Just started reading this from start to where you are now, great job!!

 

Thank's mate It's taken longer than i thought but she's slowly getting there

 

looking good dude!! your getting there!! soon be summer and you can roll out in her.

 

cheer's mate so long as i dont order any more wrong bit's
how's your's coming along

 

Started sorting out the rad and intercooler problem today..Arfter a bit of cutting and welding i hope i have crack it if not then i will have to get a nother exhaust manifold as you will see in the pic's i still have a bit more welding to do but nothing to much..
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This is the bracket i made up to surport the rad as the rad has been moved forward as much as posible..
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And if i still havent got anuff room then i will have to change the exhaust manifold
And here's the intercooler bracket
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All the weld's need is cleaning up and spraying with some red oxide and that is the rad and intercooler done for now
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And that's what it look's like now
But there's not much room between rad and intercooler for the fan's
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And while i was at the front i thought i would cut out any rust and replace it with new plate
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and that's as far as i got for one day Thank's for looking

 

Today i got on with takeing out the bonnet catch and welding up the hole's ontop of the valance
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And arfter i cleaned the weld up i then got to work cleaning the old paint off ready for filler
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So then it was on with filling and sanding. And arfter that i then cleaned it up with pannel cleaner and a tack cloth.. I then sprayed it with red oxide to see if there's any low bit's that will need a little more filler.. I was realy happy with how it turn out there's a few low bit's but nothing to bad ..
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And that's as far as i got today next is engine bay fill in the hole's that aint needed.. ready for spraying ...
and here's a couple of pic's of my new wheel's as three of my old one's where foocked
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off with the old and on with the new
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So that's it for today thank's for looking

 

getting there mate doing a good job she will be boosting before you know it!!

 

cheer's mate i feel like im getting some where now If i can keep at it and get the right part's then it should'nt take to long to finish

 

some good progress your making there mac D.
when you putting the lump in mate?

 

When i get the engine bay done And if my mate ever finish with his engine hoist and i still need another clutch but i can alway's fit that at a later date

 

Today has been pant's the weather has been sh*t so i didnt get done as much as i would have liked .. so here's what i done today
i welded up the 2 hole's where the engine mount sit's
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And then i cut another bit of rust out of the front valance and welded it up and cleaned all the old paint off round the head light..
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And then i welded up a few screw hole's that i dont need.. And smoothed them down before i skimed over them with some filler.And then sanded them down ready for some red oxide..
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And then i filled and smoothed the 2 bit's of weld on the front valance..
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Arfter that it was clean all the dust off ready for some red oxide
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So that's as far as i got before it pissed down with rain ..
finger's X the weather will be better tomorrow ..

 

so when you going to have it painted mate set a date yet?

 

I want to have the engine bay painted for the weekend.. Then the engine will go in even if i have to hire an engine hoist.. And then get it ready for paint witch finger's X end of the month

 

shit hot not long then!! have you sorted the rust around the rear spring mount yet? bet you cant wait to have it out again! weather will be good for it soon mate!

 

Yea all the rust is sorted under the car now apart from 1 bit near the rear arch..But i will do that when i get ready for the tank..Im still finishing the engine bay off readyfor paint but the rain keep's letting me down

 

Started today by getting the gearbox steering rack fuel line's out ready to finish welding and filling all the hole's that i dont need.. Then it will be ready for the engine bay to be painted so here's some more pic's of my progress
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And then i got stuck into the welding and filling
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That is all i done before it started raining again so i called it a day...
And yesterday i only done this small bit before it chucked it down
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I want the engine bay ready for the weekend but if the weather carry's on like it has then i dont stand a chance But once the engine bay is done i can put the engine in Then my partner can have her kitchen back as it still sit's next to the table

 

My plan for engine bay being painted for the weekend went tit's up as i got a little bit drunk and ended up not doing anything.. So today i got on with getting more paint off and finish stripping the front end..
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So it was off with the front arm's, strut's, antirollbar,wheel's and then on with some more cleaning with the grinder
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The one thing i cant get over is how long it is takeing to get all the paint off Im about 3/4 the way through it but it's the bit's where i cant get the grinder in is where i lose so much time But if the weather hold's out i should have the prep work done for the weekend So that's my little update for now thank's for looking

 

gettin there now mate soon be in primer!!

 

So long as i stay off the piss lol But i am realy going to pull my finger out this time and get it done

 

yay the bay is geting blitz! nice one bud!

 

yea mate the engine bay is a bit blitz need my sun glases on not much left in the bay now soon be ready for the engine how's your's comeing along

 

getting there slowly mate, had a few other things to do just recent so not spent as much time on her as id like to

 

Outstanding work mate, the effort you have put into this is amazing.

 

You will soon have time to crack on with her

 

THANK YOU

 

Bloody hell this is talent ....

serious work going on here.... and you got away with storing car parts in the house!! top man!

 

Cheer's mate But i dont know how much longer my partner can handle car part's in the house specially the engine in the kitchen

 

Today we test fitted the engine to see if there's room between the turbo and rad wich there is so here's some pics
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Since i still cant get an engine hoist we had to do it the hard way by lifting it up and putting it on my old wheel's
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And once we got the engine in and lined up we found that there's load's room. But when we test fitted the inlet manifold there was not anuff room for the throtle body. So ive got to take it to my mate who's got to grind the old weld's off and turn it round so it face's the pasenger side
So arfter we spent half the day test fitting it it was then time to take it back out so i can get on finishing the engine bay ready for the engine to go in for good
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And this is how she sit's tonight already for me to finish the engine bay off. This is as far as i got so when i do some more i will update thank's for looking

 

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Thank's mate

 

bay is looking smooth and that zetec fits really good!

 

The bay is now ready for red oxide I was happy with how the zetec lump fitted but i was fooket off with the inlet manifold As the welds need to be cut and then turning around so the throtle body is on the pasenger side But on a good note the engine bay should be done today or late tomorrow thank's for looking mate

 

GREAT DAY'S WORK TODAY
Got stuck into getting the bay under coated at last the weather was good no rain so i got on with the prep work and then it was ready for 3 coat's of red oxide
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Once that had dryed i then rubbed it all down with 2400 grit wet and dry then cleand it all down and then got stuck into given it 3 coat's of primer
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All i need to do now is go over the whole lot again with 2400 grit wet & dry and finger's X there's no more filling to do then i can get on with the top coat
Once that was dry i cut out another little bit of rust and welded another bit of plate in
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That's all i got done for 1 day if the weather is good tomorrow i will have a little bit more of a update

 

looking good mate!! gunna update my thread soon! its been a while!

 

Im getting there now just got to finish going over with the 2400 grit papper. And there's a bit of weld that need's grinding down that i forgot to do and then i will top coat it and then drop the lump in And then i can get the out side sprayed then it will be one with putting her back together

 

Looking really good mate!

What did you use to go back to bare metal in the engine bay?

 

Thank's mate I used a wire brush attachment on my grinder and then the little bit's i couldnt get to i used sand papper it's a lot of work but worth it

 

Nice one mate cheers, yeh looks really good!

 

 

getting there now old boy soon be sorted!!