Bought this car many years ago and it basically sat for 4 years doing bugger all.

about 18 months ago I pulled it out the yard and made a start on it, then got carried away building up a S2 and put it away again till april this year.

Nearly finished now, had it out at the sprint track last month for a first outing and just need to sort the niggly bits and finish the bodywork off

stripped the panels off and bare metaled the whole engine bay






Stripped all the sealer off of the inner wings, cunt of a job !



then painted them and the crossmember with boat paint, very expensive stuff but it will last for a good while






after that welded in new front panel, wings, battery tray and a few small plates that were needed. then stonechipped gaurd, primered and finally painted diamond white as I was going to do the car that colour originally.












front floorpans needed some work so chopped out the bad bits and put new ones in







did weld them in along with a section of rear floorpan later on the build.

then it was off down to my unit for a while







and yes that is a cossie towing it !

stonechipped and painted inside











after that I got bored and put it away in my mates garage for a year whilst I built this up






used it twice and had transmission problems both times so stripped the thing and gave Andy the shell for a cossie conversion as it is immaculate.

welded in the cage mounts & replaced sections of the sills and the whole lower rear valance before moving on to painting the engine bay in sunburst red.

rubbed the white down flat and used it as a base coat, was my first time ever spraying with a gun and it came out great , was well chuffed as I did it outside !







engine etc went in next, zvh turbo on OFAC management with rebuilt S2 box and a few other goodies, still to chip it and get some decent power yet but its fairly tourqe'y (sp) as it is.





after that I put the cage in and moved onto the bodywork.

bare metaled the new wings and rear valance and acid etch primed them








after that we masked it up, well everyone else masked it up whilst I stood and pointed at the bits they had missed





and few hits later







roof needed doing again but the rest was ok

not got the pictures if it just painted here but will get them

here it is after the first outing






still to sort the problems ,escpecially the 4x4 rear ride height !

flat and polish the paint and fit the 16i/xr3 bits ive got and put the proper wheels on it but that will all be done in the next couple of weeks.

Huge thanks to everyone that has helped me with it especially Andy Mac who is a fuckin level head genius who keeps me from arsing around and doing stupid things most of the time

 

another mk3 back on the road!

 

nice one davie, done well with it mate, jus keep andy on tap so you dont fuck it up

 

Love it

 

Cheers guys

just been sent these from another mate called Andy

 

 

Mint mate total sleeper

 

love a sleeper

 

sweeettt as mate

 

Nice

 

nice once youve buffed that paint up itll have a great finish red always does

 

very nice mate

 

Brian

 

Looks mint mate - looks better in flesh

 

Awesome work fella, love the colour as well

Sun burst red is exactly that, kinda an orangy/red until the sun comes out!!

I take it you are going to leave it as a sleeper? Your not tempted to go down the S1 route or the RS1600i route with the body work?

 

Cheers for the comments folks

Tempted to leave it a total sleeper but ive got a rs16i front bib and xr3 rear spats to go once the paint has been flattened back.

 

Nice davie boy!

I'm away back to sea in a week

I can't be arsed though. Will see you in the summer for a spin in it

 

Looking great Davie - not been able to get on here much as im very busy at uni at the mo, but must organise to come down to the lock-up sometime soon!

 

Been down working on the car today, trying to do some bits for a trackday this Friday.

Will put an update on here on Saturday.

heres a couple of pics from the first outing that I had forgotten about

 

Nice one Dave, I'll have to bell you soon.. have a catch up



Have a good NYE