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i also bought some fog lights .......... hmmm not sure yet



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inner wings aint looking there best, there not that bad from what ive seen, its also a bit spongy behing the outrigger there so thats also going to need sorting








bye bye mk2

got stuck in today, took the boot hatch off to get repairing, the bottom edge was rotten and was filled with fiber glass ............... so cut the lot off and me dad is going to fold me some steel in work and we will remake the bottom edge

Dunno if you use it...

http://www.mk1oc.com/forum/

Plenty of 200 quid mk1's on there, and parts for sale.

aint really done much to it, decided to do some yesterday got all the loom out and ready for the engine to be lowered out. my dad can get the shell sand blasted in work and etch primed for next to nothing so its got to be bare...
ouch its looking pretty rusty :(:(

a fair few rust holes there already! once you have got it shotblasted, are you going to put new panels in or just repair certian parts?

im trying to not have it plated everywhere so im getting all the parts, inner wings, full sills, arches, floor pans.... and whatever i need

done a bit today, carved the sills and arches off, took the battery tray out and cut the outriggers off, its mighty rusty




most of the sills was made up of fiberglass and filler bodge

Wow, are you actuall going to fix all of that

Jeeze it's astonishing what a seeming tidy car can hide underneath!! Im amazed you are bothering tbh, but dedication is the key I suppose, and if you want to do it, then it will be worth it!!

fook me! You sure that hasnt been at the bottom of a lake for the past 15 years???

Good luck with it lol

Crispy. Yummy, just how i like my Mk1.


Your a brave man

And your a mad man

If it where a classic, or even a rare GTE, maybe fix that, but just a Mk1 Astra....

Scrap it and find one thats at least 1/2 decent. Something that bad is just going to eat money, and once rot sets in - especially that badly, its fooked

And i thought ford were rusty

Wounder how much a garage would charge to fix that lot

i hate to sound like mr defeatist but i cant realy see the point in it as stuy says - its not like a special car to do this too (bit like spending a shit load of money on a treasure hunt and looking for gold, when you could be looking for dimonds at the same expence), but if its what you want to do then im happy to see the progress you make and good luck to you bud