guys I proudly present you my ERST, hey I'm 32 years old and can you believe it, this has to be the very first car that I'll be restoring
Has to be said I'm not doing it alone, two friends of mine are giving me a veeery big hand. And believe me when I tell them how it's going to be w<hen once finished, they don't call me stupid... but dumb, I only tell them
So this is only the first of a series o' pics, not much to see, except for a big dent in the left rear panel, some rust, more to come of this beast loads more

http://www.photobucket.com/albums/09...0/2d54f9d6.jpg
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/09...0/f2310b6b.jpg
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/09...0/19ae7d27.jpg
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/09...0/685cb113.jpg

Dash is looking fine, a lot of tidiing, seats are shit

http://www.photobucket.com/albums/09...0/e817bdcd.jpg
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/09...0/dddb553a.jpg
http://www.photobucket.com/albums/09...0/dde0854e.jpg

will post more later on
thx m8ys

 

looks like you have some weekends accounted for there mate, and a fair few at that good luck with the project

 

thingie is I'm only allowed to work on it from the missus on wednesday evenings , BUT i sneak earlier of work .
thx for the comfort!!!

 

Fook, could you not find one in any worse condition ??

You have got your work cut out for you there, keep us posted on how it goes

 

common guys do give me some hope, as the piccies that are commin up are even worse, would say meet my friend........RRRUSTY

 

fook me you've got your work cut out there mate, I wanna see a pic of your face when you pull the carpet up....

Very best of luck my man, keep us updated, this will be good.

 

Good luck mate

 

gee guys seems like ya'll have been there too, well Danny can say that the interior does look pretty good , I expected it far worst, keep cheking new pickies for tonight.
"Stay tuned, same time, same Rs channel"

 

The front seats have had it mate, you gonna need to search for a new pair or send them to a specialist re-trimmer giving him all new bolsters, looks like all the springs and everything have collapsed. Best of luck mate, I'll be tunning in

 

 

ok laddies, as promised here they are, have to say it all looks worse on the pics than real.




And of course on a car that is 15years old ... a rusted battery tray, now where have I seen this before



Rear panel will of course be replaced



Here's my best friend(not for long)..... RUSTY ,this is the worst on the whole car




But there's light at the end o' the tunnel, look how nice the interior is :



Work's started, spare wheel well


Bye bye rs2 body kit, pain in the a** to get it of,....rusted screws


This is what we all want to do, even if it comes at the end of the project, try to see how it'll look on the car, well thanks to Shaun here I must say, just can't wait to fit


This is all for now, LOL, work awaits me tomorrow evening

 

back again, seems like all has truly begun now ,rear panel has gone, showing some more o' me friend(see pic).

And as I work in a garage seems like I found a new aid here, the electro-mechanic wants to join in too So found meself a bodyworker and electromechanic, great and my job?? well I'll be repainting all the suspension parts and mod parts, and sanding things all down.

http://www.photobucket.com/albums/0903/fomoco90/23d61adf.jpg[/img][/img]

 

here ya go m8

 

Some serious work there mate.

Good luck anyway,think your gonna need it


Rich

 

Rich why you little a**
If only you guys knew how much I only paid for it??? ANy guesses?

 

you would have had tp pay me to take it away

but good luck with it mate

 

silly ninkonpoop, bla
hey for a mere Ł300, good project car? ...........or not?

 

Hi mate you aint shy on the work front there are you, and you work bloomin fast as well, if you only paid Ł300 quid for it you have a lot of scope for the rebuild before it comes an expensive car, keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming

 

Bloody Hell! Good Luck!

 

'Kin ell, looks like someone cant look after a car
Well now it's got a good home, BEST of luck with it, keep us firmly updated, what's the history with it anyway!? oh, an get RID of that old exhaust n get a nice goose on their!!!

 

so touched guys, these were the things I like to hear, thx
oh vrooom tssh, got your car as screenwall on my desktop loooong before you replied on this thread
THX m8s

before I forget please don't look at the dates as they are not for real, got the car halfway september, so have got it for 'bout three weeks now, so not that much work donne here, ...considering I'm only "allowed" to work on it on Wednesday evenings, LOL

 

good luck with it m8

 

u got ur work cut out there m8 good luck

 

thats a real shitter good luck m8,

 

IS NOT, when you have to cut out the complete floorpan, THAT is a complete & real shitter

 

To be perfectly fair i'm with you Fomoco, i'd much rather do 10 medioka repairs all around the car, than have to weld a complete or even part of a floor pan in, thats IMHO anyway.

 

IMHO, meaning In My Humble Opinion?? How modest if so, so neo did you had a lot of work on yer one?

 

I admit it was'nt as bad as yours but it was a few years ago, it was a 90 spec RST in grey metallic, which needed

Battery tray + bulkhead repair panel
Back panel like yours
Pair of wings front
Front lower valance
Full respray except for the roof
Repairs to the drivers seat
Full valet inside and out
and a few mechanicle bits sorting

there was quite a bit of work involved but i got it cheap and even after all the work it had done it stood me less than an average condition one, and when i sold it i actually made a profit and was inundated with calls as it was the best available at the time, so my advice is stick with it and onward and upward mate....

 

i was talking about overall condition not just the bodywork

 

how comes its got door moulds
RST's never came with them.

 

coming up, took me a day off and went to the scrapyard, cut off a complete roof, detatched the very fine headlights, rear ones too and the rear lid too, costs a mere Ł65. Cleaned the motorbay, hey I didn't know white was looking this good .
Will post some more pics soon

 

My roof is bad like yours, ive been trying to get a new one with no luck, tell me how you plan to fix yours, photos would be great. good luck with the rebuild

 

But first up will be the front screenwippers plate that has to be changed too . I guess the roof will be dead last on the "menu", LOL, Only prob is that I can't weld so my friend has to do all the welding, and he's so busy, good for him , sad for me, anyhow he does promises me to get things going within a week or two. Anyhow just keep checking back!!
Good luck on yours too!!

 

Cheers mate, will keep checking for them photos

 

yep took me a while, got sick ,again... so couldn't spend a lot of quality time with the car
Anyways, got my all new suspensionpack earlier this week, was a top notch bargain, got it from.....ebay. Looks good just hate the colour of the shocks, purple, YUCK!
OK, the project, got the rear arms redone, fitted with Deflex bushes, gas tank is ready for another 15 years, this was a hard one, but worth it ,see the pic

Al new front panel and radiatorcarrier has been welded in place,thx Freddy!!!



What did I do then, well here's part of the work, been further preparing the engine bay
Engine's coming apart next week, so if anyone has got a Kent cam CVh34/35 lying on the shelf, might wanna buy it has to be the complete kit, or a complete gasflowed head w/ cam will do too!!
will keep ya'll posted

 

looking better m8 keep the pics coming


DAN

 

hi mate you've just made my day i'be just brought a s1 rst it had the front end repaced 5 years ago and for 4 years sat in the garage i only paid 500 pounds all the seats are mint 1 very small wear line on the drivers seat (but NO hole) removed all the seats and carpert to find ONLY 3 bis of welding to be done the only hard bit is putting the engine and box in and finding out whot goes were ? Good luck mate

 

some guys seem to have all the luck good for you!!
just let us know when the works have started? K?
cheers m8, good luck to you too!!

 

coming along nicely mate, keep up the good work

 

FOOK!!! FIRST PICS ARE A BIT GRAPHIC!!!

YOUR DOIN WELL FOMO!!!

RECKON IT'LL LOOK THE DOGS DANGLIES WHEN ITS DONE!!!!