some of you may know i started this resto around 5 years ago now but do to moving away and a few house changes the car was at the bottom of a very long list.... all the pictures i had of it before are unfortunately lost now which is a shame but thats life... ill update as i can but here is how she stands now... not bad considering she has been sat in a cold garage for 5 years.... ive been doing a few little bits on the car at weekends as you can see but i hope to see a lot more progress in the next few months

thanks gaz

 

5 yrs just for that????

Looks stunning fella........

 

no sat for 5 years untouched.. just started a couple of weeks ago

 

very nice mate lets have some more pics

 

looking good mate

 

Looks mint

 

Fuck me Bacon Chops......................................... Looking good....

Fair play fella.....when is it going to be up and running then???

 

Thread hi-jack time....

Tiff, any luck on the Wagon front??

 

Looks fantastic

 

hopefully all done for september, but then again you know what im like

will be going to karl's though as hes local now for me

 

If the whole car is gonna be to that standard then fair play mate, well worth the wait.

 

not much been done recently as i have been working some long hours... got some more parts powder coated...




got my 300mm rear brakes off tony''nutsrus''


trial fitted one of my new wheels to see how it would look


got my new tyres fitted tonight onto new wheels that i got off martin hadland 8x18 et35 comp mo's with toyo proxes


and finally got my front brakes to fit now... ap 355mm 6 pots

engine will be coming out saturday for a bufty up so hopefull should start to see some progress now

 

looks good mate, soon be done now!

 

Nice choice on brakes and wheels.

 

Looks stunning


Brian

 

thanks everyone been a long time now since i drove her so really cant wait lots to do yet though..

 

gonna be mint,luv the brakes mate

 

nice work Gareth,will keep an eye on it to make sure you keep the work up.

nice talking to you too.

 

first off i must say a massive thanks to daveandhelenturbo off this board... dave did around a 200 mile round trip today to help me take the engine out and get the car looking cleanish again... she had her first wash in 5 years ... a massive thanks dave


the car is it stands today before it had a wash


the car after a quick wash and polish





engine out of the car again for the 3rd time this should be at martin hadlands within the next week or so



and finally back in the garage again ready for all the front end to be re-fitted and all clean again



more updates to follow shortly....thanks gaz

 

gaz you know when you need a hand im always there mate, think i owe you a big thanks for the pizza and drinks oh and all the other items i seemed to find im my car! see you again in a few weeks to rebuild the front end and finish the other bits off.

the car is a credit to you, cant wait to have a drive, and see a certain clio owners face when it drives out for the first time!!!!

again well done and a big credit to you gaz.


dave

 

good work done by you two.

car looking good Gaz.

 

looks tidy

 

very nice mate

 

Great work...

Good choice of colour too!

 

suppose i had better do a little update then well its been a busy year since i last did out with the car, been fitting kitchens, finishing the house off, getting married!! and all sorts of things so the car really has been put on the back burner for a long while..

but there has been a bit of progress in the last couple of weeks and i really really want her finished for the end of this year so fingers crossed..

The new pictures arent the best as they were took on my phone, but im sure u get the idea... engine will be going back in on the 16th which is a relief, and then its just a matter of connecting most stuff back up and having a large bank balance..
ive tried to buy most things new where needed, and recon'd some things, but all ive set out to achieve 5 years ago is a clean car, nothing else.. definately no bufty show thing.. and when it is done im about 65% sure it will be being sold
but well see

anyway a few pictures me thinks.. ill try to keep this updated the best i can but i dont get that much time to work on it

cheers gaz

engine before


engine half way through, excuse pulleys these will be being changed


rocker cover is away at the moment for machining and the engine is almost complete now so ill take another picture when its complete

piccy of inlet manifold, had this powder coated but it had to be done twice, reason being first with the base colour then i had a metalic put into it, sure youll understand
looks really classy in person


i also had the cradle done in this colour as well, with new reyland engine mounts


steering rack cleaned up after about 2 hours work, my god this thing was shitty, never seen out like it, it was absolutely baked in crap


bit of paint later

and a bit more


and finally back on the cradle


think that will do for tonight, just waiting on bits to arrive now but ill update soon as i can..

oh yeah and ign bracket and map sensor bracket painted up also


got to fit new power steering tank in car plus lots of other little bits.. but its getting there............ slowly

bring on the digs from tiff and davecos4x4

 

the engine was took apart. new wrc gasket, new head bolts,, pretty much every new sensor u can get including new iscv.. 4wd manifold back on instead of 2wd.. turbo is a t34.55 but u will see all this when i get the cover back and bolt it down then i will take final pics.. alt brackets all powder coated as well.. pretty much a new engine

car looks a bit different to how it looks on this pic, i must take some newer ones


got new tanks as well, full boost,water and ancillary hoses as well.. all new fuel lines, clips, u name it ive aquired it .. u dont realise just how much u will have to shell out on a resto till u start, believe me its frightening ...

 

Love it mate keep up the good work and get it finished unlike some people.

 

oh yeah and my calipers repainted up kindly done buy daveandhelenturbo on here

thanks dave

 

crumbs you have actually done something to the car

 

BOLLOX

 

Underside looks brilliant. will be stunning when all back together!!

 

Calipers would look good on mine. Keep up the good work Gaz and I'll see you on the 16th to put the engine gearbox etc back in.

Dave

 

Great work stranger.

 

now now

 

Offset on the wheels is spot on

 

cheers dave it is dave aint it
thanks everyone else

 

welllllllllllllllllll whatta u expect, homo transit van man

 

i would come give you a hand but i only have 1 good 1 at the moment

 

Gaz if you sell it when it's done. I've got first dibs!!!!! And mate rate hehehe

 

tev your 1 good hand is probably better than my 2

ok dave, that will be £1500 more than priced then