RICHARD MANSFIELD2
Active member
Hi everyone.
This topic may invoke controversial thoughts, I would ask you to ponder and consider my sentiments. Many of you know that I have a foot in both camps of modification and restoration. With regard my restoration see my thread 'My Mini restorations and twin engined Mini' on page four in the topic of Other Vehicles. Also if you read my project thread you will see how much I have done on my Puma which I have owned for 18 years now. Unfortunately my Puma has to sit out side in all weathers and gets covered in all sorts of muck and dust. I have reached the stage where I am fed up of trying to keep it pristine and weary of repeatedly polishing out the swirls and the haze.
My Puma is probably as good as it is going to be without the benefit of an expensive bare metal respray and from now on will only continue to deteriorate. So, I have spent a fair amount of time deliberating on having it wrapped, perhaps in a satin gun metal gray. That was until I paid a visit to a local company that specialises in all sorts of high quality vehicle wraps where I came across this in the workshop......
In the flesh the detail is outstanding and the 3D effect is fantastic. So I thought I would have a very very similar wrap to this or even adapt this one for my Puma. Right I can imagine some of you throwing your hands up in the air with horror but just bear with me.
Some of you will say that it will devalue my car, not so, as I plan to keep my car for the rest of my days. The monetary value of my car is irrelevant it does not matter to me if it is worth 2k or £2.
It will further protect my car paint work from deterioration therefore maintaining its condition.
It can be stripped at a cost of £150 revealing the paint as it was at the time of wrap even after 10 years.
Finally on a personal note I have been a slave to restoration and convention so I thought I would be outrageous and do what I want to do. I am sure that at a car show, which I intend to do many of in the future it would attract more attention and interest than say a Ferrari or E Type Jag. albeit for the right or wrong reasons.
I open the floor to comments please.
Regards,
Richard.
This topic may invoke controversial thoughts, I would ask you to ponder and consider my sentiments. Many of you know that I have a foot in both camps of modification and restoration. With regard my restoration see my thread 'My Mini restorations and twin engined Mini' on page four in the topic of Other Vehicles. Also if you read my project thread you will see how much I have done on my Puma which I have owned for 18 years now. Unfortunately my Puma has to sit out side in all weathers and gets covered in all sorts of muck and dust. I have reached the stage where I am fed up of trying to keep it pristine and weary of repeatedly polishing out the swirls and the haze.
My Puma is probably as good as it is going to be without the benefit of an expensive bare metal respray and from now on will only continue to deteriorate. So, I have spent a fair amount of time deliberating on having it wrapped, perhaps in a satin gun metal gray. That was until I paid a visit to a local company that specialises in all sorts of high quality vehicle wraps where I came across this in the workshop......
In the flesh the detail is outstanding and the 3D effect is fantastic. So I thought I would have a very very similar wrap to this or even adapt this one for my Puma. Right I can imagine some of you throwing your hands up in the air with horror but just bear with me.
Some of you will say that it will devalue my car, not so, as I plan to keep my car for the rest of my days. The monetary value of my car is irrelevant it does not matter to me if it is worth 2k or £2.
It will further protect my car paint work from deterioration therefore maintaining its condition.
It can be stripped at a cost of £150 revealing the paint as it was at the time of wrap even after 10 years.
Finally on a personal note I have been a slave to restoration and convention so I thought I would be outrageous and do what I want to do. I am sure that at a car show, which I intend to do many of in the future it would attract more attention and interest than say a Ferrari or E Type Jag. albeit for the right or wrong reasons.
I open the floor to comments please.
Regards,
Richard.
I think it'll look great, really interested to see the Ford adaptations on it.
