7th December 2009, 21:15
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| 1967 MK1 Standard Herald-Restored Car : 1962 Standard Herald MK1 Restoration start date - March 2007 (By the owner at previous work shop) Project start date-15th September 2008 ( The day the car was handed over to me) Actual start date -4th December 2009 ( The day the project finally took off) I feel you guys would have got a fair idea about what i am meaning to convey  The car has been to 2 different places so far, before the project took off. Without wasting time, will now update the WIP  The last pic depicts the proposed outcome. |
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7th December 2009, 21:25
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7th December 2009, 22:02
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7th December 2009, 22:26
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Anyways, wow, pavan!! Nice to see a separate standard resto thread at last! I know I know, I get the hint! Although before opening the thread, I thought it was another '62 Herald that you'd told me about earlier (1-owner one, for sale at a steep price?) I didn't realise that this car too is an early Herald, even though you'd sent me the pics. once earlier. The present dashboard is from a Gazel. Do try for the original dash, although it's next to impossible to procure here, having come only for the early Heralds (later models had wood-veneered ones, which can be easily fabricated) Most of them have had their dashboards changed/modified later too! Importing maybe the only option. A '62 Herald I had did have the original dash intact though, this is what it looks like:  Also your proposed outcome for the car looks accurate! That is the kind of colour option these early Heralds came in, with black being the only single colour option until a year later. This kind of 2-tone existed only on Heralds, known as "duotone", with the top and lower-half being the same (darker) colour and only the "waist" (inc. bonnet top and bootlid) being white. I personally like to call it the "half-saree" 2-tone, as that's what the colour pattern reminds me of....for further clarification, check out the 'resemblance' in this song: And yes, these Heralds did come out even in the colour combo as in the above video, known more precisely as sebring white and litchfield green.  Do try to find out what colours this car was in, while the paint is being scraped off. Anyways, I hope, more than anyone else, to see this car in it's former glory! Good luck! The embossing on the seat covers seem to be common in Bangalore? Another Herald I know of here, whose owner had lived in Bangalore earlier (1-owner car) too has similar seats with some kind of embossing. Quote:
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7th December 2009, 22:41
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Stanhergaaru, The hint is simple. I want you to be more active on this thread than me Though i can work towards the Tinkering/Painting and getting the car to run best at its mechanicals,I know very little about the cosmetics. So saaaaar, need your help all through. | |
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7th December 2009, 22:57
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7th December 2009, 23:15
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7th December 2009, 23:54
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Uh, the hint I got was a different one though- 'thought it was about starting a separate thread about the restoration of one's own standard cars rather than posting them in a 'common' thread, as you'd suggested once. Quote:
Front bumper-guards also are from a later Herald. But pavan did tell me he knew someone who does have an original grille and guards? Any news on them, pavan? Quote:
 To clarify, I was comparing the 2-TONE COLOUR schemes of the early Heralds (like the grey and white one posted in pavan's first post) with the COLOURS OF HALF-SAREES (a.k.a langa-voni in telugu), and since this was the first song featuring said attire I found on searching in youtube, I posted it's link here. That's all. I'm not referring to any aspect of the song or music etc. as those are not relevant here. Incidentally, (as per my imagination atleast!) a Herald in the early 2-tone colour scheme could be personified as a belle clad in a half-saree.....not sure how many (guys) would like that, but I sure would as I'm a sucker for both! Last edited by Stanher : 8th December 2009 at 00:00. | |||
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8th December 2009, 10:18
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| Pawan, Yesterday as herald was scrapped in Bangalore Gujari, Arun has more info on it. Might be that you can find some thing of use on your project . All the best for the resto. Plz. also provide me your contact info. |
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8th December 2009, 11:20
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8th December 2009, 11:38
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8th December 2009, 11:48
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8th December 2009, 21:31
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 Getting it back to the original factory spec car.Quote:
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10th December 2009, 18:55
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18th December 2009, 21:48
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| Distinguished - BHPian | Pavan saar! Hungry for updates!! Also wanted to point out to you btw- it looks as though the car still has a white-wall tyre left on (the RH front one) IF it's still in good condition, I suggest you swap it temporarily for an ordinary tyre while the denting/painting goes on. You don't want to have a good white-wall tyre messed up, they are so hard to find today (for Standards atleast) Last edited by Stanher : 18th December 2009 at 21:50. |
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