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[xr2irhys]

am i missing a bolt and fixing here on the tank?




been at the Fes today again , Dropped the exhaust off its rubber mounts and removed all the heat sheilds to allow myself more room for getting to metal to clean up , rather than going round then and doing them at a later date .........

Funny looking picture is the heat sheild clips soaking in vingar , clean them up a bit also

[knuckles]

aint you gonna fill the bath with vinegar to clean up the heat shields ?

[xr2irhys]

lol wire brush seems to bring them up good , few more pics coming soon

[xr2irhys]

inner sills all cleaned up , and then metal primered , and got a bit more of the floor done

[jonyb4]

aint you gonna fill the bath with vinegar to clean up the heat shields ?

dont think ive ever seen inner sills that good of condition, its deffo a genuine 37k

[xr2irhys]

Yup looked worse to start with but that was all surface and flakey rubbish.... soon came up a treat , cant get it all off oviously but ive cleaned it up as much as possible to the best i can

anythings better than leaving it !

[EUFez]

Love the progress mate, and love the car!

Wish I could paint my arches and underneath my car with Hammerite, but at the moment I'm using it so much to get around, and where I'm parked at my house, can't really do much work when parked in a public car park. Shame, mint car getting wrecked by the general public.

Keep it up!

[xr2irhys]

I know how you feel mate , used to live on a narrow street a little like corination street all in a row both sides with on street parking lol , one way to describe it

used to get on my neves so much , never could do any repairs that i needed when i had the escort , or store any cars or work on any thing ,always had to go to the girlfriends mums , which then they got a bit annoyed as i was always wanting to use their drive lol

but now , front drive way for two cars , rear concrete garden with double gates to get cars in and out , not been happier in our new home

[jonyb4]

thats the way

[EUFez]

Exactly the same with my street mate. Same description! Corrie Street!

It's terrible though, a line of cars on the left down a narrow road, plus I have a space in a public car park. People can't park properly, bash my door, dents, dings, etc. SHOCKING! I have to go to my Dads or my mates to work on the car. Shame!

But you seem comfortable, congrats!

[jonyb4]

god im so lucky lol

[xr2irhys]

just a little update been lazy last few days lol , got some more of the floor cleaned up , all drivers side front to rear is pretty much ready to stonechip now and then paint over with hammerite , wont do that though untill whole lots ready

exhaust taken off for more room and moved hand brake adjusters out the way too , just need to remove gear linkage

exhaust dated 08/08 so not that old ,

[Fraggle]

needs boosting

[Excursion]

I really like this project

[xr2irhys]

Thanks MSTEW , had a look at your white ghia and you did a very good job on that i planned having a go at replacing the wings on this myself , but now with the modding work you needed you got me a bit worried

[jonyb4]

signature change required!

[xr2irhys]

signature change required!

offering to make one , i dont have any editing stuff on here lol

[Excursion]

Thanks MSTEW , had a look at your white ghia and you did a very good job on that i planned having a go at replacing the wings on this myself , but now with the modding work you needed you got me a bit worried

There are still genuine wings about, they are a bit more money, but tend to go right on without any problems.

You don't even need a welder for the front wings, bonding them on is absolutely fine.

[xr2irhys]

really not heard of them being bonded on before , ive heard of them bolted on , isnt there the law with MOTS that a part must be fitted as the manufacture intended it to be?

[jonyb4]

naaah, most cars these days have plastic wings mate that are bonded on, you can use tiger seal or any good industrial bodywork glue to join them at the seams, theyre bolted on at the door shut i believe

[xr2irhys]

Yep bolted behind door shuts up the wing and then spot welds every where else

[xr2irhys]

for those interested in how the heat shield trim clips cleaned up like , heres a pic

[jonyb4]

thats not bad at all, go vinegar

[xr2irhys]

as im working on the car most of the nuts n bolts should get a soaking , so should look a bit tidier

[jonyb4]

haha yea that sig works!

[xr2irhys]

gave her a wash down today and wiped her over , looked a bit sorry for herself all dirty

[Minstral]

what colour is that?
reminds me of my old 1.3 mistral, was levante grey

[xr2irhys]

on page 2...

[Minstral]

on page 2...

looks grey most of the time hint of green, rare colour like mine was

[xr2irhys]

yeah its a nice colour , hopfully stand out at a few shows next year ford shows

Ford Albetro green the colour

[xr2irhys]

a little treat for her as theres a good few cats around here

[xr2irhys]

raised the car up a bit , got alot more room now to work!


and more under floor painting



brownish bits are fords underseal / stonechip left intact for doubble protection , just gave it a quick brush over so its white lol.



inner sill pawn




original tidy boot floor pawn





All slow but sure progress ,

not sure what do to after the floor , want to cut and weld arches and replace front wings and pannels , but never done anything like that before

[Excursion]

Good progress. I would leave the arches to a professional - it's a nice shell to practice on

[jonyb4]

yea leave the welding to the pros mate, its a Bic™ to get right, i cant do it and ive bloody tried

[xr2irhys]

its so tempting to Modify it with ford parts like xr2i kit etc and im really tempted as its getting a bit boring but i just know whats for the best for the car!!!