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[Excursion]

Ooh

Thanks for the encouragement, chaps. It really helps!

[~nomad~]

I've got some encouragement for you. etc.

[ianFRST]

wow, good work

i have no fu(king clue what your doing now

are you still making a car?

[~nomad~]

i think its going to be a spaceship.

[Sphinx]

My money's on time machine.

[~nomad~]

i am going to change to time machine now as Mark might have finished it and come back in time to tell you it was going to be a time machine so now you know its a time machine and that is why you said time machine. tbh

[Excursion]

I have finished messing around with the Ghia. I can get stuck in to this again next weekend.

[~S1~]

I've got a distraction for you Mark*




























*clue, its my winky

That should keep him occupied for all of 10 seconds!

Seriously impressive mate! Cant wait to see this in the flesh.

[dangerousdave]

I've got a distraction for you Mark*




























*clue, its my winky

That should keep him occupied for all of 10 seconds!

Seriously impressive mate! Cant wait to see this in the flesh.

is it just me or does that not sound wrong....

[Excursion]

I've taken Friday and Monday off to get some more fabrication completed. I profiled a 40x15x1.5mm box section to fit along the edge of Fiesta sill, which will join the Golf floor pan to the Fiesta sills on its horizontal sides, and the Golf bulkhead lower cross member to the start of the Fiesta rear chassis rail at each end. This piece alone should add considerable torsional rigidity to the chassis.

I’m particularly pleased with this addition as it showed I got my measurements perfect when adding the Golf floor pan; the Golf seat runners sit 40mm dead from the edge of the Fiesta sill on both sides. I also bent an infill piece to join the Golf floor pan cross member to the Fiesta sills.

Completing the O/S is a gusset I bent to link the Golf bulkhead lower cross member to the Fiesta A Pillar reinforcement which I added on 13/09/2009. This should help to distribute load/forces at the front end to the strongest area of the chassis, and contribute to stiffness around the scuttle area.

[Sphinx]

Unless otherwise stated, all of my comments on this thread will now just be:

Awesome!

[Ruishy1]

very nice fabbing work there mate

take a long holiday, and get this finished

[jayrs]

great work mate, keep it up, i wanna see this project finished

[MAD_Adamski]

cool as Fcuk dude

[Mikee_RS]

thats some tidy welding mark

[dangerousdave]

loving it mate, seen the update on turbosport earlyer too

[Excursion]

Thanks chaps. Small update, ran out of gas today

26/10/2009 | O/S A Pillar Reinforcement
Having finished the N/S floor join and A Pillar reinforcement I'm now repeating this work on the O/S. The image right shows what the standard A Pillar base looked like before I started work and far right what it looks like now I’ve finished. The 25mm swaged hole is both for strength and also for the door wiring loom to pass through.

I’m hopeful that I can complete the O/S in much less time (when I get some free time, that is!) as I can simply reverse all the card templates I made for the N/S.

[jayrs]

nice one mate.
how long before this starts seeing seam sealer and primer then?

[Excursion]

nice one mate.
how long before this starts seeing seam sealer and primer then?

It's going to surface processing next summer for a dip and E-Coat. I'll have the front end finished for Christmas, with the wings/front panel and bonnet aligned. Spring will be taken up by rear end fabrication and alignment, then I've got a few months to fit the exhaust and make any other mods to the chassis I need to before it gets dipped

It's taking so long to do because I live 150 miles from my parents house, which is where the car is, and don't always get free weekends.

[jayrs]

ah i see, yeah its a pain when the car is not in the garage next to the house, my projects were done about 12 mile away, not a $hit on your 150 miles though

you going for the full wqorks on the dip? where it goes in the tank to be cleaned of full grease and surface rust etc, then washed then into the priming tank?

[Excursion]

ah i see, yeah its a pain when the car is not in the garage next to the house, my projects were done about 12 mile away, not a $hit on your 150 miles though

you going for the full wqorks on the dip? where it goes in the tank to be cleaned of full grease and surface rust etc, then washed then into the priming tank?

Yeah, the works

http://www.surfaceprocessing.co.uk/for-cars.html

[jayrs]

very nice, wouldnt mind this done to the mk2, read about this sort of process a while back, was expensive though, like £1500 without the priming or something, hence why the RS never saw it and why the xr2 wont
not being rude, but whats it gunna cost you for this process if you dont mind me asking?

[jayrs]

edit, just watched the video, so looks like tis gunna cost ya about what i read, £1500

[Excursion]

edit, just watched the video, so looks like tis gunna cost ya about what i read, £1500

It was £1750 when I booked it in but I think they've just dropped the price. I don't ever intend to sell the car so it's kind of a lifetime investment for me

[jayrs]

damn, i dont ever plan on selling my rs, and prob the xr2 but i couldnt spend that sort of money getting that done, well more for me due to ferry and travel expense!
still, i see ya point and its worth doing with this motor due to the welding etc as your never get to all the areas to paint it and clear surface rust etc

[Excursion]

damn, i dont ever plan on selling my rs, and prob the xr2 but i couldnt spend that sort of money getting that done, well more for me due to ferry and travel expense!
still, i see ya point and its worth doing with this motor due to the welding etc as your never get to all the areas to paint it and clear surface rust etc

That's it mate, there will be too many areas on mine where there is inaccessible bare metal.

[~nomad~]

Marky Marky he's our man, if he can't do it, f**k off.

[Ruishy1]

Marky Marky he's our man, if he can't do it, f**k off.

very nice mate, coming along, slowly but surely. i take it you have access to alot of tools, as not many people have swagers etc just kicking about

[Excursion]

Marky Marky he's our man, if he can't do it, f**k off.

very nice mate, coming along, slowly but surely. i take it you have access to alot of tools, as not many people have swagers etc just kicking about

I've built up a pretty decent collection

[jayrs]

well good luck with it mate, hope ya dont walk too funny after they give you the bill

[Ruishy1]

nice, guess we are all coming round to your for tools then

i lost most of my stuff in a pikey raid a couple years back, never got round to replacing most of it, just started again.
next on the list, is an ac/dc tig welder
got something tasty planned, just need some space as i have the time

[muz]

It's details like this which make the car stand out to me.

[Ruishy1]

thats what makes this so special, the little deails. that and the extra shell strength from those little trusses

[Excursion]

Thanks for the kind words, they definitely help keep my enthusiasm up

[Ruishy1]

its not enthusiasm you need, its a lockup closer to yours
ever think about asking for help, just to push it along ?
im sure there would be loads of competent people on here willing to lend a hand