VLV Black RS2000 Resto/Tidy-Up

[Mogsmex]

"there all like that sir"

keep going it'll be worth it, as said If you see bits BUY THEM, you may never see some of them again and of you do they will normally be more exspensive,

you need to invest in a dremal for those bits

[SHIFTY]

Looks a good base to start with there mate, will be well worth all the hard graft you put in for sure
Get the grinder out and get stuck in

[mike77cos]

We'll never get bored, keep going six sided socket and plenty of WD40

[mk2ddc]

never get bored of pics, More the merrier
keep at it though mate doing well

[south west restorations]

hi

hi nice to see some work going on there.
am sure u do a grand job of it .
keep the pics comeing m8.....

[emily]

Brilliant thread , love it . Just like my old black un .
It will all be worth it in the end .
Well done

[vlv991v]

Thanks guys (and girl?). The encouragement is really helping in these very early stages where you find nothing but decay. Couple of hours in there tonight before it went dark (really must get my electrics sorted out!). Decided to stop mincing around and really attack the studs and nuts on the back of the cone. After completely destroying one of the nuts to the point where there was very little of it left, it still took mole grips and 10 minutes to finally prize it off. I nicknamed this one the "c-nut", or something along those lines.

Success!!


Fail...


Epic fail...


Might just flat-front it, or is that something frowned upon on these boards?

[DazRS2K]

Hi Mate,

Just having a look through your thread, the part where you mentioned the heater bubble rotting. If you have a look at my thread (Basket case?) this might give you a few pointers.

And agree with others the more pics you put up the better to help future resto stars

Keep up the good work

[vlv991v]

Thanks Daz, I'll have a look at that now and stick it in my favourites for when I'm up to putting it all back together. This forum needs a "thanks" button like on turbosport.

Cheers,
Carl

[wetandwindy2]

flat fronting carl isnt frowned upon here as at the end of the day its your car but personally why spoil it as its a really nice car and as for the rot it comes hand in hand with a ford plenty panels available to fix them as well good job it always looks worse at the beginning just look at some of the resto threads on here and the end results are good chinup

[RS2000EXPRESS]

Keep the good work going mate as it looks a nice car well worth doing right....and please keep the nose cone as you will be glad that you had. There is some excellent advice for you here so take it as you go along and you will get there ok.

If you have a problem with a nut again try centre popping and drilling it down one side of the nut parrallel to the hole/stud but carefully avoiding touching the stud or bolt. Firstly with a small drill and then you can open it out until the nut is weakened or you can jiggle something about in the hole to widen it a bit, then it should come off....I got some off my nose cone and bumper bracket like that.

All the best,

Tim.

[SHIFTY]

Great stuff I was waiting to see if you would just chop that part of the wing...like your style

Its up to you at the end of the day mate, I flat fronted mine (the one in my sig)...but had good reason to do so also

Keep up the good work, looking forward to more updates

[ASHLEY]

Looking good. Take loads of pics as you take it apart m8 as wen it comes to the re build they will be handy to look back on.


Somthing i didnt do!!!!!!

[south west restorations]

hi

comeing on well.
good to see ur getting in about the front end.

[vlv991v]

I'll not flat-front it. Mentioned it to my wife and she said don't be daft, you can't lose that nosecone, it's her best feature, she can't lose her boobs! She sees strange things.

Cheers for the advice Tim, I'll definitely do that next time.

Shifty: I would never go chopping at any of the panels, delicate easing is the way forward. Incidently, has anybody taken detailed pictures of removing a front wing? I can't get my head around how you know where all the spot welds are on the rail. I can feel a couple of likely places but I really wouldn't know where to drill. Also, how do you seperate the lower front edge from the front panel (the bit that's usually hidden behind the nosecone)? They appear to be spot welded from inside the wheelarch and I can't see a way of accessing them with a drill. The only bit of wing removal I'm certain about is the three bolts securing them to the A pillar.

Thanks Ashley, I'm trying to, although some of the pictures I've taken just tend to confuse and scare me...

eep! I'm sure I'll figure out where they all plug back in again!

Thanks bluevan.