The Journey Begins !!

[Darran]

front end.

Hi Mk2 dcc,

just saw your post on my resto, I have been looking at your pics in the last few days & definately go & get a front end from Darran. no disrespect but yours is actually worse than mine was.
Mine really needed a re-shell but I wanted to keep some originality in the car and also the challenge of restoring it.
It would have cost me 5 times more to buy&fit chassis legs, bulkhead, inners, pillars etc. than Darran charged for a mint front end and I shipped it to Ireland!
I'm no expert but the jig I made up worked a treat. I split the a pillars , and around the top of the tunnel, took 100 measurements & levels and when I fitted the new one all lined up perfect.
I got Dave to make up the strut plate with my chassis no.

good luck, I have other pics if you need any help .

Robert

Thanks mate
We do have the infill panel for the rear 1/4 panel if you need it Robert

[mk2ddc]

Hi Mk2 dcc,

just saw your post on my resto, I have been looking at your pics in the last few days & definately go & get a front end from Darran. no disrespect but yours is actually worse than mine was.
Mine really needed a re-shell but I wanted to keep some originality in the car and also the challenge of restoring it.
It would have cost me 5 times more to buy&fit chassis legs, bulkhead, inners, pillars etc. than Darran charged for a mint front end and I shipped it to Ireland!
I'm no expert but the jig I made up worked a treat. I split the a pillars , and around the top of the tunnel, took 100 measurements & levels and when I fitted the new one all lined up perfect.
I got Dave to make up the strut plate with my chassis no.


good luck, I have other pics if you need any help .

Robert

Cheers for that, Yeah i want to keep as much of the original shell too and as you say its the challenge of getting it restored. Will be worth it in the end and more of a sense of achievment too
Yeah i need to take a heap of measurements aswell etc in preparation but i`m gonna see mark about a front end first .
Was yours shipped to you or did you collect it

[mk2ddc]

Here's another one then .

Yes yes keep them coming, that will do when i come to repair the rear

[mk2ddc]

Hi,
Best to ring,we do have 1 rs front end on a 2-door shell,that could be cut to save your shell!!!
cheers
Darran

OK mate i will be in touch very soon

[Mogsmex]

your a brave man there, but good luck with it, I was in the same boat as you mine would have been much easier to reshell, but I couldnt do it, it would have lost all interest with me If I had gone down that route

but it can be done

My pic below is a pretty good indication,

Red Oxide pink bits are original



Good luck, it's a top colour

[RS2000EXPRESS]

I admire your determination to keep as much of the old car as you can....it's saving another RS isn't it, and that's a great feeling of achievement. Good luck and hope all goes well with it. Looking forward to following your resto on here.

Tim.

[mk2ddc]

your a brave man there, but good luck with it, I was in the same boat as you mine would have been much easier to reshell, but I couldnt do it, it would have lost all interest with me If I had gone down that route

but it can be done

My pic below is a pretty good indication,

Red Oxide pink bits are original



Good luck, it's a top colour

Yeah thats what i will have to do aswell , maybe more

[rs new boy]

i thought my shell was rough







good luck

you need another shell

[mk2ddc]

Spoke to Mark from Escort-Tec today so watch this space !!!!

[mk2ddc]

A quick update for you, haven`t really done much to be honest as i`ve been busy with work and i`m away again tomorrow for 2 weeks on another job!!. We briefly spoke about reshelling it and i was offered a cracking deal from mark at escort tec , but i just can`t afford it so we`re going to do it bit by bit and repair this one. We`re going to start with the rear end now.

Got the rear axle assembly off and boot floor stripped. New rear panel , wheel well panel , tank well panel , inner arches and outer arches to go on and some repairs to the boot floor and chassis legs but nothing major thank goodness. Next job is to buff down the rear legs and underfloor in prep for cutting and welding etc.

A few pics for you






In contrast to the front , the rear is nowhere near as bad !!.
I`ll keep the pics coming

[Leckypete]

Sure it will get there, read your comment on my post about wishing you were at the re-asembly stage (I can remember posting that on quite a few listings myself)

Good luck mate

[mk2ddc]

Another quick update, got home from offshore early so spent yesterday and this morning under the car doing some wire brushing with the grinder.
Still a long long long way to go but starting to take shape ever so slowly

[yellowcustom]

thats some job your doing of it-well done

[Frosticles]

Another quick update, got home from offshore early so spent yesterday and this morning under the car doing some wire brushing with the grinder.
Still a long long long way to go but starting to take shape ever so slowly

I've got one that looks like that at the mo. What exactly are you using to strip it???? Looking good sir.

[mk2ddc]

Easist way is with a knotted wire brush on a grinder and 60 grit paper for the hard to reach places. I don`t bother with brushes on a drill as its to slow