before i bought this car it looked like this



and then Liam the last owner stripped it and made it look like this



so i popped down to sussex with my luton van and swapped the RS for a crisp £50 note



feb 2012 the resto started

 

sorry about the double pic , this pic should have been there

 

Looks like a good project

 

Surprised it fitted in the back of a luton!?

 

50 quid!!!! deal!!!

 

I'll give you £100 for it lol, seriously good luck with it .mate

 

Sweet looking 88 spec before. Hope you keep it that way and keep the updates going. Just started my resto thread on here as GGR S2 so bound to be asking lots of questions.

 

I hope you restore it back to its former glory.

 

Great project!

 

Lads the car looks nothing like before, and will look even better than ever once its finished. You should really check out the resto on the RSOC forum.

http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/rsocbb...d.php?t=394605

Anyway i'll let bam continue from here.

 

ha ha cheers for that Mark , I will add a bit more to this thread now i have 10 minutes spare , it fitted in the back of the Luton lovely

cut a bit of the rot out here



made a new bit to go in







new inner arch in place , the silver spray is weld through primer

 

outer arch tacked in place



this bit was rotten so i made a new one



and welded in



lower quarter tacked in place



all welded up



some one had done a poor job of the tray in the past



so i cut the lot out



new one welded in

 

ok next bit was the fuse box side



cut the rust out



made a new plate



and welded in

 

another hole in the floor

 

welded in



drivers side arch

 

all cut out , i left the cillin for now to use as a datum



i bought a second car for parts , i cut out the first part i needed



rotten window frame cut out



and welded in





new inner rear arch in place







drivers inner lower quarter i made



drivers side all welded up



sun roof tray that is very rotten



i removed the whole tray and set about trying to find a good replacement






after lots of searching and every roof i looked at being rusty i decided to go for a sunroof delete option

 

Jesus christ, that was rotten to fuck. It looked so good when Liam had it at the shows, just goes to show what lies beneath. To be honest i'd of chucked the towel in if i owned that.

Still it looks pukka nowadays.

 

a used none sunroof skin thanks to Twins



i left the crossmembers on the skin as this would half the amount of welding on the roof



clamped on in place





did a bit of prep inbetween looking for a roof



also stripped some more parts from the red car for powder coating

 

Nice project mate! Gonna be a cracker!

 

with all the welding done i started on the underside



sand blasted the underside



it found a few more bits of welding but in all was pretty good



gave the underside a good coat of 2k epoxy primer , this is used to paint shipping containers so its good stuff



these parts you can see that i did not prime are poor previous chassis repairs that i will rework

 

great job coming on well

 

found a pic of the roof welded on



i prepped and painted the underside ,engine bay and inside





i used 3m stone gaurd on the underside before painting





the sharpe eyed ones will have noticed its not mercury grey , its a Ral colour none metallic grey

the shockers needed a fettle so i prepped and painted these a lighter grey and powder coated the springs black



and after the work



i started to fit a few refurbed parts that i removed from the red car

 

Great progress

 

thanks lads ,photobucket is acting up for me big time for some reason so struggling with the pics

 

the engine from the red car was stripped , head rebuilt with new cam tappets , valves ect ect then built back up with new gaskets and bolts



then on to the gearbox

before work started



and after a good clean . a coat of etch primer then stratos silver with 2k clearcoat



dropped the engine and box in the car with all new engine mounts and powder coated gearbox cradle

 

im fitting st170 discs and calipers to the front so i had to drill out the mounting holes from 10mm to 12mm



there nice and tight when fitted , just need to remove and paint the calipers and spacers now



a bit of filler to level things out

 

prepped the wheels for paint



and painted them the same colour as the boot decal

 

great project this one

 

I am really enjoying reading this well done.

 

my mk3 escort is cedar green looks same colour

 

Great progress, Im impressed with the roof job.

 

cheers guys , a bit of an update of what ive done tonight

rear brakes fitted



stud conversion done but im changing to shorter studs as these are a bit long



hanbrake cable fastned in

 

Nice looking car!!!! Shell looks pretty good underneath

Proper gutted its the same RAL colour as mine i think looks identical noooooooo

Not a million miles away in Mansfield too

 

Also mate ive got a load of parts if you need anything give us a shout

 

ha ha cheers , what RAL colour is yours ?

 

very nice project keep on the good work

 

7031 Blue Grau or something like that it looks identical last night on me night shift i had to keep checking as it thought it was my car on the under bonnet shots pmsl

Looks amazing when its all done pal i love thwe colour gets so m uch attention mine was painted 5 years ago now just obly made itn out for one or two shows before the BC gave in. Shes having a full cage and new engine and box at NMS just need to make a start.

Cant wait, good look with the project

 

liking the look of this good work mate

 

thanks for the nice comments lads , Beach im so frickin glad yours is a differant RAL colour to mine mines 7015

i got some primer on it yesterday





and started blocking the primer down