Seeing as ive never posted on here before i thought id say hello to you have kind of been looking around for a while and read some very interesting rebuilds and stuff, but up till now i havnt really had the time to post anythihng up so here goes. Brief history about the car, its a 1983 mk1 xr2, I brought the car in 2002 i think it was, when i bought it, was on 106k with almost everything bar the front seats and parcel shelf standard, the front seats were changed byu last owner as he ripped the origionals and the parcel shelf some idiot had attacked witha jigsaw and cut holes for speakers well heres a few pics of how she was when i got it






then after a while i realised there was some rust as someone had ramed the car ina car park and damaged the front drivers side



so i started stripping her out to weld things up and just got carried away really, and have no stripped almost everything out bar the steering rack,suspension and brakes. and this what what i found under the interior






after finding all this bad evil stuff they call rust, it got me down a bit so went out and bought things to cheer myself up, so far the list incluides, full race spec 1658cc crosflow, twin 40's, ebc drilled/grooved discs, green stuff pads, fullashley comp exhaust inc 4-2-1 manifold, harnesses, seats on their way soon, as is coilovers, once i have rebuilt the rear strut tops to fit coilovers struts into. Am having a full cage built buy me as well as i work for a roll cage company i will be doing this very cheaply also am trying to renew everything with new parts, currently trying to source new driveshafts, and steering rack. well hope you dont find this too boring or long, heres a couple of latest pics showing the cars engine when i test fitted it and also showing new panels going on oh and my lovely 40's

 

good job m8, i used to have one about 10 years ago and regretted getting rid ever since

 

this will be a nice climber, lotsa bhp, less weight, ideal, but will need a fair bit o' work
good luck

 

Nice project mate - keep the pics coming!

 

Great mate doing the same with a Mk2, be out v.v soon!!!!

 

mine might take a little while yet, as ive just written my othercar/daily runner so needing to buy a new everyday car which is stealing money from fiesta project, hoping that it will be ready for use late next summer? i have a mate whos going to spray it so i just need to get it up to that standard for the summer, then its just a case of bolting everything back together, of course thats after i have got all the suspension components powdercoated, oh while im thinking about it, can i get a set of these anywhere? i want either 13 or 14inch at the most



and a quick pic of my car i just wrote off

 

Try calling ATM Sport in Kelvedon Essex .I think this is the number 01376 585125

 

owch,,.