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Yikes it's slow here. mind you if it's only open to Paid up PCGB members only. It's no wounder every ones on other forums.
Anyway just an up date on my resto car. the 1954 Pre A
with a new ( well sort of ) stab at falling in love with the car again and the poss move to all things down under it means I have a problem with the GST taxs and other Duty to be paid on the car so I have contacted the Ozy import gov dept and they basicly said the more work you do to the car the more it's worth.. and the more we have to TAX you .. so as a working man I have to be sharp on my money so I had come to a standstill on the resto of the car.
Anyway still awaiting clarification on all the rules which are like stock exchange tick'o tape eg they change to suit the wind direction..
any way i have now chosen the paint and the paint colour. I called John in the US who does a paint matching service and I came up with the colour that was a perfect match to Radium Green a 1953 colour and it just happend to be a perfect match to a 1980's Toyota colour and I mean perfect match to the sample.
But as I have found out these paints are never the same and as long as effort is made to get the colour as close as you can then hey!! well done
So I better start making room in the workshop to start the body work resto again..
any one else doing a resto?
also did I hear right that unless your 356 is finished and registered in the UK your not part of the PCGB 356 register? I would hope this is just a rumor to chuck in with the others in the bin. Let me know??
happy 356ing..
Anyway just an up date on my resto car. the 1954 Pre A
with a new ( well sort of ) stab at falling in love with the car again and the poss move to all things down under it means I have a problem with the GST taxs and other Duty to be paid on the car so I have contacted the Ozy import gov dept and they basicly said the more work you do to the car the more it's worth.. and the more we have to TAX you .. so as a working man I have to be sharp on my money so I had come to a standstill on the resto of the car.
Anyway still awaiting clarification on all the rules which are like stock exchange tick'o tape eg they change to suit the wind direction..
any way i have now chosen the paint and the paint colour. I called John in the US who does a paint matching service and I came up with the colour that was a perfect match to Radium Green a 1953 colour and it just happend to be a perfect match to a 1980's Toyota colour and I mean perfect match to the sample.
But as I have found out these paints are never the same and as long as effort is made to get the colour as close as you can then hey!! well done
So I better start making room in the workshop to start the body work resto again..
any one else doing a resto?
also did I hear right that unless your 356 is finished and registered in the UK your not part of the PCGB 356 register? I would hope this is just a rumor to chuck in with the others in the bin. Let me know??
happy 356ing..