As of today i am taking my frst of the road for restoration as i feel it'll be a wase of money if i let it just rott away. so here is some pics before i started to stripit and where i am up to (not far as i just started) lol ive only got part of the side skirts of then it started to rain lol.

Heres a few pics from when i first got it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010063.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010065.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010067.jpg

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I just took a few other pics of engine bay few bits of minor rust under engine will be coming out and sold to make way for a 2.1 zetec turbo and engine bay freshly painted with some powdered coated goodies

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010121.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010122.jpg

After taking off the passenger side skirt i soon notice a new seal would be required as it had a little rotten patch and a hole (see pic)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...h/P1010129.jpg

but on the bright sider the drivers side looks v.good indeed, need to take plastic arches off now for inspection lol

 

 

Hope your not doing it on your drive.

 

good luck with the project

 

yep on my drive lol, i cut out the section of rotten seal and treated it to stop rust spreading till i have a few Ł to get a couple of new seals welded on, how much should i be looking to pay to have a pair fitted? im thinking of stripping the car totally and getting the shell shot blasted to kill all the rust and get a nice finish, good idea? or waste of money?

 

Good luck mate

Keep us up dated



Brian

 

will do mate, need to sell engine etc toget some funds to getit started lol

 

You can get a pair of NON GENUINE sills for about Ł30 a pair.Get a MOBILE WELDER to your house for about Ł30 an hour.Should take a couple of hours = aboutŁ100 all in.This would be the cheapest option. As for stripping the shell and shot blasting,wouldn,t reccomend this if your doing it all on your drive.You really need a unit to carry out this sort of restoration.I,d just strip the major parts off BUMPERS,SEATS,BODYKIT E.C.T and find all rust and cut out and replace,If your on a budget.If youv,e got plenty of MONEY then i,d replace every ROTTEN PANEL...I;E NEW WINGS,NEW QTRS E,C.T.

 

i ment get it shot blasted at a garage up the road which is reasonably priced im not doing it on drive i just had it on my drive when iwas doin the work yesterday, got most of the rear arch off and looked solid, from what i could see the only rotten bit was at the bottom which a new seal would replace lol, what do you thinkof the shot blasting now?

 

Trouble is when you shot blast it can uncover a load of rot.If you get it done be prepared to do alot of bodywork or you might be lucky.