Sadly this is yet another rally car build, or should that be rebuild…
First off who am I, well apart from being old enough to know better, I’ve spent many years sat in the navigators seat of a variety of vehicles, most of them Historic Rally Cars. Volvo Amazons, Porches, Minis, MG’s, TR’s, Escorts and Lotus Cortina etc. I’ve done mostly UK road events, but have had the odd foray into Europe doing a few Retro Monte’s etc, I even got to do a few editions of the Ypres Historic Rally in the Lotus Cortina, that was a very nice car indeed, fitted with a proper twink it sounded the dogs when on song…
Now however I’ve called it a day in respect of the road rally stuff, concentrating instead on doing a few stage events as and when my drivers funds allow him to thrash the nuts off his Pug 205… The outing are a bit thin on the ground so I thought it was about time I moved over to the “nut” side of the car, oh dear…
In 2010 I bought this baby sort of by accident, looks nice doesn’t it, but if it were that nice it wouldn’t need a rebuild would it?
Fitted with a C20XE motor
Looks quite good doesn't it?
It has what is believed to be a Pilbeam cage with an additional diagonal fitted in the back to make a full cross brace, it has multi-point fittings to allow it to be bolted to the B pillars etc. However even the fitting of the cage has been bodged, as will become clear in time....
Meanwhile the shell has proved to be the usual bag of ****e as will become clear...
Initially I had to build a car port down the side of my house to protect it from the elements, then came a full on build of a Workshop/garage at the bottom of my garden (literally) to accommodate the car so I can get the build done in some comfort. I'm too bloody old to be lying down in the driveway, and anyway welding is tough enough without the weather being a factor.
Anyway when I finally got the workshop built I shoved the car in and completed its strip down
Nova roast anyone...