mark_h

Been after one of these for ages and this one came up , its in a sorry state but wasnt to far away and was priced fairly so i had to have it.





first thing to go was the aweful poorly built cage.

and then move it into its new home... hopefully wont be here too long


the plans are to build a nice rs turbo combi. nothing to fancy just a nice useable toy

mark_h

previous owner had fitted a st170 engine and box and to do this made some changes to the bulkhead/inner wings . Id like to return all this back to original.




the inner wings are in poor condition anyway



it had a mk3 front end fitted previously , but is actually a mk4 1990 g plate so the plans are to put it back how it should ,

so i started looking for a donor shell for the scuttle and inner wings and the bulkhead pieces i need to put in. I found this






its a cabriolet shell so im hoping all the bits i need are useable lol

Shaun's

I'd leave it mk3........maybe gartrac type arches and split rims......maybe...

mark_h

id prefer it to be mk4 mate

Shaun's

Ok....well I'll let you if you must...but at least paint it citrine yellow.....

Shaun's

By the way......cool project

mark_h

but im sorry to say it wont be citrine yellow either lol , but im undecided on a colour as of yet

JasonPD

Nice project, 2nd request for citrine yellow!

mark_h

so this weeks update

Cut the front of the cabriolet to make in easier to unpick the millions of spot welds holding both inner wings off.

also removed both front wings

so here are the progress pics





then we made a start on unpicking the bulk head


some more pics of the reason we are having to do most of this work .....




now we probably could sort most of that out , but the fact the bulkhead ideally needs changing and the chassis rails are rotten at the front we figured it was best to cut it all off and start again .

also had a nice little road trip down to kent and canvey island to pick up a few bits , 90 spec front bumper , turbo bonnet , all the interior trim apart from the seats , combi rear bumper .

mk3ste

Take my hat off to you that's a time consuming project ��

Gadget

I do like turbo'd combi's, used to be an imperial blue one near my mum and dads!
As for colour, the new focus metallic red is real nice!!

mark_h

yeah you could say that lol

mark_h

i quite like the idea mercury grey tbh with ambers obviously

visa_broke

would look spot on

rogerxr3i

nice project, i sold mine a couple of years ago with a bit of regret now..

the dutch man

Any updates?
Very nice project. 👍🏻