Midlands Touring Slaaaag - Wust Wepairs

[Rav335uk]

Foooook, that's worse than mine

Was*

Now its factory fresh!

What Factory

[jonny323i]

Lada factory

[Rav335uk]

Ha ha

[Meatballs82]

That floor looked much better than mine did when we lifted the carpet out!

Awesome Bodgery there Jim - you've really earned your blue peter badge!

[Jim320i]

I'll continue to bore you with this shiitter

New steering wheel

Car is now faster...




Pulled the battery out as I was worried that the water could have been getting in somewhere from there which I assume it was, as well from underneath...



Sanded it, kurusted it, primered, seam sealered the sheeeeet out of it



painted



Its now water tight'ish!

I gave the boot carpet a proper good clean too, although cant find the pictures of it look fresh, I will grab one another time.

Here it is looking grubby



Will be dyed anyway but atleast it will be clean.

Nice picture interlude





Made a start on the sunroof tray today, established it was rusty as it always dropped into your hair. It was also sitting low on one side.

First off, removed the one from the Sport, had a bit of rust on the underside but cleaned it back, got the old kurust out, primers, filled it full of seam sealer too (Great stuff!) and then painted it up.







Worst bit





Clean seal





Seam sealeeeeeerz



Now brand new





Then made a start at removing the one from the touring, in between showers of rain too

Undone one side, then went to undo the other side, but no need! The brackets were no longer attached


Bit scabby



****MINT****






Refitted... Needs adjusting slightly but much better




Found some paint I had sitting around from when I sprayed the chromie when I first got it

Gonna clean up the scabby bits on the passenger side and get the compressor out and paint up the bits... Cant bodge it much more than I have already and it should tidy it up a little more.

It might even start looking like a tidy touring, but we'll all know shes a secret shiitter

[capri_rob]

jayzus jim that panels foooooked !

Nice work anyway - look forward to seeing this turd at some point again soon - June/july meet maybe ?

[Jim320i]

Ill be attending as much as I can this year, so will be at most shows

Hopefully find somewhere to live soon too, going to view a place on Tuesday which will be good for meets again so will keep you posted and soon as I know, get a date for the first weekend at jimmys

[Rav335uk]

Good work Jim,

[Kedge]

Think I'd hoovered up most of that rust off the back seat while I had it! It's also becoming clearer as to why this has always felt a quick 325i

[blackE30indy]

Haha,looks proper decent now,good job jim

[G-Bear]

Made for an enjoyable read.. Sterling work, as much as I love a thorough resto thread.. I like this approach equally..

[jonny323i]

Jim there's a half decent sunroof panel in the for sale section

[Jim320i]

You have met me havent you Jonny??

That would mean spending money. Plus the one thats on it is 'Mint' now

[jonny323i]

My bad what was I thinking

[Duke137]

Man, when I first saw this car when Dave had it I thought it would be lucky to see a months thrashing round Coalville before Dave weighed it in, how the fck is it still going? Epic Midlands touring slag

[Jim320i]

Another year! MOT passed today Few advisories, but nothing major

Needs taxing at the end of the month but atleast we survives a little longer... I was counting the pennies on the way to the MOT with what I could be selling as well

[Meatballs82]

Bloody hell! We're on for that German show at Billing then

[jonny323i]

Is anyone gonna camp I know its on your door step but as there is evening entertainment I think its worth it