Andys mk1 2.0 16v Build

Well not upated my project thread for a while so i thought it was about time to update :thumb:

First off jus some picture's off my new door pillar vinyls fitted, what a t**t of a job this was but the finished result looks ok, one side is definitly better than the other though but nevermind!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0562.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0563.jpg

Not bad for a first attempt i dont think,

Then after making the decision of getting the car welded and strengthed, which i really didnt want to do, it seems that getting this work done is a definite requirement, so i got the car booked in for the beggining of June and set about doing a little bit of prep work!

A shot of the lack of rot on the inner wing,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0680.jpg

other side,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0682.jpg

Then i set about the prep,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0686.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0687.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0688.jpg

All the wings and bonnet were removed prior to this obviously, i started doing the inner arches aswell but i think theyre a job for another day as there was seam sealer flying everywere so i think i need to go and wash it all off me haha, more progress to follow :thumb:

I felt like having a go at painting as well as i dont usually do any of this so i thought how hard can it be,

went from this,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0558.jpg

Sanded and primered,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0559.jpg

first few coats of paint,
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0560.jpg

then lacquered and finished off,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0561.jpg

I've got to give credit were its due though as painting requires a lot of patience and is definitly not easy so hats off to any painters out there :thumb:

Also refitted the fuel tank and dremmeled a hole under the rear seats for easier access to the pump in case of any technical difficulties with the pump itself!

Next update wll more than likely be up to date welding pics!

Comments please :cool:

looking good andy :thumb:

Coming on well.

where did you get the viynal from?

club shop , another benefit of being a member

I got them from the club shop dude!

Cheers for the comments fellas!

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Originally Posted by andy_017

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If thats for welding, you wanna weld all of the chassis leg seam, and all the way around the turret. And down the back (bulk head to chassis leg)

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Originally Posted by Benn

If thats for welding, you wanna weld all of the chassis leg seam, and all the way around the turret. And down the back (bulk head to chassis leg)

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Cheers Benn i forgot to put that i've not quite finished prepping it yet and was only getting a little bit of practice in the other night, i'll be taking the servo off over the weekend and doing the rest of the bits then dude :thumb:

Hurry up Andy, I want to see this at the next meet

Mwahahaha theres more chance of seeing Jeebus himself ride past on a flaming harley than me taking my mk1 to the next meet :tard:

On a serious note though i really am going to start cracking on with it once the welding and painting of the bay has been done!

A20NRY is being broken the first week of July so things should get going from there hopefully :thumb:

Give me a reminder nearer the time and I'll come down and get in the way when its getting broke

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Originally Posted by Graeme Dixon

Give me a reminder nearer the time and I'll come down and get in the way when its getting broke

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:thumb: Nice one dude,I've recruited Lee H and I'm sure a couple of others will want to help to!

More mincing today, lovely job of stripping seam sealer off the inner arches,

Passenger side done,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0690.jpg

Bottom of the strut tower sorted (passenger side):

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0691.jpg

This was as much as i could take off from the two seams behind the passenger side strut, hope its enough:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0692.jpg

and then did the drivers side inner arch and bottom of strut tower,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/100_0693.jpg

Its pretty much all prepped now, theonly thing i now need to do is get a strengthening kit off Lee H, offer that up and then see were i need to prep for that!

How clean of primer and seam sealer do the seams actually need to be to be able to weld properly and what are the effects if not?

Comments welcome :thumb:

Only a small update really as i cant do much until the welding has been done now, i thought seen as i have an empty bay its the ideal time to perform something called a 'pikey' chassis leg mod haha :thumb:

So i got this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture162.jpg

And then hit this a few times, although i was quite surprised at how easy the leg actually does go back, the force needed is definitly not over neccesary:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture163.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture164.jpg

Then when i was happy with how far back it was i just gave it a few coats of primer and then left it for the time being:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture165.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture166.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture169.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...Picture170.jpg

I think i'm going to put a little bit of body filler on there as there a quite a few small dints showing through but other than that i think it'll look ok when painted up!

