**H702 DEG (C8 RST) back on track! (sort of)**

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**H702 DEG (C8 RST) back on track! (sort of)**

Postby ~S1~ on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:07 pm

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After many months of inactivity, work has now restarted on H702. I have had four striaght days off and have tried to get as much done as possible. First job was to repair the drivers sill which was damaged at the front end and was a bit rotten at the rear. Rather than replace the whole thing i cut sections from a new sill and repaired the damaged bits only.

Next up was the rear panel, it was rotten all along the join with the boot floor.

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I then attacked the roof skin. It had been damaged in a bonnet openeing manouvre at high speed so i replaced it with a non-sunroof version to save weight.

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Next parts up for replacemant are the front panel, croosmember and front wings. The scuttle also shows some damage from the bonnet opening incident so i will attempt to repair it. If it doesn't look too good it will also be replaced.

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Postby heeman10 on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:16 pm

Bloody fook, you're really ripping through the thing aren't you?! :o I didn't know you were planning on taking it all quite this far. I thought it was going to be a thorough seam-welding and waxoyling then re-assembly, didn't realise all this was in store. No wonder you've been putting it off! :aaah: Only way to make one of these cars last a very long time....good luck with the rest of the time off you have!
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Postby festasi on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:16 pm

wow.....id love to be able to weld etc.

although wudnt it hav been easier to hav a whole new shell :bonkers:
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Postby Sphinx on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:17 pm

Awesome work!!! Those spot welds look very neat! :D

Oh and what was the rear valence/panel like to replace? was it tricky to get it under the lip of the rear quarters?
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Postby chumkila on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:21 pm

S1 is like Superman and Del Boy mixed into one!! :D
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Postby Paul R on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:35 pm

'kin ell! :o :o :o
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Postby FezzR on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:39 pm

nice welds mate, any reason you've not gone for serious weight saving pannel wise, other than cost?
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Postby mike_wall15 on Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:29 pm

Will the car be having a full respray? Tempted by another colour?

Your work looks truely great, the time, money etc leaves me :o :aaah: :oooh:

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Postby xrsi on Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:52 pm

going to be well nice when finished!

cant wait to see it all done! keep the pics comming of the progress!
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Postby John ox on Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:56 pm

good man that is some mighty fine welding!
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Postby ju575 on Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:03 am

Nice go fast stripe :D :P

Looks good, gonna be mint when its all done :D
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Postby Xr_Dub on Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:05 am

:o U gangster... :Q

good to see people doing new things

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Postby AndyBlackFRST on Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:14 am

Nutter.

Is the roof only being replaced because of the bonnet incident, or was this already planned to be done?
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Postby ~S1~ on Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:02 am

festasi wrote: wudnt it hav been easier to hav a whole new shell :bonkers:


I do have a whole new shell, just not this one. I wanted to keep the H702 reg, plus I would of needed to seam weld another shell and change roof skin anyway.

sphinx wrote:what was the rear valence/panel like to replace? was it tricky to get it under the lip of the rear quarters?


You need to unpick slightly further round on the back panel to allow you to bend the rear quarters back. The back panel goes in with a bit of brute force to spring the light panels back a bit.

chumkila wrote:S1 is like Superman and Del Boy mixed into one!! :D


How dare you Chum :o , I have never, nor will I, wear my pants outside my tights, well only in the bedroom for Banafell :D

FezzR wrote: any reason you've not gone for serious weight saving pannel wise, other than cost?


Plain roof skin weighs naff all compared to sunroof version anyway. Doors are gonna be gutted totally with perspex sliders instead of the wind-up onesto lose more weight.

mike_wall15 wrote:Will the car be having a full respray? Tempted by another colour?


Will be repainted, not sure on a colour change, quite like the red as it is.

AndyBlackFRST wrote:Is the roof only being replaced because of the bonnet incident, or was this already planned to be done?


I would of replaced it anyway, sunroof weighs a ton!
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Postby chris-fiesta on Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:14 am

good luck with it m8 looks like fun :lol:
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Postby SimonT on Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:26 am

Looking very good mate!!

