CharlieSaff

This will now be kept updated with any things done to the car

Hi guys,

Some of you, not many though I should think, may have followed my engine build thread,( https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=97964) well now I'm doing the rear end of my Saff

I started today and I've got the rest of the week off work so will keep the updates coming, will add pics tonight

Cheers,

Charlie

CharlieSaff

I'm unsure whether to just waxoyl it all black underneath or paint it magenta? Can you paint the magenta on just on top of the underseal?

This is how the car sits at the moment:




A few quick shots of underneath:








Things I've bought so far:

Not got a picture as I don't have it anymore, but I bought a spare rear beam, driveshafts and diff from Kelv

The rear diff painted silver:



4x4 Rear Calipers that I've refurbed with all new seals etc and painted black. I've bought some rear pads from Mike Rainbird also:







Comp Brake 300mm rear brake kit with anodised black bells and brackets:







Complete poly bush set (apart from rear trailing arms as advised by Mike R) courtesy of my son James (smidsy). Maybe if a lot of your were a bit older then and had older kids your children may buy you things like this well chuffed :



Because he said if I buy this then he'd buy all the bushes:
A 6° rear beam and trailing arms from Danny @ Adrenaline Racing, and a huge thanks to Danny for sorting me the beam at such short notice, and Les for bringing it to National Day for him. This really is a work of art :














Things I've done so far:

I've taken the exhaust off, hubs off and drive shafts out

Roll on tomorrow

Today has been more about organising things, i.e powder coating etc. I also had a Doctors appointment. Eeverything underneath will be powder coated silver and then the petrol tank will be painted black

Thanks for looking, more updates tomorrow

And a big thanks to Mark (markyd3) for lending me his decent trolley jack and axle stands (again)

bud-weis

will keep an eye on this...it's looking great so far

Sticky.

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Good luck with it all Charlie....

Gonna watch with interest

Twins

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Will keep an eye on this,prob best to go with a satin or gloss black for the body underneath unless you are going to spray it magenta

CharlieSaff

bud-weis
Cheers mate


StickerPaul
Thanks Paul, saw yours at Rockingham, hows it handle with the 18s?

Twins
Shame as I would have liked to do it magenta, was gonna have the proper paint made up and everything as a mate runs a spray shop

Sticky.

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I did see you at Rockingham mate but you was busy talking.

It's actually not that bad now on the 18's, it was more the coilover's i had the issue with. There all set up perfectly now & it's no worse than having Koni's set on hard. I still want to get it back on the 17's soon thou.

Charlie Chalk

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The beams are sweet, Seen a few myself now



Good luck with it

KSA-Cossie

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Very nice saph charlie,got the same rear brakes as you on my saph you'll be well chuffed with them m8.

Brian

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Brian

James_RScos

Sounds good this, just what i want to do with mine will keep an eye on this.

Twins

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If your mate runs a spray shop ,after its stoneguarded get him over to lay on some primer and the magenta and clear (use a light colour stonechip) oh and you have a pm

CharlieSaff

Rightyho,

Thanks for all your replys and words of encouragement

Here's todays update:

Stripped everything out, it will require welding, and has had welding before (i knew about this). At the end of the day it is nearly 17 years old and unless its been well kept from the factory what else can you expect. But hey, thats the whole point of this resto isn't it? Welder is coming tomorrow at about 11ish to have a look!
You can also see where I've started to clean up the underside, what is best to use for this?











Fuel pump and filter cradle will be powdercoated silver:



Old beam, arms and calipers out anyone interested in the bare beam or calipers (2wd) drop me a PM:



Petrol tank out, I'm going to be putting this back in, rub it all down a bit and paint it black:



I'm also going to repaint the konis yellow and the springs powdercoating silver

Twins
I don't have a week to let the stoneguard dry Can you get some that drys overnight?
Forgive me for being thick BUT, if you stoneguard, then paint over the top. If a stone hits the paint then surely it will just chip the paint off and you'll just be left to the stoneguard? Or is the purpose of it just to stop it stone chipping the bare metal?

Thanks for your PM's and answers mate, a great help

Are there any other routes I could take i.e underseal, magenta, laquor?
My mate at the spray shop has suddenly become very unhelpful for absolutely no reason so will all be hand painted.

StickerPaul
You should have stopped for a chat anyway mate, would be good to catch up

Charlie Chalk
Cheers mate, as you say it really is good

KSA-Cossie
Thanks, I hope I'll be pleased they cost enough

Brian


James_RScos
There are plenty of resto threads to give you guidance on here mate

Twins

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Dont have to leave it a week ,we just did if you get some heaters going in there you could get away with an overnight dry on it ,yes will protect the metal and help protect from further corrosion

CharlieSaff

Cool I'll do that then Then primer and get some magenta made up without the metallic in, and then laquor it

Thanks a lot mate

CosKev3

Looking good so far

But your week off will soon go,and the rear end will still be in bits!!!!!!

