SMILER258

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blue oval 24v

keep up the good work fella

clarke5700

looking good mate

RyanML

oh i like a bit of road rallying, should be looking good soon enough

r.s.2000 ginger

Great stuff i bet you were over the moon when you could have the car. My 1st car was a marina and i had to give my old man 200 bucks for it. Stick to it it will be worth it in the end.

massivewangers

iTrader: (1)

Fair play matey, good way to cut your teeth and get in to it! Wish my dad would have let me do that!

Tev

iTrader: (2)

looks like you are doing a dam fine job, keep at it and more importantly keep the updates coming

best of luck

cheers jay

rs clint

well done looks good

dingla rs

iTrader: (2)

nice way to learn keep at it mate

SMILER258

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whizzisat114

iTrader: (2)

Your doing a great job
Have you tried a heat gun to soften the ford underseal? Works well
But dont get it too hot

SMILER258

Heat gun, never thought of that, and dad just bought a new de walt one the other week, cheers for the advice, il give it a go

SMILER258

Right, another update. This past few weeks i have been sandblasting everything i can get my hands on. I first started on the rest of the beam, then the trailing arm, then the diff mount, then a few odd bolts. Next my dad taught me how to drift the bolts out of the hubs, so i did that, and sandblasted both hubs. Most stuff has been primed and i have a few things left to paint. Next week i can finish everything paint wise, fit new bearings, get my new bushes in then refit it all, YIPPEE! then the most dreaded job of all, the rear quarters. Anyway, now for pictures



and a parcel arrived, it was my new custom made springs!!!















my new crossmember, more metal to replace.



i also had a poke underneath, previous bodges by my dad, tut tut





and i saw this on the dansport rally a few weekends ago,



so i may copy them for their spotlight cleaning contraption, as always, feel free to comment, many thanks, nathan

Joshy

Great one fella keep at it and give us more updates

WongRS

iTrader: (11)

Didn't know there was road rally's up there! Keep up the good work, looks well.

SMILER258

Thanks to everyone that commented, it really means something. Just trying not to cock my first car up, so making wise decisions on what i do, cheers, nathan

WongRS

iTrader: (11)

Your doing a better job than i am on my saff! lol

SMILER258

There are quite a few rallys up here, i help with marshalling and results, we have to do about eight a year up north here. haha, and cheers, i try my best

WongRS

iTrader: (11)

Ah yeah, not bad, i'm in the heart of road rally territory here.
We get about 20 odd a year to go to/do

SMILER258

yeah, i dont mind going doing results, its just annoying when everyone in their cars pepper me with rocks after a passage control ive done a few around your neck of the woods also.

WongRS

iTrader: (11)

Which ones you done pal?

SMILER258

From memory, i think i did the moonbeam. But i was eight. When the turbocharged cars were still permitted, so all the scoobys, evos and cosworths were gunning it!

WongRS

iTrader: (11)

Those where the days, Moonbeams rough as f*&k usually.

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

some great work you're doing mate

well done and keep the updates coming

SMILER258

Right, over the past 3 weeks my camera died, the internet was on and off when it felt like it, but progress has been made. First i finished everything off painting wise. Then the diff was coated in special metals primer and sprayed silver along with the shaft ends. Then my dad showed me how to fit bearings so i did the second one after a lesson. Tomorrow im fitting it back up together but heres for some pics.



















my next project, a motorbike diversion xj600 with a titanium exhaust and lumpy cam, sounds so mean





and got an early christmas present, a new gen rear parcel shelf, indicators, side indicators and some rs wheel dust caps, Ł67 all in.

also taking a bite out of twins book and getting the cobras retrimmed along with the rear seat because of a small bodge and welding pin holes.





and the front are getting the centre of the seat and backrest in this pattern:-





also got a new free tv


@wongrs, yeah, i know what you mean, when we did it my dad tried out his new 4x4 and it sure got a beat in

@ran ss, cheers, like your 2.0l twincam, looks really nice.

will update tomorrow, chinese buffet now, cheers, nathan

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Nice resto thread.Its a shame the sierra has had a hard life.Its nice to see it getting looked after.Top work keep it up.

