My mk1 73 Le mans green Mexico

[youngpecker]

A bit squiffy!.

Gone a bit 'squiffy' myself looking at this thread Glyn!.Fantastic work,insane dedication......Top man.

[Mogsmex]

Cheers for the replys glad it's of interest to people even if it only makes your own car look a lot better

well at the risk of going backwards again

when the car was originally restored the rear scuttle corners were going so were cut off and plates were made up to replace before it went to Rob's though I was aware these were bubbling again even though they were only in primer and had never been in daylight really

so Rob cut the corners of the scuttle shotblasted out the inners and remade some plates for me as above when we were doing the plenum

fast foward to a couple of weeks ago and the foooking fings had started to bubble up again

this was a rather irritating as we never cut corners in the repair annd it lasted less then a month I wasnt prepared to risk this again under decent paint so looked like we was going backwards again

so I drove up to escort tec and came home with this



I spent a day in the garage removing the rest of the escort from it and bare metalling the lot



then I dropped the car and nice scuttle back up at Hoarder towers so he could rev up the welder



Rob then found this which explains the rot keep coming back

[grum]

work work work work work work work

[RS_Hopefull]

Great stuff....love the colour

[Mogsmex]

so Rob decided that was crap, reved up the grinder (again) and made some nice new shiny bits, both ends were just as rotten



there was also some pinholes right in the middle of the panel as I dont think any Paint could have got in there from new it's hardly a surprise so Rob melded them up as well, then after a nice shotblasting the inner was treated to some etch primer and some nice lemans green

the idea of this was to get some paint in there to protect in the future and also cause I'm a tart and I wanted it nice and shiny through the vents

the new panel was then offered up several thousand times to check fit





this involved Rob letting about an extra 5mm on the end of the panel as it wasnt long enough !! A hangover from the fact the donor panel came from a lifelong circuit racer I suspect

when the fit was good the panel also got a blasting, etch prime and top coat of green





this was for future protection as although I knew we would lose a bit during the welding most would be protected now and the burnt bits would be remedied at respray stage

Job Jobbed with a bit of silka flex to finish off





massive thanks to Rob

resprays getting closer............................................ ..

[Andyc]

looking good Glyn not long now a

[Tim]

i really cant wait to see this one done and in the 2nd best color for a mex after white with red stripes

[vinny]

super work by the ginger one

[Dazzle]

and also cause I'm a tart and I wanted it nice and shiny through the vents

That's one of the biggest understatements I've read in a while!!!

Nice job there Rob Now that's done is it time to work on the yellow RS2??

[Mogsmex]

well my chosen painter has been round to take a look over the Mex he has agreed to do it, given me a quote and it goes in, in 2 weeks time


so I need to get going with drilling some holes in it before paint, unfortunately my free time is severely limited at the moment, so had to spend my birfday yesterday on the car and started drilling holes for shiny things and generally checking things before it all gets glossy

had the front and back windows in as well just to check
few pics, must say it made a nice change playing with other bits other then the shell








happy days

[wetandwindy2]

nice one bet you cannt wait to get it back and start putting the shinny bits on ,you've done well plenty others would have given up after all the hassles and set backs you've had

[lee bishop]

Lookin good son!

Not long to go now

[Mogsmex]

Cheers Chaps, spent a few eveings in the week drilling more holes (counted 16 one night )




access check





took a drill to the brand new inner wings



you cant see naff all out of it, but I needed symmetry




then today after 12 long long years............................................. ...............




afternoon shot




I finally dropped it off at the paintshop, I honestly felt like this day would never come............
All excited again now

[lee bishop]

great news glynn, any ideas how long it will take??? bet you cant wait to get building

[Chesney]

2 likely lads pushing the shell, stacking wood boys