reborns1

I'm new here so bear with me.

Well here we are 8 months into this build.

This car belongs to my mate carl who bought it about 2 years ago.
Usual story got it home had a good look got scared it then sat untouched until we did something about it.

Here we have a picture as she used to look
I think it was quite new when this picture was taken.



story so far.

Front panel, crossmember, both flitches, scuttle, wings, aposts inner and outer sills 1 inner rear wheelarch 1 complete wheelarch 1 section both rear corners, floor, chassis and sections of bulkhead have all been dealt with by that i mean cut out and replaced.

welding,grinding, screaming and shouting plus the odd bit of swearing and of course working and sweating this is where were at.






These are naked underbody pics, make the most of them cos its gonna be a daily driver and although it will be clean i cant see it staying white for long.







Next step is to mock up suspension so front outer panels can be gapped with the car sitting on her wheels which will eliminate differences caused by body flex.




All were waiting for is a handbrake cable then we can get her on the floor and finish the front.

Outside all of the welding and shaping has been completed and with her rolling she'll be off to the body shop and coming back gleaming.





and yes that is the 3m "bloodpack" stonechip I wouldn't use anything else

rolling by friday watch this space....

reborns1

Quick update she's rolling now will get pics later

vroooom ptssssh

Alright mate, keep up the good work...mines nearly back on all 4 wheels...good to see so many S1's getting the treatment they deserve! we need to get a huge S1 meet somewhere one day

fezzajsy

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sweet project

Brian

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Brian

reborns1

got lazy this week had another car to sort out or i would have to use public transport. planning on offering up front outer panels and gapping wings to doors before welding everything up more pics when i can be arsed to put new batteries in my camera....

reborns1

In the meantime check out my other thread

trusty xr reborn https://passionford.com/forum/restorations-rebuilds-and-projects/249976-trusty-xr-reborn.html

philbotley

Looking great Mate..

Good to see another one being restored!!, We may need to meet up to see how they go back together lol..

Cant wait to see it finished

Phil

trusty xr

well done phil great work as usaul

reborns1

still no handbrake cable
does anyone know where ill get one without breaking the bank
plus i want both handbrake plungers for the backplates.
keep an eye out at fordfair please contact details of sellers would be greatly appreciated

reborns1

I'll see how my diary looks for 2012 lol as u know these things take time

philbotley

LMFAO

Mines gonna be about the same time...

lol

Phil

reborns1

Well I,ve been sitting on my backside for a couple of weeks for a well earned rest.
I resisted the urge to go down the garage but i cant fight it much longer.
Back to work monday and progress will be made especially as vroooom psssstsh appears to be overtaking me as he's going to get his scuttle on tomorrow.

trusty xr

keep going phil mate!!! gis a buzz & ill pop round & have a lok at your progress

reborns1

Front is on and is out of my garage.
Shes at the bodyshop now.
all hands on deck now for the next 2 weeks, we have a lot of work to do.
will upload some pictures when i can.

watch this space

Twins

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looks great so far

reborns1

well, done quite a lot in three days Front is on scuttle is on and final prep for primer is where were at at the moment.
Having a night off tomorrow got an ultra busy weekend planned.
There are a couple of bits that are not quite there yet and need a little fettling and a bit of time awaits us making good some new panels that have suffered 8 months in the garage syndrome.
In the meantime here are those piccys I promised.















Going for primer saturday, then probably a coat of paint round the bay and under the front arches, but to do that we are gonna drop out the suspension on the front again then refit it for external paintwork.
Hoping to have topcoat on wed/ thurs of next week.

We shall see!

trusty xr

looki ng good phil mate brings back memeorys with my xr3 mate !!! looks like it needed loads of work tho mate !!

theres alot of puka series 1 bieng restored at moment but i know how you like to be inch perfect with everything!!! watcihn this one mate

fezzajsy

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coming along nicely

Twins

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vroooom ptssssh

Lookin good, gettin there

reborns1

Watching from where rob shouldn't you be working lmao.

seriously tho thanx for the comments.

reborns1

Progress has been made

by the end of saturday we had.

