i bought this thinking it would only take about 2 months worth of work
then i found this
and so a proper restore/rebuild/modifying frenzy begins
replaced that bashed 1/4 with the free one that came with the car(been sitting for 15+years before i bought it)
tried repairng the wings with a few plates
and found more rust
welded in a new arch and new bottom corner
more rust
wasnt happy with the repair on the wings so i cut them off and sorted that hole properly
a load of primer to keep more rust away
and i think my welder is dying but i managed to sort that rust in the corner
moving house so........
at rest for now
plans for now are to cut out any more rusty metal and weld in nice new shiney metal then get a few mods done, mex splitter, 2.0 pinto engine or possibly zetec engine running on carbs, lowered on some nice 15" deep dish wheels, and 4 spotlights on the front
basically this is what i want it to look like altho i want doesnt get
my other money pit
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Nice! Great little project you have there.
Looking forward to how it turns out
Looking forward to how it turns out
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looks like that would be fun to ride off a cliff lol looks cool and like a fun build
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Woah, that's insanely attractive for an old ford...
Keep it up man!
Keep it up man!
Re: my other money pit
more progress, remember how i said real cars are built not bought well for the building to take place some form of destruction must take place
let the wledathon commence
let the wledathon commence
Re: my other money pit
another pic so you can see some of the daylight thats showing in the pillar
Re: my other money pit
more stuff done
Re: my other money pit
not to bad really, did a leakdown test before i pulled the head off and no.3 cyl was a bit dodgy but nothing that wont prevent it working ok, no1 cyl was full of crap and carbon but apart from that its ok
anyways heres some more updates now ive finished driving a ride on lawnmower sideways in the snow
this sides more or less done apart from the rear door being bent
found a carpet tht just about fits
and painted the rear panel and fitted my new free fuel tank
now im off to go and crash the vectra into some snow mounds we made with the digger
anyways heres some more updates now ive finished driving a ride on lawnmower sideways in the snow
this sides more or less done apart from the rear door being bent
found a carpet tht just about fits
and painted the rear panel and fitted my new free fuel tank
now im off to go and crash the vectra into some snow mounds we made with the digger