xrmalin

All we did was put a couple of tyres under the sills,abit of cushioning under the rear arch and another tyre at the top of where the door would be to support it.

xrmalin

Firstly woohoo 2 pages already.
Right weve been very busy this week so ill start with some pictures
firstly another of some of the strengthining work

a couple of the new parts i had ordered arrived aswell


now the next bit weve done involves some of this

firstly after the rust had been run down with an angle grinder we put some rust treatment on

then some red oxide primer on top of that and in all the places that had been welded


then finally a mixture of the schutz and stonechip this is what weve got



then just for good measure we gave it a coat of white gloss



and its right in to all the corners aswell

thats it again for the time being ive just had the word my rear suspensions ready for collection from the powder coaters so im going to pick that up in the morning then i might be able to get it back on the rear two wheels by the end of next week
keep your coments coming in and ill keep the pictures goin on
Cheers for now mark.

mark

top job fella

xrmalin

Right then ive been busy over the last week firstly the other pictures of the strengthing work done before


weve got it back up the right way now its all been painted

so weve welded the fuse box panel up it still needs finishing off though

and got the battery tray repair panel lined up ready for cutting and welding

a couple of the underneath



weve reckoned the fuel pump bracket with all new mounting rubbers and a new pump its self heres a couple of it fitted



and finally ive took delivery of my new hoses only upto the engine bay though for now


thats it for the time being but were hopeing to get the fuel tank fitted this weekend along with the new fuel and brake lines.
Thanks for looking mark.

Tonyt1t

looking good chap wanted to get the underside of mine painted up as its on some ramps at a car show in 2 weeks but never the less lol

escortchris

spot on work mate

xrmalin

I should have a pretty big update over the next few days so keep your eyes peeled if your interested.
mark.

rsfido_1989

nice work! wish i had the space to get mine on its side... but need 2 get mine to hav all the bits i want first. but anyway very nice work!!

xrmalin

ive not updated for a while but weve been busy the battery trays in

a few bits painted ready to go on

these are now on

and look like this


the new fuel tanks had a couple of coats of hammerite and been fitted you can just about make it out under there


weve also got this fitted

aswell as a pair of these

weve also had the primer out for the first time





and finally she's starting to take shape


thats it for now i should hopefully have the first coats of paint on by the end of the weekend
hope you like the pictures mark.

MrCapriScort

Really taking shape. The underside looks well solid now, top work there matey

xrmalin

i hope so mate every single little bit of rust how ever small had been ground back and treated.
ive got afew more pictures aswell now my stepdad snuck up to the unit last night and got the spray gun out again





ive poped up to the unit this morning and finished of sealing all the joins ready for another coat of primer in the eninge bay and round the ends of the wings


and finally heres my stepdad blowing down the tops of the wings for there first coat of primer

the engine bay should be having its first coat of paint over the next couple of days so i'll stick up some more photo's when its been done.
cheers mark.

Lee Reynolds

fast work well done

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Looks well ,great job

xrmalin

Cheers for the comments so far peeps the engine bay should be painted over the next couple of days so i can soon start putting things back on/ in which is the bit im going to enjoy the most ill keep the piccies coming as long as people keep looking.
cheers mark.

Turbo Pez

Coming along nicey mate!

xrmalin

just a couple more piccy's that i took yesterday all the door shuts have been painted

and the engine bays had its first coat of paint



the wiring looms been put back in since these pictures were taken as is the steering rack and brake servo ill get some pic's up once ive took some.
finally i thought i'd post some pic's up of my daily driver thats allowed me to do this restoration.



cheers for now mark.

project_pearl

Cant wait to see this finished, keep up the good work, will be minty when fimished

efiste2

I have to say mate, thats a great job youre doing, my 3i body and underside has been done by a proffesional and im not messing its cost a fortune, and yours looks every bit as good, the welding looks real quality. full marks to you mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!

749steve

iTrader: (1)

its really coming on well now

ive got all the underside to do on mine this winter

danny_boy699

iTrader: (5)

very nice mate

xrmalin

efiste2
I cant claim the welding as my own as it was my stepdad that did all of it i think he's spent about two weeks (evenings & weekends) in total just on the welding so i dread to think how much it would cost to have some one do it.Do you have any pictures of how your car looked before you had the work done i didnt think mine was too bad for an 18 year old car but i haven't got any thing to compare to ?
cheers for the comments so far mark.

jawanne

you are one brave man thats alot of work to take on and i hope to see more pics soon

efiste2

Heres mine as we bought it

and as the strip down started i was very suprised how solid it was, i knew it wasnt a rust bucket before we bought it, bar the obvious rusty arches. but was suprised how solid it was as the underside was stripped. so the only welding it has had were the rear arches and a small spot on the seat fixing area, i also put a new gen ford wing back on the side that had been replaced at some time. the enigne has been fully reconned including a new FORD cam and followers, also had the box done too.


Basically everything that can be renewed has been, apart from the ABS system which is being put in the bin!!!!!
also bought a scrapper to use as a reference and spares car, for putting mine back together. photos and labels are great but, having one still built up is a real benefit, ans i can use the brake pipes off it, as a pattern as my car had ABS piping which is different...