Time flys when your having fun

CharlieSaff

I can see that happening already mate

Everything is going to powder coaters tomorrow will have it back by the end of the week

Just got to get the welding done thats the biggest pain, I hope to have that done by the end of the week with luck, but you never know

CharlieSaff

Not much progreess today due to the welder taking ages to turn up

I ended up having a day off.

Although I did take everything to the powdercoaters today

I also looked and found some spray stone chip stuff so I'll buy some of that once I've cleaned everything underneath

I hope to start cleaning tomorrow and take the rear bumper off

Charlie

cossie04

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Keepin my eye on this

Top work!

CharlieSaff

Update for those still interested - Pictures have just been taken I'm afraid as I was so busy today that I forgot to take any

Today I have removed rear bumper:



Cleaned up all the underneath, I still think there is about another 1-2 hours worth of cleaning to get it to the stage where its ready to weld and then paint. This took a LOT of work:


Just infront of the wheel well


Boot floorpan


Chassis rail


Very rear of the boot floor


Beginning of the wheel well


End of the transmission tunnel


Spring cup where it's been previously welded




It's not being welded until next wednesday, but in the mean time I can:

Keep cleaning underneath
Paint shocks yellow again
Paint tank black
Paint hubs (unsure to do black or silver)

I am very pleased with my progress today as it may not seem it, but to get the underneath looking like that took a LOT of work and I am happy

CharlieSaff

V6 EDC
Thanks matey not bad for an old boy eh

daz1968

Looking good, am going to my rear end over the winter so will keep an eye on this to help me avoid any problems, I was going to do it last year but ran out of time, only problem I can see with mine is the bolts holding the beam plates on as they were really tight when I tried last year, but have left WD40 on all the summer so may be easier this year.

CharlieSaff

Hi mate,

Yeah I've watched other people's resto's closely as a guide for doing my own
there are plenty on here too which is the good thing

Luckily everything on mine came undone ok

lamb chops

Very nice, done this to my old saff a couple of years ago. nasty work cleaning all that crap off isnt it Looking great so far though

lamb chops

quick pic of mine done

jake-cos

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The aerosol tins of brake cleaner take the waxoil type stuff off a treat........

Helps if you know someone in a main dealers that can acquire a box of cans though......it don't last long!

Its a messy job painting under there....but when its finished you'll be glad you did it.

NUTS RuS

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Good luck with the rest

CharlieSaff

lamb chops
Yes mate not a nice job lots of hard work but I'm glad I've got to this point
Yours looks lovely mate, you shouldn't have sold it, I remember that now

jake-cos
The brake cleaner makes my hands all irritant

I used gunk in the end and it works a treat I'll be well glad when its done

NUTS RuS
Tony,
Cheers mate, and thanks for the PM Hopefully you've got your head round that now!
Cheers,
Lewis... er I mean Charlie

Sticky.

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Looking good mate, lot of work being done already

We'll catch up soon for a coffee

Twins

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Nice progress

gibbo frst

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i did mine magenta 2 years ago and is still looking good now..
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...newones012.jpg
condensation kept making the bolts go rusty over time so most changed for stainless allen key ones...

CharlieSaff

That looks well nice any more pics please

gibbo frst

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gibbo frst

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ive sprayed some waxoyle over some places to try to help protect it and changed all the bolts with mostly stainless ones or just new ford ones..
i stripped most of the underside with a wire whel on the grinder then painted with zink primer.. then the rubber stonechip all over then primer, paint and laquer and even 2 years on just takes a wipe over with some bug wipes...

CharlieSaff

That looks really nice hope to get mine some thing like that
Thank you for the pics

KSA-Cossie

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Coming along charlie,pity about the welder though.

Mr RS500

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I will be keeping an eye on this resto charlie

Will be great when done

Paul

fezzajsy

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comoing along nicely

CharlieSaff

Update!

Today I finished cleaning underneath, boot well:


Arch:


Started painting the top half of the fuel tank, and the hubs, think I might do the hubs silver now though








I also got everything back from the powdercoaters tonight

6° rear beam and arms:




Everything else:








I've decided to paint the underneath with Epoxy mastic 121 (Cheers mark rs):
http://rust.co.uk/epoxy-mastic-more-info.cfm
http://rust.co.uk/filestore/epoxy.pdf

Then I've found some outdoor paint in do it all that is almost a perfect match for magenta

CharlieSaff

KSA-Cossie
Yeah it is a shame but I know he will do a great job

NORTH YORKS RS SPARES
Cheers Paul, I hope I'll be pleased with it after all this Sorry I didn't get to speak to you on Sunday

doggpk
Thanks mate