I just hope i have hit it back far enough!

Comments welcome :thumb:

Quick update but no pics!

The car was picked up on Saturday and has gone to have strengthening kit fitted and the seams all stitched so should be back this weekend so I'll put pictures up then!

I have also booked the car in to be painted for the 1st week in July so watch this space!

lol just hope laura doesnt log on and read that then andy lol

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Originally Posted by Riggy

lol just hope laura doesnt log on and read that then andy lol

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Yeah hopefully not dude,I might be in a bit of troubleif she does :)

Good work Andy

Last time i posted up my car was just about ready to go for welding and i had taken all the seam sealer off all the seams and all the paint off the seams in the bay which was a nightmare of a job :mad:

A fella local to me came and picked the car up on Saturday morning, then left the car on a recovery truck outside his house Saturday and Sunday night, (which i wasnt to happy about ), he then cracked on with the welding on Monday and Tuesday!

I bought a Chris Astley strengthening kit off Lee H (cheers mate) and had this fitted at the same time as having all the stitch welding done, after much help trying to decide were a couple of the plates go :thumb:

Anyway less talking and more pics,

Drivers side chassis leg, note the strengthening plate under the mount which has been hammered upto the lip to make a box section,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10750.jpg

Passenger side, (same done with plate on this side too)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10751.jpg

Whole engine bay shot,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10754.jpg

Passenger side inner wing stitching, and plate at the bottom,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...SDC10752-1.jpg

Cockpit penetration, ooooooo

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...SDC10759-1.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...SDC10760-1.jpg

Tie bar mount plates, (ignore the crazy floating head)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10758.jpg










http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10757.jpg

and from above the tie bar mounts,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10756.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10755.jpg

I was surprised that these plates dont come drilled for the two bolts to go through the tie bar bracket so will have to drill them out at some point!

And some more random pic whoring,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10730.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10731.jpg

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I cant upload anymore pics now because photobucket is being ghey!

Thats about it anyhoo really, Me and Lee H stripped the car the other day aswell as its booked in to be painted, to go down on the 4th July!

Its being painted at the same place were Lee and i think Karl Rowntree had his mk1 done there aswell so i'm looking forward to that!

Comments welcome!

Looks really good mate, should last many years of abuse now.

Decided I think I might be busy the weekend you fit the engine as you would kill me if I scratched the bay after its painted.

Good weldage.....

Cheers lee and Adam!

And lee I doubt you're going to get out of it that easy mate,all the practice with yours should make it easy for you!

Looks good dude.

top stuff andrew :thumb:

good wrok mate will be ace when its done pall!!

Seen as i've not updated my project thread for ages i thought i might aswell get a bit of an update on here!

Following up from the last pictures i put up of the fitted strengthening kit and all the stitch welding in the bay, the next step was to get the bay painted:

So a quick trip on the transporter to my mates unit and here we go:

Engine ebay all masked up and in primer:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0193.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0194.jpg

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Once i had all the bits that needed to be in primer sorted i then decided that getting the front crossmember painted would be a good idea as i'm going to be running an early mk1 one piece bumper and grill and there were a few stonechips on there etc so that was also primered.

Then a few layers of paint were applied:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0197.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0198.jpg

This is my mate working away, big thanks to him!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0199.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0203.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0202.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0201.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0200.jpg

Then a good few layers of lacquer were applied!

It seems to have gone a bit dry in places but i'm more than happy with the finish and the end result :cool:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0208.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0206.jpg

and then this is how she looked when i picker her up the next morning!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0205.jpg

Looking at the above pictures i think it was the right idea to leave the welds exposed instead of covering them with seam sealer as i was unsure whether they would look tidy or not but i think they look quite good oncee they have been painted!