The whole car in primer
The front suspension off
The engine bay prepped and painted
The suspension back on with rack for steering ability
Both bumper set ups including mouldings, mirror caps, front grille and rear spoiler all in colour.
And most of the car flatted

Huge thanks go to the guys that helped to get it done namely shaun, gary, mark, and dan for giving up bits of their weekend to help us





bay painted



car in primer with with suspension refitted



Busy people and two more in the other booth



One or two painted bits



And some that aren't

That was saturday, sunday was more of the same final fettling the car and prepping the bodykit.

All ready for paint now and we hope to get it painted tomorrow but we are running low on paint we will need to get another litre or two to ensure we have enough to do all the kit, we'll probably hit that tuesday
More updates throughout the week.

fezzajsy

iTrader: (9)

looking good m8

reborns1

Shes painted
Still kit to do but thats tomorrow

Truck sorted for the return to my garage for wednesday.
Some pictures will follow when its not persistently raining.

reborns1

Well it's been a long time in the making but shes white and parked back in my garage (ren5 on hold till rs done).
spending a lot of time at the moment sorting some parts out that i just cant bring myself to fit.
Wiring loom that came out had some really dodgy modifications/ repairs done which meant while it was off the road it would need repair/replacing.
We got one but unfortunately that had been cut too.
were going to make one good loom out of the two by removing bits we need from the new one and putting them into the old loom (properly of course) and rebinding it, hopefully we will end up with one good loom that looks as good as new sitting in some new clips around the engine bay and across the xmember.
Then I plan on fitting the servo and master cylinder, brake & fuel lines (all reconditioned of course) while the front suspension is away having the powdercoat treatment.

I will upload some pictures of her in her shiny glory next time I roll her out.

danny13

Thanks for the thanks Phil but i hav'nt done anything. I was only there
for 10mins and finlay was filthy.

fezzajsy

iTrader: (9)

vroooom ptssssh

Nice one mate, your just ahead of me mine is in the paintshop at the mo being worked on

reborns1

danny boy as tesco say every little helps.

I only knew you turned up cos i saw you on my way out.
ps welcome to pf

philbotley

Looking great Phil..

Nothing better than seeing some Diamond white going on!!
Shiny, Shiny, Shiney Mate..

Phil

wozza32

looking great

stevo1978

looks good it will be a nice car when its done

danny13

come on phill where are the photo's?

reborns1

When theres work there will be photos

we kind of had a bit of time off so carl could settle into his job.
and I've been rushed off mine at work and worked a few late nights, but all being well we'll be back on it the rest of the week and the photos will follow.

fezzajsy

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reborns1

Had a bit of sunshine today so we rolled her out and took some photos.







As you can see we are still in very early stages of rebuild.

I want to get all the wirng loom and alarm in for a dry run to make sure all my wiring repairs are doing what they should be.
That means building up the tailgate, both doors with windows in and cdl solenoids front and rear washer bottles fuel pump and rear lights for starters.
Then, once I'm happy I will fit the dash and engine.

I dare say there will be lots of this


And probably some of this

But it seems to be going quite well at the moment so maybe it might be more like this


We are concentrating on the steering column, pedal box and brake servo set up atm and there are a few brackets that need a coat of satin black and as usual the servo itself needs it too so thats gonna be a few days away.

Ill put a bit more effort in next week and see where we get to this time next week,
update then.

reborns1

Been over the garage again tonight and all interior wiring is in/ repaired and waiting to be tested under the bonnet needs a bit more sorting out and rear light clusters need to be renovated with even more wiring thanks to some bastardisations over the years (got my work cut out with them.)

more to follow (and maybe some pics too)

fezzajsy

iTrader: (9)

looking good..

reborns1

wahaaay

I've reached the end of the wiring
that is to say all systems fitted are wired ready to test
ie wipers, lights, washerbottles, horn, central locking, window regulators, heated rear window etc etc etc

Helpful hint
Anyone who's ever tried to repair tailgate loom wiring in rear d posts will tell you how bloody hard it is to get the solder to flow (usually resulting in dry joints)

If you are lucky enough to have a bench grinder with a wire wheel, run the wire through that which removes the silver coating and weathering and leaves you with virgin copper which will solder up perfectly.

I consisder it my duty to let you all know my secret.
(though technically its not one now)

Finally, we now have most of the bulkhead built up brake servo set up steering column heater outlet/ fan wiring etc

so now all we need is a battery (dont forget engine is not in so we wont be starting for a while)

Wish me luck