The Recaro Fiesta - the rebuild begins

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby niracka on Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:16 am

Hey nothing wrong with a little tax evasion lol. Leave the little guy alone!
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:26 am

:lol: , he might pop up now and then :bonkers:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby - Danny Boy - on Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:29 pm

Good progress Jay :) My rear arch on the petrol cap side is getting very bad, i need to sort that out soon :(
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby niracka on Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:01 pm

Sooner the better mate. The longer its left the bigger the job.
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby - Danny Boy - on Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:29 pm

Yeah I know :( Its started creeping up loads over the last year. I think it will need a new panel :( Oh well, its only a bit of metal at the end of the day!
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:18 pm

what ever you see on the outside, you can be sure its 2-3 times worse on the inside

i just happen to have a pic to show what i mean :bonkers:

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby niracka on Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:23 pm

UGHHHH nasty!!!

Theres your little mate again Jay!!! :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby hb69 on Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:25 pm

Excellent stuff Jay :aviator: Really bad that side isnt it
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby - Danny Boy - on Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:45 pm

This makes me feel bad about mine now lol. I love your little drawing and that :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby knuckles on Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:57 pm

i was expecting that passenger inner wheel arch to be worse than that !

Lush ! :D
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jonyb4 on Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:10 pm

:lol: calrk your brave saying that

:lol: the little doodle dude!


jay was ere :lol:

not for long hes moving onto the next panel sharpish
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:21 pm

:lol:

clark will upload some more pics im sure.

the inner arch isnt as bad as the drivers one, and although round the filler cap area on the inner wing looks bad, its solid! metals thin in places but tis not rotted through, it could be saved, but whats the point, ill chop it and replace it, and i got some thicker gauge metal i plan to use, just got to find the face place for the lathe so i can trapan the hole out :)
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby knuckles on Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:31 pm

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Little dude is Back ! :D :lol:

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i was dreading this section more than any other part of the car
very pleased its not too far gone :)

Jay will work his magic on this im sure.
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby - Danny Boy - on Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:37 pm

That actually looks really cool in the last pic, i love seeing inside of things and see how its all made and put together and that.

Im sure it will be mint when Jay is done with it :)
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jonyb4 on Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:56 pm

omg i know that little guy, ive seen him before!

or does he have a brother?!



yea its nice seing the insides of the car that you never see, doesnt look o be alot of strength in that frame though :(
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:45 am

thats his brother :lol: :lol: flicking the bird to clark too :bonkers: :lol:

its betetr than the other side, but still rusty where i expected it to be, the jacking support will have the bottom cut off it all the way along and theres a bit on the inner wing that needs looking at to see if it needs cutting out or if it will clean up.

will be starting on the inner arch lip tomorrow
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jonyb4 on Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:23 am

good god, was in a fair old state though weren't it

dont blame ya for handing it to him clark
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby knuckles on Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:28 am

jonyb4 :good god, was in a fair old state though weren't it

dont blame ya for handing it to him clark


ive seen alot worse jony.
That inner wing is still intact. ive seen some where you cant even make out the hole the fuel neck goes through. The rear quarter only had 3 little scabs until jay started poking it.

I gave it to jay as id rather he take his time with it than some jobs worth at a bodyshop who couldnt give 2 hoots :)
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:26 pm

and i set to with my hammer and chisle, yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh boy :lol: :lol: :lol:

while out there today i kept getting this feeling i was being watched, but no one was there, ive even see shadows... and thats no s**t, i cant explain the shadows, but the feeling of being watched was ture as i turned round and saw him! :oooh: watching me :aaah:





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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby knuckles on Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:58 pm

(jay wrote this then changed it to being clarks post)

i (jay) was out there again today, rough trimmed the inner wing panel, cut out the filler area and remade another one to fit in out of 1mm thick mild steel.
welded in, and primed, primer is just on to protect the bare metal for now (inside and out) and as you can see its been left long to allow trimming to fit the inner wing panel.
i know you can still see the welds as i didnt grind it right back, but theres not much point really.
anyway, pics

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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby Ratspeed on Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:01 pm

Awesome work fella!
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:02 pm

cheers dude :)
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby knuckles on Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:45 pm

f**k me i aint got to come on here no more !

its all done for me
let me know when your done jay :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:07 pm

:lol: :lol: :bonkers:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jonyb4 on Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:47 pm

:lol:

nice work mate, thats some bloody good replicating!

f**k i dont like that lil dude now, freaks me out (mainly [ERRR] your drawing is shocking jay!)


have you got a whole genuine rear quater to go on then clark? or is it pattern, seen that gen one on ebay the other day? sold for £285!
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:11 pm

jonyb4 ::lol:

nice work mate, thats some bloody good replicating!

f**k i dont like that lil dude now, freaks me out (mainly [ERRR] your drawing is shocking jay!)


have you got a whole genuine rear quater to go on then clark? or is it pattern, seen that gen one on ebay the other day? sold for £285!



cheers dude :)

5 second drawing mate, aint got time to do anything better, er i mean its not a drawing its a real stick man :lol:

its a genuine ford complete rear quarter going on :wink:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jonyb4 on Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:39 pm

sell it and use a pattern one :P
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:45 pm

jonyb4 :sell it and use a pattern one :P



:lol: thats a good idea :bonkers:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby knuckles on Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:09 am

jonyb4 :sell it and use a pattern one :P


find a complete pattern part LH mk3 quarter panel new jony and i will eat my hat.

You cant get them no more. Done my homework :P
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby knuckles on Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:44 pm

will let pics do the talking :)
Jay been busy again today is see ....

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jays drawing brought a smile to my face again :lol:
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:04 pm

:D :D

im gunna have to give this little dude a name soon he keep cropping up, doing bad things :lol:


thats it for this week, wont be woring on the car again till next week sometime now :)
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jonyb4 on Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:42 pm

good stuff jay, inspiring!
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:01 am

cheers dude :)
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby rs1800dom on Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:16 am

am really enjoying following this thread :D

especially your animation man, who i think should be called tom (aka peeing tom) :lol:

keep up the good work. :D :D :Q

ps; i wouldnt be suprised if he was one of those parts you found in your pocket from coming out the scrap yard :lol: (peeing tom)
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Re: The Recaro Fiesta - restore starts

Postby jayrs on Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:55 am

:lol: :lol: :lol:

cheers dude
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