Hi not posted a project for a while so here is my new one , i put this car up for sale with no mot as an easy project ( i was in this car at jae 2 years ago ) had a few buyers for it but decided to double check it and found a bloody great hole behind the body kit and evidence of previous sub standard repairs , the grinder came out and it was pulled from sale i didn't want it parted out or scraped by a new owner .
I'm doing this one at home and will trailer it to the garage for painting .
The damage
repairing passenger side
inner arch sill
inner arch at bumper end
And checking the body kit gaps . perfect fit ( the kit is your datum on these repairs ) .
Did the drivers side Sunday.
First job was to put a piece in the panel to get rid of any corrosion .
The inner arch repairs were done by using old wings as they are the same profile , i had to weld them in from underneath the wheel arch a bit of a pain but no choice .
all welded in
The inner sill was cut out and a new one built .
outer panel fab up .
And now welding it all up .
. Get the sills made next week and welded in after Silverstone . It coming together nicely .
Time to restore another mk1
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Re: Time to restore another mk1
Good to see
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Good work- another one saved.
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Had your work cut out for you there bud
As a ps. great work mate
As a ps. great work mate
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Got back of holiday last night so time to get stuck in rebuilding the car .I was up early and went and made 2 new full sills at my mates fab shop and then Phil picked it up from home at dinner and trailered it to the garage . The fronts now striped out ready for the new wings and front valances . I also got a sill welded in on the drivers side i will do the other side first thing in the morning . The paint is ordered and coming in the morning ( 300 pounds worth and thats at trade price ) so im hoping to get it primed for Saturday night , its looking like a late one .
sills zinc primed with weld able primer
car striped
New sill fitted , and they fitted like a glove very pleased with them .
Gary
sills zinc primed with weld able primer
car striped
New sill fitted , and they fitted like a glove very pleased with them .
Gary
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Looking awesome mate!!
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pistol pete wrote:Looking awesome mate!!
Yeah defo .. agreed
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How you getting on with this .. great project .. very interested
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Its going to plan I've got the wings fitted and lights back in but still need to finish the front valences i have repaired . Saturday i'm planing to have it painted in the 2 tone . its due at a show a week on Friday so its got to be ready
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Looking forward to show pics .. good luck getting her ready
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hj, I've been chipping away at the car all week and now i'm getting somewhere . I painted the blue late Friday night and the colour combination came out better than i thought it would it really suits the car . Today i fitted the body kit , replace the brake servo, the rear drives side calliper due to a bloody bleed screw snapping and striped and bled all the other callipers it now stops very well . I got some TRD alloy caps of e bay to finish the wheels off and a new power areal which should be arriving Wednesday . MOT on Monday it better bloody pass .
Gary
Gary
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Looks great buddy ..you should be very happy you saved another one .. well.. two
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Super jelly .. great thread too nice and detailed lots of pics .. good stuff ..
Whats next for the 2
Whats next for the 2
Re: Time to restore another mk1
That looks absolutely awesome Gary.