Quick update on the car.
Didnt get the chance to take photo while ive been at it.
Recently fitted new cambelt, waterpump, oil, coolant etc.
She has been off the road since end of november as I have a winter runaround
still on the hunt for a bonnet amd tailgate
So as I am off for a couple days I decided to fiddle with the car.
Shes been sat since November so I gave her a quick clean to get all the grime off then decide to give the engine bay a clean.
Top of the list this god awful looking fuel rail
After an hour attacking it with the dremel she was looking much better
The left some deox gel on it for 6 hours cleaned it gave it 2 coats of 182 etch primer and due to having a fair amount of stonechip left............it had two coats of that as well
I then gave the rad a good rub down with a wire brush as well as the coolant cap to get rid of all the road grime and salt
When I was happy with this I then turned my attention to the bonnet latch, rub prime and ford graphite grey it went
Next was the head. Gave it a good clean with some foam gunk and then a good ole wire brush to bring her back to life
While cleaning the car I did see something I wasn't happy with
RUST!
So after speaking to carl it seems that the complete part is only held on by 6 spot welds and seam sealent so this will be removed and treated to a proper job in summer due to it having the same thing on the driver side
for now tho it gets treated
Sand,deox gel for 12hours clean rustbullet and.........Stonechip again haha
how easy were the wings to pull off?
You have to remove a rivet in the engine bay, then undo the bolt on the slam panel , one on the scuttlepanel, one on lower trim and two behind the door hinge
wing fixings and sill trim to release points
greens are rivets
reds are bolts
yellow is screws
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Looking good mate,any plans for any track time this year ?
Would love to this year sam. Bought the car for the idea of doing more and all i've done is prescolt hill
going to try and do one around june as that is the only month im going to have spare time to get funds together
Love the attention to detail with this mate
So another day and more stuff to tackle. As my strut brace was looking a bit nasty i decided to freshen it up
After taking so long to complete ive decided to leave it raw
After this I then managed to source a tailgate from a good mate
no more marked glass and no more rusty seal
Had some free time today so decide to replace the tailgate off with the old one
Replaced the boot seal took my boot lock off as well. Came across a bodge wire job going to the boot popper due to the original wire being burnt out
So torn it out and fitted my new shiney tailgate
Happy days
(12-02-2016, 09:41 PM)cully Wrote: [ -> ]wing fixings and sill trim to release points
greens are rivets
reds are bolts
yellow is screws
not a quick job then
(planned to hammerite behind there)
That bay is starting to look minty mate, very jealous. Mine looks pants :-(
Cheers bub getting it looking good again. I decided to try finish off the manifold today as I didnt manage to last week due to the cold. Woke up nice and early and finished putting her back together before it started to rain
Rallye revival. I would post pictures but photobucket is being stupid. I've been enjoying the rallye recently and had lots of fun at pugfest. A lot off people enjoy the noise the old pug makes
but after giving her a hard pounding i've just given her some love by fitting,
New clutch
Quiafe lsd
New gearbox bushes
Driveshaft seals and boots
Steering rack boot
Oil change
New tyres.
great stuff. Good to hear its going strong!
If youre getting rid of the black bonnet let me know! Car looks good!
(18-03-2018, 09:26 PM)Eeyore Wrote: [ -> ]If youre getting rid of the black bonnet let me know! Car looks good!
It's a bit tatty and the washer jet area is rusting
Looking sweet man.
Got much clearance on the calipers?,you running standard size disc's ?
Car looks great, despite suffering the injustices of idiot drivers. Where did you get your wheels done btw? Look well done. Am local n want to get a set sorted soon myself.
(When I've got time I must go back n read thro your project thread ...a good read am sur n think it's one I've missed)
Hey I got the wheels done at binfield wheels. They did do a really good job
Not done much to the car recently just enjoying it as always.
I have recently fitted some new springs, front calipers and a new grill
Cheers for the update. Car is looking great. I assume no idiots have driven on to you over the last year
. You got a really nice finish on the parts you painted ....all done with a rattle can I presume?
(22-03-2020, 09:15 AM)Mighty306 Wrote: [ -> ]Cheers for the update. Car is looking great. I assume no idiots have driven on to you over the last year . You got a really nice finish on the parts you painted ....all done with a rattle can I presume?
Yeah thank God not idoits have driven in to me. Everything has indeed been rattle can,its ok when you have an empty workshop at work to do it in
Now redoing the spoiler and scuttle panel as I'm home for a while. Should keep me busy