Sport Evo III

[gary]

Me neither mate not coming quick enough

[gra325i]

i know the feeling Gary..but it will all come together soon enough good work mate, looking forward to seeing her at the spring meets

by the way i found an identical hole to that* seems to be the clip bolt for the loom that had rotted..its plated now tho

[gazm3]

Looking at all that rot Gary, makes me want to go to the garage and check mine.

[grantfk10]

Nice work Gary!

[gary]

Cheers guys.

Gazza its amazing you think you've got a nice clean solid car until you look closer and start removing body panels that hide all the bad stuff. Then you start to think i wish i hadn't started this

[bmwe30mtech]

Great project, looks fairly solid in all, and good to catch the rust early. Looks like you need to replace your solid fuel lines also

[dimebag_from_hell]

This is certainly an amazing piece of kit, love this car!! Cant wait to see it finished! Good work mate!

[gary]

No mate they are slabbered in copper grease, just look really rusty

Great project, looks fairly solid in all, and good to catch the rust early. Looks like you need to replace your solid fuel lines also

I'll keep you all up to speed with the progress

[gary]

Well here are som up to date pic's of the on going drain on my resources. No not the kids.

These are of the car having the repairs sorted, primed and guide coat put on.

[gary]

The windows came out this evening without too much of a problem, but as you can see the scuttle is shagged




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[grantfk10]

You're getting there though!

[gary]

Yeah mate, but I'm feeling the worst with regards to the scuttle. looks a nightmare to sort. Any ideas on how to move the dash forward so I can put a fire blanket down the front of it

[bmwe30mtech]

Yeah mate, but I'm feeling the worst with regards to the scuttle. looks a nightmare to sort. Any ideas on how to move the dash forward so I can put a fire blanket down the front of it

Only way to move it forward is to remove the 8 (iirc) bolts. Once you undone these you may as well remove the whole dash. Its a fiddly job but not hard. I think to sort that scuttle I would want to be removing the dash, also to get a look behind it.

Great work!

[tomson]

Yeah mate, but I'm feeling the worst with regards to the scuttle. looks a nightmare to sort. Any ideas on how to move the dash forward so I can put a fire blanket down the front of it

Only way to move it forward is to remove the 8 (iirc) bolts. Once you undone these you may as well remove the whole dash. Its a fiddly job but not hard. I think to sort that scuttle I would want to be removing the dash, also to get a look behind it.

Great work!

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[gary]

Cheers guys any idea where they are. I've had a look and can see 2 within the glove box

[Ajay325]

it might seem like a hell of a job gary, but you will be respected by each and every zoner once its done. plus it seems that your going over it with a toothcomb!

good luck.

[gary]

Cheers mate. Much appreciated

[ric325i]

great job your doing there fella!

[hammoj28]

Yeah your fairly getting through it. Doing a good job. I cant believe its the same car with that rust though!lol. Just goes to show whats lurking underneath doesn't it.

[gra325i]

hows it coming on gary? hope you are doing better than me..she,s still in bits and the end is no-where near in sight,damn i miss her

[jbh]

getting there with it gary. im just about to start on the new shell thats how bad its got with mine i gave up with the black sport shell and got a silver shell its still booked as a sport though so im chuffed on that. still a tec1 aswell so its all plus. the new shell looks a lot better will need either a drivers rear qtr or major repair work. either way its still better than the old one. will be getting pics up soon just need to get a clio out my drive first so i can start a bit of work on it

[gary]

Gra325i....What you doing to your mate. Mines is still in bits too mate. Now that Christmas and new year is all over with hoping to have it all finished for Feb, or at least prerp'd for painting by the end of this month.

jbh....You'll need to get some pic's up mate, what are your plans withi t?

[gra325i]

same as you Gary..only i dont reckon mine needs a bare metal job, progress has been really slow as its so bloody cold and December is the busiest month at work..off for a week next week tho so i should get alot more done now..Race ye (only time i,ll manage to win a race with you eh? lol)

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[jbh]

jbh....You'll need to get some pic's up mate, what are your plans with it?

at the moment its hard to get working on it I've got a french turd in my drive in need of a cylinder head so once i get that away ill be starting to strip the interior out checking the shell right over to make sure its as good as i it looks (compared to my black sport it looks fairly solid.. )
i know its needing work done on the drivers rear arch which might turn into a qtr not sure yet.. ill be planning on doing it diamondswartch metallic like my old one ( its lachs silver at the moment ) using the drive train and everything of my old one and more or less having it back to standard bar the alloys and suspension. will be a few other mods nothing major ill lose the pas in favour of a manual rack have the scorpion and through time get a 6 branch

[gary]

Gra get some pics up mate and getting working on it ya lazy git If its a race you want then i think I'll need a paddle as I have no windows and its pissing down outside

jbh....sounds like you know what your after, but why are you scrapping PAS, will this not be a pain in the arse with heavy steering around town?

[jbh]

i had the manual rack on my old tec1 which tbh i preffered the fell of it and even around town it never really bothered me i could still put it into spaces where my mate couldnt put his e36

[hesleskaug]

This is my Favorite car of all time.... If only I had the money! Great work!!!

[madaboutthe30]

Hey Gary Ive been following your work on the the Evo and I was just wondering how you have been getting along with the car and what else you have done since Christimas

[gary]

Hi guys,

Well since chirstmas things have stalled somewhat. Although the painter is coming to see it tomorrow and start blocking the body in readiness for painting. Then the scuttle will be getting done and there after the paint will go on.

Hoping if everything goes to plan then to have it ready for end of Feb start of March

[Rich_W]

This is one of my favorite threads on here. What sort of money are you talking though. Looks like you're doing the welding yourself?

[gary]

No my niece's man is a welder and he is doing it for me.

Currently becuase I have been doing most of the stripping myself, it's not too much but I have been buy parts for the car for the last year.

I have put 2 new wings, door and bonnet on.

I think I'm looking at £2000 when all is finished

[Rich_W]

TBH, I dont consider that to be horrendous at all.

Keep us updated. Makes me want to go outside and rip the interior out of my car. There's bound to be some rot in their somewhere hidden.

[gary]

Thats the problem mate, you think you have a nice clean car until you start taking things out and then you find out what problems you really have.

£2000 is not that much compared to what others are doing like acid dips etc.

[gra325i]

makes my £1200 seem cheap

[gary]

Well here are some pics of the car being blocked with 150 grit paper on the repairs









And here is some more pics of the body being sanded with 400










The next stage is to have the scuttle panel repaired/replaced and then its off to the paint booth.