All i need now is your enthusiasm mate, and maybe a lottery win

xrmalin

A lottery win would go down a treat but i still think i'd finish this before i got some thing else.How much did your scraper cost you ? i bought mine off a mate for £100 he had crashed it and thought the shell was twisted but i thought it would do as a referance for where things go.Upon closer inspection all it needed was a new shock and anti-roll bar which in total cost me about £50 so in total i got myself a running xr3i for £150
Abit of a mini update progress has been made in the engine bay

and the wiring looms been layed out ready for all the clips

abit of a closer look

ive also been spending abit more of my hard earned on ebay firstly these

£22 for the complete front set which i dont thinks to bad.Also these


for £60 with a brand new seal kit and before any one says why do you want to put disc's on the back the drums are more than upto the job ive always wanted a car with disc's on the rear and ive got the opertunity to do it so i am thanks for looking mark.

ShandzS1

Gona keep an eye on this project.......

dakar

iTrader: (1)

Looking good mate

adam_frst

wow, very nice

DeanO Xr3 CoV

Hiya mate i've not been on in a while but yours was the first thread i checked out. Glad to she is coming along nicely. I've not touched mine for some time now. She sat for about 6 weeks without even getting looked at after my battery died. Fired her up the other day tho from a jump off my daily runner which is a mk5 escort 1.6 Carb with auto choke, which can be a real pain inda Anoose!! So whereabouts is it you're doing all this work? I'm in Nuneaton and you put up in my thread your not far from Wolvey.
My next plan is to waxoil all the internal panels on mine seeing as she's now very dry. The weather has been awful to be fair, so its not bin possible to have her outside onda ramps (so i'll let myself off, but i am getting lazy!) I'm job hunting aswel which is takin a lot of time out of my days, plus i'm working afternoons, eveings and weekends.
Quick question, does having only a half full tank of fuel cause any damage whilst the cars in storage? Rememba readin a thread on here about keepin the tank full as the fumes are corrosive? Speak to you soon buddy, must check yours out inda metal ASAP!

xrmalin

Hello again i live up the A5 from you near lutterworth which isnt to far away from you.
ive made abit of progress but ill wait until ive got abit more done before i post any pictures im just getting held up by little bits like i need a dozen loom clips because most were that brittle they broke when i took them out i thought i might find sum at ford fair but no such luck
i supose ive got rsoc national day in a couple of weeks to find sum.
update should be coming soon mark.

sexr3i

Cool project, big up the local 3i's! mines in the link in my sig.

Tonyt1t

looking awsome dude when tis done give me a shout n ill take the merc grey one off ya hands

xrmalin

i might have to have a drive over to nuneaton soon then theres gotta be afew more locals on here.
The grey 1's going tomorrow i got an offer i couldn't refuse from some one at work i cant complain really ive more than tripled my money ive been out and bought myself another £100 run about ready for when goes it got a nice work out yesterday though i got to take it on the track at work for my half hour lunch break though
Ill post some pic's up of the new beast to run round in when i get my arse in gear & fetch it lol.

sexr3i

Nuneaton sucks, I wouldn't bother. It's full of corsa kids.

xrmalin

it always was when i worked over there at a warehouse for abit if you didnt have a corsa or a saxo every 1 looked at you funny and you could garentee some 1's brothers friends cousin had a 400 brake saxo

sexr3i

Lol yeah. "That blue one its got a supercharger".
Maybe we should start a scene, regular local meets would be cool (that or I'm movin to essex!).
Tell me you got somethin special planned for that minty fresh engine bay?

xrmalin

I like the sound of that local meet up where i live theres 4 performance fords and two of them are mine lol
Ive got a 1.8 all steel (stroked not bored out)bottom end a ported and polished head with a high lift kent cam.
Transmission wise im still trying to find a lsd to put in a choice of 3 boxes i have rebuilt and the clutch is a uprated rs turbo item.
I aint got a clue what power its going to be running but i think ill be happy with any thing over 150bhp.

BA

awesome.... i had 4 xr3i's when i was younger, and sold the last one about 6 years ago. i always thought they were great.... didnt realise they still had such a following

xrmalin

Ive been up to day to take some pictures as i havn't posted any for a while the front suspensions starting to take shape

as is the engine bay

Here's the most exciteing bit though we started getting the engine ready to be put in so i took the sump off to have a look to see if it was all steel like the bloke i bought it off said which it was but i was met with this which to say i was happy is a massive understatement

H section steel rods lightened and balenced

and a steel crank also lightened and balenced

i feel abit guilty now though for only giving the bloke £180 for it but it should make my car better im hopeing to get it in over the weekend so ill post up some pic's once its in
cheers for now mark.

xrmalin

I forgot to mention in my other post ive been and fetched a differant tailgate and doors off a bloke on ebay which have had the shuts painted and been fitted so the dash can start going back in.
Ive also bought myself some studs that press into the hubs to convert them from studs to nuts because it always pissed me off trying to line the wheel up and get a stud in.

sexr3i

comin on a treat.