car im doing for a good mate ,who happens to be engaged to my niece I said id do it for a wedding car ,an mainly cause everyone says it couldn't be saved .an I like a challenge its going to be group 4 spec tubed arched an caged

free of course !!


how we got it been sat on a pallet in a farm yard for ten years or so didn't pay a lot for it an most of repair panels came with it

auto shell sadly they did some gash repaires to quarters and sill was hacked off along with half tunnel an floor on one side so I had brace it with box before we could do anything as it would fold up otherwise

 

its a auto shell but half tunnel gone ,me mate blasted it an I red oxided it before we brought it home from blasting



removed what was left of front panel and started first repair

 

you got your work cut out there Andy keep the updates coming .

 

then hung the door back on and tacked the sill on for the gaps



with the sill tacked on at front I did the inner arch repair

 

then took door off and finished the front sill section I had to make it as not there



you can see the root in rite of picture

 

finished the front sill section as said I made it

 

the the heater bubble repair bottom section first they normly have a cut out but its folded over so no point ,repair section is made of one bit



still need a bit of dressing

 

next was the chassie leg repair still needs a little finishing now floors in

 

keep up the good work mine was that bad when i got it

 

inner sill an floors next ,now id love a full floor section but they on a budget and this is what I was given to use


still to dress welds


with the floor on the rite side in I removed the brace and drilled the old tunnel out what was left of it ,the new tunnel smaller ,but on drivers side don't matter ,as il make a exhaust tunnel ,passenger side will get a filler panel

 

Great project!

 

I left some of the floor sticking in to tunnel so I can stitch both sides

 

the diff tunnel is just tacked in as bothe sides of it il replace the lot with new steel and its going to have link boxes






like I say im removing the floor from the new floor pan back as I didn't like patching it






extended this side the tunel as I need make the hole centre section but have a folder there



last job I was on with that day was start remove floor section ,this is were I left it




my good mate rang me say to 8x4 sheets off steel turned up so I can roll the tubs an swage them ,as I say its only when I get free time witch isn't very often these days cheers

 

yer long way off andy the grinder and welder will be going for a while yet lol


yes iv seen worse and repaired as bad

 

they are well worth it m8 im mk2 mad

 

Stunning work mate

 

yes me two im on with 3 well one finished all for friends,i will buy one when done my focos

 

cheers ian

 

i couldnt imagine doing three ones enough lol

 

lol the list of cars im restoring is 5 friends keep me busy ,my full time payed! job is a plumber
id make panels an weld all day

 

keep eye on this one m8

 

looks good, keep the updates coming, nice to see another one saved

 

Bloody hell matey its in a sorry state.Well done you for repairing it.

 

Nice work mate and glad its being saved any 3 door shell thats left needs saving imho

 

Blimey, you've got your work cut out there mate! Nice work.

 

a big ,, nice resto

 

yes it was a sad site seeing it sat rooting away next to the road


yes its quite bad but can be saved





its only metal mate ,I repaired a lot worse



cheers rick ,ur mk 2 is stunning I always have a look round that an the estate on lakes tour ,we the clowns in the moggy pick up

 

Well done Dingle your doing a great job

And super jelous you've got your hands on a mk2 even if it aint yours

 

thanks dave ,you know me im happy with a couple beers an a welder to hand lol

 

good work.

good to see a mk.2 getting saved and modded.

 

nice work mate glad mine only needs a couple of bits repairing lol

 

not up dated this in a while due to shows heavy work load and buying me own mk2 iv not done anything

but did 6 hours on it last week and going to be on it every Thursday night for a while

made up the exhaust tunnel and the middle section of the tunnel ,and chasse gussets






















come a long way but still hundred hours or so welding to finish this

 

Really great work! Good fab skills.

 

I've only just seen this project mate
Your doing a great job!
He's one lucky lads

Jay

 

Nice car Loy Boy

 

Coming along nicely

 

thanks pal




yer most of my mates get a good deal lol free fab work an paint

cheers mucker

yes still a lot to do but most said it was a waste of time

 

Coming on nicely!

 

Awesome project!! It was rough though, but you've been doing a great job! At least you can get pretty much every escort panel easily enough, that's gotta help. Any idea on the colour scheme/planned engine?

 

we have most panels for it they came with car ,rest I will make we have a folder /roller and a swagger white but my mate wants it red ,think it will be a pinto on carbs mate