Looks good man

 

have been doing a lot recently to the engine bay will update you guys soon when i get my phone back because i broke it HAHa. im trying to upload the photos off my camera but its saying the files are more than 5mb so im not sure how to upload the pictures off my camera on here?

I have repaired and fixed the rust hole on the bottom left side of the windscreen just needs abit more tidying up.

 

ive also finished smothing the hole where the carbon can thing was in the engine bay. i bent the piece of metal to suit the bends in the engine bay. i still need a layer of filler but you get the idea. HAHA 

Other things that have happened.is that i have welded up the patch for smoothing the place where the heater originally went, 

Still need to grind down the welds and fiberglass and filler it obviously but its getting there.

 

i have also patched up the hole where the wire use to come through to the engine bay.  still need to grind it down and filler it aswell.

Other things i need to do is patch up where the battery use to live as it was completely rotten through

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Middle section all welded up now on to the battery tray and the wire hole 

 

Lots of work going on there

On 17/01/2018 at 18:56, kiran_182 said:

Lots of work going on there

Thanks need encouragement  atm struggling to find motivation to carry on with the build ?

Been there loads of times. Sometimes i leave it for a month and then come back to it

 

Seeing other peoples cars and projects will help you get your interest back

 

 

On 17/01/2018 at 18:56, kiran_182 said:

Lots of work going on there

Thanks need encouragement  atm struggling to find motivation to carry on with the build ?

So ive fixed the welder and ny motivaion is up. Been cracking on with getting the battery tray hole welded up.

  Been a long time since I've been on here! but lots of updates! 

 

Fab'ed up and welded in the new battery tray  and brake servo mount from scratch.

 

red oxide'd yhe bay to stop the rust coming through. servo and pedal box fit nicely under the new section. most of the welds grinded down and welded most of the holes in the engine bay and started on tucking the wiring and cutting out all the wires i don't need for the engine.

I made a Rotisserie Jig from two ebay engine stands so i could work on the underside of the car without killing my back.worked well!!! 

So i started on wire wheeling the underside of shell to take off years worth of mud and road grime.

Also started stripping down the inner wheel arches.

Then i etch primered them

Shell was then starting to look good.  

 

( These pictures are before the rotisserie was built )

etch primered the underside and then used tinted raptor and painted the underside the original framboise. the grey tunnel you see in the top right of the shell is a tunnel ive made fot the exhaust to go through and over the rear axle instead of under the axle. i need more reptor now to do the wheel arches.

 

after the raptor i got the car back on all fours and now i can start on rubbing the car down for etch primer the shell and then start filler.

Another thing i got done was i cut out the rotten part under the windshield and welded in a off cut i got off another car that was getting broken for parts.

Bit of a jump in time this is how the car is sitting in 2025 hoping to see some shows this year

Engine bay is smoothed and AFH engine swaped on twin webersl 40's

Edited 18 January, 20251 yr by Eilirthomas