turbo taylor

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alright folks. bought ths series 2 about 2 months ago for a project to try and keep me out the pub. i paid £1200 for it which i thought wasnt too bad. started stripping it today and heres how i got on

turbo taylor

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combi van man

ive seen worse mate.i fort it was abit prisey though

turbo taylor

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the guy i got it from was orginally wanting £2000. ive seen series 2s for more money and in worse condition so thats why i think it was an alright deal

turboloon

that sound familar.lol. is there still a lot of s2 down peterhead way?

MorryRS

Looks ok with a bit of TLC it will look mint

turbo taylor

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i think theres another 2 in the town but im not sure. i havnt seen them for a while

Brian

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Nice project mate



Brian

smitsturbo

jeesus taylor i didnt knoiw you where on here, looks not bad mate a few wee bits but nothing crazy by the looks o it, giz a shout if your needing a hand with anything mate

Dutch XR4i Driver

Nice car I
I had one too
I started with it but I had to replace almost every thing
the only thing that dident need replacing was the roof
so I scraped it

But I'am gone buy one again

How i bougt it




the biginning

more and more rust



good luck with it

Cheers

turbo taylor

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time for an update. havent really been busy with it i dont want to do too much at once cos ill end up gettin sick of it and i dont want that to happen

bought this welder the last time i was offshore cos i was bored.

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my sisters lad has helpin me with the car plus hes a welder to trade
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drivers side back wheel arch quite surprised at how clean they are
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this is the drivers front window that was hidden by the dash its in a bit of a mess but nothin a few plates and the new welder cant handle


the battery tray on the inside is quite a mess but some one has replaced it before but made a right cunt of it and put some silicone in it half assed job.
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ive already got all the panels for the car ie 2 front wings, slam panel, cross member, inner and outer sills off side and near side, back panel and all 4 floor pans i also got a second hand boot and bonnet. its all there to do it but as i said dont want to do too much at once. ive also decided to go for a track prepared road car with a full welded in roll cage not sure wether to do the 2.1 zvh or just the 2.0 zvh

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turbo taylor

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Puss2

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Got your work cut out there good luck

jamie rst

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you have a lot of work ahead mate keep the pics coming

whats your plans for it

turbo taylor

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cheers mate. goin for a track prepared road car full welded in roll cage 2.0 or 2.1 zvh was thinkin about doin a bare shell respray but im not sure yet see how the cash goes cheers

nuttynil

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keep goin mate its not that bad just get in the garage with a nice heater get stuck in and run the mig on pub gas co2 cylinder .

Mixja

good stuff mate, keep it up... know wot ya sayin about the battery tray, had to rip out a right shoddy "repair", been tacked on them seam sealed!!!
can get em lookin nice again tho...





right color as well, red ones are fastest...!!

smitsturbo

arite tayloy, coming along now tho, good old gellanders getting his hands dirty aswell i see

ive took a month off of mine this month cos ive spent the money on a 2.0l 16v nova to blast about in

anyway keep the work up

turbo taylor

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im not sure if he knows what hes got himself in for all he kept sayin inite was nae mare fuckin rust haha. gettin there tho when i get back from offshore hope fully start cuttin more stuff out and gettin some stuff welded in cheers smits

madrs247

good luck mate,uve got ur work cut out there

just noticed the guys name,is it gellanders or gallanders???

bit random i know,but its a fookin unusual name

smitsturbo

his first name is scott, gillanders is his second name, its just what ive always known him as anyway

turbo taylor

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its gillanders

COLEYST200

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A lot of work there mate but trust me. me and my mate did s1 a lot weres than yours and it was so nice to see it drive up the road when it was done . O can you sort out the way your photos go on the page .thanks mate all the best with it

Lee Reynolds

turbo taylor

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wee update been at the car for 3 days got a small amount done. the back panel is on and has been primed where there was bare metal and it looks good. also got the floor pans tacked into place and the inner sills on only got a couple of photos but ill get more the next time im up

cheers











dont know when wel be back to it but when we are hopefully get the floor finished off then start on the corner of the window corners.

crashley

looking good i just found all that rust too, in both of my cars most of it because of some bellend who tried to repair it first and not done it properly.keep up the good work

Lee Reynolds

smitsturbo

coming allong now taylor, done by xmas you reckon

Scotlandford

I had my Puma all re-sprayed and it looks a million dollars,we got it done at Elder and Paton Perth,what a great job they carried out on the car.

155lee

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keep the faith,mine was like yours,stripped it,then took it round a few places where everybody promised to weld it,bougt loads and loads of bits for it,couldnt get it welded so i sold all the bits,actually a guy with no license up your way bought some bits off me for his escort cab,got a cossie now,same story,should get it back this week from having a 3k respray!woohoo.

turbo taylor

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155lee

to be honest with u i dont have a licence got another year to go before i get it back

turbo taylor

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smitsturbo

dont think it will be done for xmas cos theres stil alot of work to be done plus im away offshore on friday but will try and get as much done as we can.
so whats happenin with ur s1 just now started building it up yet or skint after buying that nova

smitsturbo

aye im a bit skint buying that nova, im away to reshell it over xmas so that'll give me a decent car for everyday driving for 2008

i'll get going again with the s1 as soon as xmas is over with, just need to get it rolling then painted, ive been in 2 minds whether to carry on with it lately tho cos of the price of it all & i fancy an escort cossie 1 day soon aswell, so we'll see what happens

project_pearl

Great work with the floor plans, nice one

155lee

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was it you hten that came down and bought some repair panels and a mk4 cabbie door off me,think you were in a gold pug?if so its a small world!

turbo taylor

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155lee

no it wasnt me mate