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| Topic Started: Tue 9 Sep 2008, 23:45:49 (265 Views) | |
| jamesh1977 | Tue 9 Sep 2008, 23:45:49 Post #1 |
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well not been here in a while... sadly my baur was beyond repair and my tech 1 wasnt far behind and i was just strugling to get anywhere.. was tempted to throw in the towel and buy a mk1 escort estate intill last night. i picked up a 1987 325i sport which has a knackered engine and no interior.. and please sit down... it has rear inner arches  well heres the pics of when i got it home           
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| jamesh1977 | Tue 9 Sep 2008, 23:50:10 Post #2 |
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well since then I've pulled the carpet out and had a good dig around and here's the bad parts that ive found  drivers side above the jacking point.   under the battery tray drivers side  passengers side under where the wiring comes through the bulk head im as happy as a poig in s**t with it as ive finaly got my self a good base to start with. first to go will be the after market wheels my hartge wheels are there waiting to go on the rear bumper is there i just need to look out the rubber ends but ill be working away on it every chance i get and will try and update as much as possible |
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| jolf | Wed 10 Sep 2008, 10:44:59 Post #3 |
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bloody hell mate good luck with it! That last pic is the same place mine went, but mine had gone right through, and was a little more terminal :( |
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| jamesh1977 | Wed 10 Sep 2008, 11:20:57 Post #4 |
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my last shell was in worse nick and i had made a start on that id had a rear qtr fitted but was still needing work done on the rear inner arches and had rust in the same bits as this on the bulkhead but again was right through my brother was willing to do the welding to that for me so i would say this will be nothing to him ( hes just restored a mk2 escort which was needing a roof and lods of welding work done... ) as my brother says theres a couple of hours work in the car for him as long as ive got it all easy to access for him im fairly chuffed with whats needing done to the car as its far from the worst ive had and lets be honest its 21 years and 6 days old 
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| Mart | Wed 10 Sep 2008, 17:55:47 Post #5 |
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Nice one mate, it sounds like a whole lot of work there but just think of what it will be like ? And you have the chance to do it all your way and know its right. Mart. keep us all posted mate. |
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| jamesh1977 | Wed 10 Sep 2008, 22:34:43 Post #6 |
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thing is Mart as i say the work thats needing done to this one for me i would class as minor compared to cars ive seen restored in the past. my brother has just done a mk2 escort 1.6 sport which hes completely stripped down and rebuilt. its had a new roof skin, rear lower qtrs, rear arches, top plates and probarly a lot more than i know about. my brother put a rear qtr on my last sport for me and has done a lod of other cars for me in the past ( my brother is the welder in the family.. he is a sheet metal worker fabricator to trade but now works as a fireman ) here is a few pics of my brothers project and yous can see what i mean by his work ( sorry for the blue oval pics... but at least its rwd )          as you can see my brothers a dab hand with a mig.. the final pic was taken 2 days ago after we picked it up from the painters Edited by jamesh1977, Wed 10 Sep 2008, 22:37:41.
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| loopylee | Wed 10 Sep 2008, 23:49:29 Post #7 |
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glad to here you have found something half decent to restore matey it looks like your brother knows what he is doing  and at least as you say its a RWD rightness mate ( i might be a bit bias here as my first car was an mkII escort 1600 ghia ) keep us posted with pics on the restoration lee |
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| jamesh1977 | Thu 11 Sep 2008, 08:46:47 Post #8 |
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will do lee if you want ill get pics of my brothers mk2 up once its built aswell. hes not giving himself much of a break hes going to be doing my welding plus hes about to start on another mk2 escort this time its an rs2000 |
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| jolf | Thu 11 Sep 2008, 10:06:29 Post #9 |
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yeah keep us posted on both mate, i love the old Mk2 Escorts. Very useful to have a brother as handy as that with a mig. I see why you say about the E30 having minor problems now. |
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| Mart | Thu 11 Sep 2008, 16:49:46 Post #10 |
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Most people can do the mechanical side with a push and a shove, but to weld "properly" is an art mate. Looks like you have an artist in the family James !! By the way, put any pics up you want to mate, we all love to see people create and restore. Mart. |
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| jamesh1977 | Thu 11 Sep 2008, 23:04:13 Post #11 |
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couple of pics i took today been busy getting the garage sorted out for getting her in so havent really had time to do much today but got my hartge wheels sitting on there from the rear with the bumper sitting in place and my smoked rear lights  night time pic with the hartge wheels on :roundel:  the one in the garage should be outside tomorow with a cover over it ready to get completely fragged 
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| shedrool83 | Fri 12 Sep 2008, 07:51:00 Post #12 |
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Nice looking back end James and those wheel set it off nicely.It going to look top notch when your finished with it. |
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| jamesh1977 | Fri 12 Sep 2008, 08:09:42 Post #13 |
