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[jayrs]

It's the beginning of 7 years bad luck now mate. Best stop work and wrap the FRST up for a while

nah, the fact it hit you and not the RS means it's just you with sh*t luck

yeah maybe i should tuck it away for 7 years just in case

it hit me not the rs, so my luck cant be that bad mate

[jayrs]

ok today was spent sorting the roof of the garage, we done that just fine
we also removed what was left of the light that dropped a bit of glass on me, and heres the bit that hit me



and if you look up at the top of the next pic right in the middle your seel the light and just how high it was



not happy about the blood stains on my new floor mind you its still wet



right, seeing as the roof was done and i had smashed the bit of mirror that hit me we moved the rs into the next room, couldn't reverse it in as didnt have enough swing at the front so drove it but, but the car cut out when i tried to drive it in, battery flat, WTF, yeah thats right, the fcuking alternator isnt charging the battery the wiring is new and i fitted a new connector and it hasnt seen the road since so i dont think the wiring is at fault but ill check it but worse case i need a new alternator now

shouldnt of broke that fcuking mirror

anyway the xr2 batter was put on it and it was put in





that ladies and gents is the last time it moves untill its done! and as you can see theres plenty of room, just got to rig up a strip light in there and replace 3 pains of glass in the small window then i will be cracking on with the rs

[Brammer]

Cracking stuff Jay, it seems that the couple of weeks hard graft are really paying off.

So what are you predictions of time to get the paint on the car and polished, then to build the car back up and on the road????

[jayrs]

cheers dude.

erm, time wise, tbh mate i dont know, when ever i make a plan to have it finished by it always goes wrong so i dont think ill state one this time , but money is a bit tight at the mo, it all comes at once, car tax, mot home insurance renewal and now the alternator is naff on the rs

as well, ill do my best to be at fordfair in it

[Chris 2i]

on the final stretch now

I really like the new garage, perfect size for what you need - hopefully you have enough time to get the RS finished

keep the glass as a souvenir

[jayrs]

that glass is in about 100 bits now

[Chris 2i]

that glass is in about 100 bits now

you're not one for revenge then?

[jayrs]

me, na

but since breaking it, ive twated my little finger with hammer, banged my elbow (which still hurts now), alternator on rs is playing up and i was forced to go food shopping with the wife

about time good luck started

[Chris 2i]

me, na

but since breaking it, ive twated my little finger with hammer, banged my elbow (which still hurts now), alternator on rs is playing up and i was forced to go food shopping with the wife

about time good lick started

well the worst is over (food shopping ) so it should start to look up now

[jayrs]

well yeah but i get conned into it every week

[Brammer]

well yeah but i get conned into it every week

I make sure i always go mate as i don't trust her with the money, we normally do a massive shop and when it's out go and get more and it's gone up £50 in 1 year so i'm keeping an eye on things

[jayrs]

yeah i hear ya, if she goes on her own she stocks up on what she likes and i miss out on what i want

[Brammer]

yeah i hear ya, if she goes on her own she stocks up on what she likes and i miss out on what i want

100% correct mate, mine forgets my work food and instead buys herself 2 more bottles of wine, extra shampoo and girlie stuff. I think most men are in the same boat as Tesco's is full of men on a Friday

Where the feck is this thread going

Back on track, whats next for the car then mate, prep work ready for paint?????

[jayrs]

its a sign were getting ol i fear mate, mind you 1am in the moring in valetine day in tesco with 3 blokes looking at the half dozen $HIT! cards left holding the half dead flowers is a laugh

anyway back on track, yes mate, prep and paint,, i got kids sports day thursday 9how dare they! ) and gotta help my dad work on my sisters car friday and prob saturday as the sub frame is rotton on her metro

but if all goes to plan (fingers crossed!!!!) it should be getting paint by end of next week.

emptied the car out today, re-alined the boot lid and bolted it down right, and washed the car, well, wipped it over to get the mank off it that has built up, so all being well, its all systems go now, cant see any reason why the car wont be finished for fordfair, but its if ill have enough money to get there, tax, mot, change insurance, ferry fare, petrol

[knuckles]

Aint you finished it yet ?

[jayrs]

nope

[niracka]

Can't you just turn the brushes around or recon the the alt??

Mind you theyre not exactly hard to come by for a fiesta

ollie

[jayrs]

ive not looked at it yet, will check thwe wiring first, although nothign should be wrong with it.
if its b0llocked then its b0llocked, ill have it rebuilt

[niracka]

Did you get the alt sorted yet dude???

