Orange peel is that mister sunbed god himself lol...

Great news for adam and meself as i want to see it finished. oh adam put the filler neck pipes in the car for when its picked up just need it to line up the new part ive made cheers.. K

 

only just seen this thread but that is some excellent welding! top quality! nice restoration you got here

 

Yes mate thats him, you got it in one,

I will put the filler neck in ready, will you need the glass and roof lining for after its painted aswell or is that to stay here for now?

adam

 

Cheers mate, its not been the easiest but its getting there, As for the welding thats why its gone to karl to be done, lads got some tallent with a welder.

 

doubt weel need the sunroof and headlining fella,

youll be fitting it up yaself wont you ?

beef

 

some lovely fab work going on in this car well done to all concerned

 

now then mate, Think karl was gunna throw sunroof and front glass in for me as il end up scratching paint or busting it, all the rest wont be a problem though.

adam

 

well folks its sunday 3 october ,


and adams cars made it back to specials yesterday to get the final parts of the work done ,


obv adam wants the car to be 100 % mint as do we , so first job was to inspect the sills today , they seemed solid , just poorly fitted .

some piccys










i hear what you say " ahh typical rot in a rs lol " but these have been replaced lol !!! and by the looks of it not that bloody long ago ,

but the super bit is the arch


ohh shes a beaut !!









basically they aint even weded the inner to the outer , and after they had bodged them together via overlapping they had a 5 mm think skim of catty in the lower quarter panel , and shit load of sealer in the arch to hide it ,


ohh and the wankers even stuck a peice of sound deadening on the inside of the quarter !!


wonder if they made sure there horses wer fed and watered whilst putting these in !!

 

Fucking hell mate, you said it was bad

Oh well it can all be fixed, i have come to far with it now to be doing a half arsed job with the shell. So good look lads and crack on looks like you got some work on.

Just goes to show, car gets sold to you as a mint rot free shell, think i had my trousers down abit there

Who says projects dont cost!!

 

lol update ur title lol

 

Just cant believe the inner arch, why spend time and money in doing a bodge job in the first place? some people!

 

Karl is a welding god - that is all

PS Beefy - Gis a hug!

On topic, that car is going to last forever once you are done with it!

 

oh dear more delays

at least you`ll know its right when done though

 

Thats the plan mate, at least another 20 years i hope, need to keep the old rs's alive.
plus getting abit fed up with the old "thats going to need welding" story at mot time..

 

were going full steam into this mate , no having to pussyfoot about worry about scratching paint ect ,


long days - full tilt !!

before u know it we will be wheeling that shonky 3 dr in




ohh yours i mean not mine lol

 

Looking good mate. Just a question, have you sorted out drive shafts yet as i'm needing some at some point and was wondering who you used.

Ginger

 

Drive shafts will be from sitech, there is always the option of dave mac aswell, either way not going to be cheap but really good quality.

 

yeh beef is rite daz no holding onto this one in done and gone K.

 

thought mine was bad ,least its in the right hands adam.

 

no worries chaps



always knew i`d be sending it up with the mince pies

 

Blimey some shocking previous work to put right there ,will look great when done though

 

Your not wrong there!

I dont think there will be a great deal of the car that hasnt had to be re-repaired, its all been hidden well in the past and now showing its self again.

adam

 

i have two these brakets if you no anyone wanting one beefy

 

how much dingle ?

they always come in handy for a 6 speed conversion ,


give me a tinke bout them bits mate , see if we can sort something when u get the funds

ok peeps , just managed to get online ,

got alot done today , lots of cutting ect , plenty of pics !!

but .



frankly im bloody knackerd , been a long day , just had dinner and need a showern and bed,


so.........

tomorrow will see a full update , of both todays and tomorrows work !!


beef

 

looking good!

 

update time folks ,

ill keep the words breif , frankly the pics do the talking ,

beef







you can see here , that when they refitted the sills the floorpan had dropped , never even botherd to push it bk up before welding lol



bk up and plugged together


middle section cleaned and prepped with coat of red



rear section of sill




so i made up some strengtheners to retro fit after karl patched the rear ,





front section cleaned prepped for new full sill ,

attention turned to the filler kneck , karl fabbed up a section to fit as old ones fucked



perfectly center


with that in it was time to cut out the old inner arch







note the rust , wouldnt of lasted more than a year




then on inspection , surface rust where the quarter had been fitted




so did all we could do without hacking off quarters , a good wire brush and coupious amount of red over the top ,



so , with the inner arch out , the sill 90% there , karl jumped on a poor patch repair the chassis leg had ,



ooooohh



inner skin cleaned of surface rust , oxided




then ground back


coat of red - bad repair ?? what bad repair !!!




sooo.. tomorrow should hopefully see the inner arch fitted , the sill fitted and a start on the outer arch with a bit of luck ,


will keep progress updated

beef & k .

 

Loving your work fellas

 

thanks fo the compliment ginge

 

Beefy you've turned into the new bodywork guru Only one problem... no ear defenders being used while grinding

 

lol , i wish i was that good , id say its 70/30 karl to me lol , but i get involved ask questions , try to do what i can , karl steers me right on things i dont know every days a learning curve , and you dont learn nowt unless you get stuck in do ya bud !!

ear defenders ?/


wouldnt be able to hear meself singing if i wore them !!

 

It's a good feeling learning under someone elses watchful eye, from what i can see you're making a great job of it

Do Karl a favour then, and buy him some

 

pmsl !!!

nahh mate , we both sing along anyway , its like these two in the garage !




pmsl !!!

 

cheers lads works looks 100% cant ask for more

I take it the panels arrived ok then, wont be long and il have her back.

oh and i see the roof drains sit in the sill, thats abit of a shitty design, cant they be relocated to drain onto the floor?

adam

 

went and collected them today mate ,

i think theres drains in the bottom of the sill mate, i know the rear tubes drain out ,

tbh , if looked after shouldnt rot again with all the rust prevention ,

just look after it lol

 

Nah i would say 90/10 to me lol. you need to put full shifts in pmsl hope your happy up to now adam...really has been some cowboy work done in the past on it.

 

lol its not my fault im under the missus thumb lol !!

be round about ten in the morn , got bits to post ,

beef

 

Great work to the both of you, car seems to be really getting sorted now. Carl will give you a holla in the coming weeks to arrange collection of the roof.

great project

 

looking great keep up the good work chaps

 

what do you use to grind the welds back ( i no that seems a stupid question)

do you literally use a grinder and discs, or do you use soft pads or what ? ive been told several different things,

im attempting the same sort of work on a series 2, doing the battery tray tonight, its exactly how yours was lol. cheers, lee

 

Nice work