Her a few pics of my orion and how it stands now.





Thats before i managed to get the bonnet open and start taking bits off.
My canera ran out of Bateries so had to use my phone.

The front of mine compared to.....

.....my Bro's


Batt Tray

How it. I'm not happy with it being like that at all i need a car cover asap obscur it a bit as the bonnets not shut at all just tie up ith a bit off rope.


Action plan: Restification starts now!!!
~Declare sorn Asap get some money back from my tax.
#Get some more axle stands strip it down completely bare shell.
~Get the front end repaired, net batt tray, bottom of rear quarters rapaired.
# Degunk bottom of the car.
~Powder coat subframe wishbones and all metal bits going underneath the car and in the engine bay.
~Get it reprayed where needed.
#Fully polybush and fit some gaz gold coilovers.
#Build back up with 2.0 zetec standard atm until i decide what i want to do with it.
# Fibreglass/carbon Bonnet/boot

Thats all i can think of but ill get into exactly what bits im going to use on the car as and when i need them!!!

 

Shame about the car mate, good excuse to sort the small bit of rot out

 

Restification? Do you mean restoration

 

Good luck with the rebuild, its not easy but just think of what it will be like once done! thats only thing helping me get through my resto!

What colour you going for?

 

i love the mark1 ghia orion ive got one in my lock up only 4 owners from new ive never drove it and had it for 14 years.

good luck with this

 

Thanks for the replies chaps!!

MRCAPRISCORT - Indeed intending to sort out all bodywork and rust

THRUSH - Nope i mean Restification Restoration/Modification Not restoring it as its not going to be standard and not totally modifiying it!!

VROOOOM PTSSSSH - I am can't wait to get stuck in but will be doing it weekends and whatever evenings i have free. Also need to sort out other peoples cars involved in the accident.
I'm planning on keeping the car in champagne gold some people may not like it me included at first but now i love it but i'm thinking about black/carbon bonnet boot & black wheels to contrast with the gold.

RS BAZ - Thanks but WHY?!?!? Get that beast on the road 14 Years blimey How many miles has it???

 

Any updates?

 

Not really had someone out to quote the repair not heard back from them as yet!! I start in the RAF this wednesday so will she'll have to be put on hold as i'll only be able to work on her when i'm back for weekends but i will have lots of money to spend on her as i won't be wasting it!!!!! won't be as good condition as yours for a long ol' while

 

Jus go to the start of my resto thread and lool at what mine used to be like !! and what it is like now....yours will be mint once your done

 

Best of luck getting her up to scratch mate, your plans sound wicked, cant wait for u to start cracking on with them and putting up pics along the way he he

 

Whats the story with the orion now mate?

 

Mate she's still laid up not had the time or money to do anything with her!!! My mums remortgaging the house and me and my brother are going on the mortgage to help out and we're having some money out of it to sort our motors out which should be in the next month or so!!!! Can't wait to get her back on the road i'm now thinking of giving it to someone and getting the engined turned round the right way and making it more oversteery if you get what i mean

 

At last i know have a healthy reserve for my plans.
I Have ordered some 15x8 schmidt modern lines with toyo proxes,

and this manifold for a zetec conversion
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

also a fibreglass bonnet
pattern batt tray & clear indi's

will be collecting bits for the zetec conversion will be scouring ebay and local scrappy

Got someone coming to quote the repair fri so hopefully she'll be dent free and ship shape in two weeks.

Can't wait to finally get her back on the road and to some meets staring to get tired of my povvo mk6 1.3 escy.

any comments welcome