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[- Danny Boy -]

Can we call the little dude Dave? Because everytime I see it with Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, it just reminds me of hello daaaaaaave from league of gentlemen Plus Dave is just the universal name for anyone too

On another note, progress is looking good. How long until its painted and comes out a lovely bright red?

[jayrs]

im thinking stewy, mainy cos i love family guy and stewy is a little dude too

time wise for paint, dunno mate, not even though that far ahead yet,

im thinking i might paint some areas like the lower part of the sills, back panel and lower front panel first as these will all be stone chipped/under sealed first anyway, and i can mask off on the bits already painted then to seal the underside of the car from any over spray and paint dust.
if i do do it this way, then i might do them bits at the same time as i paint the engine bay, but again, i'll cross that bridge when i come to it as plan may change from now to then

[knuckles]

On another note, progress is looking good. How long until its painted and comes out a lovely bright red?

watch it you !
Otherwise i will bring the pikey thread out of retirement

[knuckles]

plan may change from now to then

funny you say that

get a spit made up and spin it on its side. Give the underneath a refresh
put it on my tab

[jayrs]

i fcuking knew you were gunna say about a spit

as much as i would rather not, if you buy the metal (as what ive got prob wont be strong enough) ill knock one up

[RS rob]

go for the spit,
you wont regret it!!

[knuckles]

i fcuking knew you were gunna say about a spit

as much as i would rather not, if you buy the metal (as what ive got prob wont be strong enough) ill knock one up

get the metal and i will send the cash your way

[- Danny Boy -]

On another note, progress is looking good. How long until its painted and comes out a lovely bright red?

watch it you !
Otherwise i will bring the pikey thread out of retirement

Hmm I shall play nice considering you are now on my facebook and have probably raped it of pictures already

[jonyb4]

clark ya cheeky bugger


jay do it!

[jayrs]

go for the spit,
you wont regret it!!

i kw i wont, but i wanted to see clark under the car getting covered in $hit doing the floor when he comes over

i fcuking knew you were gunna say about a spit

as much as i would rather not, if you buy the metal (as what ive got prob wont be strong enough) ill knock one up

get the metal and i will send the cash your way

b0llocks
all this extra work, might have to hit ya for extra wages and ANOTHER steak dinner and pint can be owed

i will get some prices, theres only a few places i can get from i belive, maybe 2 if one metal yard has shut down, but ill get prices and let ya know.

were talk about wages, steak dinners and metal on msn over the weekend

[niracka]

Lol that little guy has no shame!!

Arch looks great really getting on well with it now.

[jayrs]

cheers dude

yeah he has no shame

[jonyb4]

JAY! i wanna know ya plans with the rear turrets lol, ive gotta do the same soon!

and the filler cap area
how much does a cap area panel cost?

[jonyb4]

lol nvm, was being lazy, found loads on ebay from around a tenner!

bargain

whats your advice on blending the panel in, thats my main concern if im honest


arch repair...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Brand-Ford-fiesta-Mk-3-rear-wheel-arch-repair-panel-/370491797261?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5643082f0d#ht_1126wt_698

fuel cap repair..
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140519492515&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_634wt_932

[jayrs]

will pm you about it jony to save jamming the thread up.

turret wise im thinking about doing a guide for it, you think many would be interested in a guide?
i would need to decide before i start it as i will get more pictures of it as i go, i know its a simple repair in a way but im not plating over it the way ive decided to do it is the right way imo
well, as right as it can be withoput replacing the turret with a brand new one

[bertinrsturbo]

hi!
very good work, greetings

[rs1800dom]

would be intersted in this thread

think it would be another masterpiece to add to your cv

[jayrs]

cheers dude

[jayrs]

update coming later if clark gets his arse online

[knuckles]

f**k off jay !

some of us mear mortals have lifes you know

anyway more pics of jays excellent workmanship - i let the pics do the talking

jay insisted on putting some filler on this to neaten it up after welding so it was a nice smoother finish when looking from the panel from inside, looked alright before to me though, but im loving the attention to detail





























The star of the show ... the spot welder. Best thing ive ever bought - without it the repairs would be no where near as good as this has turned out.

All the passenger side has been welded in - jay has done an excellent job rebuilding the inner arch where the fuel neck enters. The rear panel has been protected too.
inner sill repaired Quarter panel is on - sill is on - rear valance repaired and new panel welded on ,

Bring on the front end !

[jayrs]

front end aint yet a while, still work on the back end to do yet fella, like the ariel hole in roof (at back) turret, and old roll cage holes.
Want to get back end all finished off bar minor things before moving onto front end.

did i tell you the passanger front door pin (bottom one) was in 3 bits? had to gte the oxy actelyne on it, get the hinge glowing orange before the old bits would move,
jay 1, hinge 0

the eagle eyed will notice some spot welds that havent been done, mianly on the sill lip on the A piller, and the 2 on the rear quarter just above the door striker, these will be done tomorrow as there was a clamp on sill, and the quarter i just plan forgot about untill i was packing up

[knuckles]

when you cut the front end off ....

drop the engine and running gear all together to save all the agro of lifting the car over it all

[jayrs]

im not replacing the reinforcer on the front clark, will still need to lift the car, mind you im dropping it all as one i think, so wouldnt come through the bay anyway

[rs1800dom]

have you got a whole genuine rear quater to go on then clark? or is it pattern, seen that gen one on ebay the other day? sold for £285!

just read this. i got a complete genuine xr /rs rear quater of the bay about 3 yrs ago for £17.49!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes thats right. did make a hugh 'conquering device' up tho. collected it in my xr2i! doh. was only transport.

have sold it to rsonblack wheels as i have mk3.5 rs1800 now. that was last year. wish i kept it now

altho its syill in my garage(shh dont tell him )

am loving the amazing progress on this, is there a que i can join to get mine done too

looking forward to next update, especially the rear turret

[niracka]

Great work jay!!!

