we live by. Do it right and do it once. Thank you for watching 😊
Top class work.”
This will be sorted once and for all “
After you guys “have finished working your magic “👌
Back to 100% and ready for the shows this summer 👌
Amazing work as usual, great to watch how it's done properly.❤️x
Thanks for watching 😃👍
Discovered you through Hubnut and Involvod almost simultaneously, and really enjoy the content. Diolch!
Croseo! Welcome aboard! Glad you found us and you're enjoying the videos 🙂
Hugely satisfying video. I live ypu guys luts already. Thanks for great content. Awful stuff going on there. Just like MR2 rear arches...
Looking nice and straight 👌🏻
It is a remarkably straight shell!
Hi there I have just found your channel and absolutely love what you're doing. I just wish you tube would take more effort to promote channels like this. Already looking forward to see this channel grow
Thank you! We're still relatively new on the youtube scene.... Maybe the youtube gods will push the channel a bit more with more subscribers? Who knows! Glad to have you with us, lots of content to come 👍
Nice job even though you were covered in black dust! Leane, I feel your pain when it comes to glasses and goggles! I saw you sticking masking tape over the rust, was that to identify the areas for further work? Looking forward to the next one. 😊👍🏼
Yep that's exactly why we popped some tape there. Always easier to pick out when it's highlighted.....also stops us missing bits! Glasses are such a pain when it comes to messy work but that full mask did pretty well.
Excellent work guys as always love it
Thanks Nathan!
Real good work, thanks for posting
Thank you for watching!
Going to look amazing when finished,I wear versa flo helmets and air pack at work they are really good at what they do.The amount of work you have and are doing,will make it look amazing.The company who sprayed the car in the first place was one set of Bodge artists,Who should be named and shamed
It's going to be a beauty. We're actually looking for a good new air fed system. I'll give them a look.... Dont know who painted and at this point we don't want to lol
Arco sell the versa flo gear,it’s not cheap but it is good
Well done guys, great job as per……
Thank you Tony!
Are you going to be at the classic car restoration show at the NEC later this month?
We would love to be there this year but unfortunately we are just too busy to escape the workshop! Maybe next year we can be there and bring a car or two to show 🙂
Love your work team, thanks soo much for you sharing you work/lives with us.
Leanne, does the face mask work well with glasses/spectacles?
Glad you're enjoying the videos! Yes the mask is excellent with glasses..... there's a seal over the nose so there's no fogging up. Takes a few goes to get use to putting them all on together but highly recommend!
It will be mint it will be done properly slow and tedious process uncovering all previous bodge ups must be soul destroying
But let's face it some people only do short term fixes out the door big fat cheque on to the next one don't matter to them well done both for doing it right 👌👌
We wouldn't be able to live with ourselves if it wasn't done right! It's all in the details. Do it right and do it once 👌👌
I hope the bodyshop who messed this car up are watching this. They should be ashamed. But at least the owner is getting the best job done now 👏
We will bring it back to 100%, thank goodness we found the issues and it wasn't getting worse!
Listen it wae my body shop and we did a perfect job it is not our fault customer did not take care of the car or wash it badly
@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 You need to come off the drugs 😂😂😂😂
Nice work 👍👍 what about the engine bay ....I assume it was ok??
Thanks David. We'll be addressing the engine bay and underneath in a future episode! Stay tuned!
Hi, am following with huge interest and amazement.
What is the paint underneath like? Does that need to be stripped off as well?
Hi Lee, we're going to be addressing the underneath and engine bay in a future episode....stay tuned!
can i ask what you doing about the paint in the engine bay etc does the customer just want the outside redoing?
We'll be going over the plan for the other areas in a future episode..... stay tuned!
It is lucky that the body panels didn't fit properly otherwise this problem would never have been found until it was probably too late!
Don't mean to be do gooder, but i did worry about you not having extra breathing protection with you carrying a baby, so i am glad you got a full face mask now, an maybe Don't take it off until you are out of the spray booth, dust is still hanging around even if you can't see it! There i said it, but i am just looking out for new baby! Sorry I'm just a worrier! Lol
It's very lucky we found the issues under the paint. We dread to think what would have happened had we not found it. The rot would have set back in and it would have back to square one!
Thank you for your concern about the little one. Have no fear, all this was filmed way before baby was on the way and Leane is banned from toxic work and heavy lifting for a while! 😁
Obviously the price of restoring the Sunbeam is between you and the customer but how many man hours do you think you've spent on it so far?
Unfortunately all the work details are between us and the customer.
About 30k to do this paint
How much are Lotus Sunbeams worth when done though.......this work must be into 4 figures. Owner must love the car as I cant see the value
Not everything is about money with cars, I would pay what I had to pay to get a car how I wanted it, the end value would irrelevant. This will probably be the best one left once finished.
Properly mint Lotus Sunbeams with low ownership provenance now sell for 30 - 40k - and mainly by word of mouth.
You'd be surprised at how much Sunbeam lotus' are worth. Also it's a car for a collection, at the end of the day the customer wants the car right and it only increases its value. Tony knows what he's taking about, it will be one of the best 👌