[jayrs]

not touched it mate, well no thats a lie, ive had a quick look at the wiring and checked the connector on the passanger side but ive not started it up since moving it so basicly no havent touched it , ive been busy wioth other things updates soon

ok ill give ya a hint

[jayrs]

right update time, good news and bad.

good news is its been painted, again, bad new is it sill needs something repainted

when the car was done it was done without the bonnet so the scuttle could be done, however, even though we had a extractor this time there was some crap in the paint in the roof and we dunno why , so the roof was flatted again and masked up to be painted with the bonnet, which we done today, now the roof and bonnet came out fine, we had to shoot off and get more hardner came back to find a lump of crap right smack bang in the middle of the bonnet and a fcuking fly that had done a 4 inch commando crawl un it just off centre so not fcuking happy

anyway, bonnet will just have to be done again, and when i say im starting to lose patients with this car belive me, i really fcuking am! no wonder i let it 9 months before going back to it.

i wasnt gunna update untill the car was painted and buffed and put together, but today just seems to of been a bad day so though b0llocks, ill update, hopfully someone is still following this thread and reading some comments would put me in a better mood.

the pics below are in order, some from last week, some from today.

oh and i done another $hit job last night, i removed all the sticky foam tape from the green strips im gunna put on, bloody tips of my fingers feltfunny for ages after

right ill shut it now and let you view the pics, im happy with the paint work for now, i would say its show contion paint and im in 2 mins to bring it to a show to show or not, but hey ho, heres the pics for now





hired this bad boy, that cost me £40 for the week



















pic's from today









rear bumper before being flatted


















thats it for the pic's, lets hope when i go tomorrow nothing else had decided to end there life by drowing in my fcuking paint!

[BigUKG]

looking good mate! cant wait to see it all put back together!

[Brammer]

Good and bad news but your nearly there mate

[MENACE]

good job mate cant wait to see this finished

[Sphinx]

How many layers of paint is that now?

[FRSJON]

looking good jay...if you need a alternator im sure i have one...

[Brammer]

How many layers of paint is that now?

I heard somewhere that Jay had issues with rust proofing the car

[Turboboy67]

How many layers of paint is that now?

Its got more coats than the Severn bridge

Keep going mate, your nearly there now, god I'm just glad I hand my painting on,
I would never have the patience to do it.

Looks like the you got an excellant place to work on it now though

Can't wait to see it at Ford Fair

[JamieFRST]

Nice job, look forward to seeing it in one piece at Ford Fair

[rs-tom]

nice work mate

[jayrs]

cheers guys.

yeah its had a fair few coats of paint, but a lot of it was flatted off but hey ho, $hit happens, im not a sprayer and will never be, and the conditions the car has been painted in, in the past have not been idle, and really even where it is now isnt the best, but its "have to do" sort of thing, had things been different, like better conditons, or money to have a body shop do it then things would of been different and it would of been on road ages ago

still, its as good as can be for now, i hope its good enough for showing, well what i would class as good enough for showing.

anyhow, went back out there today re done the bonnet and a couple other bits, like the front bumper, could see dark patches, nothing majour but still, it was the grey primer i know i should be using white primer but i had reaction problems so the grey was used, but still with another coat it cover it nice

just the black part on bottom of front bumper to do, and im putting the black bit back onto the rear spolier


will be quickly refurbing the wheels that are on it too, will try and do them over next few days, wanna leave paint a few days to harden right off before buffing, the joys of it not being in a oven

thats it for now, more updates as and when

[knuckles]

cant wait to see it once its all put back together gleaming in the sunshine

i wish i lived closer. i love jig saws

[jayrs]

cheeky fcuk, its easy to put back together, just gotta find all the bits and bobs now

update for today, took the wheels off, dug out 2 mondeo wheels and 2 pepper pots to put on for now , NICE!
the front passanger wheel kept going down which turned out to be the valve not sealing on the rim so i was gunna drop that in to be sorted before refurbing rim, but saw my dads mate on way home and gave it to him as hes gunna sort it for me

some more pics, just random shots from today














had some woman looking over the progress too



makes a dull wall look a bit better

and what could you do with left over paint, hmm



well you could start painting ya dads wheel barrow



and his trailer



just make sure theres enough to finish the job though




and the wheels waiting for refurb, the 4th was in the xr2 boot by the time i took pics before i left







thats it for now

[Brammer]

It's painted, the words you've been waiting to here since last summer.

Great work Jay, no the hard work starts remembering where everything goes

[jayrs]

mate, im really looking forward to putting it back together, i really cannot wait! i will start in the morning and i wont stop till its finished, if that means i have to stay awake for 2 days doing it non stop ill be there doing it!, ive done just over 72 hours non stop before so i know i can do it

its the buffing and compounding im not looking forward to

and as for the spray dust over everything under the bonnet, well i dunno wtf im gunna do there, have warned jon i may be inlisting helppers