well theres been a major change of plans, as the old xr2 was a bit rusty in paces and i wanted lots of stuff doing on it to make it mint, when a cheap shell came up locally i went and had a look and ended up buying it!













its miles cleaner than the xr2 was, plus none sunroof, plus its a 1.1 shell so lighter! and i got it for £50!! bargain!

ripped it appart this weekend, everything inside appart from steering column, handbrake and gearstick has been binned, the pedals will be going next as ive got th xr2 pedal box to go in! spent last night and today getting those shity tar sound deadening pads off and cleaning all the shit they leave behind, hard work and took ages but worth it. with everythign out if had a proper look at the floors and its not shy off what id call mint! theres a small plate in the boot floor where they always go, and one under the pedals again, where they always go. the one under the pedals needs tidying up and stuff but other than those bits its mint. theres lots of excess seam sealer and shit in the pics which looks like rust but dont be mislead! will eb getting all that up with a wire brush when i come to stitch weld it.





















ive put the S1 rst 7spokes on it from the xr2 and im not sure, tempted to get some steelies banded to about 7" and use them instead. dunno yet though. off back upto cumbria tomorow so cant do anymore, was hoping to have the old engine out but will have to wait till xmas now.

in other news, got my mate to knock up a few bits and pieces for the throttle bodies so shouldnt be long before thats all sorted and i can start building the engine up.