Being as i now have another car on the road, the XR2 has been taken off the road as it needs touching up in a few places. Being as id killed the bottom end and front end had some rust i decided to start there. So tonight i went up my sisters where the car is kept and made a start.

Heres the first piccy of how the front end was:


Here is my trusty helper, Azzy


Heres a picture of the battery tray/front left slam panel


Heres a picture of it without bumper, bonnet, lights, spots etc

 

Heres a picture of the offending rotten underneath battery tray.


Heres a picture midway getting the thing off!


Another picture


And finally, a picture of the engine minus, carbs and various other. Just ready to come out now


Now all i gotta do, is pull engine and box out tomorrow. Get trailer and take it to local bodyshop. Loads to do yet mind you. Dunno what engine im gonna be using. Any comments? Cheers

 

Good luck with it mate

My battery tray is the same

Keep the pictures coming


Brian

 

for an xr2 thats very minor

i took the wings off mine yesterday.........by hand so needs a lot more welding than yours.

engine, turbo

 

Nce one tocca looks well tidy for an xr2 mate, You finally got away from rovers and rovertech now then or ya still got the gsi tubs? keep up the good work cheers, Grant

 

Hi mate, aint got a Rover anymore. Got away from all that. Got this and an Audi A4 1.8 Turbo now

 

The usual place for it to rust then, you can get a new battery try c/w inner wing

You wait till you take the kit off thats the time to worry

 

Not putting a new battery tray in, gonna plate it and smooth it and fit battery in the boot I dunno how far to go with this? The garage aint big enough to completely strip the car to a bare shell.. so i dunno

 

lol famous last words then before you know it the cars in bits

 

Good man finally seen the light eh? I got away from all that ages ago glad i came back to fords,

Good luck with the resto i'll keep a close eye on it cheers, Grant

 

Small update, returned today to remove the driveshafts and mounts and remove engine. Pulled it out and split the gearbox from engine. Now ready for the paint. Gonna get myself a trailer and go from there now. Only problem is my sister wants her garage back

Here are couple of pics, sorry for poor quality

Heres the engine half way out