Good to see it being done properly I wish I had the time to take something like this on. Mind you i am helpoing my mate restore his beetle atm I'l have to get some piccys up when that gets underway.

Do you have any problems with the shell moving when you do sills??? I'v bin told its a good idea to jig the shell or tack support cross members in the door frames to replace the support given by the sills during rectification.

Ollie

[rs-tom]

nice work there . wish i could get this much done on my xr2. i was thinking today if i worked as hard on my car as i do at work id get it done so fast . n i hate my job

[jayrs]

RS1800 Dom cheers mate, bargan on that panel, i found the rear quarter on ebay for clark for about £60 i think.

dunno if theres a que or not, but after clarks its my xr2, then after that im not gunna do anymore, think my dad wants to get his old MG in there though so that will prob be next.

Great work jay!!!

Good to see it being done properly I wish I had the time to take something like this on. Mind you i am helpoing my mate restore his beetle atm I'l have to get some piccys up when that gets underway.

Do you have any problems with the shell moving when you do sills??? I'v bin told its a good idea to jig the shell or tack support cross members in the door frames to replace the support given by the sills during rectification.

Ollie

i have had any problmes mate, if i was taking inner sills out then i could see a potental problem, but no movment when i done drivers side, and although when i cut the rear quarter and sill off the passanger side it was on 4 axle stands, i decided to put it back on 4 wheens before welding as i know the shell can get a little flexy when off the ground, plus the axle stands i used were matched in pairs, so the drivers side had 2 halfd ones and the passanger side home made ones that are older then me! so it wasnt 100% level, so to save any chance or flex, i put it on the deck, but no, over all it didnt move mate, or what little flex there was was so small it didnt even close the gaps while cutting the panels off.



today i had some a bit of time spare so done a bit, back panels on fully now,done some other minor repairs, and the back end is up ready to drop the axle down to do the turret, update to follow when its done

[niracka]

Nice one dude look forward to the next update!!

[jayrs]

nice work there . wish i could get this much done on my xr2. i was thinking today if i worked as hard on my car as i do at work id get it done so fast . n i hate my job

cheers mate, i wish i had sorted the workshop years ago, would of got my RS done a lot faster

Nice one dude look forward to the next update!!

[- Danny Boy -]

Pogress is looking good Jay

[jayrs]

cheers fella

[jayrs]

update time, im updating this one due to the jig ive made for the rear turrets.

havent had great amounts of time to spend on the car over the last week or so so theres nothing major thats happend, but little work is still some work, and its little things that take time.

all welds ground up, joints skimed, flatted and primed.
rerar valance welded on, and also sport welded where it would allow i.e on the joint to rear quarted, primed and sealed ready for proper priming and stone chipping before paint








pictures explain everything ive done, so no need for me to go into big details about it, i was going to do it as a sort of guide for people but unless you have access to rollers etc theres not really much point, and more so, this is very over engineered, and could be done a different way im sure, but below is the way i choose to do it, and the reason both sides match in the way they mount is becuase in the future if i have to do one again on any other fiestas, it wont matter what sides being done as the jig will fit both sides now

and old CVH head bolts can be usfull


i rolled these, its not pipe





























all had a quick coat of black just to tidy it up a little.

basicly, the plates i made up sit on the rear seal catch supports, there is a self tapper in them also to fix it too it, then it bolts to the car body via holes that are already there for the parcel shelf supports.
the jigs made fit inside the turret holes and bolt to the turret via the out edge of the oval holes, these are to hold the jig in place and to hold the top of the turret to the jig (for the one thats being replaced) then via a bolt it connects to the brace bar.
the brace bar fixes to the support plate that are bolted to the car body and the brace bar can be adjusted in hight a little if needed (cant see it ever needing it) and also the turret jigs fix to the brace bar via the long bolt, and can also be fixed at different hights but moving the nuts up and down, again i see no need for it, but the next car might be a little different...........

anyway, it doesnt show in the pics, but both below and above the brace bar there will be 2 nuts on the long bolt so the nuts can be locked together as well as clamed to the brace, so all in all, its very over enginneered, but theres no way the new tueeret can go anyway bar where the old one is

[knuckles]

as stated on msn

Amazing work - very well thought out !

get it cut out !

[jayrs]

will do next week mate.
once that cam arrives though if its good, then work on your rs will stop while i get my rs engine out and sorted, but i will do my best to get the back end all finished up before that then its just front end to do, and i dont want your engine out taking up space when my engine's next to it

[SEG1]

good work! can you do mine after!