Awesome work well done

 

[quote=exfordnutter;4893107]WOW!!!!!!!! I am amazed at how well its turning out and the wheels will certainly fit in place gary.hope u got home safely after ur 50mph m1 section...get pics on of the wheels with the p6s on.
A real pleasure to meet you and i will be keeping a close watch on the xr resto.....keep it up!!!!
cheers andy[/quo

Thanks Andy - yep they will be just the job... good to meet you to... go steady. cheers

 

awesome, love it

 

hi mate thats like winning tha lotto getting them panels, one little word , i see your fitting them with the shell on axle stands!, i work in a bodyshop and and we build up cars on a jig, and even with genuine panels you can be out 5/10 mil on the end of a chassis rail realy easily, id be very carful and check your measurements to make sure the shells square

 

yep i was for sure when I bought them off the chap my eyes popped outta my head !! lol and thanks for the advise mate will measure and measure again everything against the data sheet I have for the shell before the panels are welded in.

 

Hi, o thats a good, i wish you all the best with it, i know its going to be one of the best mk3s in the country, ill be following with grate interest

 

chap I had the panels off gave me the full data measurment sheet for the mk3 shell so least I know what all the dimensions should be... although remember it was built by Ford !!! lol

 

Yeah mate sounds fine to me, if all the panels line up right thats all that matters , id dry build the car with all the doors bonnet lights even the bumpers on to get a good idea of fit, you could use self tappers to hold everything togather temporarily lol.

 

what like ford did !!lol seriously tho ,ive test fitted everything so far before final fixing, tried the door in the holes and all ok, when I get the front on the car I will of course check gaps and alignment... as you'd know some of the panels are shaped in such a way that you can easily see when its not quite right.. and see also when it does fit properly.

 

amazing. good work.

 

thanks for the comments all.... done a little more.. scuttle and bulkhead dressed and welded in now.. the scuttle /dash was actually an s2 one and they differ slightly as in brackets etc for dashboard etc, so had to remove some and add ones from the original panel .. and the bulkhead had some surface rust where it had been stored even tho it was oiled ... dont take much for the rust worm o get in... so I have taken it back to bare metal and re etch primed it... trial fitting the chassis legs and the front panels etc now...








slowly getting there now.

 

amazing!!

the panels from ebay or another source?

what sort of price did you have to pay for them all?

gonna be a mighty fine car when its finished.

Mart.

 

Hi cheers !, panels from another source... been stored 20 years for a resto that didnt happen. chap contacted me on here after seeing my thread.

few more pics anyway...

 

one thing I will say tho, its amazing how the dreaded rust worm gets under the black primer - even tho these were new (when bought ) and they've been stored and oiled the surface rust is everywhere on these panels , started to take front panel back to bare metal before rust proofing priming and then seam sealing etc I will be doing alot of prepping to metal me thinks...

 

well little update . Front end done for now, from pics above, panels have been welded , taken back to metal all race of rust worm ground out, dust coat of etch primer and re fitted and then seam sealed .. I can now consentrate of the back end...

 

cracking mate

 

little update .....wings on - re fitted door rubbers and doors to get gaps aligned... joined rear fllor sections , set up and fitted chassis rails and crossmember, spotted into position and now fitted to the car, notice all rails etc all wax oiled prior to fitting to floor......

 

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESUS CHRIST! I'd forgot about this thread!
What a restoration

 

wow

 

bloody hel how many new panels

 

It's really getting there isn't it. Amazes me the talents of some people and great to see in action, would be far too scary for me.

 

That is going to be an awesome build when finished and definately better than when it rolled out the factory!!

Hats off to you mate, I wish I had the talent to under take a restoration of that size!!

 

awesome build mate, good to see an XR gettin some love, proper cool cars

 

thanks for the comments chaps. The car will deffo have more sealer and underbody stonechip on it thats a fact !!lol -virtually nothing underneath these older Fords.

 

mate why dont u use some epoxy mastic?


fantastic work!

 

just amazing work!!!

 

dribble!

 

thanks everyone , glad you like.

 

that is an awesome resto so far! i take my hat off to you! love the new panels!

 

keep em comin fella, i'm loving this thread, i've never seen a shell get stripped that much before

 

thanks again for the comments...

onto the rear now, just the back panel and the inner /outer wheel arches and rear corners and the shell will be one .....

 

nice work,has the floor number been stamped on the new floor panel,or did you weld the old number in,as it looks factory.

 

Hi - No Its blank and I have cut out and kept the orig number as it was too rotten to put into new floor.

 

jesus gaz will there be any panels left you havnt changed, looks mint mate

 

Serious amount of work....Keep at it mate

 

Hi Wenny mate - I know - lol more work than first planned tbh mate ... but in for a penny as they say ! went further as I had the panels to do it. should be nice when it gets painted.

 

spot on mate, its going to look amazing.

 

done a liitle more rear lower panel, inner / outer lower rear quarter on just need a fuel filler hole inner now and its almost there...

 

TOP WORK!

 

Fantastic work so far - i'll be keeping an eye on this from now on.

My uncle used to have one of these in the 80's as a company car before moving onto a mk4 version which he still owns. My father also used to have a mk3 1.6 ghia when I was a child - both in the same colour as yours