rst in breaking

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As of today i am taking my frst of the road for restoration as i feel it'll be a wase of money if i let it just rott away. so here is some pics before i started to stripit and where i am up to (not far as i just started) lol ive only got part of the side skirts of then it started to rain lol.

Heres a few pics from when i first got it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010063.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010065.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010067.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010069.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010064.jpg

I just took a few other pics of engine bay few bits of minor rust under engine will be coming out and sold to make way for a 2.1 zetec turbo and engine bay freshly painted with some powdered coated goodies

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010121.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010122.jpg

After taking off the passenger side skirt i soon notice a new seal would be required as it had a little rotten patch and a hole (see pic)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010129.jpg

but on the bright sider the drivers side looks v.good indeed, need to take plastic arches off now for inspection lol

Ginge !

mercury grey minter

Hope your not doing it on your drive.

Twins

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good luck with the project

rst in breaking

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yep on my drive lol, i cut out the section of rotten seal and treated it to stop rust spreading till i have a few £ to get a couple of new seals welded on, how much should i be looking to pay to have a pair fitted? im thinking of stripping the car totally and getting the shell shot blasted to kill all the rust and get a nice finish, good idea? or waste of money?

Brian

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Good luck mate

Keep us up dated



Brian

rst in breaking

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will do mate, need to sell engine etc toget some funds to getit started lol

mercury grey minter

You can get a pair of NON GENUINE sills for about £30 a pair.Get a MOBILE WELDER to your house for about £30 an hour.Should take a couple of hours = about£100 all in.This would be the cheapest option. As for stripping the shell and shot blasting,wouldn,t reccomend this if your doing it all on your drive.You really need a unit to carry out this sort of restoration.I,d just strip the major parts off BUMPERS,SEATS,BODYKIT E.C.T and find all rust and cut out and replace,If your on a budget.If youv,e got plenty of MONEY then i,d replace every ROTTEN PANEL...I;E NEW WINGS,NEW QTRS E,C.T.

rst in breaking

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i ment get it shot blasted at a garage up the road which is reasonably priced im not doing it on drive i just had it on my drive when iwas doin the work yesterday, got most of the rear arch off and looked solid, from what i could see the only rotten bit was at the bottom which a new seal would replace lol, what do you thinkof the shot blasting now?

mercury grey minter

Trouble is when you shot blast it can uncover a load of rot.If you get it done be prepared to do alot of bodywork or you might be lucky.