rusty the clown.

FD3SNuttah · August 01, 2005, 09:25:08 PM

ok lads, im NOT one to admit defeat easily, time is come to entrust this job to an expert.

the guy is a classic car restorer and showed me photos of stuff hes done. hes saying 250 quid as i have saved him a couple of hours of labour he says that the job should be a good un (he had better do a good job actually, as i can see this car becoming my baby). hes coming to pick it up on wednesday and i should hopefully have it back next week. after that its an MOT and then i can start working on the body.

you lot are probably thinking "after all that!" but please trust me your help has been much appreciated, so much so that after your input on this thread i decided to become a full member!

should have this car on the road by the end of this month with luck and it will be a stunner you will see!

grinder · August 01, 2005, 09:29:35 PM

Quoteok lads, im NOT one to admit defeat easily, time is come to entrust this job to an expert.

your just not as big of a cheap skate as me

LOL

i dont blame you to be honest - its peace of mind for 250 - even brett chickened out of doing his own welding

keep us upto date with whats going on matey

Stu

FD3SNuttah · August 01, 2005, 09:35:36 PM

lol mate, trust me some perople were asking double that, although i know when i get value for money, personally i think mine was even worse than bretts.

i gotta start a new thread in a minute.........

Brett · August 02, 2005, 08:35:10 AM

Quote from: grindereven brett chickened out of doing his own welding

I refute all allegations of \'Chickening\' :p I did some welding, just not all of it! (Ok I did about 10% total)

Any idea of a Time scale Nas?

FD3SNuttah · August 03, 2005, 12:22:44 PM

ok the car got picked up today, should have it back within a couple of weeks.

FD3SNuttah · August 17, 2005, 11:31:14 AM

went to visit it last night, hes nearly done actually, job looks like it should be a good un. i will post some pics when i get it back, the quality of the welds is good, and he will put some long lasting gooey stone chip stuff afterwards to protect it.

Brett · August 17, 2005, 12:47:08 PM

Good news, dont forget to get under there with the waxoyl now, do everything you can see that might rust.

grinder · August 17, 2005, 07:41:28 PM

keep us all posted matey

another rx lives to fight another day eh !!

FD3SNuttah · August 20, 2005, 08:10:08 PM

right its back and looks in good shape, been undersealed using that stone chip stuff. he went over the whole car and repaired all of it, the car is now solid. no holes (apart from the ones that are supposed to be there lol)

Now i got to get on with getting the body work all gorgeous and shiney.. then the dreaded MOT!

grinder · August 20, 2005, 08:11:45 PM

WELL DONE MATEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i bet your well pleased

CONGRATS !!

Stu / Grinder

FD3SNuttah · August 20, 2005, 08:54:54 PM

hahah yeh, felt good having it back off him, hes a good lad he picked it up took it to his garage, and delivered it back,

asked him how much he wants for a respray, hes saying he wants a 1000 pound thats all in including all prep work and sorting, and in a nice red mettalic! think thats too steep, so im going to be doin some oof the filling / prep work myself.

Stu, not long now till i get him on the road, took it for a little blast up and down the cul de sac, ohhh thats one for the wank bank! lol

Brett · August 20, 2005, 09:22:55 PM

Well done mate

And Â£1000 for the respray is a damn good deal, the cheapest I\'ve been quoted for a respray and some tidying is Â£1700 and about 6 weeks to do the job.

FD3SNuttah · August 20, 2005, 10:00:15 PM

1700 quid!!! haha get another qoute mate, hes having a laff!

yeh i had a big smile when he dropped it off i was like "go the rotor" he said "what???" LOL.

Brett · September 01, 2005, 09:05:40 AM

How goes the restoration?
Are you any closer to getting it ready for an MOT?
Inquiring minds need to know!

FD3SNuttah · September 01, 2005, 01:36:05 PM

The MOT i have to sort out the indicators they dont seem to "indicate" and then its the power steering pipes, but i have sussed out a plan for them. apart from that i cant see anything else it would fail on besides the old emissions!

you kmnow what lads, i got this horrible feeling about this MOT thats why instead i all i have been doing since i had it back from the welders is filling in dents and stuff, and marked out where all the creases are and just generally going round the motor and finding scratches etc. i will grip some pictures of it and post em up but they hardly interesting.

The RX is the last of my worry at the moment

I got a \'99 mazda 323 sport. The 323 needs new engine mounts, ****ty mazda standard crap mountings have "expired" after only 60K not surprised cos they are really really soft everytime you lift off harsh on the throttle the whole car lurches about, it can work to your advantage cos on a roundabout if you lift off and then tap the brakes with your left foot and floor it you can pull off a cool drift lol :burnout

luckily tho i have ordered some new ones from the yanks at a very reasonable price, including shipping its 35 quid for the front and the rear mounts and they are nice red polyurathane, they are inserts but as i understand it i wont be needing to press them in.

I have been driving a \'93 cavalier turbo diesel about and tell you what, its such a boring drive that i nearly slipped into a coma this morning and it doesnt have a stereo either.

What do you think then lads? shall i just work on the car for the MOT or shall i carry on and do all the bodywork first?