Hello everyone, a bit new to posting on sites like this, but here goes!

About 3 years ago I purchased my first cossie, a black sapphire 4x4 facelift. I bought it cheap because it was a bit rough underneath. I used it and enjoyed it until it ran out out tax and MOT in January 2016. Mechanically the car was spot on, having had the engine re-built by harvey gibbs (if I remember correctly) and all the electrics worked which I understand is unusual lol!

Whilst I had it on the road, I had time to give the car a good assessment, and I decided that it was too far gone to repair - most panels would have needed replacing, so I bought a white 4x4 shell from Gary at rsclassics and a rollover jig from a company online, and so I stripped the shell done completely bare and started again, using the running gear from the black one.

I have documented this project with pictures when I have remembered to take them, so I will post them as soon as I work out how. Do I need to upload them to photobucket, then copy and paste them?

Thanks in advance guys, hope you enjoy the pictures..............

 

Upload to photobucket and at the right hand side of the screen copy the IMG code.


Single left click over the code itself copies it.


Paste this into your post on here and all is good

 

Ok here goes

 

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best of luck with the resto mate

 

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Sorry for the crap quality pictures, they were taken on my phone! So that is how far I have got so far, hopefully on the home straight now. Got the newly upholstered headlining installed today (thanks to gary at rs classics) and I started getting all the interior cleaned up ready to go back in.

Hopefully within the next month or so I should be ready to get it running again, but I have not done any wiring or plumbing under the bonnet as yet!

Let me know what you guys think, it has been quite a bit of work!

 

wow, just....wow

wish I had the time, and skills....

 

You have worked really fast on that, looks great


I really should work faster on mine

 

Thanks guys, it has taken up quite a bit of my spare time, but as my workshop is only a few feet from my house, I can go out there whenever i like! Just noticed the photos aren't in order, they were before i uploaded them to photobucket!!

 

Great project! That's a lot of hard work you put into that!!!

 

Wow top job your doing matey. Nice to see another saff been saved.

 

That's going to be a stunner, great work there!

 

Done a good there m8,be back on the road before you know it.

Keep it up and keep us posted

 

Hi Nick, great progress, this is the shell that Tim was telling me about then.

CheeRS.Lee.

 

Cracking project, looking great.

 

Hi Lee, yes it is mate, finally got round to posting the project lol, only about a year later!
Its getting there now, mainly interior and under the bonnet to connect up, hopefully it will then spring into life.

I see your cossie is coming on nicely mate, they love a good pampering don't they!! (and a wallet bashing)

 

Thanks guys, really means alot to see peoples appreciation!

Once it is on the road (early next year) I hope to take it to a few shows in the summer, anywhere anyone recommends thats not too far away from the south west?

Also does anyone know the torque settings for the front and rear hubnuts?

 

Looks great so far. A bucketload of time and effort but fair play to you as it'll be worth it when it's done

 

Good to see you got around to posting up the pics Nick, you've done well there, that's an aweful lot of work you have got through there. Interior and under the bonnet to finish up, that's not bad at all then Nick.
Shows for next year local to you RS Combe (nr Chippenham, incase you wasn't aware) normally 1st week of July and Rally day again at Combe end of Sept.Further afield then Silverstone for Ford Fair, beginning of August and RS National Day at Donnington Park is on August bank holiday weekend.

Yes my car is coming along Nick, lots to do yet, will update as and when,waiting for my painter now to make a start.
Keep the updates coming, good to see the car evolve.

CheeRS.Lee.

 

More progress has been made, mainly on interior. This weekend I am going to focus on the engine bay and hopefully get it to the stage where it will run, but we will see (it never goes to plan lol).

I will post pics on sunday.

Does anyone have any measurements for the bootlid badges on the 4x4 cossie?

And, a job I forgot to do when I was putting the engine etc in was to install the exhaust downpipe, I assume you can do it without too much trouble on a 4x4? It is just a 3" stainless pipe

 

Bit of an update, most of the interior is in, will post pictures tomorrow evening of what progress I make!

I have however realized that I need a new dash heater control unit (the slidey temperature thing) but for the facelift dash, has anyone got one I can buy as this is somewhat holding things up!!

 

I have a question, I am putting the engine loom back into place under the bonnet, I have all the sensors connected apart from one which I can't see or remember where it is!

I assume its a coolant temp sensor wire for the gauge in the dash, small brown and white wire and it pushes on a threaded sensor like the oil pressure switch, but where is it? I have connected the blue sensor at the back of the head, I assume its near that as the wire comes out the loom with it?

Someone help please

 

if its the same a 2wd its in the cylinder head on the left hand side just behind the cambelt cover.

 

I don't think its the same as 2wd mate, the wire is only long enough to go about 5 inches either way of the blue coolant sensor at the back of the head, and I cannot remember where it came from lol