Patchy's Fawlty Towers risk management. Enter at own risk

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:07 am

Good on you STM - great to see Patchy is on the road to recovery!

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 3:52 pm

I remember all this (via the forum, not in person).

taminga16 · Postby **taminga16** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:57 pm

Hi Stan, Seeing this was like a whack on the back of the head with a cushion, who could forget the images of 'Patchy' looking so forlorn in the garden circa 2009 (?)

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 6:32 pm

When Patchy first got the post box

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:20 pm

OMG.....have you got any more Okibi?

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:10 pm

Most of my STM pics look more like this ..

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:15 pm

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:17 pm

Just after the Wallaby

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:40 am

Do you have the original one of this pic.

Patchy in primer?

Postby **Okibi** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:14 am

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 10:15 am

Grey Primer.....Okibi.

you sh*t. :lol:

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:31 am

Pink Patches!

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:08 am

So lets take it back a bit. I think this pic from around mid 2009 might even be here a few pages back

This is as far yelow she ever got. essentially it turned out to be disaster. The paint got all these blotches like the measels beneath the clearcoat.

and eventually the clearcoat came off
like here

this is where we take things up. This pic was taken march 2013. 6 moths earlier a shcool mum most likely bumped into door when it was parked near a school. Then just a few days before an OS trip. the neighbour finished it off with backing his towbar into the door.

I left her in the driveway for months without looking at her. not driving her. id only just got her re-registered too i'd had her off road for just under 3 months. in total. 2013 she must have spent 6 months off road. When stuff broke i just got her home & left here for a few weeks before looking at her.

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:17 am

A new door & front panel were eventually purchased I decided to paint them red. & thus got motivated to try to get the whole car red again.

started with the easy bits first.

I did panel by panel. Its far from perfect , but so much better than the Dijon.