rebuilding rusty my daily drive
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hi everyone starting a thread on here for rusty my daily drive ive owned her 7 and abit years now, she was fully restored by me and my dad and was put on the road for my 17th birthday over 3 years ago now dont know where time goes, all was well until march this year when she got smashed into. luckly i had nearly finished my 2nd project by then in fact was on the way to the local mini place for bits when it happened. the plans for now are to get her back on the road for the winter cant be using my clubby through winter, next year i may possibly build a turbo lump for her or a k100 998 dont know what path to follow yet. anyway heres some pics afew of you local to me might have seen and recognise rusty

sad day expected to have to re shell her







looking all sad in garden as id knicked hubs to get clubby on road



strip down begins













bit of tugging power haha



oversills full of sand from when boot floor was blasted first time around only needed afew patches in door bin area and behind jacking points









Liam

Edited by liam-ds on 25th Aug, 2014.

Good effort getting that straight again! I hope you didn't put dirty fucking oversills back on it though.

cheers took some work nope never touching them again didnt know there was such a thing as oversills when we fitted them hopefully going to get sills on tomorrow and have it rolling again sometime next week

worst bit was drivers side toe board and inner wing

bloody hell what was a bump and half
good skills getting it straight

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Good skills getting that straight n not just simply reshelling! Impressive looking man cave with mk1 in background.. all looks good!

Glad to see you didn't give up on that shell

cheers for all positive comments guys, been on with her again today got both sills fitted poked afew holes and patched them up got all floors painted and run pipes and battery cables back in place hoping to have her to a rolling shell next weekend with engine possibly fitted back in

You lucky lucky man!!

Looking good dude

cheers for all positive comments guys, got a few more bits and pieces done this week sills and valance are all painted floor has been under sealed again today, rear subframe has been rebuilt ready for hopefully fitting tomorrow if i can get a hand off one of my mates, aiming to have it rolling again by end of the weekend then start the filling again.

Looking good! But man i want a garage as big as that!? If thats the size of your garage then whats ya house look like!?

he lives in the garage

Its a fair size haha mum and dad bought it as a wreck 17 year ago near enough rebuilt all

Too true nick its all i seem to do at the min

hi everyone been busy with the car over the past few weeks got it all painted and near enough back together,i have aquired a pretty shot garret t2 that is in need of a full rebuild so the turbo plans will be going ahead after the winter is over will have some questions to ask and will need some guidance when i get started haha. anyway heres some pics of the progress

















bit better wheel to a panel gap haha



Liam

Edited by liam-ds on 25th Aug, 2014.

Awesome skills bringing that shell back to life well done

great job

I run a supercharger and I don't care the TB is on the wrong side.
VEMS + 12 PSI + Liquid Intercooler = Small Bore FUN!

cheers, been hard work its still not perfect on the bulkhead has afew battle scars but looks loads better than i expected it to.

Oh dear i think you should keep plugging away at this one and give up one of your awaiting projects... to ME

haha was tempted to sell the van earlier this year but decided against it haha tidying up my dads capri over winter then doing afew jobs on the clubby then its time for the pickup brought backto life

haha was tempted to sell the van earlier this year but decided against it haha tidying up my dads capri over winter then doing afew jobs on the clubby then its time for the pickup brought backto life

Ahahaha the van would be the first choice out of your bunch! If you do decide to sell again then can i have first dibs?? Where abouts are you?

Fair play you've done a brilliant job!!

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Edited by liam-ds on 25th Aug, 2014.