Looks very nice :thumb:

The original plan was to have the car sent off to be painted, but after a long and hard think i thought that i really want to use the car, as in attend a few trackdays do some 1/4 mile days etc, so a full respray went out of the window and more mincing commenced because i really didnt want the car to get to the stage were i was scared of using it and it would be in the garage all the time :thumb:

So more mincing,

Unfortunately didnt take any pics of the gearbox before i painted but trust me it wasnt nice, so that was swiftly sorted!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0130.jpg

Take one sh*tty old injection tank,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0134.jpg

after i had attacked it with the wire wheel,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0133.jpg

and then after a few coats of hammerite,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0135.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0136.jpg

I had some polybushed and lowered tie bars knocking around from my old mk2 so they got the same treatment along with my polybushed bottom arms! Steering knuckles and calipers also got the same treatment!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0148.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0149.jpg

Braided hoses also fitted!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0184.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0183.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0186.jpg

Looking good mate

Once all that was sorted i then moved onto hammeriting the front and rear inner arches, i opted for doing them red in the end as i was going to do them black but thought meh, i'll go for red and see how they look!

So zinc primered all the welding that had been done in there first and then seam sealed all the seams and welds in the inner arches which wasnt a nice job :(

Then moved onto applying some red hammerite,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0158.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0159.jpg

I think the red hammerite seems like quite a good match to the factory paint.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0161.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0162.jpg

and then a few with the wheels on and a decent camera,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10855.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10856.jpg

still need to paint the drums as yet (before anyone points out the rusty bits )

and a few of the front:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10858.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/SDC10859.jpg

Andy, those speedlines would look ace on my Corsa. lol

Did you take any pics when we put the engine in?

Once all those bits and pieces were sorted i turned my attention to the engine, which had been in my mk2 previously and had been used as a daily car for quite some time!

So take one Mr Riggy with an engine crane and stand

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0213.jpg

For the engine to the be up on the stand and totally stripped down, pre gunking,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0255.jpg

and then after gunk and a rinse off, it really is good stuff btw,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0255.jpg

and then a few coats of hammerite just to tidy things up a bit,

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0255.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0262.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0263.jpg

I then thougt that my red rocker cover may look pap in an engine bay that has so much red in it already so i thought i would do this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0271.jpg

also painted the rocker cover black because i could really be **** doing it any other colour and matt black is mega easy to use!

Then after a couple of hours of swearing, getting p***d wet through and with the help of Lee H and Rickardo, cheers again fellas for standing in the p***g rain and helping me, we had this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0275.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0275.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0279.jpg

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And that was were we left it for that day, getting the rear engine mount bolt through was a right **** but we got there in the end :thumb:

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Originally Posted by Rickardo

Andy, those speedlines would look ace on my Corsa. lol

Did you take any pics when we put the engine in?

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Now now Rick, i've told you no about the speedlines mwahaha :thumb:

Unfortunsately no mincing pics were taken of us putting the engine in as i was properly f*****d off and freezing and wet at the time, just end result pics :cool:

Some good progress, body-coloured inner arches look good fella

A few pages earlier i fitted a smooth wiper arm to the rear of the car and felt as if there was something missing from the rear!

After thinking about it i thought that the smooth wiper looked pants and that the factory wiper had to go back on, and also that what was missing could well be a wrap around spoiler, so i purchased one off my brother and got a bit giddy with the tigerseal and was left with this:

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0300.jpg

(ignore the sellotape)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...7/IMG_0299.jpg

IMO the back end looks miles better now, specially with the one piece back bumper on which i had to heat gun the crap out of to bring it back and then it wouldnt sit right so swapped the bumper bar off my other mk1 bumper and now it sits a treat :thumb:

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Originally Posted by andy_017

Now now Rick, i've told you no about the speedlines mwahaha :thumb:

Unfortunsately no mincing pics were taken of us putting the engine in as i was properly f*****d off and freezing and wet at the time, just end result pics :cool:

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lol lol lol. No probs mate. Just thought i'd ask...Again.

Let me know when your messing again and i'll be round. :thumb: