My latest 1st gen series 3

[captainbizzaro]

Ha yeah, well it keeps the weather off it and the kids away from it, it\'s just not cat proof thats all!

[kiwi-mick]

Here we are...
 

 

 
A lot of hard work that was. I used a wire brush on an angle grinder and a smaller wire brush in a cordless drive for the awkward bits and I must have removed about 2kg of rust.
I then acid etched the whole thing and then coated it with POR15, the one side 1 day and then the other side the next. Looks great now but I\'m glad it\'s over.
The rear suspension, with the exception of the missing lower trailing arm and the new bushes, is now ready to go back on the car.

 
WOW dude that is some series work!
how much to do mine?:Thumbsup!

[Ian65]

done the front struts this weekend...
suspension is not far off done now...
just the control arms and steering links left to do.

from this...




to this...



here\'s the ordeal / work in full...

http://www.tech-leisure.com/index_files/Page848.htm



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[A7RXY]

Wow Ian, keep it up mate it just gets better and better.

   Dibs

[kiwi-mick]

INSPIRATIONAL!!!!!
Ian you so make me want to strip the car back
my wife will think your a bad influence

[syebba]

Blimey,ur not hanging around.
They look g8,takes persistence to do what your doing.

[Ian65]

Blimey,ur not hanging around.
They look g8,takes persistence to do what your doing.

or insanity...

[12at]

sweet car Ian but your wasting your time on the other forum - the knowledgable people are no longer there

[syebba]

or insanity...

Hehe,well i did\'nt like to say Ian:spank
 
You\'ve got the skills/persistence to do it.
 
ta stu:WaveBye

[Ian65]

Hehe,well i did\'nt like to say Ian:spank
 
You\'ve got the skills/persistence to do it.
 
ta stu:WaveBye

Things are gonna slow now for a few weeks....
New house windows have arrived and I\'ve got to build and tile the dormers on the roof to fit the windows.
The bloody windows and double glazed units are in my garage blocking the way in and out.
Still, it will give me a bit of time to find a decent fuel tank and the elusive trailing arm.

[Ian65]

Ha ha! one good thing to come out of this crap easter weather is that I can escape the house diy hell and work on my car instead!
No good taking the roof off the house when it\'s p****** it down.

Got a load of parts back from the shotblasters today...








The heatshields will be sprayed with high temp silver paint tomorrow and the front crossmember, front control arms and other under car stuff will be done with black POR15

The battery tray, rad mounts and other under bonnet parts will be done with satin black.

Also got the engineering shop who did the blasting to press the ball joints out of the control arms ready for the new ones.

Great!!  Much more enjoyable than doing bloody diy.


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[A7RXY]

Hope you can remember where it all goes...............looking good

[syebba]

G8 stuff,your being very thorough.
Good luck with your roof,i had some guys torch on a 30 sq/m flat roof in oct 09,job took a day,but it was delayed for 3 weeks coz u guessed,it was ....ing down!
They\'ve got the weather back to front in uk,adverse weather is blue skies & sun,normal weather is gales/rain & overcast skies.
At least u cant get wet in your 5 star garage!
ta stu:WaveBye

[Ian65]

do you think I\'ll need to move my rad forward to fit this?

[syebba]

do you think I\'ll need to move my rad forward to fit this?
 

No,thats an easy transplant.
All u need to do is get rid of ur front seats,pedals & steering move to the rear buckets,a proper 2 seater sports car.