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Author: | Danus [Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:24 pm ] |
Post subject: | Diary of a Rat-ro |
i think i may call it that after the white primer paint job i gave it this easter i had three weeks free to work on th car to get it mot'ed and start to sort out the shit paint it had before critism you have to understand the extremely tight budget i was on so first mot it failed on - headlight adjustment handbrake seatbelt fluff (which was rediculus) wipers subframe bent rot rot rot the car was rotted both sills from front wheel arch to the middle the right side was top and bottom of the sill both rear wheel arches the drivers floor and two holes in both rear quarters heres the subframe, looks like someone has tryed to jack it up by it so after a quick lesson on how to weld, i done it all 9 holes the rest of the stuff was minor so at 10-days free retest time it is was done! now for the paint some p### had painted the car from half way up and covered it by using some gash graphics when i bought the car the paint didnt look to bad, but after a few days it came out in mumps i was like little spots and if you popped them a beed of oil came out here is pic of te shit graphics here is what it looked like after abit of sanding after more sanding we painted it, in white primer i have a better pic ill post up later i still have the lips to do but now i dont know wheher to put the stripes back on heres a pic with and without |
Author: | Danus [Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:30 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Diary of a Rat-ro |
Author: | IROCmatt [Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:27 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Diary of a Rat-ro |
looks good in primer think ide leave it like that, that was some major welding, glad u got it sorted, ive been lucky on this car my last one was a rot box |
Author: | starskyknight [Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:48 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Diary of a Rat-ro |
looking much better dude! |
Author: | evilzee28 [Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:38 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Diary of a Rat-ro |
Hey, that's looking much better. Why are you wearing my shirt in pic 5 . I live in a shirt exactly like that when I'm working on my car Cheers.....Nige |
Author: | Danus [Mon May 18, 2009 11:27 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Diary of a Rat-ro |
Exciting news! gearbox is out and being rebuilt back in 2 weeks |
Author: | evilzee28 [Tue May 19, 2009 8:40 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Diary of a Rat-ro |
Have they said what's wrong with the box yet? bet you can't wait to get it back on the road eh? cheers.......Nige |
Author: | IROCmatt [Tue May 19, 2009 6:00 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Diary of a Rat-ro |
how much is it costing to sort box? i get mine back at weekend so ill find out i spose, looks like we'll have to meet up when our cars have gearboxes |
Author: | Danus [Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:18 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Diary of a Rat-ro |
my car has gearbox and is running next problem we have faced, the fan gets cought on its housing and over heated the fan motor, then next run the fan didnt kick in at all |
Author: | Procharmo [Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:45 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Diary of a Rat-ro |
Quote: my car has gearbox and is running
Definitely get the fan fixed. Heat is an engine killer!!! I wish I had your welding skills. My rust is all lurking waiting to be properly treated. For now I'm concentrating on what I can do myself.....I'm dreading when I 'll have to tear it apart to fix the rot!!!!
next problem we have faced, the fan gets cought on its housing and over heated the fan motor, then next run the fan didnt kick in at all |
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