drsrst2zvh

As some of you may know my car got reversed into over a month ago and damaged the passengers door. The insurance company finally decided to pull there finger out and authorise the repairs. So I have started stripping the whole car as it is all gonna get resprayed to freshen it up.
Here are the pics of when I first built it.







And here is waht damage was sustained when my next door neighbour reversed into her at half 5 in the morning.

So it was into the workshop today to start stripping her down plan is to get the whole car resprayed by the insurance and then i will be completing an entire underside restoration and a new set of wheels which I have already sourced many thanks to "puss" at Central day, 17" OZ Superleggera.
Here are the pics from the workshop before i tore her to bits ready for spraying.




I must admit that the car is one of the cleaner cars on the road and looked very well before the bump but there was always bits when i polished it that knarked me off:
Sunroof:

Passengers Wing:

Drivers Wing:

Spoiler:

Rear Number Plate Surround:

Just noticed this behind the front windscreen:

And obviously the Door:

Im aiming to have all this completed within two weeks so be prepared for regualr updates i hope as long as the garage dont hold me up.
I will upload more photos of the strip down 2moro.
Let me know your thoughts.

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Good to see it getting a make over

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

Will be a right minter when done and no im not cleaning all sealer off for you, p.s lose my tools and ill get my shooter out and go all schwarzenegger on ya !!, any thoughts on what colour your gonna have the arms etc powder coated ?

drsrst2zvh

Well headed up to my workshop today to continue with the strip down. I removed the dash and the rear door cards and the rear interior plastics. I also stripped down all of the tailgate and removed the spoiler.
Here are the pics of the removed bits:
Dashboard removed

Door removed

Spoiler Removed surprisingly easy

Now for the not so positive i knew this was going to happen but didnt realise just how far gone they were, Rear Arches!!! Ill let the pictures do the talking.
Passengers Arch


Driver arch oh dear!!!!


Once i removed the arches i was that devastated i locked the garage and went home. lol!
Need to order some rear arches and then go from there.

danny_boy699

iTrader: (5)

ouch glad it's get fixed mate as the car looked mint

Ke1th

A weekend and it should all be sorted there. Looks like you'll have to replace the inner arches too, like on mine -

drsrst2zvh

Well started off today by driving all the way to LMC panels in wiltshire to collect my new panels.
Started off by cutting out the rot from the passengers rear arch this is the better of the two:

This is the bottom part of the arch repaired:

And this is the top part repaired i decided it was easier just to repair the parts that need it rather than replacing the whole panel as it wasnt a great non oe part.

And a picture of the whole arch only one more to go now:

The rear floor pans were slightly gone but not far enough to deserve new floor pans so they have been repaired.
This is the drivers side:
Before:

After:

And the passengers:
Before:

After:

Its slowly getting there. Another update will be done 2moro when i can hopefully say my car is rot free PLEASE!

drsrst2zvh

Started off nice and early this morning to finish off the rear arches. the drivers side was far worse than the passengers but im glad its finally done car will be going to the body shop later today or first thing in the morning.
Pics:


Bottom repaired:

And the finished article:

Ill update once its back from the body shop.

jmck8887

Nice work.

Twins

iTrader: (18)

drsrst2zvh

Finally got the car out of the workshop and taken down to the paint shop. Was a little windy driving it mind you though.

Wont be long till shes wearing some brand new mercury grey!

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

Heres a few pics of the car in the bodyshop, hes done all the sanding and filler work on one side, just so busy in there hes doing bits as and when,








hope you like.

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Brian

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Brian

rickbartlett

looking good mate.car numberplate looks familiar,think ive seen it before in the area

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

Probably seen it around the botley area.

drsrst2zvh

Well the Call finally came yesterday morning that the car was ready for collection. So off i popped with my mate Jim to collect the car.
Here it is after just being loaded on the car:


And the dent behind the number plate, What dent???

The arches were rotten, not anymore:

So as soon as i got it back to the workshop i was like a kid at xmas i could not wait to get my new rims on:

so i started to build the rear end back up started off with the boot putting all the tailgate together and the rear lights bumper and numberplate.

Then i started to put the glass back in started with the drivers quarter glass, then passengers and then both screens and the sunroof(nightmare):





And here she is all water tight again

Then as ever i got to involved and forgot to take photos whoops! But here is the front completely rebuilt:
Here is the interior all fully finished and i dont know how i done it but when i was finshed putting the interior back in i wasn't left with any screws!!!

Obviously needs a bloody good valet but i was running out of time and as i got work at 5 in the morning thought i best leave it.
The last job of the day was to put all my new badges back on so brand new ford badges and a new boot decal thanks to "stickerpaul".

Thats how i left it all thats left now is to fit the bodykit and spoiler if i can get the rusted screws out form the sills!!!!

fordrs2005

iTrader: (4)

looks good mate , you,ll have it built back up in no time

keep the pics coming

mercury grey minter

Front door could do with a slight adjustment ,judging by the swayge line.Good luck with the underside.

tiddler76

Looking good.

