Right at thispoint the car is off the road for sum much deserved tlc, but my attention has turned to the workshop.

Once i got the keys to the workshop the saph was the first thing moved down there. Once semi organised i had a back log of customers to get through and seeing as im still working full time were talking long evenings. Eventually i got an hour here and there to do abit one saph.

Whist in the workshop my plan is to do the following

Replace,
Heater matrix
Head gasket
Clutch
Starter motor
Battery
Some brake pipes
Brake hoses with braided
Rear brakes with 4x4 items
Front brakes with e38 bmw brembos
Bonnet with 4x4 item
All doors
Window seals
Roof gutter trims
Nearside rear light
Headlights with cossie ones
Steering wheel with cossie one
Rear arches

Prep and paint whole car in frozen white
Get most black bits hydro dipped
Get wheels refurbed

One mint bonnet



















One very manky carpet!!



GROSE!!!!







Right so i got tired of pulling the poor old girl apart and thought id best do something to show her im not just stripping her so i made a start on one of the arches

One manky rusty arch full of filler



Then carfully marked up and cut out



And as to be expected, found abit more rot but no bad atal!





So chopped that out too



I knew this bit was there anyway. Its not totally gone but still scabby so out that come





Then i cleaned up the arch and sealed the edges and primed











Then i removed the rest of the arch thats spot welded on and cut the new panel to size and test fitted







Before welding that on im repairing the inner arch using a bit of a mk5 escort inner arch panel which im doing atm so no photos yet

Before i left for the night i was too interested in seeing what the arch would be like in white so i got a can of halfords diamond cream and a quick spray over (will be gone over with frozen white once arch is done)













Thats it for now. All up to date but cracking on as i want my car back lol