Hi All,

I'm a newbie on here but thought I would join up and share this with you all. I'm hoping to find some advice too but i'll post in the relevant sections for that.

So, this will be the second year that we've taken part in the Ramshackle rally which is a roadtrip from Calais to Annecy, San Remo, Monaco, Perpignan and then Valencia all in a car purchased for under £150. It was £100 last year. Last year we were team Penguins of the apocalypse and we used a 190K mile Cavalier 1.6 which did us proud (after i'f fixed it's issues and given it a cambelt change etc) and made it there and back without a hitch. We then sold it on to another charity rallyer. Here's our website from last year...

www.freewebs.co.uk/ramshacklepenguins

This year we were after something a bit bigger as with 4 of us and all of our gear we're going to need some space. We will be raising money for the Parkinsons disease society this year.

So, we have aquired this little beauty for £150 from E-bay and we picked it up on Thursday night... Looks alright in the ebay pic huh...



So off we went to Derby to get it armed with a litre of oil, some coolant, jump leads, tow rope and some brake fluid (just in case) Let's just say the ebay pic was "flattering". This is what greeted us...

















loveley.

It has 165K on the clock. On the list of jobs to do so far is...

Change Cambelt
Sort out alternator as the battery light keeps coming on
Get MOT
Sort knocking suspension
Replace fluids
Check brake pads
Check all hoses/rad etc (important for where we're going)
Decorate!

That's it for now.

 

god that photo must have been taken when it was bought!!

 

And on a very good day with a low res camera

I thought the grey you can see on the rear arch was primer in the e-bay pic... Alas not. Still doesn't matter as we are thinking about covering the whole thing in empty beer cans for our theme this year.

 

looks a nice car for its purpose wot are you aloud 2 do to it for the challenge

 

Mint, Id love to do a rally like that with the lads. Hope you have another good year

 

Thanks lads

You can spend out on it but have to keep in the spirit of things. For example i'll be changing the cambelt and give it a service plus whatever it needs for the MOT whereas handing it to a garage and having a new engine stuck in would be considered bad form if you see what I mean.

 

Not updated for a while! Car now has 12 months MOT after a bit of welding. Thanks to the advice on here I have a new alternator ready to fit along with the obligatory timing belt, aux belts etc before the off...

So, a bit of progress this afternoon! Went and bought some Evo stick Super duper toughest waterproof adhesive in the world ever type stuff...

Quick "key" for the adhesive



Jetwashed it to get the months of birdshit off!



Stuck on the obligatory sticker



And on with the cans!





More tommorrow!

 

loving the single skol can

 

yeah think we have 4 of them in the collection! A few rogue other brands will be going on too. We have 300 cans ready to go on so far!

 

thats gonna look sooo funny!!

 

Great idea that!

I feel for you having to drink 300 cans though, must have been terrible

 

Thanks for the comments chaps

Rich - absolute nightmate... still someone had to do it Need some more now!

Todays progress! I'll let the pics do the talking...







More tommorrow!

 

Sooo, progress today!

The "bar" under construction





We've made it so you can pull it out when parked



Then covered in fablon



It's now ready for the optics, beer mats, glasses etc!

So while we had the fablon out I got a bit carried away...



My personal favourite are the headlight eyebrows ha ha

 

carefull you don't get done for drink driving..

what a crazy idea, nice one mate

 

wood bonnet

 

+1
awesome

 

Thanks gents! More madness to come...

e.g the pool table that's going on the roof lol

 

you should get this on retro rides they would love it lol http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi

 

Love it!

 

Thanks all...

Hopefully be getting this finished at the weekend although that includes a cambelt and alternator change so hopefully will go smoothly!

 

So, progress today!

Wheeltrims painted
More cans
Pool table mounted
Bar completed with drinks etc (made from gelatin and food colour)











Cambelt and alternator tommorrow!

 

Lol fooking hell ive seen it all now.

 

Wait till you see the outfits!

 

even the step to play pool is made from cans

nice work

 

well thats one thing you can do with a beer can When is the beer tap going to be installed?

 

I wouldn't like to slam the door

 

That's the best bit.. Some of the cans have that widget\scuba thing in them so they rattle like mad when you slam the door

 

Cool car and portable pool table

 

love this and i'm a big supporter of the cause as my dad has it! how would i make a pledge?

 

Class!

 

what if it rains on the pool table

id love to drive it round the block to se the looks you got, and how many people think your an alcky

 

thanks very much that's good of you. I'm a big supporter too as my Grandad and a good friend have this. You can pledge at

www.justgiving.com/jamaicanbacon

Cheers,

Matt

 

We have a cover although we are hoping not to have to use it.

It's brill, did about 40 miles in it today, the double takes were awesome! although some of that may be down to the tuneful tappets!

 

hi matt, dont know if this will be any help but im a breaker, have got a mk1 mondeo diesel in at the mo, let me know if you need anything off it before i weigh it in

Ryan

 

Thanks for the offer. We go tommorrow so no time to get some bits beforehand but the plan is to use the car again next year if all goes well so if you still have it in a week or so I may take you up on that!

So, we're off tommorrow and the car is all done!

 

PMSL, comedy. Hope it all goes well, good cause etc

 

I'm LOVING Jamaican bacon!!

 

Maybe a stupid questin but will the cans stay attached at 70 plus???

 

Come on then, lets see the outfits!

 

Thanks for all of your comments, support and help with technical issues.... Hopefully I will have plenty of pics of us on our travels to update you with when I get back next week (fingers crossed it's in this car not a rental!) There are some great projects on here so I plan to stick around and introduce some of my other projects (alas, no other Fords yet)

Oh yes, you can rock the car by the cans it's really solid... we've conducted high speed (well as high speed as you can in a knackered Mondeo TD) tests too. If you ever want to stick something really well get yourself some Evostick Ultra, it's impressive stuff