Darylc.

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Sounds good, I'd go for just a black roof, up to you at the end of the day but black bonnet as well as black roof and wheels seems OTT

B13 TOY

well with the obvious "rainy season" upon us I have hasd to squeeze the estate into the garage, to strip/prep for paint...



starting to look a little sorry state now and it will prob be in here for a few months now



and of course with the stripping comes the ....DREADED.... RUST !!!!



this is just typical of the "just do enough to get it through the MOT" school of welding.....



and this bit is just .... bloody awkward...



oh well just get on with it i suppose???

piece made up & tacked in....



now fully welded & ground down ready for filler/primer....



also welded up the lock/wiper/washer in the tailgate and started to smooth it all in....



Getting There..???

Enjoy,

Charlie

Mk4 Lew

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looking good bud, keep up the good work

stembo21

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good work mate keep it up cant wait to see it painted you can paint mine ha ha

B13 TOY

spent tonight repairing the rust damage to the chassis shown earlier. I did not realize how bloody difficult grinding/welding is upside down in a little garage with very little height on the axle stands !!!!...oh well its deffo a "home-brew" car hahahaha...

anyways gone from this...



to this...



so its hardly been a wasted evening...

the sight that greeted me underneath the chassis rail, I suppose moisture got inbetween the chassis rails in the double thickness area....



with the outer steel removed, the inner leg was surprisingly not too bad...



cut the little bit of rust away and made a new repar section for the inner leg...



then welded and prepped, ready for the outer leg to be added...




odd shaped bit of metal ?????



now folded and tacked into shape ???




and now all welded into place..




needs a lot of dressing with the wheel but I'm bloody Knackered tonight so it will have to wait (i,m getting TOO OLD for this carry on !!!)

Enjoy,

Charlie

B13 TOY

well another ebay purchase was collected



all made up....



now just got to get them under this lot and can strip the shell properly AND still move it around ( which will please everyone at home!!!!)




Charlie

turbo m

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Nice one i just love budget projects.Nice colour too.

Twins

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great work

wrx-maniac-22

Looking good so far mate,Im from scunny too so if you ever find yourself in need of a spare pair of hands give us a shout.

GINGExR2 T

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Top project and defo love the colour



Ginger


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gouch1

looks great so far keep it coming

B13 TOY

will bear that in mind, Thank You. can always meeet up for a natter etc...( I'm in Winterton though???) now the nights are getting pooh anyways ....

Charlie

B13 TOY

Now I have the car on the dollies, work can recommence. I suppose theres some truth in things have to get worse before they can get better???

well lets have a look under this "excellent" piece of MoT welding shall we...




Hmmm NO SURPRISES here then??.... all 3 layers damaged, inner sill, mid sill & of course the outer too...



After all the rot was cut out & a bit of cleaning up/ etch primer...



made a pice to patch then inner sill just an awkward place to get at properly.....



partly dressed....



Trial fit of the outer sill...




Enough for tonight so covered everything in etch primer, hopefully get the section of middle sill in tomorrow....



Enjoy,

Charlie

2wd saff cos @ stage 3

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i like that color, think its goin to work well,
and what an ace job u done on them wheels

RO13 rs cabriolet

Top work and good progress

wrx-maniac-22

Welcome mate,no real mechanical skill but i could probably come in handy
Winterton is only a few minutes away.

mk1van

great buy man, a nice rare estate there.....love your colour scheme on it.... decent job on the welding...never seen one of those dollies before...mmmmmm ebay i better not go on and look for one...ill be in trouble

B13 TOY

Well yet another night spent on this corner but at least its nearly there now!!!!...at last !!!!

started with replacement of the section of "mid-sill" which is sandwiched between the inner & outer sills...



once again blasted it all in etch primer as it wont ever be seen again ( hopefully) !!!

Then Onto the outer sill which was a real pleasure as you can see something for your efforts at last....



just to fill/prime/prep now...


Then I just couldnt resist resting the S2 kit against it....





quite pleased with this bit ....hahahahaha...

Enjoy,

Charlie

DS81

Good work, love the colour choice, it will defo stand out in a crowd

stembo21

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looking good mate dont suppose you wanna swap your bodykit for a gray one as i could to with a red ond as my car is red lol

2wd saff cos @ stage 3

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i like the color of the orion in your sig

B13 TOY

My kit is not in perfect condition, could probably do with a respray, but it has ALL the jacking covers etc...

If your is in a similar condition I dont see why not to do a swap as I have to paint mine anyways.....

I'll PM you my number ...

Charlie

R4N SS

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can you pm me where you get them from as want some for my 3dr build

Mk4 Lew

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think he got them off ebay bud but there from machine mart

oriurbo

like this build love the colour personally i would just go black on the roof and maybe vents and wing mirrors. good luck

B13 TOY

hello mate, i just searched on ebay for a few days, these came on and I "persuaded" the seller to end them early and meet me halfway, but they are available from Machine Mart or Sealey Dealers ( at a MUCH higher price) of course !!!!

HTH?

Charlie

B13 TOY

this is tending to be my favourite plan too so far, perhaps if I aquire a quad headlamp kit to do those black too... I think "Jonesy's" ????? Black & red estate on here is an ace mix of colour & black !!!!!

But sadly I have another FEW weeks of prep to do yet.....

Cheers,

Charlie

rallycross

Nice welding work! keep it up, nice to see an estate saved

siscossie

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Looking good fela will have to come over with paul and have a look fela, be nice to catch up.

B13 TOY

Hiya Si, yes that would be brilliant, I don't see anyone any more...... bit of a loner now...sadddo..etc..etc... I'll pm you my mobile number so we can arrange something ???

Charlie

turbo m

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Looking good just the oatherside now??Great work.

DS81

Cheers, it looks better in the flesh

Glenn_

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Top work matey. I wish i could weld.

siscossie

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Hows it going fela you got any updates on the car buddy

siscossie

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You got any updates yet must be nearly finished !!!!!!!!!!

Paul_RS

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Great work, love this kind of project

r.s.2000 ginger

Really love the colour of the car and the wheels cant wait to see it finished it will be spot on.

B13 TOY

You have to be kidding Si, youn obviously hevent seen my workshop thread???

https://passionford.com/forum/garage...-workshop.html

But the good news is the estate should be teken up there next week, so hopefully I will have some progress to show soon..

Charlie

graham c

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green and black is mint but i would say that looks a good project keep the updates coming

jaimesdna

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looks cool. ill keep an eye on this