my first mk2

[13sport]

Got bored this afternoon as the bootfloor hadnt arrived so i decided to start stripping and cleaning the carbs, going to vapour blast the bare bodies and just wired brushed the float chambers top up for now and cleaned some brass plugs up

Then my mate rang about half 3 and said he was nearly at home so ended up getting this

Looks like its a late mk1 floor as the ovals at the back are pressed in and theres a hole for the number plate light wire at the back, its a bit rusty on the bottom but looks loads better than my one so happy days, started to stripo some of the unwanted bits off

I found this nice repair someone had done at the end of the leg at some point, loads of catty and a few bits of scotch bright shoved in the end of the leg so the catty had something to stick to lol

Luckily looks like the only bit i need to repair on the bootfloor is that little rottern bit on the return edge where back panel fits to in above pic hopefully a little more progress early next week

[13sport]

And just to be the ultimate stalker heres the pic

The amount of nights ive come home dirty, sick and tired and looked at this pick has give me a kick up the arse, I was planning on painting the car silver and going for a similar look but only with your approval....and mine will never look as good as yours

[13sport]

some amazing work uve done there,

Just realised who you are......saw your car at the lakes last year its actually my background on my laptop lol. What rims are You running they look really nice.

[13sport]

I dont know about amazing work but ive certainly been a busy bee!

[cdeane74]

some amazing work uve done there,

[13sport]

[13sport]

Got the engine and box in today and tacked the mounts in the correct place.


I had to tickle one part of the tunnel a bit to get some clearence on the bellhousing but other than that everything seems to be ok.
Then started to remove the old rear panel in preperation for the new bootfloor.

And had to try the donor rear panel on, seems to be fitting ok. Get the keys for new house on wednesday so work on the car might be slow over the next few months.

[13sport]

a few more bits now done, homemade spring skids now fitted


Then i went and picked my engine up from my friend graeme so i can get it sat in the hole to weld gearbox mounts in the correct place. Its not quite finished yet but not far off just the timing belt and a few ancillaries to fit.

I had to mock the carbs up just to see what they looked like, the inlet manifold still needs bead blasting as do the carb bodies once i have stripped and cleaned them.


Quite happy with how its looking.

[13sport]

Not much done tonight as my mind wasn't really on the job did manage to plug some of the old zebart holes up in various panels tho


But then i dropped a bollock and accidentally welded up the courtesy light switch hole lol

Like i say my mind wasnt really on the job so packed up and went home after that, il drill it out again some time soon.

[taffr]

great fabrication work Jon

[HarrierTony]

I agree mate, deffo best to make sure everything lines up correctly before the paint goes on as its deffo too late then.

[13sport]

Yes to be honest all the other gaps are pretty good really, even the spurious wings are quite a good fit, however they are quite old possibly from the 90's so the toling probably wasnt as worn out then. Wont take much to get that sill looking right, i had a go at it before i left the garage but forgot to take a picture, glad i found it now as thats the door im working on now.

[HarrierTony]

hmmm, I had a similar problem with my new O/S sill Jon, It bellied out but I was aware of it before I fitted it to the car, the N/S one was spot on. Overall though your car is looking good all mocked up mate.

[13sport]

Little bit more done today, fitted the doors properly and lined then up, found the door latches and rubbers so they are shutting nice but come across a little problem on the original sill lol

That will teach me to start welding things with no doors on! Time to get the big hammer and selection of bits of wood out i think.

[mike77cos]

That looks good