About 4 months ago.i bought this 2 owner car ,totally original, never kept in a garage , from sunny scotland...51,000 original milage backed up with full history ford mostly.
Its interior,plastics and engine,etc, are spotless i knew when i bought it it needed a fair bit of work but it wasnt until it was stripped that we realised the extent of the rot..
Iam doing most of the work at my pals body shop ,so hence the progress is not always as quick as i,d like as i have to fit in around his and my own work...
The plan is, standard to look at ( ford spec paint and striping) but with some performance upgrades , without spoiling its original design.. I look forward to any comments..or advice fellow members can offer

 

this is how it came

 

what kind of performance upgrades?

love mk2s

 

started stripping

 

then cleaning up

 

Iam not doing anything that extreme , just planning full shell rebuild,poly bushing,goodridge hoses,4 branch& system,performance head and kent cam,twin 40 dcnf downdraught carbs,uprated brakes etc.

 

been doing the engine this week..the carb fuel pipes are to be changed though..and done properly





























my garage might look messy but the build was immaculatly done,

 

Good luck mate, it'll be worth every minute of the hard work when finshed

 

i can,t wait until its finished,im starting to get exited

 

blimey!

 

looks spot on mate

 

thanks for the positive comments,,all the welding is now complete ,as is the l.s.d gearbox,my other wheels and the engine....
its the filling and priming next.
I,ve got a brand new bonet and tailgate also,the ownly thing i may still need is a mint drivers door- if anyone has one locally that would be a help

i,ll post more pics of the progress later

 

i got 1 mate or 2 only in billingham

 

was that the one that was on pistonheads in think it was edinburgh ?

a tried phoning him but he never answered the phone , thank fook thats needing alot of work , al keep an eye on the resto post , am just about finished my resto on my xr2 should be out next week all going well .

 

Yes its the one off pistonheads,,,it was worth the money all day for the good bits ( were would you get bits like that now)..

But it has been a mission...Good luck with yours by the way do you have any pics .

 

heres the wheels...

 

original g/box with only 51,000 miles under its belt ..i stripped it and fitted a l.s.d







more pics of the car all welded up to follow

 

as promised some shots of it as i went through all the welding...







































so thats how its sitting now just waiting for me to start the body filling and then into paint

 

Good work! That makes me wanting an XR2...

 

gota love xr2's

 

You certainly werent scared of getting the grinder out were you lol thats a good project youve got going and i really like them wheels not to big i hope ?
mark

 

thats alot of work thats needed to be done, gonna look good when its done!!

 

i thought i had it bad with some welding.. jesus thats alot. But fair play to you mate. Also if you could send me a link as to where to get a boot floor from id be very gratefull

 

www.oldcars.de/ is the web adress for motomobil they do all the panels i couldn,t find in the uk...

and the wheels are nice little 14 inch ones , i will still use the pepper pots on it as well, its just nice to have another set..

 

Sorry I,d posted my update on my old thread,,,try again..

repainted the g/box as I didn,t like the look..

 

Some better pics of the head from the old thread













shiney

 

Are you not happy enough with one Resto thread, you trying to take over this place or what

 

I posted on the wrong one Iam a TIT..How do I delete the original resto thread...

 

Did a bit more today... degreased engine bay and removed the harness and somemore odds and ends....
I also did a bit more filling and rubbing down, its getting nearer to primer now...

 

nice work mate, if u don't mind me asking where did u get the wing front panel and bonnet from and how much

 

Most motor factors can get wings, front panels and sills etc.. Its things like inner bays, boot floors etc which are getting harder to find.

Also pop on XRTWO.com mate, few people on there would love to follow this work!

 

my local motor factors can get the bits but wings are Ł35 each front panel is Ł75 and a bonnet is Ł90, bit over the top as wing where about Ł18 each 2 years ago, thats y i asked where he got them from to see if they where cheaper.

can't wait to see it in paint

 

Mine are a bit cheaper than that. But you gotta accept things have gone up in price due to current climate etc

 

Kept looking at the engine pictures thinking those DCNF's don't look anything like mine, then worked it out.

Not that it really matters, other than you'll burn your hands when setting them up, but your DCNF's are fitted backwards.

 

I thought that..I,ve only had 40 dcoe carbs on a car before,,Thats how they came straight off another car , cheers for that shandylegs

 

I got the panels from select panel in walker,,You might get more discount with cash ..
The bonnet about Ł75..wings Ł26ish...front panel from memory Ł55-Ł60

 

brilliant progress good luck will look stunning when done

 

Thanks for that,,Its going to be progressing a bit faSTER now to try and get it ready for the croft ford meeting in june

 

I got exactly the same carbs and mine are fitted the other way around? Wierd.

 

Thats the way they came fitted up on the manifold straight from another guys car, (Shandylegs) has already posted that they are mounted back to front,and I,ll probably burn my hands setting them up....
I bought the whole engine off the lad just for the top end and carbs,cam,vernier etc,
and judging by how black the pistons where I don,t think he even bothered setting them up..I don,t think he really had a clue,thats why I stripped the head and completly and rebuilt it ..

Thanks for pointing that out guys......I,ll swap them round...Iam going to get another weber carb manual ( like i did last time)..and tune and balance them,and once its complete and running it,ll be straight off to be put on the rolling road..