My new RX3 and restoration

[RobMatthews]

As soon as i\'ve got the fd track car in paint and all the underside work done and back on wheels it will swap from the large barn its in to the \'small one car that you cant open the door in garage\' and the rx4 will begin in the barn where i can get it on the axel stands and strip/rebuild

grant, and steve it may be of interest to you too, regards to rechroming bumpers and bits i\'ve got a friend who\'s dad rebuilds old pre 1950\'s cars he sends his chrome bumpers up to weymouth somewhere- as soon as i get details i\'ll let you know, and i\'ll start a thread in the shadow of this one asap!hopefully within a month :-)

[Grant Monkhouse]

brilliant rob, keep me informed, do you rekon it will be cheaper than £150 a bumper?

[steve garbutt]

Im also interested in rechroming bumpers etc.
Like Grant says, keep us informed.

[RobMatthews]

bump any updates? if not why not?:Tongue1

[steve garbutt]

Yep plenty of work dun.
just not had time to update the thread.
Ill try get some pictures up tomorrow.
Since last update im half way through sorting the engine (elford turbo 12a), and the bodywork is still being sorted as i keep finding small dents iv missed.
also the car had been run over prior to me owning it so the roof had some big size nine dents in it that we are sorting.
I still have the passengers door bottom to tackle but im hoping the car will be ready for paint in the next few weeks
the engine should be in before then and hopefully running

[Grant Monkhouse]

Good to hear your getting along well steve. How was the engine inside?

[steve garbutt]

Engine will prolly just need rebuilding Grant so all good there

[hayden]

steve, have you measured the engine bay? the elford turbo setup is very wide by design and a member on ex1le found it wouldnt fit nicely in his RX3

[yoeddynz]

Have you tried slinging the Elford engine in place? When I had my rx3 and the Elford turbo engine thats now in my Viva I looked into fitting the elford into the 3. I think the turrets are too close together on 3\'s compared to rx7\'s and it didn\'t look at all like it would fit with the turbo hitting the turret.
 I hope for you it does as it would be a great period fitment into the 3.

[steve garbutt]

I have and there may be a little bit of modification that needs doing, so maybe a little bit more paintwork in the engine bay but hopefully nothing major.
If it duznt fit then ill go with maybe a nice carb setup
Im not really fussy i just want something a little different but in keeping with the car

[Grant Monkhouse]

This most definately needs an update Steve. Forgot to ask about it yesterday but didn\'t want to keep you when you were busy at work.

[RobMatthews]

As grant said update time,I was only thinking of this one tonight as I was tediously grinding away on my 4, and its good for motivation seeing others old school cars coming together! - and I need that in by the lorry load at the moment:-)

[steve garbutt]

After a long wait the RX3 is now getting the bodywork finished.
Even though it was solid and the correct shape did have lots of small dents and imperfections, so we are taking it all back ready for primer hopefully by the end of next week.
Pictures will follow.

[Lisa]

Hi Steve

Would be great if you can bring the car to Rotorstock, any chance of this happening?

[steve garbutt]

Hi Lisa

We are frantically trying to complete it for RS, so yes hopefully.

I did say it would be ready for last year, so iv no excuse :o