New Telco hood ornament was not available, so I painted the same in the shade similar to the remaining colored part.
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Due to lack of time I have not been able to give time to the vehicle and also update the thread. Currently the car is in its final fitting phase and sharing the next set of updates with some images.
Here are the pictures after the paintjob:
Also got it refulled on the way back from the paint booth.
After this started to work on the interiors,
Sidindica was helpful in sourcing me a softcopy of the 1998 Autocar India Sierra turbo review (Has the same Seat pattern & upholstery as the initial car)
But to our surprise, as we removed the old brown velvet upholstery we were shocked to see the original black leather upholstery and the same pattern which we were planning to use from the magazine images.
Here is the sample of the reupholstered seat base, Apart from this, have selected a grey velvet material for the roof liner.
Waiting for the interior work to be completed with a modern Fortuner (White polythene on the roof was to protect from pigeon poop)
Apart from this, paid some attention to smaller things.
New Telco hood ornament was not available, so I painted the same in the shade similar to the remaining colored part in it using a syringe and later on clear coated it with spray.
Was lucky to find Tata Gurkha UK Spec wheel covers. They were new but paint was in a very bad shape due to poor storage and age, gave them a good respray and also cleaned and reinstalled the export spec emblems.
Here is a reference pic of the UK Spec Gurkha AD with the same wheel covers.
Post this we installed the new tyres, the old ones were in a really bad shape due to age and were also wider and same as the turbo spec.
New tyres installed and now standing tall with my Roxx. (Black polythene on the hood was to protect from pigeon poop)
Found a rendered image on insta which is of the exact same spec (door and side beadings not a part of the original car), I wish this project comes out like this after the final fitting and polishing process. Will keep updating.
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