Hi People,
Ive been on the forum for a little while now,watching project threads,getting much need info on the Mk1 chassis,and have decided to start a build thread of my own.
I bought this last year minus the engine and box and have started to get my finger out and get on with it now that the winters here.
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Then i sold this runaround:
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Then i had the chance of this,so this is where it all began.
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2.8 OBD1 98k .
Started to strip it down to the shell and removed the rear axel.
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Snapped a few bolts on they way out, time for some heat:
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Had some problems with the bolts holding the springs to the body they were completly rotten. Got out the angle grinder and chopped them. Finaly got the offender removed, stripped down all the leafs,back plates,and gave them a good drench over night in some strong commercial chipshop gravey:
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Removed all bushes:
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Then after a good couple of days soaking in the chipshop gravey i removed them and gave them a good power wash and angle wirebrushed them back to bare metal.
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Then a good coat of zinc182.
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Then a couple of coats of Hammerite Gold anti-rust paint.
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Got all new bushes in :
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Then started the assembly:
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Then i got these 2" lowering blocks:
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l7...ddyebay021.jpg
Then as i read more into the Vr6 conversion and was wanna get it on the road asap, i had the chance of this and decided to go the oil burner route.
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Spent a few weeks welding once i got some repair panels from a local breakers,top strut area,the bed,small patch on the drivers sill, both rear inner arches.
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Cut the piece require for the repair:
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and sat in ready for the mig:
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All the weldings now complete:
Started to remove the wings to check the usual rot spots:
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l7...Picture552.jpg
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They were solid,so i blasted the inner arches with overpaintable stone chip:
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l7...Picture562.jpg
Then i removed the dash and interior:
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Then after good few weeks trying to make up my mind which engine platform i was gonna use, im back to the Vr6,with the dash from the mk2.
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l7...ics1212034.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l7...Picture653.jpg
So im nows about ready to remove the Vr6 engine/loom/box and remove all the bits n pieces from the mk2 which i can use for the conversion.
I would appreciate if anyone on the forum can give me an idea of which parts to keep and which are not required,as im running out of space in the drive,and am gonna just remove whats required n scrap the rest of the shells.
Comments appreciated, thanks, Jawz_mob.![]()