Signal Ginge - engine bay resto!

[Chesney]

Well as promised here are the first pics of the rejuvenation of signal gingers minging engine bay. Work started in mid October at my good friend Ady's workshop where we removed the engine and gearbox prior to trailering the car over to Johnny 'The Perm' Peatmans workshop a week later

Prior to removing the lump


Some good looking guy trying to remove the servo tower






Think you'll agree the engine was a tad filthy


This is Ady my mate and one of my techs at work, loves mk2's but drives a silly american muscle car




Looking sorry for herself ready for the journey to see 'The Perm'


Will post more over the coming days etc. Hope you all enjoy!

[Mk2grp4]

Still a right old ginger snotter

[Chesney]

Due to losing my Grandad the day after dropping the car off at Johnnys I could not be arsed to do anything with the car until early December. The battery tray was well rotten so Johnny set too with the grinder



Everything stripped from the bay including front suspension.




New battery tray tacked in, much better than the original. (Part of the old one is now on rodders car, pmsl




Johnny had a bit of help from a bloody great big rat whilst he was welding and no it wasn't rodders

[Chesney]

Here are some more of bay prep prior to etch priming.

[Oldbloke]

Interesting thread Chessers....more pics please

[fast eddie]

get on with it then, looking good!

[SHIFTY]

getting there mate - gonna be some difference once paints on

[Martin]

More pics son

[Mogsmex]

wasnt a lot wrong with that after delving in, happy days

[RSMEXICO]

Looks bloody good if that engine bay is previously unrestored. Wasn't this car based down in Somerset around 10 years ago???

[lee bishop]

Looks bloody good if that engine bay is previously unrestored. Wasn't this car based down in Somerset around 10 years ago???

it was weston-super-mare, just below high water mark

[Chesney]

Looks bloody good if that engine bay is previously unrestored. Wasn't this car based down in Somerset around 10 years ago???

YES MATE, a friend of mine bought it in 05 from a guy in wales then sold it to me in 07.

[lee bishop]

hurry up and get the finished pics up please or im gonna continue to make crap jokes

[grum]

hurry up and get the finished pics up please or im gonna continue to make crap jokes

for once and once only, i gotta agree with Bishops - the car is already finished and the resto pics are taking longer to put up than it took to do the bloody thing

[Frosticles]

for once and once only, i gotta agree with Bishops - the car is already finished and the resto pics are taking longer to put up than it took to do the bloody thing

Grum, you have to realise that he is as slow as his car........