looking good chap

 

Doing a restoration on my gray s2 as well. will put sum pic up.

 

Very nice mate you have spent some time on this.

 

looking good m8 keep up the good work

 

Hi Cameron it look's like your makeing a very thorough job of the bodywork with the help of that old bloke that's in some of your pic's if your attention to detail carries on through the project that's going to be one smart car, i look forward to seeing the next instalment on here.
cheers Chris

 

Been doing more bits to the car over christmas, nearly ready for the paintshop, just got to get some plates on the floor and sunroof recess sorted.


New fusebox tray welded in and some plate around the wiper bracket area as the old repair was a total bodge and was rotten throughout.


Couple of plates welded in floorpan where the original had gone through.


nearside arch repaired.


Filling and sanding some of the holes on the innerwing sections for a cleaner look.




Sunroof recess, quite bad inside here, going to scrape all the surface rust away and try and seal it somehow.


Repairing front crossmember


Hole in rear floorpan cut out ready for repair.


Rear inner arches are in good condition, just a small amount of rust behind the filler neck which i'm quite pleased about.








Also started cleaning the tank ready for some paint, bit of a mess atm hope its salvagable.


Hopefully have it all welded and sealed up by next weekend, thanks for looking.

 

nice work there cameron.
you stripped that baby.
when you hoping to have it all done matey?

 

Cheers steve. I'm aiming to have it on the road for Ford Fair, can't wait.

 

hopefully mine should be on the road by then too,maybe c you there chap.
keep up the good work

 

Yeah if not ill be going in my brothers FRST so i wont miss out on the fun!

 

Hi Cameron look's like you've got the new year of to a good start, mind you the area around the sunroof look's like it's going to be a pain to sort out but i reckon that old bloke that help's you should manage something.The fuel tank also look's as if it will be hard work as well i'm sure Dave will be able to rescue it.Keep up the good work i'm following this with interest and don't work him to hard
happy new year Chris

 

Cheers chris happy new year too. He loves it really.

 

Been down today again not done alot, bits of welding on the back and i've sealed the front arches.

Before


During


After


Then had a quick tidy up.

 

Fair play mate, lovely work throughout. Wish i had the sorta space you got... one day maybe Best colour too!!

 

Small update, pushed car out of unit and got it on ramps, undersealed it all and then back in the unit again. Its just the sunroof recess to be sorted now and its in the bodyshop.



One of my mates who helped out, cheers!

 

coming on nicely cameron.
bet you cant wait for paint.you doing full respray mate ?

 

looking good mate

 

Cheers guys, yes Steve its going for a full respray soon picked some parts up from powdercoaters today too, made my rusty gearbox cradle look brand new again ill get some pics up soon! Also we're moving units this week so that will slow me down a bit.

 

Another one with love for the MK4's, good luck with the build!

 

Right another update, all the welding is now finished, just got to go round tidying it all up now such as seam sealing and a bit more underseal etc. Its finally going to the bodyshop on Saturday.

Started off with the sunroof recess, after cleaning the metal down so we could weld on it, loads and loads of small holes appeared so the only option really was to plate it all up with some thick plate.




Just need to sand the welds down on it and ill seal it all up.


Underneath, all suspension parts will be going to the powdercoaters after the bodyshop as i want to keep it a rolling shell to make it easier for them.


And we've had to move into a new unit unfortunately its a little bit tight but we will just have to manage.


Hopefully the next update it'll be painted. thanks for looking.

 

Hi Cameron i bet your glad you've got the roof done did you turn the body upside down or did that old bloke do it all overhead? what's after the respray putting all the electric's back?
cheers Chris

 

nice work cameron.bring on the paint..

 

Good work there matey

 

Great progress

 

Yeah he did it all overhead, probably wasnt very comfortable though. I think i'm going to put the engine in first then the electrics.

More pics from today, my car is still in the old unit untill it goes to the body shop.

Started with some seam sealing, still more to do.


Then undersealed rear arches.




Removed sound deadening and cleaned off the glue, dont know why i didnt do this before we welded the floors really.


Then got the waxoyl out and smothered the sunroof recess inside, there really isnt much that can be done in here which is a shame really but we've done the best we can.




Thanks for looking

 

Hi Cameron it's looking good keep up the good work,if that old bloke come's to work with a stiff neck i'll know why that's what you call a pain in the neck repairing that roof bet your all happy you've got that job behind you.I'm looking forward to seeing the shell when it's painted that's if you put some pictue's up
cheer's Chris

 

looking great that mate youve put some graft into that well done

 

 

Right finally another update, its in paint and looks brilliant so i did a few bits on it tonight

Had all the inside done too














Not the best of pictures but its tucked away in the corner so couldnt get round it properly. Just waiting on the panels and bumpers etc off the bodyshop now

 

oh mate that looks moist.
i can see now that its gonna be mint.
bet your well pleased
youll enjoy putting things back on instead of taking things off lol
nice one cameron

 

Thanks steve, im well pleased with it, enjoyed putting bits back on it tonight, when i could find the correct nuts and bolts!

 

Hi Cameron it's looking good now i see your not hanging about is the engine fastened in or have you just sat it in? That old bloke has'nt mixed your bolt's up has he what's next the wireing loom i look forward to your next update .
cheers Chris

 

Cheers chris. Engine was bolted in straight away didnt take long. Also got wiring loom and metering unit in too i'll get some pics tomorrow.

 

Crikey your not hanging about. Hope you don't scratch it when your putting it back together.
cheers Chris

 

Small update, just getting stuff back in, metering unit, fuel lines wiring loom etc

 

There's not alot of room under that bonnet, sooner you than me, if i were doing that i'd finish up with a big box of bit's and nothing working.Your going like the clapper's now nice work Cameron
cheers Chris

 

Right an overdue update i think

Just slowly building it back up and tackling problems as i go along.







Wheels been sprayed



New rot free sunroof to go in





New intercooler waiting to be fitted.



Thats it for now try and get some more pics uploaded after the weekend.

 

Hi Cameron nice to see your still plodding along with the project can't be easy what with work and exam's hope everything work's out for you. Those wheels look good have they been blasted?
cheers Chris

 

Looks nice this does, alot of work gone into it.

Going to be a nice motor mate.

 

Cheers Ric


Thanks, no they havent been blasted, they were just sanded and sprayed with a rattle can by my brother, came out really well.

Been hitting problems, oil lights been on so took the engine out again checked over replaced knocking bearings with fresh ones and the light is still on so rather than mucking about with it im just going to slap the head on another built up bottom end i have.

Few pics, nothing major, sorry about the quality.

How it looked before i had to strip it again




Back end all built up




Engine out again!




Got my electric windows finally working after i realised i had the loom in the wrong way round so it wasn't connected to a power supply! This meant i could then get my dashboard back in and fit my gauges in the middle, little bit blurry as was on phone.