Hi guys,

Rebuilding my Sapphire Cossie.....started a while ago but only getting around to posting this now.

Plan was/is:

1: Engine rebuild - DONE.....for now until more money comes my way

2: Body rebuild - In process.

My old car wasn't too healthy and was going to cost too much to fix bodywise so took a chance, bit the bullet and got a pretty schweeet one recently

3: Have the craic with it

Hope you enjoy

Philip.

Here's the old girl before work started......happier times :

 

 

Here's the garage I'm renting to get the work done



The new Cossie:



And so it begins....

 

Started stripping it down......bear in mind this is the first time we've attempted anything like this so bound to make a few mistakes and forget a few thingS!!!



Had to improvise.....plus we found a lot of the rusty stuff hiding away....thing fell apart in places....not even gonna post these pics as it's just depressing

 

Engine and box out




Out with the old stuff






Amazing what a lick of paint does













Love the way the petrol tank turned out




More to follow......

 

Keep the updates coming.

 

Nice work!

 

Underneath was good already....stripped it anyway with bucketloads of elbow grease and a scraper

Then undersealed with Gravitex....was told it's the ''best''.....it mightn't be but we went for it anyway.....

Fairly happy with the outcome

Before:



After:








Sorry for the crappy pic quality.....no dosh to buy a decent camera

 

The last of the shiny bits again before installation and after another bit o' paint











Walking L.E.D light!!

 

For the back end, nearly everything is standard

So I got some Koni's and Bayjoo's first. Cleaned and painted them also.

Polybushed diff mount came as well.....all good until we had it all installed and the ARB is rubbing the top bolt of the diff mount. Checked on here and it seems some cars are a few mm different for some reason. Anyway I wasn't just going to chuck it away/sell it and get a countersunk bolted one so again.......improvisation!!!!!



It was awkward but my mate got it sorted by grinding the nut on the top bolt when it was all installed

Turns out it wouldn't have mattered because when we had the back end fully installed.....the springs weren't sitting right.

Looked at the old car and noticed these 2 rubber supports at the top of the springs for f***%$k sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway long story short, removed and reinstalled everything again, here's how it looks, again pics are crappy but you get the idea lads













Koni's, a bit dirty I know, need cleaning:

 

nice job matey

 

Will do mate, cheers Sticky

Cheers ajamesc. Loads more to do!

Sound James, it's coming along nicely.

 

Lovely work, I await more updates

 

Updates on the way matey, cheers

 

THE best colour on a saff

cracking finishing touches and like the colours underneats

also nice use of the Gimp holding the handlamp lol

Sean.

 

Haha Sean he is a major gimp alright....in fact his nickname is Anus....nuff said!!

Few more bits painted now, just gonna take pics and fit soon....need to get the hell outta work now and then straight at it....

More to follow...

 

Nice work there, I do have a soft spot for a crystal blue saff

 

Like it. Painted bits do look so much better after a quick lick o paint. Look forward to seeing it finished. Any mods up top planned?

 

Liking this to, some very nice work already.

 

Great stuff!

Any engine rebuild pics?

 

Cheers mate, I feel the same myself that's why I bought her!

Hi Lee, Indeed I do have more planned. The engine is rebuilt but unfortunately no pics cos it's finished now. I'll post up pics later when it's all cleaned down and tidied etc...

Cheers mate, some of it is so time consuming and a pain in the ballbag but as they say, it'll be worth it.....I hope!! :/

Well Liam, again I'll post pics of the engine and spec when it's complete. Have the rolling road curves on my laptop somewhere so will post them also. It's basically a stage 4 so T34/.63, 55lbs, 500 cooler etc....pity I don't have pics of the rebuild but sure no doubt it'll be stripped in the future again for more ponies

Updates on the way guys cheers [|:-}

 

Looking very nice mate!

My favourite colour for a saph! I badgered my mate for months to sell me his mint one before I bought the White turd in my sig, a week after I bought mine, he put it up for sale!!!

I will own a crystal blue one someday!!

 

coming on well mate,,some nice bits you got for her,good clean shell

 

great job love the colour where about are you from

 

Very cool project. Themn2 post ramps come in handy.

 

Loving this. Love a nice crystal blue saff. Would be my colour of choice. By far the best colour they came in

 

Nice work there.
Coming along nicely

 

Looking great Philip

 

Nice work!

 

Haha Kitchen Devil what a ballbag your mate is!!! Why didn't he just sell it to you?! It took me til I was 25 to get one of my dream cars i.e. this one, so it can be done.....one day!

Cheers Cossie09.....the nice bits make it nice really It really is a labour of love though

Hi John,

I'm from Limerick. Will be at shows and rallies all next year when it is finally finished....although I'm aware they're never truly finished! If you recognise the car, call for a chat.

Lift is a Godsend!!! Cheers Glenn.

100% agreed about the clour John ....but I am biased

Cheers Jason....labour intensive but worth it I guess!

Thanks a million Paul. It really is a cracker of a shell. Top man

Cheers Nash, finally more updates today!

 

OK lads, the time has come to finally update this story

Steering rack all new and shiny looking!

 

Looking good!!

going over the old pics,

fuck me i hope the rear wishbone brakepipes are tempory efforts, they look shocking :P

sorry brake pipes have to be perfect....... my pet hate lol

Good work

 

Looking fresh

 

Haha Sean, I feel your pain believe me!!! I need big brakes. When I get them, the whole hog will be done. Pipes, brakes etc etc. Got OE clips from Ford there recently so all in good time

Appreciate the criticism haha

Cheers gingerturbo

 

Track control arms fully polybushed and finished in ol' painty can silver

 

Started to delve into the rats nest...

 

As easy as 1:



2:



3:



Took a good while but got there in the end.....Goddamn first timers

 

Some dicking around was required with cables going back here...



Door cards in...need a little tidying I know...



Carpet, rear seats, centre console in




Must take more pics of the front seats in....they got lost somewhere

 

Got some new bits from across the pond as usual...



HUGE 60mm core airtec rad + new fans and mounting plate



Amal valve



Droplinks



Crankshaft position sensor



Distributor phase sensor

 

Oils