right took the car off the road in october last year and cleared out almost all of the interior but had to stop cause i had changed my mind as to what i was doing with the car. but.... today was a good day made a start on the car properly with help from a couple of mates.

 

righto start of the day car as it was when i last worked on it bout 4months ago.

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out of the garage
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interior as it has been for a while
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bonnet coming off
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bonnet off
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me and craig tearing into the engine
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wheels off to acces screws for bumper
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jacking up the car to sit it ojn axel stands
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TURBO!!!!!
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craig (slowsmokeyford) who without his help we would have never got as much done
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TEA BREAK
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general work
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trying not to spill to much fuel lol
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then it rained even harder then before!!!
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theres something relaxing about laying underneath an engine
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garage floor slowly being covered with bits
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some1`s nicked me front end!!
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rad and intercooler
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im sure theres something missing???
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craig with wiring loom
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beginning to clear some space in the bay
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interior at end of day
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finally car about to go back to its home till tomorrow!!
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all in all a very productive day. im absolutly knackered.

big shout out to steve - photographer, and chris but mostly to craig who without his help i doubt id be any further then what i was before.

we got more done in bout 5 hours then i have in the last 6months!!!!

 

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nice project there keep the pics coming

 

nice project, good to see another grey 1 being sorted!!

 

Nice project ,what are your plans with it

 

as said on other forum daz, keep up the good work, try to not let the weather put things off, coz i think this is our summer lol.

one tip- get shit loadsa boxes for all the parts and keep every screw with the component it held on, trust me speakin from experience lol

 

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!

big progress today which means the car is much lighter at the front

jacking it up and exhaust coming off



state of indicator



supporting the engine



craig with the exhaust off



slowly the car gives up the engine



you may think you`ve emptied all the coolant but theres always a little bit which waits for the perfect moment to spill on the floor!!!



engine slowly coming out



me and craig gently dropping engine on the jacks while holding our breath!!!



thumbs up from my mate chris as the engine finally touches down on the floor



engine on the floor and craig removing inlet manifold



engine put up quite a fight and i came out with a minor injury!!



im sure that spanners in hewre some where???



the inlet manifold which didnt come off easy either!!



empty engine bay



rear of the car jacked up



engine safely on the floor



you can get alot in an escort bay!!!



car outside with no engine



the powerplant that is the cvh turbo!!!



me craig and chris



me craig and the photographer steve



after all that we r making huge progress so tomorrow should be an awesome day when the car should be nearly completely stripped.[/img]

 

Was wondering who'd got the nice clean job of bein team photographer!!

he defo got the best job.......

did he need to make the teas too?

 

Looks like fun

 

why the maties just the car will be good lol

 

good luck with the rebuild fellas!

 

good resto you got started there mate, love the grey s2's

 

Nah, i was just photographer!!! lol!!!!

The cars coming along really well now, just shows how much you can get done in a pretty short time

 

Looks like a good project

Keep the update coming

I always like to see carpet in a garage, make it that little bit special

 

Looks like a cool project - looking forward to seeing more

 

You should of got an engine crane or hired one!

 

nah not as much fun!!

the shell is now completely bare and waiting to be taken to the guy whos gonna do the work on it.
this is where it starts to get expensive when all the bits start getting bought!!