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Martin Brunt's 1950 Lowlight Saloon.

I am in the process of restoring a 1950 mm lowlight saloon which I bought from the Banbury area last year. Up to now I have replaced all the floor. rear o/s front spring hanger both rear wings and both front inner wings due to the dreaded rust bug. The rest has been completely cleaned back to bare metal with my hand grinder and numerous wire wheels. (long boring tedious job) I then proceeded to paint the whole under side with K rust (comes out blue in the pics) Red oxide was then painted on followed by a coat of stone chip then to finish of 2 coats of black hammerite (should make it last a bit longer). I managed to find an excellent pair of front wings in Sweden. I have also had all the bumper blades rechromed and the front grill and then sent the body and all the parts for spraying. The car has now just come back from been sprayed by a friend and I have started to refit the panels. I still have a long way to go as I have not yet touched the mechanics or interior so there's plenty to keep me busy. I think I have managed to source most of the things I need to re build it to original spec apart from a pair of quarter light window rubbers which I will keep looking for. Anyway that's as far as I am at the moment, Martin.

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