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[Maff Si]

Door hinges were repaired yesterday and now the (the two doors on the ) driver's side are on and all lined up.

personally I would have replaced em with new ones for the price they are new from ford and the fact that the wear out and can snap having to remove all the old welding etc.

[Ollybee]

Personally I would have done as well. But my local dealer says they ar'nt available anymore.

[jayrs]

get them pics up

[Ollybee]

Ok.

[Ollybee]

[Ollybee]

[Ollybee]

It still needs buffing and will be looking great. I'll get some pictures from a proper camera at the weekend instead of a phone.

[jayrs]

ah $hit i forgot it was a 4 door, take them down again

na looking good mate

[Ollybee]

[Xr_Dub]

looking good mate..

more doors means more whores

[Smo]

more doors means more whores

LOL

[jayrs]

looking good mate..

more doors means more whores

[Ollybee]

Yeah baby!

[j7aoc]

looking good mate..

more doors means more whores

LMFAO But it's more fun in a 3 rd when the slut's try and get in and then out of the back you allways see leg or tit

[AW3K]

looking minty fresh,

i was gunna buy that shell but was slapped around the head lol

Andy

[Ollybee]

You still can, they have eight left.

[Ollybee]

looking good mate..

more doors means more whores

[Ollybee]

We got the engine and gearbox in tonight! Slowly but surely taking form.

[xrsi]

get that engine back out and clean it first!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ollybee]

There will be a cleaned and laquered cam cover and inlet manifold going on at a later stage.

This isn't my project I'm just telling the guy how to do it and helping out with the work. He is paying for it so has final say. I've advised on a lot of this that should have been done differently for example painting the inside of the shell, new window and door rubbers, new or painted door handles/mirrors and boot spoiler, new track rod ends and at least painting the hubs!!

If it were my project it would have been done a lot quicker and a lot better. Nick will never be competely happy with it because of the things that have not been done properly, it a shame because he did start with this in mind but now he has been carless for several months all he wants to do is throw it together now which isn't the way forward. That said it does look great and will look great when it's done but as you've said little things will let down the whole image of the car.

[xrsi]

you always get to a stage like that with projects!

fair play to him for taking it on tho as its quite a big deal to completely build a new car up from scratch, the inside not being painted wont pose too much of a problem when its all built up as there will be trim over everything, just nside the boot will show its not painted but that can be sorted

[Brammer]

Jesus, i haven't seen this thread before,.

Whats the deal with this then, what are you doing for a registration??

[Ollybee]

Chris, It will be keeping the original registration.

In order to retain the original registration mark:

cars and car-derived vans must use:
The original unmodified chassis or unaltered bodyshell (i.e. body and chassis as one unit - monocoque); or a new chassis or monocoque bodyshell of the same specification as the original supported by evidence from the dealer or manufacturer (e.g. receipt).

And two other major components from the original vehicle - ie suspension (front & back); steering assembly; axles (both); transmission or engine.

[lowsi]

cant this be registered as an 08 plate that would be quality.
you should slap you mate and tell him to stop cutting corners

[Ollybee]

Have been doing a bit more over the last few weeks. It's turning out to be taking a huge amount of time as we can only get an hour or so on an evening and have managed four hours this whole weekend.

Anyway slowly, it's moving further on. I got the dash in today.

[jayrs]

getting there nicly mate, but i gotta ask, is anything going to be done to the inner arches etc? theres no stone chip or under seal nothing that i can see, thats rust waiting to happen mate

[Ollybee]

There's a s**t load of underseal/waxoil type stuff to go on. Still needs buffing up as well.

[jayrs]

ah right, just thought as shocks etc were being ed it wasnt gunna happen

[edders]

cant this be registered as an 08 plate that would be quality.

unfortunately no. for it to qualify for a new registration it has to be built entirely from new stock and there must be reciepts backing it up (or at least for the more major thing).

[jayrs]

belive it to be 75% new stuff put on for that.
woud confuse the fcuk out ford parts people though when ya get bits, yeah mate want a cable for my mk3 fiesta, what year 2008

wtf

[rstirl]

It's a shame you can't make it into a 3rd

What is a 3rd anyway

0.33333333333 he he he!

[Ollybee]

ah right, just thought as shocks etc were being ed it wasnt gunna happen

I've told him!

[Ollybee]

We put some good hours in this weekend I reckon we're about 90% done now, but it does still need buffing.

[jayrs]

almost there fella, wish mine was as close to being finished as that

[Ollybee]

Another productive day today however it ended up with a rather large problem. I finished putting all the earths on and fired the battery in to do a test of everything, everything worked first time, yay! After determining the car loom was all good we then turned our attention to giving it a test start to check the engine loom. The loom is equipped with an all signing and dancing category one alarm and immobiliser and the alarm fob has been lost!

Nick hopes it at his house so the test starting has been put off until he finds it which will hopefully be tomorrow. On the plus side while at the scrappy today I managed to find a fiesta with it's red key and a matched slave key and a matched PATS module as well.

The brake pipes at the back have been done and some flexible hoses ordered. We have found an issue which I am a little stumped with though. When trying to re-attach the handbrake cable from either side to the single cable on the end of the lever it falls short by about four inches? The drums couldn't of adjusted it this much out of reach could they? Any theories would be greatly appreciated as we are hoping to have her ready for an MOT next week.

The horn was also painted in a comedy colour and I'm not wholly impressed with the results!