drivers side rear arch and rusted edge of inner arch cut out, started cutting out the rear lower corner but the cutting disc on the grinder wore away to nothing, new cutting discs to be bought 2moro.

 

Not good seeing it like that Still your on the case

 

keep it going Ben really cant wait to see the old car when its done

 

you cant ! ! ! ! ! im gonna be one happy kid when this fooker is all done i can tell ya

 

and you will be mate, when its back from paint thats when you know its all been worth while my S1 is next matey

 

been n collected my mk3 cabriolet brake linkage and bulkead today, cheers Sean
no more sloppy brake pedal for me

bolted the linkage and servo/master cylinder into place, fits like a glove

view from the top


view from underneath


inside the car the brake pedal will still connect in exactly the same way


heres the bulkhead, ready to be trimmed and welded into position once ive cut the bits that need cutting out of my car.


heres the bulkhead rested above mine as i was visualising mine not being full of holes


new battery tray, to fill the awful hole you can see in the above pics


inside the car you can see these grills at the bottom of the bulkhead, what they for? 2 of mine are ok, and 1 has been sealed up as you can see


new drivers side sill pushed over the old one as a test fit and also to mark off where i need to cut the old sill off



rear right lower corner panel chopped out, still need a little bit more of this cut out before welding the new panel in place


sill chopped out ready to be cleaned up and new one welded in



armed with this mig welder and seam sealer i'll be cracking on at the weekend with making it look more like a car

 

 

gr8 work m8t

 

 

cheers lads

will have a zetec flange welded onto my rover m16 inlet manifold by mid next week if all goes to plan

 

I'm suprised how much rot you found in it, the shell looked really good at the begining of the project......makes me scared for mine lol

Keep it up mate!

PS - Cheers for the brake linkages pics etc

 

Cracking on mate can't wait to see this in the flesh!

 

superb Ben lovin this resto

 

AD-RS1600i, no probs i was suprised to find more rot than it first looked but thats the nature of the beast i suppose

 

very nice matey !!!

 

You're a talented fella. Want to restore mine when you're done?

 

thanks for the offer Rab

 

Red16, so r u startin 2 put the pannals onto 2day then mate???

 

with a bit of luck they'll be clagged on tomorrow

 

looks good , ur brave cuttin it all up were do you get gas from for ya welder? i should have a fiesta by next week and its got some rust on it so want to get a welder and sort it

 

looking amazing mate well done so far cant wait to see it finnished!

 

luke89, the welder and gas bottle are my mates, hes got an account with a local place that rents/refills gas bottles etc, think he pays about 60 quid a year rent for the gas cylinder and 30 quid per refill (which lasts ages ages)

Tonyt1t, same her buddy, be a relief when the paints on her bodywork

 

 

When can you start?

 

top work mara

you've got a lovely day for welding!

my first car was a '85 xr3i currently on the look out for a mk3 to restore

so if i need any tips i know were to come

 

Rab,

ssbnreso, yeah its lush outside like kidda i'll keep an eye out for one for ya

just came inside to advertise my zetec turbo engine on ebay, spread the word please people heres the link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4570195014

while im in here i may as well stick the 2 pictures up of todays progress so far.

the bulkhead i got from Sean last week is now cut to shape, ready to be welded in. in this pic its just rested in place to see how it looks, made me smile when i seen it like this, really felt like i'd made progress


bulkhead and battery tray rested on in this pic, needs some work to get the battery tray to sit square, before the battery tray is welded in i have to cut a section of the inner wing out where its rotten and weld the repair panel in.

 

what do u do for a living it must be something to do with cars!

 

i dont work with cars, kinda connected with them tho, facility maintenance tech in the nissan car factory.

 

coming on mate!

Why u selling the engine?

 

Lee Reynolds, to build a bigger better spec engine

 

sounds good to me

 

spot on

 

not too sure yet Rudey but something along the lines of steel rods and pistons, headwork, cams, big boost i think

 

keep up the hard work m8

 

lucky get!

i work on the line at nissan

 

Coming along mint mate keep at it!!!!

SSBNRESO - Which line you work on mate i work in the unit shop on the head line