19th February 2000:

Went over today hoping to see some 'orange' paint, but not yet. Comforting to see the job is being properly. The complete insides of the car and all the under bonnet area have been primered up ready for spraying. At least, its nearly ready - a small amount more of work on Monday then hopefully get the insides sprayed up on Monday night. Should make for some interesting pictures next week then.

The sprayer just threw a bit of primer on the outside of the car, its certainly not the final prime, that's for sure. Still a few rough edges to smooth out before we get that far, but that can all wait until the mechanicals have been reassembled back in.

But even with just a patchy coat of primer, it seems the arches will be quite subtle from the side view - that was the intention. Whether they will stay as subtle or whether the real paint will highlight the shape remains to be seen. Its being painted in Giallo Tropicalo (Tropical Yellow for my non-Italian speaking readers), a colour only available on the Ypsilon Elephantino Blu. Despite being a standard Lancia colour, I am told by the sprayer that it has a pearl effect and will need care when sprayed to avoid stripes!

That inside looks so clean now - makes such a change it all being one colour. And as for playing 'spot-the-join', that's already a very difficult game (and I know where to look!). The wheels will look much better when they have the gold lettering applied and the gold centre caps fitted.

While all the mechanicals are out, Paul has still been busy. The Powerflex bushes have been fitted to the suspension and everything has been cleaned up and painted in satin black like the gearbox and transfer box above.

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