Parker's Road to Recovery - Paint Job

Remember Parker? He has been with us for about 3 months now and in that time he has had a heart transplant in a backdoor surgery about the size of a double garage where we bought a brand new replacement engine for £41. Parker has also endured emergency dental work on filling his cavities and various rust holes in his enamel. Now Parker is showing signs of recovery and has been able to move around and his vital signs are looking positive.

Why spray him in Grey? Primer as it's called acts as an undercoat for the fresh paint.                                                 

Parker was thus ready for his next operation, skin grafting. This usually is the longest process of the road to recovery as it takes a long time to prepare by sanding down by hand, paint and let the paint dry as it always requires a lot of effort, precision and at times, money. It's lucky that we have a paint supplier for genuine VW colours so close to home in order to inspire new people or impress already seasoned people in the VW game who have 'Caught the VW Bug'. We have used their products for McCartney, Doris and now Parker.

We went through reams of masking tape. Spray paint can easily  'overspray' to areas you don't want i.e. Windscreen etc.

Parker's operation took roughly over a month to fully complete and required taping him up with masking tape and newspaper to catch any overspray. When that process was completed, we were ready to spray the dear boy who with everyday, was showing signs of recovery and has not turned to drinking Diesel throughout his rehab process.


Luckily with some good weather (and by good weather, I mean. One. Dry. Day, thanks to the wettest January on record.) a garage for shelter and an electric fire, we are able to push through against the elements and save Parker's paint.

Now, here he is in all his glory and he is looking absolutely fantastic, with Parker restoring that warm glow that the red paint job draws upon.

We are now 3 steps in to his recovery process and you can already see, this once ravaged superstar is slowly returning to his status that he laboured for in his early years. Next time we will show you how Parker is getting on with the finer details of his appearance.

A damn sight better than what he used to look like! Coming along nicely!