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[BOBFRST]

Yea we sure did m8y! It'll never be jacked on them again, but wot we did was run vertical sections of galvanised either side of the remainder of what was left of the originals rite up as far as we cud get it, so its double the strength & gave a gr8 edge to weld the edge of the sill too

CheeRS

BOBFRST


ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[jayrs]

ah thats good then, just asked as i didnt see any pics of the repair bits, unless i missed them first time round i'll go back and have a look now

[BOBFRST]

Rite just a very small update, had sum of my parts blast cleaned & painted [Cheers Marky ur a star! even if it was on works time lol ] & also managed to get both front arches sanded, cleaned, degreased & coated in por-15, then i used a marine spec epoxy based paint on them, it can be left as is but i aint decided if i should go over it in bodycolour tho? wots everyones thoughts?

mmmmm clean



Its hectic wen u gota hide evthin



Front arches lookin like kak but ready for sum niiiiice new paint



So much better like this tho, well apart from the shonky suspension parts lol



Decided to go with just the rs lower spoiler & ditch the mondeo upper [till i change my mind again lol]



CheeRS


BOBFRST

ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[RS EDDIE]

Looks 100% better without the mondeo spoiler mate, a bit too much imo!!

Did ya get the gear powdercoated or painted?? The amount of underarch you actually see when the plastic covers are in is minimal, but saying that id still keep the merc grey theme under there!!!

Coming on nicely!!!

[BOBFRST]

Yea tbh m8 ive kinda gone off the mondeo spoiler too so it'll be gettin flogged so i cant put it back on lol

I decided not to use powder coating & cos im not a buffty lol I just went for a more durable finish rather it having to be flawless tho of course id like it clean, we used a special paint that gets used in the offshore oil industry to coat valves before their fitted to oil pipelines in the North Sea & stuff so its impervious to pretty much everything lol

I was thinkin of keeping the front arches black m8 cos as you say you dont see much of them & then id have the rears bodycolour cos you do, but ive been toying with the idea of putting mk4 or 5 rear arch liners in as well

CheeRS

BOBFRST


ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[RS EDDIE]

That sounds like good s**t mate!!!!

I toyed with the idea of rear liners but when i looked at some down the srappy, they seemed to hold all the wet like a carpet, so decided against it...not that mine will see the rain anymore...i hope!!!!

[BOBFRST]

Oh she sticks like s**t to a blanket m8 lol hope to fcuk i never need to get it off again tho lol

Well if thats ur assessment i'll go with it & this stuffs gona be better than having the arch liners anyway so thats another prob sorted

CheeRS

BOBFRST

ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[Maxwell]

Bob i can't believe the lower RS spoiler is staying!!! You need it looking standard in my opinion!! But each to their own!!

[BOBFRST]

Yea m8 shes staying for now but i cud change my mind just as quick lol id only put it bk to standard if the rest was goin the same m8y but ive the autobodycraft cossie front spoiler & splitter & the morettes so gota hve sumthin on there lol been toying with putting an escort mk5 estate spoiler on so watch this space lol

CheeRS

BOBFRST


ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[BOBFRST]

Very quick update, been a gud bit of progress so i'll shut up & let the pics do the talking

Finished passenger rear arch


Out with the rust


Driver inner & outer arch sorted




Drivers chassis rail solid for the 1st time in years


Labelled just incase a dumb fcuk like me cant remember wot way they go


Sum fat mess hitchin a free ride



Hoping to have all the welding finished by next week! cant fcukin wait

CheeRS

BOBFRST

ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[Fraggle]

Ripping through it boss ps im gonna keep mine

[Maxwell]

Well Bob you sorted this out yet???

[BOBFRST]

Rite peeps! sorry for not updating this sooner cos ive been so feckin busy with work, but still been busy on the car too inbetween lol well weve all the welding completed, rustproofed & etch primed, all the suspension has been painted & built back up again & refitted, we modified the beam with an additional strengthening bar welded too the underside so that'll stiffen it up nicely wen paired with the antiroll bar, the new brake & fuel lines are in along with the tank so in theory shes ready to fire wen we put sum nice super unleaded back in lol just a few odds to sort like i replaced all the rear brakes but the wheel cylinders i ordered were the wrong size so gota wait on em arriving, need to make up the rear brakelines & bleed the system then hopefully that'll be her mobile again

Nice repaired rear panel & brand new ford landing panel


Repaired strut top


Bit better looking with sum etch primer tho


Fresh rear brakes


Nicely painted shocks in none other that Ford Signal Yellow


And fitted to the car



New rear brakes


With the tank & beam refitted you can also see the new fuel lines & their nice P-clips kindly donated by Bombardier areospace


I will be rustproofing & repainting the entire underside but my poor m8 needs his garage back badly so were just gettin her roadworthy & i can do the rest at a later stage but in theory shes mot'able lol


CheeRS

BOBFRST


ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[Maxwell]

Do you in Bombardier?? I used to work in that s**t hole and eventually left to go work on the Airbus A380!! They do have some nice parts: P clips as you mention, stainless steel cherrymax rivets, anodised ally unions, etc.

Fella in there built a mk2 escort rally car, mainly out of bombardier parts bins haha

[BOBFRST]

Na i dont work in Shorts lol but my m8 did & he had em lyin around the garage, wudnt mind havin the opertunity to have a look at all their pruck & id certainly put it to gud use! just like most of their employees do

CheeRS

BOBFRST


ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[BOBFRST]

Well after alot of hard work & effort on the part of my long suffering mate Mark [cos really ive just got in his way lol] we finally have the car at the stage of actually being solid & drivable again, cant believe we got it to this stage so quickly & even more amazing was she fired 1st turn of the key!!! It was quite emotional tbh lol cos its cost alot of time, effort, money & late nights to make her as she is now, not finished by any means but 3/4 of the way there

Finally back on 4 wheels after 8 long weeks





We even towed her back to her garage rather than transport her just to test how well we'd put her back together & she behaved like a dream & finally tucked up back where it all started



So now the major hurdles are behind me I cant wait to get her Mot ready again & i'll still be updating this from time to time but for a wile at least this is it



CheeRS

BOBFRST

ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[Maxwell]

Good job mate!!! Will have to get a jeffery at it some day

[jonyb4]

alot of paint

and alot of welding...

good job keep it up

[Dave G fsi]

Brilliant job mate, giving it a thorough going over there, nice one

[BOBFRST]

Thanks alot guys for all the comments & support, im gona keep doin bits & pieces over the next few months so keep the sound advice comin cos it aint finished by a long way

Max you can see her anytime m8 just give me a shout

CheeRS

BOBFRST


ELM_US gone but never forgotten

[Fraggle]

[Maxwell]

Right bob i hope this is gonna be fully road legal for the end of march??? We have a charity car show to go to in larne

And on the off chance its done by end of this month/start of feb, we are going to the south for the rsoc ireland first meeting!!!