Another Turd that i had to rescue

[oomz1975]

Nice work...

[l16ydl]

Nice work...

Cheers

Got the car back last week and was waiting to get a full day free so i could spend time getting it back together. I got it in to the unit so i could start working on it:





I had both sides painted with the front & rear valances and the bonnet all done as well. The body shop done an amazing job and you cant tell that the work had been done

I started to put the front together first:




Everything was all sorted but i just need to connect the pipes for the headlight washers.

I got the wipers put on with the seal for the bonnet, didnt get the after picture but it was simple enough.

Fitted the filler flap:




Started to do work on the inner wheel arches, gave them a lick of stone chip:






Can any one tell me where the 3 tubes connect at the top of the fuel filler neck?

With all the work done i didnt want the spare wheel spoiling anything so gave it a clean:






I pushed the car out and thought i would take some pics:





As i was running out of time, i wanted to get the centre console in and get the windows working:





Didnt get as much as i wanted to but its starting to come along so another and hopefully itll be ready for an MOT.

[jimbom30cab]

looking brill, top work fella

[G-Bear]

Looking good

There's a lot of blue roll in the background there...

[l16ydl]

Cheers

Lol, yeah a fair bit!!!

[Sanchez]

Top work, another one saved.

[l16ydl]

Top work, another one saved.

Cheers

Over the past few months things have been really all over the place and this project has taken a lot longer to finish than expected. He is how i left her before:



I started to put the car back together, so first the came the electric aerial. I bought a new one as the i thought i lost all the parts to it but ironically found them when i was sorting through all the parts:





And then started to piece the car back together?




I had to order a load of new inserts for the trim:





The lock had failed on the drivers door, so i got a repair kit sorted:




And i got on a roll:





When i was putting the driver's rear arch liner in i knew i missing something and worked out what it was:



And then started on the sills:



As i had access to the ramp later on in the day, got on with servicing the car with a water pump and cambelt change:










Since then i have got the body work finished, mot'd and sorted out speedo as it was not registering any speed. I worked out that something had burnt out on the circuit board so i tried another and that didnt work. Worked out that the second set was faulty too so ended using a third set which worked a treat. I got working on the old adhesive from the last bonnet insulation which was a mess to get off but got there in the end:





Need to polish the car, wet vac the interior and sort a few things out and its ready to put on the market.

[TheMeathead]

great job on the car buddy, reminds me of mine with the rear arches. i had to do exactly the same thing.

quick question what did you use to get the glue from the insulation off of the bonnet?

[Gert_8]

iirc I think Barry mentioned the best thing for that is brake fluid...Toyota's - No, I'm not joking.

[BenHar]

Brake cleaner, not fluid!

Brake fluid will strip the paint.

Ben

[bss325i]

Yes brake cleaner not fluid!!!

Toyota one works well but any solvent based brake cleaner will do.

[aimlessrock]

nice work matey, im just up the road from pm if i can help with any bits you may need (have a shed full).

[G-Bear]

iirc I think Barry mentioned the best thing for that is brake fluid...Toyota's - No, I'm not joking.

Don't worry Gert I couldn't remember if it was fluid or cleaner too that Barry had discovered. I just sat on the fence with this one...

[_Jay_]

Lovely example you have here!

[l16ydl]

Thanks guys, i used something called desolve which i got from my bodyshop. A good scraper is the key .

[jimbom30cab]

Cracking work there, a real inspiration.

Great thread also, proper old school zone resto thread, one of the best

nice job