Series one restoration C71SGW Small Update
22-05-2008, 10:20 PM
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Series one restoration C71SGW Small Update
Hi all, i am reasonably new to passionford but have had a few RS's over the years, including a couple of series 2 RS Turbo's and a nice Mallard Green RS1800. Around 3 years ago my series one came into my care after my couson had owned since it was 18 months old.It had been sat for a long time last being taxed in 1996! It was in a very sorry state when i aquired it, so the only way to go naturally was a bare shell nut and bolt restoration,
with an end result of cossie management, greens, T34 steel rods, forged pistons, rear Roll Center cage, 17" Rondells (if i can find a set!), coilovers and 330mm bell and rota set up on front, cos rear brakes and around 280BHP, it was going to take a while,and all without a polished shiny bit in sight !!, it will be worth it.
How she looked when i first got her, oh and some tosser had the bodykit away before she got to me.
Luckily all of the interior was in very good condition and with an un-cracked dash, so all of that was removed and safely stored in my loft. With it down to pretty much a shell the extent of the rot could be clearly seen and it really wasn't looking good if ever i was going to get second thoughts it would be now.
Now it was time to start chopping all of that grot out, luckily i managed to get hold of, genuine ford bits which include;
Rear panel
Front panel
both front wings
Front cross member
Battery tray and fuse box panel
With all four floor pans sorted and the bulkhead parts done it was time to remove the wings and show the inner wings some love
With all the welding sorted and 2 very discrete plates on both rear chassis rails (not pictured) it was starting to take shape.
Battery tray and fuse box panel filled
All of the underneith of the car and archs were then taken right back to bare metal, Zinc primed seam sealed and then painted Diamond White. I am having a Roll Center half cage in the back also painted Diamond White so the relivant mounting plates were welded on at this stage to. Every component from the underneith was sent off to be powder coated and a full set of poly bushes orderd.
Before the underneith was painted the top was prepped and primed
Now for the exciting part, the outside painted
Engine bay
Everything has come back from being powdercoated, all suspension put back together with polybushes and new set of AVO Coilovers
Green powdercoated Brake lines and gold powdercoated fuel lines
New Tank
Loom Starting to go back in,
please excuse the manky strut tops !
Thats it so far, Managed to find a very good genuine kit and ford white impregnated rivets so that will be on soon,and have a mint set of 5 17" Diamond cut RS seven spokes for when the time comes also but would like to do a deal on some 17" Rondells if anybody is interested (pm me if you are!).More pics coming soon. All the work has been done by my good friend Lozz of SL Garage services. What do you think Folks?
with an end result of cossie management, greens, T34 steel rods, forged pistons, rear Roll Center cage, 17" Rondells (if i can find a set!), coilovers and 330mm bell and rota set up on front, cos rear brakes and around 280BHP, it was going to take a while,and all without a polished shiny bit in sight !!, it will be worth it.
How she looked when i first got her, oh and some tosser had the bodykit away before she got to me.
Luckily all of the interior was in very good condition and with an un-cracked dash, so all of that was removed and safely stored in my loft. With it down to pretty much a shell the extent of the rot could be clearly seen and it really wasn't looking good if ever i was going to get second thoughts it would be now.
Now it was time to start chopping all of that grot out, luckily i managed to get hold of, genuine ford bits which include;
Rear panel
Front panel
both front wings
Front cross member
Battery tray and fuse box panel
With all four floor pans sorted and the bulkhead parts done it was time to remove the wings and show the inner wings some love
With all the welding sorted and 2 very discrete plates on both rear chassis rails (not pictured) it was starting to take shape.
Battery tray and fuse box panel filled
All of the underneith of the car and archs were then taken right back to bare metal, Zinc primed seam sealed and then painted Diamond White. I am having a Roll Center half cage in the back also painted Diamond White so the relivant mounting plates were welded on at this stage to. Every component from the underneith was sent off to be powder coated and a full set of poly bushes orderd.
Before the underneith was painted the top was prepped and primed
Now for the exciting part, the outside painted
Engine bay
Everything has come back from being powdercoated, all suspension put back together with polybushes and new set of AVO Coilovers
Green powdercoated Brake lines and gold powdercoated fuel lines
New Tank
Loom Starting to go back in,
please excuse the manky strut tops !
Thats it so far, Managed to find a very good genuine kit and ford white impregnated rivets so that will be on soon,and have a mint set of 5 17" Diamond cut RS seven spokes for when the time comes also but would like to do a deal on some 17" Rondells if anybody is interested (pm me if you are!).More pics coming soon. All the work has been done by my good friend Lozz of SL Garage services. What do you think Folks?
Last edited by Nick.W; 12-07-2008 at 04:28 PM. Reason: current progress
22-05-2008, 10:43 PM
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Well all together its taken around 3 years but my mate does it whenever he gets 5 mins, the second year nothing really happened much on it so really its taken a full year and a half to get it this far. Its full steam ahead now though!
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Mucho respect to you m8....
Me personally thought I had had enough of welding up rust buckets, and moved onto newer vehicle projects, but seeing you carry out something as far gone as this is making me think twice about another old ford project...
Me personally thought I had had enough of welding up rust buckets, and moved onto newer vehicle projects, but seeing you carry out something as far gone as this is making me think twice about another old ford project...
12-07-2008, 04:43 PM
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C71SGW Updates
Went up to see progress on the old girl today, shes coming on slowly here's the Current progress
Under Scuttle Panel
Wiper motor and blower in
Rollcenter Cage ready for a coat in Diamond White
More pics of underside
Doors Ready for Primer and Paint
Front End going back together
Heater Box and Servo back in
Thats it so far more updates soon
Under Scuttle Panel
Wiper motor and blower in
Rollcenter Cage ready for a coat in Diamond White
More pics of underside
Doors Ready for Primer and Paint
Front End going back together
Heater Box and Servo back in
Thats it so far more updates soon
Last edited by Nick.W; 12-07-2008 at 05:09 PM.
great work!
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