I'd have stuck a cage in with the roof skin off! :D

any pics yet of the S1 arches up against the fiesta?
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Postby Banafell on Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:44 am

S1 wrote:well only in the bedroom for Banafell :D


OMG :o You should have kept that secret :oooh:
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Postby ianFRST on Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:51 am

i wish i could weld aswell.

i also wich i had a double garage like you.

i want that car

any1 else wana be s1? :lol: :P

what ya doin with the engine? just putting the original back in, or is it having "work" done aswell? :devil:
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Postby bcracknell on Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:53 am

S1, have you got any closu up pics of the seam welding? any tips? I'm planning to do this to the Si but not sure how to start...

quality work BTW.

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Postby boardster on Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:35 pm

well done u have rip that car apart
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Postby wroey on Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:01 pm

:o Jese, this is gonna be a good topic methinks!

Keep them pics coming!
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Postby Brycey on Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:07 am

S1 wrote:
festasi wrote: wudnt it hav been easier to hav a whole new shell :bonkers:


I do have a whole new shell, just not this one.


Sell me that damn shell ya baxtered :x :lol: :P
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Postby AndyRS1800 on Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:14 pm

Your a mad man...


Go for it...
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Postby ~S1~ on Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:09 pm

Only got as far as removing front crossmember and passenger wing this weekend. I've got some seamwelding left to do in the engine bay and then I can put the new crossmember and wings on. After that I need to cut out and repair the rear arch. Still need to sort out some arches.
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Postby Brycey on Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:10 pm

Brycey wrote:
S1 wrote:
festasi wrote: wudnt it hav been easier to hav a whole new shell :bonkers:


I do have a whole new shell, just not this one.


Sell me that damn shell ya baxtered :x :lol: :P


I say again.

Sell me the shell or i kidnap Nic :P
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Postby Banafell on Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:18 am

Brycey wrote:
Brycey wrote:
S1 wrote:
festasi wrote: wudnt it hav been easier to hav a whole new shell :bonkers:


I do have a whole new shell, just not this one.


Sell me that damn shell ya baxtered :x :lol: :P


I say again.

Sell me the shell or i kidnap Nic :P


Whaoooooooo! I've always fancied being kidnapped :oooh: I don't think he'd notice :lol:
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Postby ~S1~ on Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:22 am

Brycey wrote:Sell me the shell or i kidnap Nic :P


If I tie her to the cage will you take both?
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Postby Brycey on Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:20 am

S1 wrote:
Brycey wrote:Sell me the shell or i kidnap Nic :P


If I tie her to the cage will you take both?


Deal! :D :devil:
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Postby chumkila on Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:41 pm

Is it just me or do the last few replies sound utterly kinky?! :D :D :devil: :devil: :D :D
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Postby Brycey on Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:29 pm

chumkila wrote:Is it just me or do the last few replies sound utterly kinky?! :D :D :devil: :devil: :D :D


You may be right but you can also turn any situation kinky :lol:
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Postby ~S1~ on Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:21 am

Brycey wrote:
chumkila wrote:Is it just me or do the last few replies sound utterly kinky?! :D :D :devil: :devil: :D :D


You may be right but you can also turn any situation kinky :lol:


Sounds like you're speaking from experience :o
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Postby Marc D on Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:13 am

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Postby ~S1~ on Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:36 pm

Made a bit of progress recently. Decided to change the scuttle as it was a bit mangled.

Scuttle gone. Cleaned up the screen aperture metal and gave it a coat of zinc-rich primer before welding in the new panel.
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New crossmember is in.
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new scuttle in
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wings & frontpanel ready for lining up
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Kevlar bonnet on
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Underside of bonnet
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Postby andyhardy on Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:42 pm

Kevlar bonnet! :o

You kinky bastid! :Q
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Postby ~S1~ on Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:46 pm

andyhardy wrote:Kevlar bonnet! :o

You kinky bastid! :Q


courtesy of Paul R. Its damn light :D
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