my sapphire underside restoration

[andycosworth]

seen how shes been off the road 4 a while,an me jst doin bits an bobs i'd thort i'd start a resto topic on her so here go's the start. first thing to do was jack her up an start to dismantal the rear end big exhaust system 1 rear end off,didnt take long at all but i but its the other way rwd wen u cum the reasemble it all dirty then was the task of cleanin all the parts also painted the rear arms and beam and springs but aint got the pics of them yet but here is wot i need to do to the underside basicly the whole rear end is in need of a freshen up so while its on all 4 axel stands its getting done. but i dnt know wot to do wiv the break line 4 the rear,oblivious i renewin the copper pipes but i dnt know weather to run them along the underside again or run them inside the car?? wot wud u guys do??plus the fuel pump an etc do i have them bk in there old place ie under the wheel well or have them set up in the wheel well? .plus im going to need a new set of polybushes,do i buy the powerflex 1s or them deflex 1s??mine had polybush 1s on wen i bought it but they wer well old, so do i buy them again or these or defelx 1s??opinions please guys. plus loads more pics to follow

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[Turbo-Beal]

looks like your got well in there now m8 good luck with your build

[ram]

great start

[KSA-Cossie]

Yup,good start m8.

[andycosworth]

thanks for ur comments guys,heres sum pics frm yesterday an the day b4
dirty floor but once the plates r welded up im jst going to wax oil it again even tho i'd like it white under there,i wud do it but a lack of a garage stop me cos im really arsed doing this outside
wear the diff sits
right rear arch in need of tlc

havent taken the plastic wheel cover off the left rear yet but i guess it'll b the same as the right
then emptyed the boot to get at the rust in there rwd wer the fuel pump cradle sits an u can see through the floor so tryed to take the pump off but both nuts had seazd an had to prize the rubbers out of the holes

and behind my number plate has started to crack an rust as well as the arch's an other places but once the work has finished underneth its goin to have the bodywork done,full new arch's and a full respary in diamond white
and here r sum parts that got painted the other day


jst need to clean up the calipers and fuel pump,filter and cradle as i wont b doin much today wiv it like this


will keep u's up to date wiv my progress

[smitsturbo]

good work mate well done

[Twins]

[Tarren]

[Brian]

Looking good mate


Brian

[andycosworth]

thanks very much guys

[ram]

[2litresi]

looks good so far

[COSSIE CAL]

good job its dimond white eh??looking good