coming on well dude, looking forward to seeing it with arches!

Finished the exhaust :)

And fitted the fuel tank and bleed the brakes :)

Need to fit my new tca's and fit the front number plate and rear number plate lights and should the finally be ready for an mot :)

i thought i was brave buying the mk2f i bought only to discover its got a few huhmmm "bad bits" behind the back bumper. i could do with you at my house bring your mig. haha. good work cheddar cant wait to see the finished result, if it wasn't for people like you we wouldn't have classics

Lovely lovely lovely cannot wait to see it when its finished

Done a lot over the last few days preping the derby for MOT

BEFORE

AFTER

Test drive cant wait to get it slammed and stanced after its got MOT.

MOT tomorrow if it fails it will fail on the copper rear brake lines but getting it done at the halfords mot center hoping there not as anal as some of the local garages who want it to fail so they can make some more money.

On Tuesday it went for an mot and it failed on the break lines and they proper failed had to drive home with no brakes lost all the fluid from a burst rear line i had a feeling they needed doing.

i was told by the mot station i would have to do another full test because of the fails yea right i dont think so??

so thought just fix the mot fails and get it threw another mot and get it done and over with even if i have to pay for a full test again.

I fitting new rear copper brake lines and a few small mot issues and tried again to get the car threw its mot on Friday expecting it to pass but it failed again but with different fails that they didn't notice in the first test i was like wtf if i new i would of sorted them and that was the point of the first test.

I didn't get the derby to retrorides :(

this time its only a partial retest like it should of been before so will get it ready for this Tuesday wish me luck <_<

Have complained to there area manager and will push for all my money back wish i went with a local garage and paid more but less in the end.

AVOID HALFORDS MOT STATIONS even if the cheap mot price appeals to you paying the normal price of 50quid will mean less hassle in the end lesson learned

I did get to retrorides but not in the derby did meet series2 at the mk1 polo stand and his derby :) did see lukes minter but no luke will try and say hello next time and also James McCafferey mk1 looking good as always also didnt get to meet but always next time :)

Best of luck for today bud, you've worked exceptionally hard! Glad I didn't sell mine to you in the end otherwise i'd be damn jealous of you getting to work on it and turning it around so quick!

I'm in Bristol tomorrow eve and Thurs morning, would love to have a gander at this if you're about?

Any updates on this Andy?

Not updated lots have been done!

Picked up this!

also off ebay!

Then made a manifold!

Got a kamei front splitter!

Got started on the front arches!

Got both wings done!

Decided to get to work on the left hand sill today expected to find more bodges!

Not looking good so fare this is from just tapping the sill.

who need s car ramp!

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so time to remove the bodge!

And yes i found newspaper!

Just a temp fix until i get proper repair sills and i can get to wotk on the rear arches!

Started on the rear arches again needed to retub them as moving the arch higher!

Inner arch now fully removed ready for new metal!

And a quick check for clearance of the new arch and thats it for today!

Bravo Sir! I'm not sure if you're committed or need committing, but you're doing a great job. Great to see this getting another lease of life. If that were mine I would've weighed it in. I'm looking forward the next update.

Great (and a lot of!!!) work!

Got to love mk1 derby's especially in this colour!

Got some more done!

Started retubbing the drivers rear arch!





Got the arch new arch in position lots of measuring so its the same as other side screwed in place until i have fully welded the inner arch and plated over the fuel flap!



Repaired the rear panel all rust cut out! and reinstalled so its in the correct position!







Once i have finnished tubbing the drivers rear arch thats all the major welding a repair work done!

Looks like it is getting somewhere now, glad to see the welding and bodywork is pretty much there now.

What colour will it be and are you doing the paint yourself?

Looks like it is getting somewhere now, glad to see the welding and bodywork is pretty much there now.

What colour will it be and are you doing the paint yourself?

yes will do the paint job my self not decided on colour yet but always loved anthracite gray!

Small update was cold today so only removed the engine from the Derby!

Great project.

Small Update

Finnished welding the rear arches!

Redone the other side

Nice! This is going to look bloody awesome when done.

You need to hurry up, I get withdrawal symptoms when you don't update this lol

Thanks dude will be getting it done faster now all the time consuming repair work is done that i haven't shown is out of the way! Next i will use a cheap polo gt i have brought none running that i have fixed and currently driving and use it as the doner to get the derby on the road then i plan to strip the exterior body back to bare metal and then fill and prep ready for paint.

Needs some wheels possible rota RKR 15x9 :)

About time for an Update.

Got my self a new unit this one has space to store and work on cars inside so i can get on with my build without having to wait for the workshop to be free and having to always keep the car so it can be moved.

So Now the derby is in his permanent space i can strip all the suspension and stuff from the front end.

First job was the engine bay removing the factory stone chip in the engine bay and preping it for some paint!

Stone chip removed!

Anti rust primed!

And a lick of colour!

Painted and fitted a polo mk2f GT/G40 steering rack and steering damper!

Installed the suspension and stuff so i could test fit the mock 15 x 8 et0 wheels to check clearance with the new arches!

Looking good!

next will fit a polo Mk2F GT engine tomorrow and then sort the loom and get it running! so i can start on preping the body work for paint!

installed the engine today and played with the wiring and now have spark and can hear the injectors working and engine turns over!

now need to remove the engine again install the brake lines sort out fuel lines get hold of a aftermarket fuel tank and make an exhaust system!

Tomorrow will start removing the dash and seats ready and prep for paint also remove some not needed wiring!

Moved in to yet again a new workshop! started preping the body for paint!

 

Scrapped my doner GT

Wish i welded the arches on a little lower but its done now! if after paint im not happy will design some custom fibreglass arches for it!

Edited 15 April, 20179 yr by cheddarcheese