Hi, ive recently purchased a geuine 3dr motorsport shell and i intend to take it from the condition its in now back to how it should be.
The car itself does not hold any history as it hasn't been registered yet, so if anybody who used to own it/ has pics/ history etc id be garateful!!
Anyway, heres how it came to me.....................





People who are involved...
Me Coleyst200 - ian - owner
Jumbo - scott- write up & pics (POSTING ON BEHALF OF COLEY)
Rex - ian - right hand man

Obviously as the project goes on i'll post more pics etc..........thanks for looking!!!!!

 

i saw this on ebay !! what did u get it for in the end ?? rember thinking if it rearly was a 909 shell then the price was cheep?

 

Hi mate, yes it is a 909 shell (very rare apparently) and it was delivered to the front door for Ł2500! The shell is fairly mint, needs some work as holes have been drilled etc for the cage, so they need patching up..........apart from that it needs a good sanding down !!!!

 

Pics are no working. good luck with the build

 

Pics sorted now hopefully................

Had a good look round the car today, needs rear glass due to it having perspex windows/ roll cage mounts removing etc pictures will do the talking............

Heres dash....lol



The engine bay.....




The inside...........



Will start getting into gear later on, need to give the car a good steam clean and need to know how the engine runs before it gets removed (apparently hasn't been turned over for at least 18 months)!!!

More updates soon................

 

Nice find m8 ,

 

Ok, managed to get the engine fired up after 10 minutes of being sat for 18 months!!! Engine was running with grey injectors so you can imagine the smoke and taste of fuel!!!!
Replaced the grey's with blues just to see how it ran without damaging the neighbours lungs before getting stuck in ripping the engine out.......

after the clean..

Didn't come up 2 bad considering........


Then it was the fun bit, out came the lift.........




Me on the left, chris in the orange and black and Rex in the blue....out she pops.......

A happy chappy...........


Had a quick brew and reflected on what was happening next, time for a little tidy up in the garage me thinks





So, cage is out, engine is out. Next on the 'to do' list is the loom. Chis in the pic has sourced a full trim including roof lining for a bargain price and 3 boxes of bits including switches, rubber bungs etc..Top Job Chris

More will be added shortly............

 

best of luck fella...it will be worth it in the end

 

good luck mate.

 

Nice project you have there, well done mate nice find

 

A lot of work to done but will be worth it

 

Thanks for the positive replys lads

 

top man

 

We have good news. Another 3door saved .
You have a lot of work to do, but at the end you will have a fantastic car

 

Moving on, had a mad couple of hours on her with the help of rex.....

Most of the engine bay is stripped now and it don't look too bad....





We removed the gearbox which looks a bit sorry for itself at the momment.....





.............but wont be log before its all new again

Had a shock to find actually how good the underneath of the car really is. You can still see a dust of primer at the top of the tunnel!!!!!
Apart from the wheel well being removed and re-welded back in and a couple of other minors, im pleased to bits the shell is as good as new.



As far as the project is going at the momment im really chuffed to bits with the car itself and the progress, seems as its genuinly hard to get the time to work on the car. If anyone wants to share input throughout the rebuild, please feel free.....

Thats it for a day or two due to work etc.....just can't seem to keep away from that garage


More updates soon.....................

 

Nice project will keep an eye on this one

 

Just a quickie, my mate Rex has found a dashboard so have a full trim apart from a boot carpet , pics will be up weekend hopefully!!!

 

A quick update.....................

As promised a pic of the dash just placed in to get the general idea.....










As you can see its not the original dash i wanted but it is mint and will do the job. Bargain at Ł15.00!!!!!!!!!!
Ive brought a genuine RS ecu cover to go over the slot in the dash aswell.

More work and pics to follow over the weekend as the rear axel is coming off, the front cross member and the roll cage points will be removed with a bit of luck!!

 

keep up with good work! like very much your project!

 

Little progress.................

The car has basically had all the running gear, fuel tank etc fom underneath removed now.

Cannot believe how clean it is under here!!!

