[trackday_prep] 1.6 To 1.9 8v Full Car Rebuild/resto Track Car

[mickie 3]

my 205 resto/track car

 

started the car in 06, engine got rebuild first, then the car got took back off the road after 6 month for the lot to be re-built

 

 

i bought a re-build box of miles and got a free 1900 bottom end/pistons off a member off here

 

i'll not go into too much detail with the pics though

built my own baffled sump

built a jig so i could have the car on its side and also wheel it about at the same time

 

repaired part of the rear 1/4, light surround and patched up some of the boot floor

 

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bought some nice wheels

 

and bought what i thought was a good 1900 beam for 100, which it wasnt so got a beam out of the scrap yard for 10 and rebuilt the 1900 beam into the scrapyard find

 

added paint to the underside

and engine bay

[mickie 3]

fitted the engine with a big jack

interior in paint

 

 

 

got some skyline brakes to fit

messed on for what seemed like a long while getting the engine running, getting everything fitted to make it work

 

 

[mickie 3]

this is where im at currently, doing body work

 

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[Lan 24 1 Cars]

coming along nicely, good work

 

 

p.s. what is that 205 roll over painting jobbie, that's fantastic

[Galifrey 1]

The brakes are skyline 4 pots yes?

 

Alloy calipers?

 

How much do they weigh?

[mickie 3]

cheers len, its just some jig i made up out of bread trays

 

the brakes are R33 GTS-25T, yeah alloy, ive never weighed them but cant see them weighing more than gti6 brakes

[mickie 3]

little update

 

i weather proofed my small garage, ha

 

i bought some trim, and they gave me 9 or so too many front bumper trims for the price of 1

blocked up the old sunroof

 

been painting more, more filler primer and top coat on door jams

 

some colour at last

Edited March 21, 2010 by mickie

[willo-1 0]

looking good ... defo seen this on another forum?....

[mickie 3]

maybe c4f or streetphire

[davenport 51]

fantastic stuff.... some very nice touches there...

[mickie 3]

cheers deven

 

happy this bonnet is finished, its took f***ing ages, its still not perfect but i couldnt care a less at this point.

really happy with how this bumper looks

Edited March 28, 2010 by mickie

[spark-plug 1]

Looks awsome love the idea of the jig saves space too lol given me a few ideas

[mickie 3]

cool, happy to help with ideas, seen it done on a vw years ago..

 

if i ever made another tho, i'd have used thicker steel as it does flex a bit, but perfect for rolling in and out of small garages and very easy to pull over on your own, but it will annoy the neighbours

 

it will only work on shells too

this will give you an idea about how easy it is

[willo-1 0]

maybe c4f or streetphire

 

yer c4f... Looking good

[mickie 3]

heres my easter update.

 

 

i originally turned the car over on wood and bent the sill but the dent wasnt as bad as i thought because i pulled it out from a hole inside the car, ages ago. but obviously still needed filler, here is how its looking now

sorted that and added stone chip

one door pretty much ready for paint

the other finished

 

both wings ready for 600 wet/dry

 

few 8/9 hour shifts, but cant wait to finish it now, can see the end, not to far away

Edited April 5, 2010 by mickie

[mickie 3]

[mickie 3]

 

few better pics to show the paintwork out..

 

wheels are getting re-painted and the tyres are going

Edited April 10, 2010 by mickie

[mickie 3]

[mickie 3]

no detailed updates, but got all the trim painted black, boot lined up and front wings lined up.

 

ive been making up some aliminum bumper brakets and using 8mm rivnuts.

 

the back bumper is sorted but im waiting on some special peugeot nuts for the front bumper.

also got the windscreen in, which i thought was going to be a really hard job but it was a peace of piss

 

[Cazzo 0 1 Cars]

.

 

That's the back of her broke now,

 

You'll be glad to have finished the paint work,

 

Looking well

 

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[tommybGTI 0]

Beautiful Job.

[mickie 3]

cheers

 

not much of an update but the grill, petrol cap is painted. all the new red trim on

 

 

 

just need to sort the interior out next

Edited June 9, 2010 by mickie

[mickie 3]

not a massive update, just got the exterior finished off now, door cars on and almost finished.

 

skateboard grip tape mats and the dash ready to be sent away for flocking

[joe1joe 3]

so the skate board grip tape has a join or is one sheet?? looks very tidy... nice little garage you have to work in aswell!

[mickie 3]

yeah the grip tape has a joint, i couldnt find anything wide enough but you can tell the joints there with a splash of mat black paint..

 

ive since rounded off the edges and bolted down, using rivnuts.

Edited June 28, 2010 by mickie