Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Aero 8, 2012< Plus 8, SuperSports, Coupe & Aeromax Aero progress.. and a new roof!

I have a small delivery of parts on its way.. so fingers crossed that could give an exciting update (well for me anyway!).
Other than that it is about 5/6 weeks wait for the paintshop...

Ooooh the postie has been!

Interestingly I learnt yesterday (from the bodyshop) that the paint on my Aero is actually pearlescent, which explains why it looks a few different colours sometimes and really pops in the sun.
Quite neat for a Mercedes-Benz colour!

Small update - the postman bought me this..



A genuine brand new GTN rear window.

Wow, that's a lucky find !

Brilliant find, good fortune favours the brave it's your reward for taking this on nice one..

Time for some updates!

So I had the dent man from my local Morgan dealer pop over a week or so ago, he has removed all the dents on the car so she is perfectly straight before bodywork - I don't like filler so this was the perfect way to ensure there is little to none being used.

I also noticed the windscreen was delaminating and had a nasty few chips and scratches, so that is being replaced as I want her to be factory fresh.. whilst ordering I might have gotten carried away and ordered some more shiny bits, notwithstanding the box I already have of new lights and bits and pieces..






Onto more recently and yesterday the old screen was removed, the new one will be fitted when the car is back from the bodyshop after stage 1 of the paintwork is complete.




The hardtop was also removed, this was much easier than expected (phew) and was a doddle - it also weighs practically nothing so a good saving over the soft top when fitted, although by the time it is trimmed in fine leather it might be a little closer to the soft top in weight.




Hardtop is now at the bodyshop, and the car will follow next week - this will be to final finish the roof and paint it (as well as spray a special sound deadening liner inside the roof) and once complete the plan is to have the roof final fitted and trimmed along with a few custom goodies!

Once complete it will go back to the bodyshop for stage 2 which is to have the rest of the paintwork sorted, GTN vents fitted and then owing to the outlook of the weather I suspect it may remain dorment until next year when the plan is to finish the interior, refurbish the wheels and brakes and put some new boots on it.

I do however need to finalise the interior design as the hardtop will be trimmed, Shaun kindly made me up a rather nice sample which I have been pondering over. I must admit I have seen some other designs (some very kindly provided by a fellow TM'er) and I am tempted to do something a bit more radical so I am doing some research - but I must admit I do like the diamond design and Shaun has but a few tweaks in to make it more unique, wonder if you can spot them - albeit pics can be quite decieving!




Thats all for now folks

"spray a special sound deadening liner inside the roof" ooh, do tell - redoing the inside to my hardtop has been on the to do list for a while

Will

The front heated screen on my Roadster is automatically toggled off by the BCU after around 5-10 minutes if not de-selected first. If no such protection an adjustable timer relay would achieve similar.

So I am using something called Raptorcoat, used for truckbed liners mostly but apparently works very well as a sound deadener on roofs and in other places.



I am pretty sure there is a timer on them, turns off after about 10mins or so.