my mk1 coupe

another little wheel trip later and i picked up these OZ split rims in a handy 7.5 and 8x 15 size and modelled nicely on my little mk1
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and being the ever tinkerer i stripped them down with the aid of mike robertson aka the polisher
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before and after with one of the lips
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they were in a bit off a state and looked like theyd been painted with hammerite and sealed with enough silicone to fit a double bath

rainy day at the inn so started my engine

used a screwdrive and a drift to descale the block
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gearbox was covered in some nasty nasty gunge
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then a little bit colour,just used black smoothrite
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more pics but youll see why in a few posts

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started the box
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got the wishbones and rear axle stripped and shotblasted then seam welded them up
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now for the start of the horror show

getting the car back from the spray booth..........

look at the top of the page first












































unfortunately they were spraying sand
































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only cost 300 quid for the blasting and zinc primer but it wasnt till i got the car back home that i realised id just wasted 300quid

dressed the beam and the wishbones up with a grinder and then a wire wheel
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and heres why i wasted 300 quid......

the purpose behind the shotblasting was mainly to dig out a couple pockets of rust in the boot floor and the left hand sill but it was also supposed to take off the underseal
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these are not seat frames lol
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and ill leave it hanging at that for a bit,heading down the road now, ill post up more pics next time im on

MONUMENTAL effort there Daz!

Love the refurbed OZ's too!

these ones? lol,cheating cos im jumping the story a bit lol
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started cleaning up the engine bay
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every spot weld slowly ground down then melted away with a gringer to save on holes,the scuttle panel was not!!! a fun job

so for this....
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remove this.......
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then add a bit of this for the time being,still not 100%got to finish off behind the brake balance bar which is getting removed as soon as i source a pedal box
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then down to the serious business
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shiny shiny
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not so shiny
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tried to leave as much factory underseal of in the wheel bowls and just smoothed it off as best as i could,itll be better by painting time
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before and after,passenger side...
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drivers side
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passenger side during and after
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