series 1 4x4 cossy

[davie 3 door]

Coming along nicely!!
Good thread, enjoy having a look at the progress!!

[cutch]

dropped the scuttle panel off today and billy had finished the passnger wing and seam welded it, he was onto the driver side, cut it all off and was getting ready to do all that side too! Forgot my bloody phone so couldnt take any pics. i should be out there this week cutting all the other bits off as we have all the parts now to complete. Cant wait.

[eddiecos]

know what it is yet??





frog eye sprite ?

[cutch]

yip, got it in one mate

[cutch]

Went by today to see the results of the weekend, sadly nothing extra but i took some pictures of the wing that he has done.

Still to be all ground down and made pretty.....







Billys started smoothing down the outer section, when its finished you wont be able to see welds...



And all the parts inside it waiting to get put on, front and rear sections, full sills, arches, scuttle panel....

[Dereksjoint]

Some cracking progress made Steven

I've been half avoiding this part of the site as it only reminded me to pull ma finger out and start attacking my own car but hat aff to you mate looks like your well on your way there

[cutch]

yeah well my builders taking his sweet ass time and i want it for central day so i dont think htats going to happen! might be a few changes when i get home!!

[cutch]

Went to see the car and nothings been done in the 5 weeks i was away so the car is being moved to somewhere that they will work on it!! Anybody know anyone that can do the job??? Already spoke to andy g and beefy down south. Any others???

[Kevin_Mc]

shame to hear you're being messed about Steven, it's started to look great too.

Andrew Gallagher would get my vote tbh, a lot of others might say they can do the work but with Moorfield you know it's true

[swordfish]

not alot of people will be wanting to finish someone else work .. was there no way to get the builder to finish it ? or was he too busy etc ..

chris

[cutch]

Right, had it out with him and long story short he has promised to have the car finished in two weeks (fabrication), if its not the car will be leaving. He's desperate to finish the job he started etc. So watch this space!

[Kevin_Mc]

glad to hear it

[cutch]

well drivers side wing is all welded in and whole front panel is off to start the process of putting the new front end on, the cossie panel for the heater to sit on is in....sort of, in the process of trimming it down to fit.

Getting there.....

[cutch]

Trimmed down heater panel to fit a little bit better,




keeping the fuse box holder



and using the escort battery tray.

[cutch]

well look what arrived this morning, well happy with it and got it for 120 quid!!! Might have found a mint parcel shelf too, just need the 17" rs7 diamond cuts and thats me nearly there.....



















Cant wait to get it in!!

[cutch]

wait till you see the progress now!

[cutch]

Went down to billy’s earlier and got a nice surprise, heater panel all welded in, well nearly, he’s just modifying the fuse box bit cos he wanted it to look better, it did fit in ok but wants more space around it.



Took one of the scuttle panel sitting on.



The fuse box panel with the bonnet hinge down.







With it up,



The out side of the passenger wing, he’s not happy with some of it so its coming off.



The other side, well happy with it, cant wait for the rest to look like this.



One with the heater in under the scuttle panel.

[cutch]

Well Gibby donated a parcel shelf today, plus a couple of other bits, well chuffed, cheers mate.

Going to get the vanish foam spary and it will clean up just perfect!

Talked to Billy and he is replacing the floor pans too, thinks it will be better in the long run. Going out to see it tomorrow, the braces are out and he has been tidying up the bulkhead.

[cutch]

Started to strip the engine,



























Got the inlet off,







Thermostat housing,











All the pulleys looking pretty sad, wont be long till its all nice again.







Exhaust and turbo off,







Rocker cover off to get powder coated, realised after that i couldnt get that done before i left so put it back on!







Most of it off, couldnt get the bottom pullet off without a puller so finish it tomorrow and start cleaning!











Went over to Billys to have a looksie,



He had the heater box in to check it out,







and the two bin bags of loom ready to put in to check the fuse box fits ok,







And the angle on the fuse box that i never knew was there so it will fit in nice and straight on the bulkhead.







He had the passenger sill off and found some more rot that he needs to deal with!











I am going back over tomorrow to measure the boot floor so i can get my fuel cell made and sent to billy while i#m away.









enjoy

[cutch]

why dont the pics fit in right on this site!