my first mk2

[south west restorations]

looking good m8.

ye the big yin is a good lad to no.good welder.

[13sport]

forgot to show the pieces ive made in above post, the one that wasnt right

made them 15mm by 10mm, let into the inner wing by 10mm to get rid of any rust and leaving a nice strong 15mm new edge to fix front panel to

[13sport]

a little bit more done this evening, had to put a few hours in as im at a friends wedding tommorow. ive set myself the task of having the front end all done with front panel fitted this weekend. id been putting it off as the front edges of the innerwings were a bit raggy




i would not class it as being rotten, just light rust and pieces missing and has had a number of front panels on over the yeaRS, i decided i wouldnt be able to live with myself fitting the front panel like this so i knocked some new pices up on the shrinker/stretcher and let them in
got this one slightly wrong so had to put a nick in it then weld it up later. the finished part here

and the back side

top area forgot to get any pics of the other pieces i made as i was keen to get them in

back side of this one

other sides welded in but not dressed up yet. im not sure if they are quite factory looking but i have nothing to copy so just guessing really from what was there. hopefully be able to spot weld new front panel to these now, hopefully sunday and probably with a hangover lol

[13sport]

yeah he's a cracking chap helped me out, could have done with the quarters to but he wanted to keep them for one of his own projects. will keep in touch with him and hopefully i will be able to help him out one day.

[south west restorations]

Little update, the floor fitting was held up as I got in touch with a real helpful chap that was cutting up a rotten mk2 and after speaking to him Wednesday I arranged to go up and cut the roof off the car this morning as my shell has been sunroofed. I couldn't believe how rotten the car was I opened the passenger door to cut roof of and the a pillar came with it


After a bit a sawing to remove the roof a jack had to be used to jack the centre tunnel up as it started to fold in half. Really helpful chap I must ad and after exchanging some beer token I left it looking like this

I pained me to cut this off a 2door but it really is too far gone and the bulkhead and what's left of the boot floor are going to be used to repair other shells so that made me feel better.

ye the big yin wouldnt have seen u stuck .great guy
no him well.a have just not bought a car from him.
got to no him thru my m8.
ye saw that mk2 when a was down couldnt belevie how rotton it was.
and my m8 didnt even tell me he had a share in it lwae the big yin.lol.
it came from up my way .
all the best with ur resto on ur car .

[13sport]

Yeah it was too far gone to do anything with, always a shame to see a dying 2 door but hopefully it will be reviving a couple of others

[pinto48s]

Damn phone
Holes were prob for a 'sporty' exhaust!!
That green shell was hanging!!!

[pinto48s]

Lookin good mate, holes

[13sport]

little bit more done this evening got paint stripped off the boot floor and rears of tubs, not much inside left to bare metal now so il give it a quick scotch off and a thin wash coat of etch just to stop any flash rusting. i would have left this till after the welding was done but the fumes off the paint and underseal were horific!

another good shovel full of burnt off paint and underseal from the bootfloor alone

[13sport]

coming on a treat there easiest way to strip underseal off the underside of the car is a wire wheel that fits in your grinder its a bit of a beast though make sure you wear goggles and gloves done it with mine crappy job but worth it in the end fiddly bits just use heat gun ,if you get it blasted with sand or soda you will have it coming out for years to come inside etc

i tried a wire wheel just seams to make a sticky mess, its the shutz type sealer im trying to get off, i was wondering about soaking some old towels in thinners and lying them on the floors when the cars upside down on the spit?

[TIMMY]

coming on a treat there easiest way to strip underseal off the underside of the car is a wire wheel that fits in your grinder its a bit of a beast though make sure you wear goggles and gloves done it with mine crappy job but worth it in the end fiddly bits just use heat gun ,if you get it blasted with sand or soda you will have it coming out for years to come inside etc

[13sport]

spent a couple more hours this afternoon removeing about 15 layers of paint from inside the car, found it would take to long to try and sand it off and to much effort so i used a heat gun and wire brush to take it back to etch. just have the boot floor to do now and the rear side of the tubs and the bonus was so far i havent found any rot i didnt know was there.

As id got this far i thought id investigate the 2 big ugly patches that were on the boot floor, as suspected and like all the other repairs ive found on this car they were huge patches covering small holes


just gashed them off quickly with grinder to see what was underneath, will have to let a little piece in here

and the other patch

to my amazement it was covering 4 8mm holes that have been drilled for something at some point in its life, will just mig these up and dress all welds up and it should be a nice solid boot floor then.

The use of the heat gun has softened the 5mm of black sticky underseal up on the underside of the car, has anybody got any good tips on how to remove this easily?

[lynx]

pm sent

[13sport]

Small Update

Little update, the floor fitting was held up as I got in touch with a real helpful chap that was cutting up a rotten mk2 and after speaking to him Wednesday I arranged to go up and cut the roof off the car this morning as my shell has been sunroofed. I couldn't believe how rotten the car was I opened the passenger door to cut roof of and the a pillar came with it


After a bit a sawing to remove the roof a jack had to be used to jack the centre tunnel up as it started to fold in half. Really helpful chap I must ad and after exchanging some beer token I left it looking like this

I pained me to cut this off a 2door but it really is too far gone and the bulkhead and what's left of the boot floor are going to be used to repair other shells so that made me feel better.

[13sport]

Your deffo pressing ahead with this, and I agree with chopping all the crap out, will be a really solid bus when you have done it

I hope so and I think it needs to be, going to add some strengthening here and there just incase I win the lottery and buy a cossie lump. Hoping to have all the floor done by the weekend and get it on the spit, got a couple of gallon of underseal to clean off the underside!