Just out of interest, what repair did you do to the roof? Mine has one little bubble just starting?

Tim

danny_boy699

iTrader: (5)

looks spot on, then s2rs sticker are a good match aren't they, best Ł3 i spent on colour match on the g/f car lol

hunterlaar

Looks quality now mate!! well done

JohnnyP

its always a good feelin when ya car comes back with fresh paint and puttin it all back together again!

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Looks great

neil73

looks very nice mate,i have the same wheels on mine

drsrst2zvh

Finally got my car back together all the kit fitted properly no bodging on with silicone or sealer done a proper mint job using captive nuts and bolts for the skirts and some proper tape for the arches. Here she is:



and then i was driving it back from work when i accelerated off the roundabout and the gearbox was extremely poorly!!!





Luckily got myself a decent 1.8d box and had to change the clutch at the same time so now shes all good. only gotta refit the cage and the mud flaps a decent valet and shes done and more than likely for sale.
Let me know your thoughts.

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

Looks really well now, will be a shame to sell after all this hard work and getting the car the way you've always wanted it, Give it 2 weeks after the sale you will want another, then you'll have to part with a fair few k to buy one as good, just ride the storm and keep it you know it makes sense.

drsrst2zvh

Well the time has come to make a decision and ive chosen to remove the car from being for sale and keep it. Underside resto and then a new zvh engine with a bigger turbo and cossie management over the winter, Ive got 2 weeks off now so thought i'd start the underside now to protect it for when the damp weather comes, so off we go and start to get the underside looking as good as the top does, so here goes,

Started off by jacking the car up as high as we could with some decent axel stands, then we set to stripping all the bits off and sorting out what was just gonna be cleaned and sprayed and what was going off to the powder coaters. I have already got a spare set of front hubs, anti roll bar and drive shafts etc from a donar car so i can leave the front pretty much complete till the bits come back then just a straight swap over which saves some room. Ordered a full set of powerflex bushes as the standard 20 year old rubbers where definately showing there age, also ordered some new drop link bars that go from the wishbone to the rear anti roll bar plus some new fuel and brake pipe clips and screws from ford.







So as you can see we've stripped the underside and the next job is to wire wheel/sand the underside to clean and key it up, once that is done i will treat the areas of light surface rust ready for a good coat of overpaintable stonechip or sealer, then paint on the colour. Managed to get the spare wheel whell all sanded along with the chassis rails and the pass floor pan cleaned up with some degreaser but forgot to get any pics of that as i was in a rush to get back home to play football. Needs a tiny bit of welding on the chassis rail and just were the sill comes down and meets the inner sill, so well happy with that really considering what some rst's are like nowa days, to be honest i've found it to be a labour of love so far really as i know its gonna protect the car for years to come and look the bollox plus make it worth alot more, well i hope so anyway, whats your thoughts people i know its just pics of a stripped rst at the minute but ?

few randoms,

fuel tank will be sanded, etch'd tehn painted polaris grey


The rear suspension ready to be stipped down and sent off to powder coaters


Fuel pump cradle is well past it so im gonna get a nice new black one from auto specialist's


This is going to take alot of auto sol and elbow grease

BRAMMER

iTrader: (23)

Great work and will love great when complete

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

Got a bit more done today, after the hours and hours of cleaning and sanding it was time for the fun part. Got the sealer all sprayed on and then the first coat of hammered grey, few bits missed but the light was getting poor and a second coat will be applied anyway,

The 2 rust parts taken care of



Sealer on





First coat of paint






All the new bushes turnt up today also

Rab

Looks mint!

mercury grey minter

Brings back memorys.Hated doing mine but well worth it.

drsrst2zvh

Another Update:
Finally got all the floor finished and to be honest it looks much better than i expected it would.

Also sanded back the tank and painted it Polaris grey.

Brake pipes done in Modena Green

New Fuel pump bracket arrived from autospecialists, well worth the money IMHO.


And also picked these up from ford today after a few people said they were obsolete and the clips cost me a total of 53p each, yet ppl still selling them on ebay in sets of 6 for Ł12+P+P.(JOKE)

Got a phone cxall today aswell saying that my parts are ready to collect from the powder coaters so hopefully a big update will be posted tomorrow night.
Let me know your thoughts.

Ke1th

Do you have a part number for them shackles?

Looks good buddy, well done

GranaDavey

Looks mint again !
Top job !

Rab

Coming along nicely!

fezzajsy

iTrader: (9)

looking good mate

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

Right had a busy day today, went and picked the bro's bits up from the powder coaters and what a good job they have done and a very quick turn around (1 day),

Few pics of the powder coated bits that i fitted the new bushes to,





Fuel pump fitted in its new housing,



Few randoms of the shiny bits all bolted up,





Then made a start on the exhaust, what a job this is gonna be

ADT168

nice

drsrst2zvh

Few more ,