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A few pics of my ebs, got it all stripped engine out on subframe. Complete new front end fitted, next up is to start work on the sills and floor pans which have seen better days got a new front bumper to go on good second hand bonnet to do away with the vented one, new wings, new grille back to oe looking!
It will be getting painted electric blue eventually with some side decals can't wait to get it back on the road missing driving it!!
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Looking good. Glad your doing it properely :D Do it once do it right :agree:
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Tony Walker
Looking good. Glad your doing it properely :D Do it once do it right :agree:
Thanks mate, theres only so many times you can fiberglass the sills for the mot :) Thought it was time to sort the rust properly. Cracking on with it now, it was supposed to be finished for national day:cry:
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looking mustard mate...:agree:
keep up the good work.
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:)Nice mate i see your from newquay, perfect car to have down there too! I owned red 5 and lived there for about 4 years back in the day loved it. My cousins a carpenter down there too and works for Rob Gutteridge or summat. Good luck with it mate..
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Love a good bare shell resto! Top work so far!
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:)Nice mate i see your from newquay, perfect car to have down there too! I owned red 5 and lived there for about 4 years back in the day loved it. My cousins a carpenter down there too and works for Rob Gutteridge or summat. Good luck with it mate..
Hey mate, yeah I love it down here just the salt air can be a problem with old cars:sad2:
I went for a job with Rob Gutteridge about 5 yrs ago but didn't get it ha ha! Work for myself now, one man band:agree: Cheers!!
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If you give me your reg number I can contact my man in Belgium and find out what build number your cab is and the dates it was done etc :) mine is number build number 574.
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If you give me your reg number I can contact my man in Belgium and find out what build number your cab is and the dates it was done etc :) mine is number build number 574.
Hi mate yeah that would be cool, E993 NUW Thanks!
Don't suppose you know if any spares are still available? I need a new rear seal for the window and a couple of seals for the roof which is why the floors are a bit rotten :sad2:
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The window seals are from a seat ibiza 1988 model, good luck finding some of them :crap: roof seal i have no idea , the guy at ACT may be able to help you but he wasn't very helpful when i popped in to see him on the way back from the ring! I`ll need your chassic number also to get get the build info, Pm me that bit of info i recon mate,
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was there any extra bracing fitted to these from factory?
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was there any extra bracing fitted to these from factory?
Hi mate, yeah they fitted a box section along each side that's it as far as I know.
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what an amazing car to restore.. i love these things!
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what an amazing car to restore.. i love these things!
Cheers mate! Yeah I love the ebs, mine was on ebay local to me about 9yrs ago couldn't really afford it at the time but had to get it :) Just a shame all the interior etc had been changed!! costing me a few quid to put it back to standard an sort the rust but can't wait to get it all done
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More pics of my EBS, the rot was worse than I thought! Should be nice an solid when finished and for the first time since owning her :) Looks like the fella is doing a proper job!!
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:D great stuff, satisfying getting new metal welded on :D
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Niceone, coming along well, she looks in good hands getting proper job done :agree: :)
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Looking forward to seeing this done. Keep it up :agree::agree:
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Didn't have any work today, so decided to do a bit on the EBS. Decided to take the dash out etc as it was full of holes from mobile phone holders and things that have been fitted over the years! Going to try and find a mint one to back in:) Will be a better job when it gets painted too!!
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Sills all done! but still quite a bit of work to do before the paint goes on. Really want to get it finished missing the boost factor:laugh: wonder if I will remeber how all the wiring goes back in! eerrrrrrrrrrrr:scratch:
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Looking nice an solid now mate, good job! :)
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Just a quick update on whats been happening with my restoration= not alot! Went over to see my car today hasn't been much progress.
Decided to clean out my wheel arches while I was there, back to the bare metal and cleaned up a few other bits.
Took a few pics of the body shop, you could say he's got a lot on:eek:
The owner of the body shop is a mate of mine so my cars been put on the back burner, but he reckons he should get it painted this month.
I will get some more pics when its painted for all those interested:)
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1988cab
Just a quick update on whats been happening with my restoration= not alot! Went over to see my car today hasn't been much progress.
Decided to clean out my wheel arches while I was there, back to the bare metal and cleaned up a few other bits.
Took a few pics of the body shop, you could say he's got a lot on:eek:
The owner of the body shop is a mate of mine so my cars been put on the back burner, but he reckons he should get it painted this month.
I will get some more pics when its painted for all those interested:)
Slow but good progress... will be worth it when done.:agree:
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Any update on this restoration as am always fond of r5 EBS cabrios
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Any update on this restoration as am always fond of r5 EBS cabrios
Not much to report I'm affraid! The owner of the body shop is a friend of mine so it doesn't get priority:sad2: I got fed up with waiting and wanted to drive a 5gt turbo so bad that i spent the bodyshop money on a phase 1. I am going to pop over and see it this week as the guy is back from his honeymoon so will take some snaps. Hopefully it should be painted in the next couple of months and i can re-build it!
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Remember me if u decide to chuck it in mate. :)
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Just one to be aware of mate on the sills, for the MOT the sill may need to be fully welded along the joint and not spot welded.
My brother got pulled up on his after sill replacement.
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Just one to be aware of mate on the sills, for the MOT the sill may need to be fully welded along the joint and not spot welded.
My brother got pulled up on his after sill replacement.
Thanks for the info, will double check that when I pop over to see it:agree:
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Remember me if u decide to chuck it in mate. :)
Might sell it when its finished:eek: but it won't be cheap! Its going to be a minter:)
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1988cab
Might sell it when its finished:eek: but it won't be cheap! Its going to be a minter:)
Project minter! You'll be able to command awesome money for it when its done :)
Looking forward to seeing it when it is done mate.
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Just a small update on the progress of my EBS! The shell is in primer and it should be painted by the end of the week :D!! So I am going to start updating this thread on a regular basis with some decent pics for all those interested :)
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New poster! (less than 10 posts)
Excellent project & looking forward to seeing it painted :)
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Looking good so far, best feeling when it's painted in one colour, no matter if it is in primer stage, look forward to see nice colour on this shell :coffee::agree:
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keep the pics flowing :agree: :coffee:
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She'll got painted today! Wahoo!! Really like the electric blue, hopefully wings and bonnet will be done tomorrow then all the plastic bits. Should be able to start putting it back together next week, happy days:cool:
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sweet as.... ben, decals going on too?????...:)
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Leccy blue all the way!!!! Nice one!
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Yeah got some original old style decals to go on or I might put some copies on and sell the originals? Mmmmmm??
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car looks great !!
not sure if you've seen this recent thread, might be of intrest :)
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=34719
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1988cab
Yeah got some original old style decals to go on or I might put some copies on and sell the originals? Mmmmmm??
Go for the copies mate, they'll look fresh!!
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Yeah thanks Been following that thread mine was the painted raider blue one Listed :)
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Go for the copies mate, they'll look fresh!!
Yeah and just in case I mess up putting them on! Ha would be costly!!
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Looks awesome. I would love to do it to mine.