This is my new 5 gt so come join in the fun off a rebuild with me lol
Some pics of where I'm at now .got her last Monday and have been striping her .
This is my new 5 gt so come join in the fun off a rebuild with me lol
Some pics of where I'm at now .got her last Monday and have been striping her .
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Most is just surface rust 😁
😀 next will be kit and bumper's
doesnt look too bad, compared to some ive seen on hereyour working quickly should be on the rd sooner than next year
She is a non runner at the mo but it is just ment to be head gasket , don't no till I get to that bit 👍
OK my battery tray has had it, and at £65+ for a new one i have decided to make a new .just need to work out the fixing points and I'm good to go 👍
Looks like a good base to start from
Looks like you've found a good one
I would be cleaned it up a bit and putting it all back together again
Thanks slam ,Chris she not as clean as you will see .
So got one side stripped today and will need some welding on this side .
Side two tomorrow 😀
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Last one 😁
Not that bad mate easily fixed by yourself
Thanks mate ,yer she not looking to bad .
OK side two stripped and not looking that bad on this side so had a good rub down of inner wing and paint .
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Now painted inner wings 😀
Plenty to do here but all doable, enjoy the journey
Thanks ,just don't no where to start lol so I did my battery tray not to bad missed one fixing point out ,not done any more as I'm moving soon so can not go to far .will do some welding this week 👍 and I made this coz I was bored lol
Good work with the battery tray
Nice one mate ,it has saved me some money so all good .had a look and I see I have no tow eye so I made one .not the best job but it will do me for now .
I had a day of work so I did some welding on the 5 😀
Had to take up the seat rail ,that was fun
Getting there 👍
Good work mate
Nice one mate ,still lots to do 😀🔨🔨🔧
out of curiosity how much would you charge to make one?Originally Posted by gt5steve
Looks like yours has gone in exactly the same places as mine as the pix of your welding are virtually identical to the ones I took of mine last week!
Still all good fun!
Hi so sorry but I no longer work in a sheet metal shop ,I start a new job on Monday so no more sheet metal or tooling 😞lol rabbit they are fun to work on ,still got more welding to but I'm getting there 👍🔧🔧🔨
OK a little update ,all welding on back of the car is now done .little BiT of paint and she starting to look good 👍
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Last one's
Looking good mate
That's some tidy work there buddy.
Nice one 👍 ,OK front end time .was fun doing this bit
Now for some cutting and welding
Some paint 😁
Not messing around mate!
How you finding it?
Hugely impressed with your drive to get on with this, think I would have been totally overwhelmed.
Thanks . for me the welding is the easy part so I'm happy to this bit all day long ,but its the electrical wiring and putting the car back togever that has me worried lol now that part is going to be fun ,but will get dre on it to help me hes better at that part 👍
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