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are you tempted to get a proper mk1 tunnel in it while its apart, or not bothered?

I am not to bothered joe, as this cars a bit like triggers brush now a days lol

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madmk1 I send you a PM

yup i thought around 150 ish.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

The bloke i was chatting to was looking £800, I am happy to do it anyway and i am not relaying on anyone.

Today has been a good day on the mk1 really, so I got the inside of the boot done and back to the steel, so it looks like the MK1 was Red then Green then blue and last smoke Grey.

Also I was boxing all the stuff up that came off the car, as I don't have much space at best of times, before the messy stuff really starts.

Edited by madmk1 on 27th Aug, 2015.

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I hope you don't find too many nasties under all of the paint! Really looking forward to seeing it back next year :)

They don't die, they just get faster!

Great work Simon, What paint stripper are you using?
Cheers,
Mark.

Hats off to you si... i too would rather do what your doing and strip it myself! Looks fun tbh!

I she the above pic to my mrs n said what ya reckon... ? She said whats that? I said i'll give you a hint.. we spoke to him the other weekend and he done like a million runs up the strip... she was like noooooo whys he done that to such a nice car lol

Well there should not be any nasties that I don't know about, but there is some stuff that i want to put right.

1. Replace both rear 1/4 as there is lots of filler in them.
2.front scuttle swaped as the ends are full of filler.
3. swap the wings.

thats the list for now,

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Surely it's time to ditch that battery box.

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Should be a bit more weight out with the filler gone then Simon

yes matty i have a big sheet of alloy sat with that in mind I am just woking out how to lol

thats the plan wolfie

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Looking good si

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

wow you did well , that would have taken
me a week .

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

And me 5 years

Few hidded kg there in paint then if its been that many colours

Yes i moved to the darkside

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I know brett, i think there is so much on there in places.

thanks wolfie / Robert if i am honest i dont feel i am working fast enough, i am going to put a big day in today. and see how i get on.

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Today was a better day and i feel like I got some stuff sorted,

The full shell is stripped of all the bits and bobs, all the old bolt holes are marked for what needs welded up,

then i got working on the back end as I had a feeling that there would be some s++t to deal with in there, so I got digging the plan is to fit an alloy floor anyway, so this is what I found.

lots of old bits of steel over lapped and patched up,


more patches


as i thought I had two floors in places, it looks like most of the rot was cut out then 1/2 a need one was set in, then seam welded and filled


so the scrap bin started to fill up as i chopped more off the car.


this is where I am at tonight.


I had thought about it today and if its worth doing its worth doing right! so as I am swapping the rear 1/4s I have ordered 2 new rear inner arches, as mine are both chopped up over the years and just don't look nice at all. so they will be fitted all at the same time.

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looks quite heavy

Yes i moved to the darkside

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He must of had a fine art of filling.. is it the colouring or has the bare metal already started to rust?

Its not rust the pant stripper leaves coving it goes brown, i am not to worried at the min as It will get a good sanding and spray in the next day or to.

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On 28th Aug, 2015 Anthony30 said:

On 27th Aug, 2015 madmk1 said:
I am not to bothered joe, as this cars a bit like triggers brush now a days lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HisD_pqlRHQ

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

PMSL!!