BlackSaff

Been to the bodyshop tonight and here are the pics of what has been carried out. I'm REALLY pleased with it, these pictures don't do the amount of effort justice, every panel is gapped inch perfect and lines up beautifully and the welds are SPOT on.

OSF wing

Close up of Welds

Close up of OSF wing welds from inside under bonnet

Battery tray welded in.

Gap between Bonnet and NSF wing

NSF wing welded on

Close up of front bumper mounting point

Gap and allingment of NSF wing and "A" Pillar

Close up of NSF wing Welds

NSF wing

Spray sealant on underside between NSF wing and NSF inner wing

N1C4T3N

gr8 work

the strut brace

stunning effort mate, if that doesnt deserve a full write up in rally news or the likes of classic ford i dont know what does, keep the pics coming , that is going to be a stunner of a motor

K3V HA

Looks great mate, tis comin on a treat!! Whens the completion date expected to be??

Nick C

Looking awesome mate! Can't wait to see the end result

BlackSaff

Thanks guys, especially "the strut brace" makes it worth while with comments like that.

I don't have a clue mate TBH, if i guessed i'd probably be totally wrong! All i can say is keep watching this space!

Dangerous Malcolm..

You're an inspiration to us all.
Keep up the good work.

vroooom ptssssh

superb, comming on lovelly mate

tenpotturbo

well impressed mate

Twins

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Looking awesome

BlackSaff

Been to the bodyshop on the way home tonight as i was asked to look at the progress and see if i was pleased with it. Anyone who has been following this build from the start will know that my first intentions were to replace the rear quarters with Ford ones, unfortunately things have had to change for one reason or another, Anyway i'm now not having Rear quarters replaced. Instead i'm just having the wheel arches replaced, this in itself isn't as easy as it sounds as you can't get inner wheel arches anymore, so new inner wheel arches have had to be made out of Outer wheel arches! (Basically 2 sets of outer wheel arches bought, one set made into inners) Although being sceptical about just having wheel arches done as opposed to rear quarters, I'm very pleased with the result as they havn't been just laid on overlapped and then welded, these are a flush weld, i ran my hand on the inside of the welds through the fuel filler cap. The lip on the wheel arch has also been folded over and will be sealed so that dirt won't get trapped. Well heres the pics anyway.



All those with good eye sight will notice some small holes in the above pic, these are to be dealt with

The shot above is looking from under the wheel arch and the hole is the fuel filler point. You can see the underseal, etch primer and were the lip has been rounded.



Also we've since discovered that the O/S/R chassis rail is repairable, which is good news as it means only the N/S will need to be cut out and replaced with a fabricated new section.

All feedback welcome as usual

CosKev3

Looking good m8

How many hours/days a week are they working on it???Or is it a job that are doing
just in there spare time????

When u hoping to have it back?????

Twins

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BlackSaff

CosKev3 i really don't know how long they're spending on it, only the shop owner and owners brother are working on it. So i suppose when they're not busy, but i'm pleased with it so the pace isn't an issue to me! God knows when it'll be back though!

phil robson

looks like it,s in good hands , top job on the wheelarch

lamb chops

Coming on fantasticly!! they are doing a top job there, I hope you have a fixed price for all that body work

Do how did you replair the drivers side rail in the end?

WutangRS

thats an impressive repair on the wheel arch, quite hard to do and to get looking original. most place as you said just overlap stuff which is ok but can prove troublesome when trying to line up with doors etc.

any idea on what the total cost of this project will be if you dont mind me asking

N1C4T3N

ooooo cant wait to see this thing when its all back one colour

Sticky.

iTrader: (4)

Coming along nicely

BlackSaff

Cheers guys,

Chops i'll let you know when it's been done, as we've only decided its repairable not actually done it.

Wutang I really havn't a clue! I would estimate at the price of an RS500.

Cheers Nickateen, Phil Robson and sticker Paul

BlackSaff

Been to see the freshly fitted O/S sill and i'm very pleased with what has been done. Don't suppose anyone knows if you can still get the sideskirt fitting clips from ford?

N1C4T3N

some impresive metal work there quality keep the updates comming

BlackSaff

Cheers Nickateen, your support is very much appreciated as you've been following this from the start!

CosKev3

Clips are still available deffo from Ford m8
Not cheap though,Ł4 each,and they are shit anyway
Made some out of light alloy for my car,just a simple 'L' shape bracket
rivetted to skirt then self tapped to sill

On the price subject of your resto,I've got a work log from the resto on my car that adds upto 11 grand!!!!!
Full bare metal respray,new wings/sills/archs

BlackSaff

I've budgeted for about 15k so i should be ok! HOPEFULLY! LOL

Good idea about the clips!

Willem

Great project going on there!!

ripper

didnt know the cops did bodywork hehhehehe

Dangerous Malcolm..

It's been 5 days since the last update, I'm getting withdrawal symptoms..........

Damo V

Just read through the 3 pages mate... I have to say I'm impressed... Sandblasting locally... fabricating... welding etc all excellent, the best bt s you can see exactly what they are doing... you are gonna build quite a good relationship up with them and they will do the best they can hopefully... but its all looking good so far...

SS1

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gonna be a bad muther ass car that

Frenchi Dav

good

rsnissan

iTrader: (9)

Bloody hell Rob only just realised who you are i remember when you just picked the car up from your uncle a couple of years ago (?) and i was looking around it outside RSX whil you had the indicators held in with tape and you though it might need some bits doing.

lol little did i know you would be doing all this its coming on really well and the work going into this is a real credit to you!

hope to see it all up and running soon good luck

best resto thread in ages

V6

Very impressed with current progress I only wish I could give the same full treatment to my XR4x4.

NOSRSt, have you have the edges of the floor pans and the bottoms of the inner sills repaired as well as the outer sill? I can't quite tell from the pics. If so could can you get a few more shots of them? I have the same task to perform on mine
Some finished pictures would give me a bit of inspriation to do the job.

Cheers and keep the pics coming
V6

Filthy Rich

Amazed at your effort mate

99% of people would have either never started or given up long before now,top job

BlackSaff

Small update is that the O/S/R Wheel arch has been filled, which is yet to be flatted down, and also while i was there i helped with the fitting of the rear panel and the rear panel support plate, unfortunately we ran out of time so didn't get it completely finished.

Cheers for all the supportive comments lads, it's very rewarding!

Twins

iTrader: (18)

looks awesome ,going to be a minter when done

N1C4T3N

whey startin to look more and more like a sierra with every update like Twins said its gonig to be a minter

Dazzi_S2

coming along nicely

luke89

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very impressive

BlackSaff

Small update is that i've got my new driveshafts and reconditioned prop back with all 3 UJ's + bearing replaced and here they are!