so far i have taken the engine out as it sounded a little knocky so out it came and time to have a quick zvh lump to keep her mobile to i have a 2.0l zetec turbo lump built in the winter .
as the engine was out ive been cleaning and bined the abs
as for the car its self its not too bad the n/s/r arch is a little rotten and a bit around the petrol cap but apart from a very little amount underneath its all good this is the first restore that i have taken on so bear with me i couldnt let her go to the scrapy could i???

 

cant go wrong for 250 quid........

 

Well you can't complain for that money really, looks a decent enough base shell.

 

how comes ya got it so cheap.. from the ignition barrel am i right in saying it was a stolen recovered jobbie

 

got ur work cut out

 

no it wasnt nicked but it had been sat on a drive for 3 years someone tryed to nick it but the bloke couldnt get it running and gave up
its very good underneath not been welded yet which is good coz i cant weld at all.
i have i friend thats build the engine for Ł300 plus parts which was very handy. i have a mate in the bodyshop who will be repainting the car in and out in the winter
repaires need 2 the shell are nsr arch but might put a 1/4 on both doors coz they have too many dents to repair the osr arch is like new i couldnt belive it but the petrol cap has some rust which will have to be sort thats all the stelths are being binned and my new wheels will be here b4 the weekend but i didnt would to go big im staying with 15s more photos wenesday evening

 

What a billy bargain

Good luck with it mate, doesn't look too bad at all. Mate of mine just paid 1500 for one that looks in the same sorta nick as that

 

Bargin

 

what a bargin at 250 mate-well done

 

Nice one mate

Keep us updated


Brian

 

nice one, 250 of the queens finest, cant be bad./
looks to be ok, rust round petrol caps look just surface so easy fix.

keeping it red i hope

 

Bargin

 

Great project at a great price matey

 

good luck mate, keep us updatedŹ!

 

engine is back monday cant wait to get it running again then when running off for repair and paintwork (this is the bad arch)

 

that doesnt look bad at all for the money.

 

my new wheels which i payed Ł40 off work and they had brand new 195/45/15 so they went off to be done white as they looked crap in silver

just waiting on the engine

and got bored so ive been painting up bits

 

 

ive got the engine and its bk in the car the engine bk last night so far so good

got my new wheels on with fresh 195/45/15 thanks to work
more photos in the morning

 

a good friend works for hel down here in exeter and sorted me a new oil feed and injector pipes looks ten times better then the old red ones all for


anyone got a clue on oil and running in for my 1.8 zvh the baby is due in 6 weeks so the missus is always on my case so i can only do bits and boobs

 

question, how did you get the car on that stand??

 

i work at a breakers and picked it up carefully with a forklift it didnt damage the underside but the stand is really good for working on your car

 

Looking good

 

hi all been a few weeks but reggie is running again and sweet as a nut thanks to a good friend
just the brake lines to do b4 mot then get her run in and ill start on the body work and the goodie for the engine and set up

and coz the missus was at work all weekend i had time to clean reggie out it was really scank