Heres another angle of under the arch, it really is a bang on shell..



Here are some of the bits that will more than likely be powdercoated or refurbed then painted..





Doing a bit more today, the brackets that were welded in place for the cage need to be removed and a few plates need making to cover the holes for the cage, will update you later guys

 

Nice work

 

bloodyhell, shells pretty mint

strange/bizzare they was running a little t3 but grey injectors tho!

 

well done for finding it mate looks like a good shell, i would get some underseal on the floor pans asap then paint it looks good though keep us posted

 

Shell looks pretty tidy

 

Tell me about it, my eyes were melting from the fuel fumes after running it for 2 minutes in the garage lol..

Have been busy today locating trim mainly and have managed to source the following today, of which were removed from an 'B' reg 3dr.....

- 2 front seats
- 2 spare seats for spares
- rear seats
- front & rear door cards
- sound proof lagging for bulkead
- underlay for the floor
- 2 carpets
- boot lining both sides
- wooden cover for spare wheel
- polystyrene to house the jack
- 1 roof lining
- parcel shelf with holes (new one without holes coming soon)!
- centre console
- clips/ rubbers/ screws and interior trims for the interior

So ive got all the basics apart from a few small items at this momment in time. Total bill for the whole trim including dashboard was a mere Ł265.00, which is apure bargain.....thanks to chris

Pictures will be up later or sometime tommorow, thanks for all the positives, much appreciated

 

Will do mate, few more bits to do on the shell i.e welding then off to the body shop for a nice shiney white coat, thanks for the comment pal

 

Just thought id add a few pics of the trim i got my hands on, it needs a good going over and a clean but abit of TLC will soon have it blinging.....

One roof lining.........



Assortment of parts lol...






Pillar trims etc



More updates to come in the week with abit of luck. Got a right collection of bits coming together now but i am finding a few parts very hard to source at the momment. Will add my lists in the 'wanted' section when i have a full list of bits i need.

 

Right, been at work so haven't got alot done, but i can tell you ive been on e-bay and managed to win a centre console (original), front grille (original and bonnet with vents (original) so chuffed to bits!!
Only have a pic of console





Planning to do a bit this weekend so look out for more updates

 

keep um coming buddy looking good

 

looks like you got a bargain there mate

keep it up

 

Some bad news im affraid..... Had a motorcross bike at the back of the garage that i used to ride solo until i retired from the sport. Alot of moneys worth of bike but more of a sentimental value if you get me..

Woke up this morning to find what lookslike a bombs gone off.........





Everything you see on the grass was either in the garage or on the garage roof..........



Socket set that was inside the car...........



Bonnets placed neatly against the bush.......



A view of the car from above..........



What was a good windscreen is now scrap..........



So im pissed off, not only have i lost a bike, ive got the hassle of sorting a new roof etc now. Thought id share it witith you as it means the car project will be put back a week or two now.......

This is the only up to date pic ive got of the bike as you can see in the background. which ever scumbags nicked it lifted the bike through the roof and off they went. No one seen or heard anything......amazing!!!!

Will keep updates coming in due course, not gonna let whoever done this put me back on my project for too long...

 

so did they drag the bike through the roof.

shit news mate.

 

thats shit mate!

Just keep ya fingers crossed that they didnt spy anything they fancied in your garage else there might be a return from the little cunts!!!

good luck with the project.. looks like a mint car..

 

Looks like this has the makings of a good project, shame about the garage break-in

 

Sorry to see that. ALARM TIME

 

yes mate the bike was pulled up the wall about 6ft to say im would be a under statmont

 

WOW a lot of work for a bike

hope that it will be found and the ones that took it

hope that the car is ok.......

 

theiving cooonts

 

Well a couple of weeks previous i sold 2 bike engines, the bloke who came looked well dodgey and wanted them to build a hybrid, which i had at the back of the garage before it got nicked, whoever took it knew what they were looking for and exactly where it was placed. All i can say is GUTTED

 

Sounds like you know who did it then ,good project btw