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Hi all firstly I apologise for the long post, after seeing many good restorations taking place I decided this year to start mine.
Bit of background info I bought my series 2 rs turbo 8 years ago for £600 knowing it needed a lot of work was keen to take on a project, work started well a steady flow of new parts and and fitting began, but about 6 months down the line work had began to slow expanding family, working 6 days a week and the fact the car was stored away from the house made it difficult to work in before I knew it weeks turned into months and the car hadn't been touched lost faith that it would ever get done.
One day my mrs phoned to say she needed to pop into my work title did I realise she would roll up in an rs turbo at first I thought she had bought one till I saw the reg number and couldn't believe it it was mine what I had found out is she arranged with a close family friend who was a mechanic as well to have the car taken away and with his own money and time got it running with all the bits needed and did the work req to get it road legal for me and the family to use and enjoy, I Andy been near the car for months had no idea it had gone!
The car quickly got the knickname westy given by one of my boys who loved going out in it named after the man who sorted it for me, however not long after completion he passed away after being ill for sometime which gutted the whole family.
I used the car everyday as my daily drive and apart from fuel pump issue and some minor work to get through a couple of mots had never let me down, which all leads me to where I am now I knew there would be issues behind body kit and all the other usual places I stripped whole interior bumpers body kit and took it to a restoration specialist and to do the bodywork and paint been quoted £12.000 engine brakes s+s I can do but the shell and paint wanted doing by someone who knows what there doing I don't have equipment or space for those sorts of repairs which leads me to a dilemma do I start again with a better shell or is the pricenig to high to repair mine and shop around as you can imagine the car holds huge sentimental value but also I'd love to try and save another rs I'm sure many of you have been where I am and appreciate and help or advice you have or if you know any good restoration places you've used and were well priced, I will get some pics up asap can't attatch for some reason, cheeRS
Sorry first off, your opening post is quite hard to read.
There's nothing bloody wrong with that shell from what I can see. As mentioned someone's pulling your pants down.
Get and hoover out the inside of the car, Then scrub the inside with some hot soapy water to clean the paintwork. You can then see what you're looking at.. is the loose stuff carpet underlay or rust pieces?
Both the front and rear panels look fine from the pictures. You do need to remove the 2 skirts and 4 arches to show us what it looks like.... The inner sills look fine as does the floor pans. The sunroof cassette is common to rot there, chop out the rot and replace with a new bit of metal.
The handbrake looks too high. drop it back down and count how many 'clicks' until fully engaged, You may need to adjust it under the car. Get rid of those silly metal pedals and that stainless sill plate, The black vinyl is very rare and worth ensuring you keep it... It's no longer available.
Sorry first off, your opening post is quite hard to read.
There's nothing bloody wrong with that shell from what I can see. As mentioned someone's pulling your pants down.
Get and hoover out the inside of the car, Then scrub the inside with some hot soapy water to clean the paintwork. You can then see what you're looking at.. is the loose stuff carpet underlay or rust pieces?
Both the front and rear panels look fine from the pictures. You do need to remove the 2 skirts and 4 arches to show us what it looks like.... The inner sills look fine as does the floor pans. The sunroof cassette is common to rot there, chop out the rot and replace with a new bit of metal.
The handbrake looks too high. drop it back down and count how many 'clicks' until fully engaged, You may need to adjust it under the car. Get rid of those silly metal pedals and that stainless sill plate, The black vinyl is very rare and worth ensuring you keep it... It's no longer available.
i thought pretty much same when I took the interior out I thought not too bad apart from the sunroof so you can imagine my shock when i was told 12,000 would you go for complete roof replacement?
Hi great story there and very sorry to hear about your mate who passed away, the shell dosent look too bad in the pics. Good luck with everything mate hope u manage to get it sorted and keep us updated
Hi great story there and very sorry to hear about your mate who passed away, the shell dosent look too bad in the pics. Good luck with everything mate hope u manage to get it sorted and keep us updated
thanks mate really gutted when passed by great bloke to know, hopefully get it sorted really want to save it
Yes good looking shell that ,the sunroof tray is not a problem ,get a mint one out of a basic model being broken and swop it over or cut in the parts you need
What are they offering for that? Just to cut out and replace the metal? Still seems high given there isnt "that" much to sort from the initial pics.
You'd probably be best finding an independant/local type person who's handy with a welder.
yeah that's what I'm going to do over next few days found some local welders that said they will have a look car is in drivable condition so can easily drive round to them so they can at least see the condition underneath.
Or or my other idea was just completely strip it and send to get blasted to see the full extent of the work needed
Yes good looking shell that ,the sunroof tray is not a problem ,get a mint one out of a basic model being broken and swop it over or cut in the parts you need
currenly looking for for a possible donner think the only prob I will have is finding someone who would want to take on a roof swap job ( seen the work on your motor looks sweet )
decided to save the shell a family member who does a lot of welding and body work says he will help me get the welding done so it will be off on its hols to wales to get fixed
09-05-2017, 10:38 AM
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