Mk1 SR Project

[djshaggeh]

I went to pick this up today. Unfortunatly its not mine and im a bit jealous. I dont have enough space or cash so I offered it to a friend and he got it at a very cheap price. I also knew the 2 prevoius owners and had some idea what condition it was in.

Its an mot failure so its a bit of a shed. The car itself has been off the road for just over a year and sat on a driveway.

We plan to put a redtop in and restore the bodywork. Comments welcome.













Its now safely stored in a lockup out of the cold and the wet. Ready for transformation.

[dj_wudgey]

yea nice car matey i hope its staying in its origional style it would be a sin to defile a mk1 sr!!!! looks like a really nice project youve got there though!! what are the plans then mate??? if its not staying standard sell it to me ill have another sr

[djshaggeh]

Yeh I'm sure it will be staying original although some of the parts are missing already. It did have some black 5 spokes from a tigra and the original seats because the last owner took them off to fit to his new nova.

Its not my car although Ill be carrying out the work with help from another friend. As above, it would be criminal to change any of the styling and so Ill battle to the end to make sure it stays that way!

Plans are to strip it and treat all the rust. Get it looking clean and standard. Then drop in a 20XEV for the time being - then upgrade to an XE.

[Steve]

Sounds like a good plan, but why put in the xev and not a redtop straight away?

[dj_wudgey]

yea nice to see it staying standard like but id stay with the 8 valve lump personally but ill be watchin this one!!!!

[djshaggeh]

Sounds like a good plan, but why put in the xev and not a redtop straight away?

Because my mates Vectra has just started to fall to bits but the engine is still strong so we are going to use that.

yea nice to see it staying standard like but id stay with the 8 valve lump personally but ill be watchin this one!!!!

I also like the 8v lumps - however the owner wants pretty big power for little money. Possibley a 2lt 8v (20NE?).

[dj_wudgey]

yea that would be a good one 2ltr 8 valve be mint and still have that look under bonnet!!! looks well nice though! he should swap it for my gte

[dj_wudgey]

how many miles it got then?? if only 2 previouse owners?? shame about the arch but how bad is the rest off the car???

[Matt]

The boot vinyl says 1.4 SR. Thought the MK1's were all 1.3's?

[Ernie]

No they did it in a 1.4 aswell mate.