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cheers Jake shes in better nick than the other shell and well youve seen it.... so you know what im saying. by this one being minor work. |
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| Mart | Fri 12 Sep 2008, 13:12:47 Post #14 |
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Bloody hell those wheels look good . I think its the paint colour as well that tips it for me, they match so well that its just got to have been a women from BMW who first came up with this combination. Keep the pics rolling in James. Mart. |
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| jamesh1977 | Fri 12 Sep 2008, 15:44:42 Post #15 |
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i must admit Mart i had the black one before with the hartge on it but i do love the look of them sitting on this one the colour looks good with the wheels go well together 
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| jolf | Fri 12 Sep 2008, 16:07:15 Post #16 |
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yep Delphin grey metallic is my fave E30 colour, i had 2 in it. |
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| loopylee | Fri 12 Sep 2008, 20:15:21 Post #17 |
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as said above mate fire some pictures of your brothers car as well its nice to see before and after pics if you have them ?? lee |
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| jamesh1977 | Fri 12 Sep 2008, 23:04:09 Post #18 |
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will get some pics of his car from him he has done a shed load of work as you can imagine |
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| jamesh1977 | Sat 14 Mar 2009, 22:49:03 Post #19 |
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well now that the better wethers coming oin ive finally managed to make a start on the car so far ive stripped the dash out to find the rot behind there.. here goes  in behind the fuse box its not the double skinned bit so I'm glad about that..  passengers side front corner could turn out bigger once i hot it with the grinder...  drivers side at the rear of the battery tray.. I've got the sections cut out of another shell already  drivers side front corner.. looks grubby i hit it with the screw driver couldn't fell nothing soft but will see when it gets the grinder on it... I'm not one for taking loads of progress pics.. id rather just get the work done so don't wait to see loads of progress pics but will try my best any how the misses is out the bairns at his aunties so i decided to hit the rust with the grinder and wire brush attachment while im getting some free time. not to bad if i say so my self.. couldn't get into the battery tray ill need to take the pedal box out for that one so i know the next job...  glad it never spread up the way to where its double skinned..  will need to catch this from inside the arch as well as under the bonnet  passengers front corner never went as far as i thought it would..  drivers front corner as suspected  the tool used for the job god I'm doing good with this picture carry on......
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| Mart | Sun 15 Mar 2009, 15:19:00 Post #20 |
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Keep the pics coming mate, that looks like a hell of alot of work but also looks like your on top of it all Mart. |
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| jolf | Thu 26 Mar 2009, 14:10:19 Post #21 |
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ahhh them pics look famliar. Pretty much what I had on my old 325i, but mine was more rotten behind the fuse box, and i didn't have the time/money to sort it out :( |
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| loopylee | Thu 26 Mar 2009, 22:16:14 Post #22 |
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that doesnt look too bad after you have cleaned u let your bro weld it up and you should have a decent motor back on the road before you know it lee |
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| jamesh1977 | Sat 28 Mar 2009, 03:00:33 Post #23 |
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cheers for the positive comments guys.. I've been spending my time removing the sorry state of a wiring loom from it my next job is to get the pedal box out and the front end stripped down to ease access to the bits needing work. ill also be removing the lump as sadly its a non runner. got my engine from my old sport so that will be going in in its place plus I'm going to be upgrading to the motronic 1.3 setup kindly donated by a boy off retro from his breaker.. I've sorted out my old wiring loom from my old sport which will be going in ( I'm glad i kept it now as i never thought id actually need it !!! ) i almost binned it when i scrapped the old sport!! will get more pics up soon as to be honest it dosent look like ive done anything the now so not took any yet |
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| Cloud | Sat 28 Mar 2009, 20:32:01 Post #24 |
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Shame we're at opposite ends of the country, I'd love to come round and help out. I could learn a bit about doing it myself, and save myself a fortune on a professional welder. . Edited by Cloud, Sat 28 Mar 2009, 20:32:38.
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| loopylee | Sun 29 Mar 2009, 00:28:49 Post #25 |
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probably said this before ? but i can weld but anyone can weld new metal to new metal but welding new bits into an old car is an art (believe me i have tried) keep us posted with the progress mate and new pics even if you dont think you have done much lee |
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| jolf | Sun 29 Mar 2009, 01:06:46 Post #26 |
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I doubt I could weld new metal to new metal Lee
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| jamesh1977 | Wed 1 Apr 2009, 02:22:22 Post #27 |
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id be the same as said my brother is the welder in the family.. my old man is old school with gas and oxy but sadly very rarely has the time. wish you were closer Cloud id be in about your car aswell as mine |
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