the story so far...

well ive bought an old 1.6 sierra for £250
with hopes of building a road legal 3 door,
full cos running gear

ive never built a car before, only stipped a couple,,
so it will be a steep learning curve
it needs welding in a few places, as you'd exspect for that money...
if it no work out, no harm done











ive spotted the obvious bits to change/modify ie
bulkhead holes for brakes and loom
front inner wing holes for abs brake set up
the door catch area
front towing eye ,, have i missed anything here?
chip

 

good luck to you mate

 

Hi, ive also got the same trpe of project as yourself. One other thing that you may need to do is make larger holes for the cossie engine wireing loom as the previous engine never had this, apart from that its pretty str8 4ward unless you wana go 4x4 then you need to cut away some of the floor for the gearbox.
Good luck
Adam

 

Funky exhaust....

Good luck with the project

 

cheers lads

it will be in the shed soon, so i can work evenings on it..

chip

 

nice project

i allways wanted to build a 3 door

 

Good luck with it

 

good luck!
keep up with photos!!!

 

cheers and thanks for comments
well as the sun came out yesterday,
i decided to spend a few hours cleaning the engine bay,
armed with swarfega jet wash fluid and a pan scrub,,
the bay came up a treat..







then out came young sharpy's grass track, nothing got done afterwards.



ive decided to do the 3 door on saturday, and finnish my saph
on sundays as it's got no mot
more pics soon
chip

 

good luck with the project!!! it's my dream to make a three door cosworth!!

 

cool, looks a fine canvas mate

 

what colour is it going?

 

doing a good job there,the difference in the shell when the shite is off the inner wings.

 

Looks like you've got a good base to work from

 

hi all thanks again for you comments peeps

small update, i put in a few hours yesterday
its a buzz killer chipping away at rust
i just keep telling myself its worth it,
all this work might just make me look after this car a bit better,
im buying all new polly bushes for the rear as the oldies
look shot to me,










chip

 

Shell looks really clean!



Good luck mate

 

keep working on it,it will soon get there.

 

That engine bay looks mint now ,all that dirt and grease looks to have protected it

 

cheers lads

small update,
my sierra is now indoors as of tonight
the shell is very good at the front,
the rear sadly needs some welding on both sides,
i need to remove the bad metal ready for patching
i'll let the pics do the talking, onwards and upwards









749steve sorry m8,the colour will be moonstone blue

chip

 

nice having access to a ramp eh

 

very cool project

 

I did this years ago but never put in a cossie engine as was too young
I had this exact colour car but it got written off before I could paint it.
I then put all the bits into a white shell and did a 500 replica with 2.0 pinto, did it all on my mums drive except the spraying which I paid someone to do, it was a very enjoyable project and I would deffo consider doing something similar again

good luck mate

 

cheers lads
small update, the welding has started,
its the firet of many and thats fine by me,
well ive got no choice really as the bad metal has to go
the ramp is a god send its been in for a month now
came from a local garage up the road,
slowly but surely its turning into a decent workshop
hope to crack on again this weekend will update soon,

chip

 

Looks a pretty good shell that. I'd love to build one of these

 

hi folks,
small update time
its turning into the good the bad & the ugly,
the shell has had some more weling done, with lots more to come,
the drivers rear wheel arch has been removed, and some
front wings were removed to reveal more work,
at least when the shell is finnished i'l know its going to be good,
as everything found thats bad, is being patched over and repaired

on the upside ive bought all the wings/panels ect i needed,
modified the bulkhead to take the bigger brake cylinder
and got my saff running, so its all good at the mo
chip

 

 

mite be fake but it will have a heart of one............

 

blimy the amount of detail thats going into that, wings off to sort the rust and everything!

This is gonna be good

 

cheers folks.

im sure this will be far better than the genuine one i wrote off,
im not after no trophy winner, just a SOLID usable road car,

very small update,
ive been filling a few patches here and there,
and lining up the wings, well trying .
passanger side fits like a dream the other is out by a country mile,
i would like to thickly underseal the front inner arches before the wings are welded on perminent, and possibly again when fitted,especially the back's of wings ect..
ive also scooped up a well used single pipe stainless exhaust

chip

 

looks nice mate

 

cool project, should of tarted the shell up & wacked the yb inn there for an sleeper

 

update time, its only been a month
only done an hour here an there, and saturday's
mostly painting unerseal all over the repairs and underneith,
it may not be to everyone's taste but it wont rust for a while
its ready for 3 crud catchers re fitting now
hoping to have some wings on her by fiday (fingers crossed)
my once mint trim has been eaten by a mouse
fooking rodent ba8tard wait till i catch it....
saphire has passed it mot












chip

 

AWSOME PROJECT MATE I THINK IL GET A THREAD UP OF MY 3DOOR TONIGHT TO

 

im liking this

 

cheers lads
looking forward to reading your thread saq

bit gutted today as the lad i work with here is selling up!
years of hard work on the mk1 escort just to sell it for jap crap..
already had a bloke come down and look at the shell ect,
all the bits he bought inc dog box are on flea bay doing a small fortune,
sutch a shame as it was ready to build

anyway's a small update.
the front wings are fitted
they just need the welds grinding and painting in primer,
jobs for next time im down there me thinks..

chip

 

 

update

hi all

sorry about the quality of pics, my camera is fooked
the flash on it has stopped working
big shame as young sharps went wild with the welder last night
and fettled up my missing arch, pics dont do his work justice,,
he used a few small bits off the old shell too
i managed to cheese wire the back windows out at last (not easy)
also bought the primer for the wings,did some de greasing.
im buzzing now as the sierra looks like it will deffo go again

i still have a miute's silence for my old car,every tuesday at 7:30pm

the saphire is good drive tho, so hey ho
















chip

 

yeave it as a GL FTW

 

would be pure grin factor
but i want to re live the dream this time

if this project works for me
i would love to put my saph into another 3 door
would spend a bit more than £250 for the donor next time

 

alright peeps,

foook me, its only been 8/9 months since an update
to be honest after a aquiring a scooby and having the saph cos
theres not been much need to press on with the 3 door

anyways its now time to get it done and dusted,