SMILER258

Well, todays update is the grand total of nothing, i ground down some welds and lubricated all the nuts. But the problem is that the polyurathane bush isnt compressing enough. anyone know how to get the bush to compress and get the thing bolted up? jack it up to compress it?

@ Glenn, yeah, it has led a hard life being beaten up on tracks, but once its restored its being retired from its rally life and being used as a summer toy, i might save up for a proton satria if i do some rallying.

I might update mid week because im up here for three days to work on the car so i might have the rear end back together by then.

cheers for looking, nathan

SMILER258

Right, a nice big update for y'all. Afew weekends ago i got the rear end all back on and back together, rolled it outside and started stripping it, i found a shit load of rot and loads of fibreglass resin, but i have prettymuch cleared the shell of all the interior i am going to customize over the next couple of weeks. And so i got the brakes and the wiring out. Then today we went to a scrapyard to get some ford ka drums and a handbrake lever. Were making a jig, but it might take longer as the dad took a bit of his leg out with a 9 inch grinder. Anyway pics




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since then, a lot more boring stuff has been stripped, and it will be ready for the jig next month, when the wind has died down
cheers all, enjoy

BRIGSPORT

iTrader: (2)

Shame its been bumped on the osr as the near side looks mint for a sierra.
Best of luck with rebuild.

doctor stavros

Excellent progress mate, and a great project! keep up the good work

whizzisat114

iTrader: (2)

Great progress on the car

jim_robson

Fair play mate and good luck to you, ive still got the sierra that my old man bought back in 1992.

gjh

OMG I love road rallying, so a thread like this is well up my street. Doing a great job too, you should come and check out some of the events in west wales (I'm based on good old map 146), there must be about 12 events real close to me each year. I look foward to updates.

SMILER258

well another update. I have finally stripped everything out of the interior, and i am now preparing it for spinning over. i had a look at where it would mount and the front crossmember was crumbling away so after a few hours with the grinder i have finally peeled it away and it is now binned. Now i need to clean it up at the front, weld any patches, sand blast it, etch and prime it and weld up the new cross member. next few months and the welding and rust removal will be under way. YIPPEE

anyway, pics:-











cheers for all the kind comments everyone, it will be worth it in the end... hopefully.

@gjh you around the pumstain and lampeter area? id love to come down, maybe marshall and have a chat but im 14 so maybe when i can drive i might. i think this car has done one event in wales, but dad cant remember.

@jimrobson yeah, you tend to get attatched to cars parents have had dont you.

cheers everyone, comments welcome, nathan

SMILER258

Update, on the jig and the weldings on. Firstly, i welded patches at the front of the rails, then mounted the crossmember. Then i welded the crossmember on. Its solid, but dad said it was on the wrong settings. DOH. i will re bead it when its upside down. Then i stripped the doors off, and removed all the other shiz, then, we got it into position, mounted it, and dropped the front suspension off. Now its all welding from here on, but im gonna persevere. pics now





started to renovate the shafts.


fucking large metal delivery




entire bottom length of sill is fooked.





Bodge-


rot under that aswell^




WELDED


and tonight, just went out and took some,


kinks in the rail, not major luckily.


The rail repair, more to do though.




ugg weather

oh, and change of plan, its going v6 4x4, keep it sentimental. now i have loads of rs2k parts i dont want
Comments welcome

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Top progress.The poor thing is a bit rotton.Atleast your saving it.Your doing a cracking job

WongRS

iTrader: (11)

Good progress, your not going to use this on road events at all then bud?

SMILER258

yep, sure does look sad, but im not one to give up without a fight

SMILER258

no, i think the old girl can retire early, too much work gonna go into it to rag it about on rallys, and the fact i dont want to crash it, way to sentimental. but im slowly convincing my dad to get a corsa or rover 25 to rally

WongRS

iTrader: (11)

Rover's make a good car, or proton gti's, loads of those about lately!