jim_robson

Well progress has been slow on the saph, haven't had time to get anything done on the car for over a month now. But heres the latest update.

Boot floor rot



Cut out



Welded up



Yet more rot cut out



Rear panel needed various repairs



Then i decided to take the number plate off and found this!



Cut the section out of a spare rear panel



All done



Got the majority of the roof welded up



Rear panel on the other side needed various repairs



Done



Weighed this blown up 740 as well



Which gave me these



How she sits now, with some friends lol



I have no idea when i will next get a bit more time on the car, i still plan on painting it over Christmas, but we will see.

Cos500

On the subject of reshelling, are there any differences between cossie shells and other sierra shells?
Id always fix what i had if i could to keep the originality of it looks like your doing a great job

costina

iTrader: (1)

2wd are the same

4x4 have notches in the front chassis for shafts and plates on rear tubs

Cos500

Good to know cheers

jim_robson

As has been said 2wd are the same, i could have used the white shell sitting next to it in the last pic as its mint. But wanted to keep with the original shell.

costina

iTrader: (1)

Fair play Jim

Paul

tosh

What did you do with the roof mate? I was going to clean mine back where it has blisterd around the sun roof but didn't want to open up a can of worms, did you just plug the holes.

sridgett

Getting there mete

jim_robson

Smaller holes i plugged up with weld, anything slightly bigger i cut out and welded in new metal.

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Cool calipers. I thought BMWs didnt go wrong. German reliability and all that l0l. Cool bit of welding there.

jim_robson

Well progress has been very slow on the saph, im all up and running now and have very little time. I have thought about giving up with this car and just breaking it but i do want to get it finished.

This is whats happened since the last update

Had my comps in my garage at some so put them on the saph



Next to my mates pinto turbo technics saph



Then she sat in the workshop and got used as a shelf for a bit



Time to drop the rear beam off, the rear chassis legs needed a good looking at so wanted to take the beam out to do it properly



The chassis leg is totally fucked




The leg is now cut out and the new one is cut into place, that was a few weeks ago and i just haven't had the time to weld it in yet.

im going to push to get the beam back in and the rear end welding done for the end of October, but we will see.

lee2cossies

iTrader: (2)

Good progress doing a great job and hats off to u for saving it, so many good ones scrapped these days makes a refreshing change to see one that needs work being repaired.

jim_robson

Cheers mate, i dont think anyone else would have bothered with her thats why i had to.

Im breaking a 2wd saph cossie and a 4wd saph cossie at the moment and they are nowhere near as bad as this rust wise.

SMILER258

Any pictures of the chassis legs repairs? And did you replace past the beam mounts at the front?

jim_robson

Progress may slow down even more now!

Just bought this!!





You can see the poor cossie in the background lol

cossiestu

Sure I know the Saff, from years ago, was from over Sutton way, guy called Steve owned it, don't know if he still had it?

Top job though!!

jim_robson

Dont think its this one, i got it off a fella called Brian who lived in hersham. He'd had it since 2001.

cossiestu

Thought I knew it, just got the owners confused! From memory, he was mates with the lads at Chessington tires (or worked there) in Walton. Once nearly took a bus stop out when he spun it at Guildford cruise!? Lol
Was a nice car back then!

SMILER258

Lovely escort!

jim_robson

Sounds like the same car then, it looked pretty much the same when it was on the road as when i picked it up. Got a few photos of the car that were taken in walton about 12 years ago.

cossiestu

Be interesting to see those!? Way back in the days of Steve, blue Escos Chris, magenta Saff Dave in another moonstone Saff etc normally fucking about in Walton high st, or the lesure centre car park..... Lol Happy days!

jim_robson

The fella with the magenta saph Dave rings a bell, pretty sure Brian mentioned that hes still got it sitting in his garage.

2wd saff cos @ stage 3

iTrader: (1)

Is this being broken now as im sure I recognize few of these pics from ebay?

COLEYST200

iTrader: (3)

Love the MK 1 mate

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Any progress matey.

jim_robson

No not being broken, just an example pic as were breaking another moonstone 2wd at the moment

jim_robson

Well managed to get some good time on the saph.

Straightened the rear panel out and did some more repair work on the rear quarter.





Finished off the passenger side rear arch and inner and outer sill excuse the poor pic it was late



Chassis legs, spare wheel well and boot floor all done now. Painted in zinc primer and then seam sealed





Car masked up ready for a few litres of stone chip







Then decided to give it a few coats of 2k gloss black. I'm not into detailed undersides so was not going to be doing it body colour. Just want to make it easy to keep clean as this car will be used all year round.







That was done yesterday, hoping to have the car back on its wheels by next weekend all being well.

Need to phone my insurance company and see what the damage will be insuring 2 Cossies at the age of 23 lol

2wd saff cos @ stage 3

iTrader: (1)

any details/pics on the moonstone being broken?

jim_robson

Made some good progress on the saph over the past couple of weeks.

The sunroof on the car was seized solid, handle was just spinning, so we undid the screws from the inside and ripped the glass from the frame. This is what was left in the tray







Got some new wheels



All four doors on the car were either rusty or dented, so took four doors out of stock along with a vented bonnet and got them all fitted up





Then I needed to get the car turned round the other way, so pushed her outside for the first time in months






Screen is also out now.

Bit of work to be done on the strut top





Now time for the underside



Got the fuel tank fitted, all the fuel lines in and wiring done, after a few mins pissing about with the immobiliser she fired into life



About 2 hours left and I can say goodbye to welding!

Planning to get her painted between Christmas and new year, so have a month to get all the prep done

cozzy jeff

iTrader: (4)

making good progress,keep up the good work

mk22door

Looking good Jim.

cossiestu

Getting there.... That sunroof looked a mess though!?

jim_robson

Yea the sunroof was fucked, never had one that bad and I'm a sierra breaker!

cossiestu

Handy person to know if you break em too!?

Pity I moved away from Walton.... Lol

jim_robson

That's it mate, that's why there's always a row of sierras in the pics outside my workshop lol

cossiestu

It's a pain living up here, back home I had mates in Dagenham motors, Byfleet from when I worked at Station Garage Shepperton and another with a bodyshop in Chertsey... Always good to know! Lol

jim_robson

Welding is now finished on the cossie, shes all up and running again.

Only just managed to get some time back on the car as ive been busy helping my mates out with two of their saphs.

Turbo technics car we have replaced the engine in



And my mates rusty 4x4 cossie ive been welding up



Right on to my car, first thing to do was get everything gutted from the inside of the car and get it hooved out and blown out with the airline.





Car now stripped down to a bare shell ready for filler work and prep



Roof needed a good skim to get it straight




Gave my brembos a lick of paint




Back to work tomorrow to finish off the body prep, should have the shell in primer by early next week

j6kyt

That's exactly what it takes to keep these cars on the road and after all its not too bad for a 26 year old motor, it looks good keep the updates coming.

ajamesc

Top work keep it up

jim_robson

As far as sierras go it was the worst one I have had, so pretty bad for a sierra. And ive had 40 of them now.