My Mk5 1.6 LS rolling Restoration

[btboy 49]

that is progress!! looks some excellent repairs going on there mate, now when you take the seats out where are you going to put them.......because i want to come and steal them! :headscratch:

 

 

:elvis: I was going to mention where he puts the seats! Make sure you dont stack anything on them or damage them Paul!!!!

 

Thanks for making me laugh! Made my day that has. :playball:

[Beowulf 87]

Coming on apace this, gonna be another stunner when you have completed. Excellent work, always look forward to this thread.

[fjkghia 1]

Wow! For a long term rolling resto its coming on a pace!!

[frankie2.8 13]

Whats with the yellow springs and shocks on the rear??

Do you have some beefed up suspension there?

Looking forward to seeing this one done. If its half as good as the Huntsman it will be a lovely car!!!

 

Frankie

[btboy 49]

Whats with the yellow springs and shocks on the rear??

Do you have some beefed up suspension there?

Looking forward to seeing this one done. If its half as good as the Huntsman it will be a lovely car!!!

 

Frankie

 

Hi mate. One day it may be quite nice - I'll do my best. Shox are spax(i think) adjustables and yellow. Chap who owned the car decided to paint the springs and calipers likewise. Don't think it will be staying that colour...debating taking them off, shot blasting and powder coating at some stage. As for beefed up no idea. Someone on here will know if the springs on an S car are different. Chap who owned it said it held the road like glue.

[frankie2.8 13]

I think the 'S' springs are different, bit firmer. Thicker rollbars etc.

Agreed the yellow springs don't really work for me and I would imagine the yellow calipers would not either.

 

Frankie

[John the painter 2]

that is progress!! looks some excellent repairs going on there mate, now when you take the seats out where are you going to put them.......because i want to come and steal them! :thumbup:

 

 

:tazz: I was going to mention where he puts the seats! Make sure you dont stack anything on them or damage them Paul!!!!

 

Thanks for making me laugh! Made my day that has. ;)

Coming on well Paul leaps and bounds need to come and see this car soon

[btboy 49]

that is progress!! looks some excellent repairs going on there mate, now when you take the seats out where are you going to put them.......because i want to come and steal them! :thumbup:

 

 

:tazz: I was going to mention where he puts the seats! Make sure you dont stack anything on them or damage them Paul!!!!

 

Thanks for making me laugh! Made my day that has. ;)

Coming on well Paul leaps and bounds need to come and see this car soon

You know where I am! Always welcome, John.

[btboy 49]

Time flies by and car has been left for a bit as I've needed to sort myself out. Suffice to say I dropped the sub frame out this evening to carry on with the hammmerite removal and give myself a 'gee up'. Hopefully engine bay is not far off ready for painting.

 

 

Now do i strip the inner wings and get them painted or stone chip them. Decisions, decisions

 

[btboy 49]

I've now put in the old subframe Big Mike gave me to play with -yes I finally got the springs back in it whilst the subframe was off the car. Got the knack now! Car is now rolling on four wheels temporarily and is booked in to have the engine bay painted hopefully within the next couple of weeks. Look forward to getting this phase of the car done that so I can start making a bit of space in my shed again. Had no idea how much space a bonnet and a pair of wings would take up.

 

I stripped the proper subframe yesterday evening although I'm leaving most of the bushes in situ as they are good. I've just dropped various bits of it off including the springs at a local firm to be shot blasted and then some will be powder coated whilst I get the rest to spray paint that still have rubber bits left in them. Engine mounts, lifting eyes, radiator brackets, petrol tank brackets and a few odds and sods have all gone with the subframe. As per the engine bay, these and the subframe etc are all coated with hand painted primer and hammerite, and quite honestly, I'm sick of the stuff. Will it ever end?

 

I also dropped off my twin weber at the weber specialist on the same trading estate so that will be taken care of.

[btboy 49]

That's another job done. Carb. back today. Stripped and rebuilt needing only a replacement choke diaphragm.

 

Looking for a carello ford halogen nos headlamp. Have to check which side it is I need, but anyone got spares, please?

 

 

[btboy 49]

Well I've gone as far as I can with the engine bay and front valance area. Just how much hammerite and primer I've got off defies belief. Certainly would have been easier to shot blast the whole thing but at least I've got to know the front end intimately! Toby has now been picked up (10/08/10) and awaiting the Spectrum Paintworx boys to paint the engine bay. Then it's back together time. A bit different now than when I first picked up the beast...Enjoy

 

 

Ready for collection to the bodyshop for painting the engine bay and valance. Taken 10/08/10

 

 

Getting in these bits was a right pain

 

 

Naked...

 

 

All the best. Paul

[fjkghia 1]

Coming on well Paul :headscratch: Keep up the good work, will be worth it in the end. Certainly takes dedication to go that far with the strip down.

[littlenewt2067 33]

Nice pics, good to see it coming on Paul!

[stevewes 15]

Certainly re-defines the meaning of 'rolling restoration' - I think there's another minter in the making :headscratch: