Red16

Ian, would you not fancy putting your engine in a kit car? You'd still get that Cossie coming on boost feeling but with a lot more go, as you'd have lost around 800kg!

-beefy-

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best be a big kit car chassis !!!!

SMILER258

Why dont you just persevere with the shell you have, my shell is far worse than yours, and i soo wish mine was as good as yours tbh. The chassis legs can be repaired easily enough, the floor pan isnt that bad, considering its 25 years old. My car has the same plus a rusty tunnel, a rear quarter i can stick my hand through, a rear panel that is crumbling away, and splits in the metal everywhere. Just get a good welder and get to work, the panels are easily collected, then when you look back once your finished you will be so pleased you did it. just take a look at my thread and you will see how bad it is in comparison. And you have to remember that most sierras' that age will be that bad anyway. But hey, thats my 2 pence worth.

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Just get it welded up.The only sierras that havent seen a welder are the ones that dont get driven and havent been used.

BigErn

Well the old crock of shit has seen a little more of my time, in the shape of a wire wheel on the grinder. I wanted to clean the floor up to see what lurks under all the oil and sealer, just out of curiosity more than anything else.

Smiler, my n/s chassis leg is beyond economical repair mate as the beam mount is a zero point and needs to be in the exact right place otherwise it'll not drive right. It will be easier and more beneficial to the car if I replace the legs on the jig rather than repair them.

Anyway some pictographs of my floor as Ive started to clean it up.....











































Mainly just the back end to clean up now but I ran out of poly discs so thats as far as I've got up to now.....

Jay,

iTrader: (4)

Well done youngun just take your time and do it right and itll be great

AJC

iTrader: (6)

So is it getting repaired now then?

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

Its not really that bad is it Ian, get some panels together and start it in one corner and work your way round the car, once you get a tiny but done and welded up you'll look back and think "yeah this is coming on" knowing the car will be rot free, ive seen worse as i expect you have.

BigErn

Cheers Jay, just plodding on

Andy Im still going with it for now unless I get offered a mint shell for next to nowt

Paul, nah its not that bad really I suppose. Im just being a massive fanny with it and like you say once I start seeing progress Ill sharp get into it and Ill know that theres no rot in it once its done. Thats my only concern with buying another shell, sealer/stonechip can hide lots!!

mk22door

You know it makes sense.

Great work

dingla rs

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I should be picking a shell up in near future ( when it's striped) if the chassis
Legs are any good you can have them mate

SMILER258

ah, well which ever way, good on you for going on with it, im sure it will come together nicely in the end. Nice to know your saving a saff from the scrapper. good luck with it

R4N SS

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you can have my 5dr shell for panels mate - only 50 quid and its a good shell too

cossie891

iTrader: (1)

Thats a good offer Ran isnt that shell pretty mint mate

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

its only done 62k mate - will be cheaper than buying metal and these are already shaped too

cossie891

iTrader: (1)

good man that will save him a few quid

BigErn

hmmm, where you at Ran?

cossie891

iTrader: (1)

Slough way I think he is mate

R4N SS

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im in slough but the shell is in watford mate just off the m1

JamesH

iTrader: (21)

Sounds like the perfect offer Ian

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

check the thread in the ford non rs/xr parts for sale room for pics mate.

the only bits that need doing that i have found are the seat mounts and a lil bit on the rear of the sills.

boot floor, inner wings and floor pans all look solid mate

BigErn

Might have something else in the pipeline chaps, cheers though Ran

BigErn

Spent some more time on the car again and its now more or less a bare shell......

More photies....














































And the cat came in to supervise again too.......

v man

id fuck that well off mate

looks like it needs just to much

what do you think

BigErn

Its a lot of work mate but if needs must then it'll have to be done. I can do it all myself so its only materials and time that it will cost me.

chrisa3

iTrader: (1)

Stick at it mate. It might have been a shock finding the rot, but IMO, there will have been cars on here 10 times worse than that repaired. You can see the good metal around the rust, so like you say its just time etc. Id get them chassis legs ordered from motomobil and the rest is just cosmetic. Sure you will make it mint again in no time

special-K

Now ian hows things matey you no its only metal mate if ya need help or advice matey im at the end of a phone you no ive restored worse than yours...K

Cragrat

iTrader: (4)

aint that the truth

BigErn

Cheers Karlos

BigErn

I had my old V8 Discovery advertised a couple of times and had nothing but timewasters till a chap came along and offered me a swap for his 2wd Moonstone Cossie rolling shell. Now as the Disco was'nt doing anything I took a chance and did the swap and have ended up with this.....























The idea was to take the chance and hope the shell would be a good one to use to rob bits off to fix mine or reshell my car into this if it was good enough.

Sadly Im a massive fanny and I dont deem the shell good enough to use to do my car, its saveable but its just not as good a base as I want so I now have another full car of spare bits to clutter up my garage

mk22door

Sorry for being a vulture but I'm after some grey door cards just like the ones on your 'new' shell.

What have you done with the original shell?

Forget that I have re-read it and see you have both shells

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

What about James shell Ian, it's all done underneath and if it's the colour putting you off repaint the underside and bay/boot etc yourself and get the outside blown over ?

BigErn

No offence to James but I want to do the work meself bud so I know its right. But I want a decent ish shell to use as a base..... and I dont like brown

SMILER258

Any updates on this?

SMILER258

Updates?

Glenn_

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Ian gave up in the end matey.He got rid of the shell and im sure he sold all his parts too.

dingla rs

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he has a more door now

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

A more door???? Last I heard he had a landrover disco.

HidetoshiNemoto

Any updates to the project?

Glenn_

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6 year old thread revival