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Old 06-05-2011, 09:23 AM
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haaha rob dont think the missus be happy and were all abit down at the moment as she has had a misscarage

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Old 06-05-2011, 10:57 AM
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Shit mate, thats awful news. Sorry to hear it.

Good luck with every thing

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Old 06-05-2011, 03:56 PM
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thanks mate most appriciated

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Old 10-05-2011, 07:55 PM
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well its new garage still got to clad the lower frame yeat as it was too low so built a 2 foot base all round it



comments welcome

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Old 10-05-2011, 07:59 PM
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bet your neighbours love you!
Old 10-05-2011, 09:09 PM
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haha no mate they hate me haha had 2 evistion notices already thro doin car haha
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One word,

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Old 11-05-2011, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by stevenhayley
haha no mate they hate me haha had 2 evistion notices already thro doin car haha
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ha thats mint, my wife would go spare at that. fair play tho
Old 11-05-2011, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbo Al
ha thats mint, my wife would go spare at that. fair play tho
mines not to happy haha but oh well and haha cheers rob

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Old 11-05-2011, 04:11 PM
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well dun some more on her but me batterys have gone dead will get some tomoz and take sum pics

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Old 14-05-2011, 07:51 PM
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well dun some more graft just more cleaning underneath n then primeing then tomoz i can start some more fabing n welding
feel like am getting sumwhere now








and then gave her a coat of 2k primer




n had sum paint left so gave rear quater a lick of primer over the red oxide

well welding tomoz
comment welcome makes it all more worth while

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Old 14-05-2011, 08:07 PM
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nice job m8

think u will fry wen the sun cums out tho lol!!!!



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Old 14-05-2011, 09:12 PM
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yeh tell me bout it haha bad enough when the suns out for 2 minutes lol

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Old 15-05-2011, 07:43 AM
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dont suppose anyone is cutting up a mk4 shell is there need passanger side door striker and the plate that goes behind it

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Old 15-05-2011, 03:54 PM
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well cam in for a nice cold beer so thought ild add sum more photos
made a repair panel for floor ect











goin finish this beer n go outside n finish it of n clean welds ect
cheers for lookin

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Old 15-05-2011, 04:25 PM
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some nice work going into this one mate!
Old 15-05-2011, 06:42 PM
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well sum more









got to late to clean up the welds so will do yjat tomoz

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Old 16-05-2011, 01:06 AM
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escort rs turbo going to delete thread as noone seems intrested
Old 16-05-2011, 01:55 AM
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coming on well just read through from start to finish some good hard work going into this and you will be statisfied when done and you can say i built that
Old 16-05-2011, 05:52 AM
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will have a read of this when i get back from work,
i like these before and after threads, and can appreciate the hard work that goes into the cars.
im already planning on moving house just because i cant get a car in my back garden, got plans of making a bloody great workshop so i can start my own project like thiss one
Old 16-05-2011, 08:06 AM
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thanks guys will be more progress later today, should have all underneath in stonechip by end of the wek

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Old 16-05-2011, 08:56 AM
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just read your thread mate and nice one.......... awesome project
Old 16-05-2011, 09:31 AM
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What a nice work, keep going.
Old 17-05-2011, 10:22 AM
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cheers lads will be more pictures up later tonight

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Good work Steve.
Old 17-05-2011, 10:51 AM
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cheers andy

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Loves it
Old 17-05-2011, 05:59 PM
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Mad skills man wish I could do stuff like that!!!
Old 17-05-2011, 07:50 PM
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well few pics for ya















will finish grindin welds down tomoz

few more of smoothin bay



cheers for lookin

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nice one steve you doing well one this mate
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cheers taz

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Old 18-05-2011, 09:18 PM
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well ran out of gas and dusnt get delivered till tomoz so thought ild chp some more rust out


removed the 2 seat strenghening plates to get at this


all will be cut out and new panels made up then strenghtening plates welded bk in so if the gas comes in morning should be all dun by tomoz evening
fingers crossed lol

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Old 19-05-2011, 06:51 PM
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your fairly putting in the work steven. was the other shell much worse than this one? least you know its going to be solid when your done
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yeh the other shell was knacked and this ones turned out a little worse than it looked lol
rear parts cut out to be replaced



and first coat of filler n fibreglass mix

and started cleaning the welds on battery tray


more to come tonight

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Old 23-05-2011, 07:17 PM
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well some more work dun started cutting the fuse box area out n needed more out that expected


didnt carry on as waiting for sum sheet metal to arive so started on rear inner cill












and thats how ive left it today as was getting late
more tomorrow

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cracking along fella



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Old 23-05-2011, 09:38 PM
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hi cheers beefy
yeh sorry mate just replied to ya now

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Old 25-05-2011, 05:59 PM
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well dun loads more all fusebox area is dont all inner n outer sill is done wings and doors are on and all lined up and floors will be finished tomoz but am afried guys theres no pics as my cams f**kin broke again and i lost ma memory card for ma phone.
if any of you guys are intrested il go and get a new cam and put some pics up

cheers
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Get some pics up
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Yeah deffo want to see steve


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