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[Ratspeed]

Cant wait for the buildup mate

[fiend]

Nice find with the wind deflectors. I've got two sets, one set used and the others brand new in the box.

[Dave G fsi]

Cant wait for the buildup mate

Cheers mate, cant wait to progress myself, probs will be over xmas now

Nice find with the wind deflectors. I've got two sets, one set used and the others brand new in the box.

Was well pleased when I found them, and for such a good price too

Its the little touches like these that i think make all the difference

[RS EDDIE]

Coming on nicely dave, your a brave man crawling under it on the blocks and stands...Get it on that jig son!!!!

[Dave G fsi]

Cheers Eddie

Will be doing the front panel first, (and maybe the front wings), then it will be going on the jig

In the meantime, its good to have abit of danger in your life, gets the adrenaline going

[BOBFRST]

Alrite m8y! Was at my panel guy today pickin my arches up & i asked him bout the quarters & he says he cant get hold of [ERRR] says he's tried all his contacts & no joy! im really really sorry cos i wanted to pull thru for ya

CheeRS

BOBFRST


ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[Dave G fsi]

Thats a shame mate

Ah well, thanks very much for trying anyway

[Dave G fsi]

Time for a little update

I have to say a big thankyou to rs220bhp, who very kindly said that I could take anything I wanted off his shell he is breaking for my car to sort the rusty arch and a-pillar, so I went down to his place (3 1/2 hour drive each way!) on saturday and set to with the angle grinder! The shell is completely rust free and mint, and I'm delighted with the parts I got to sort mine out

I also bought a genuine ford front wing off him while I was there for mine, which I'm also delighted with

Anyway, here are some pics of what I got:













Also the a pillar and a few other bits from under the car/wheelarch:



So I now have all the metal I need that you cannot buy as repair panels to completely sort my rst

Let me know what you think

[jayrs]

nice mate, now you got the picking of the spot welds to look forward to

[Dave G fsi]

Hell yea, may the fun commence

The shell I got the bits off was fully seam welded too, so its extra strong but also extra effort to cut what I need

[rsonblackwheels]

that does sound like fun

the seam welding on the white quater looks very tidy, are you going to do the other side

keep up the good work

[Dave G fsi]

Cheers buddy

Not sure yet, will have to have a think. I'm hoping to use the rear wing off the white shell as well as the inner arch, as it is genuine and completely rust free. Just need to work out the best plan of action in terms of getting as much of the white shell's metal onto my car.....

[RSGeorge]

Nice one buddy, get in. We will start to see some more progress then will we?

[rs220bhp]

Glad you got all the bits back safe mate, was good to meet you on sat. I'm just glad it could be put to use by someone else and to help keep another car on the road.

If you need any little bits let me know mate cos the shell will be going next week sometime

Same goes for anyone else it's all rust free solid metal

[RS EDDIE]

Bang on dave, what a touch!!!!

RS220 seems like a nice fella!!!!

Get it done and next to mine next year boyo!!!!

[BOBFRST]

Super stuff you got sorted m8y! Nothin stopping you now so get the welder fired up & get it on


CheeRS

BOBFRST


ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[Dave G fsi]

Nice one buddy, get in. We will start to see some more progress then will we?

Hopefully make some progress over the xmas break

Glad you got all the bits back safe mate, was good to meet you on sat. I'm just glad it could be put to use by someone else and to help keep another car on the road.

If you need any little bits let me know mate cos the shell will be going next week sometime

Same goes for anyone else it's all rust free solid metal

Same to you mate, and thanks again for everything, saved my project!

Bang on dave, what a touch!!!!

RS220 seems like a nice fella!!!!

Get it done and next to mine next year boyo!!!!

He is indeed Eddie. And yea, can make more progress again now, not sure if it will be done for the shows next year as I dont want to rush anything, but we'll see how it goes

[Fraggle]

How ya getting on Mr dave? Got that lot on there yet?

[Dave G fsi]

Haha, not quite yet mate

Xmas will be when progress begins

[Fraggle]

Christmas day i hope Come on Mr dave i need a fix

[Dave G fsi]

Escape the family, sounds like a plan

Not with the car atm, so cant update even if I wanted to

[xr2irhys]

u using the rear arch chap?? if not id be interested in that

[xr2irhys]

u using the rear arch chap?? if not id be interested in that

[Dave G fsi]

I am indeed mate, went to alot of trouble to get that to sort the rust out on mine

You got rust in your rear P/S arch too?

[xr2irhys]

just rusty on the outside rear qauter around the arch

[Dave G fsi]

Ah right, try ebay for pattern part repair panels mate, you can buy just the arch and blend it in

[Dave G fsi]

Small update

Dont know if any of you have heard, but Hadrian body panels went bust at the end of November (fooking recession! ), so not only are the genuine ford panels pretty much impossible to get, and stupidly priced when they do pop up, the best pattern parts are also very hard to get now too

Anyway, after alont of searching, I finally managed to track down a hadrian rear p/s wing for the RS in Northern Ireland! It was old stock and had been sat in the company's warehouse for years, so had a bit of surface rust, but other than that, was completely mint. Got it for an extremely good price too

Anyway, over xmas, I first sandblasted the panel, then sanded it further with wet and dry, then gave it a couple of coats of undercoat to stop any further rust. So its now mint and all ready to weld onto the car, am very pleased

Pics:

When it arrived:



Sandblasted:



Wet and dried:





Painted:







Thats all for the time being, but I finally have all the panels needed for the rebuild, am well happy

[rsturbonutter]

Good fing on the wing mate. On the panel side of things i done a bit of searching yesterday and found out that imperial car parts have taken over Hadrian panels this is their website.
http://www.crashrepairparts.com/
So if anyone else is looking these are the guys to talk too

[rob pace]

ive got a genuine ford rear panel if you need it?

[Dave G fsi]

Good fing on the wing mate. On the panel side of things i done a bit of searching yesterday and found out that imperial car parts have taken over Hadrian panels this is their website.
http://www.crashrepairparts.com/
So if anyone else is looking these are the guys to talk too

Cool, glad they are still going then, cheers for the heads up

Pm'd rob

[Rs Adz]

wow stunning work just read it from the start and to a rs properly then start another one your a brave man keep up the cracking work how many cars have you got now

[Dave G fsi]

wow stunning work just read it from the start and to a rs properly then start another one your a brave man keep up the cracking work how many cars have you got now

Thanks mate, means alot

I now have the Si, the second RS Turbo featured in this thread that is mid restoration, and my Mk1 Focus RS that I am tidying the front end up on atm

[fezzRS]

good work mate

[Dave G fsi]

good work mate

Cheers mate

[Dave G fsi]

Well, after a massive amount of time, I can finally update this thread with some actual progress!

As some of you already know, the plan is to take the car to a local bodyshop to get all the welding done (using all the panels I have collected for the job) followed by a full respray, as time and life commitments mean that me and my dad no longer have the time to do this ourselves.

It will be taken to them as a "back burner" project, to do as and when time allows, rather than a "main" job. I have been saving up for ages now to get this done, and am now close enough to get the ball rolling

In preparation to take it down, I did the following whilst over in wales over the bank holiday:

Removed windscreen
Removed front and back wipers
Removed sunroof
Removed ariel
Removed side repeaters and rear clusters
Removed rear numberplate
Removed rear pop outs
Removed green strips
Removed all the junk from inside the car

Very close to being ready to take down to them now, just need to do a couple more bits and bobs then get it off the blocks and trailered down

Feeling the love again, and excited to get the ball rolling once more!

Some pics:







Reason for removing windscreen (i have a new a pillar to go on ):



All comments welcome