stormings project

[storming]

Well i throught i better show what went on on the weekend started stripping the front end
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/23042006-001-.jpg

down to the heart og the matter

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/24042006-001-.jpg

thats my younger bro :applause: mucking in

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/24042006-002-.jpg

and thats me changed and ready for work at the bar woundering what have i done

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/24042006-003-.jpg

more after the weekend :Banane44:

[mking]

good luck mate, hope everything goes as smoothly as possible.

[Simon]

Thats not your working gear that you overalls lol :Banane43:
Anyway dont give up on her

[westurbo]

whats the plan 4 her then m8 ????

[storming]

plan is to strip it to a empty shell then have new wings , sills , rear 1/4 , two new front floor pans other odds and sods done to the engine bay then a full respay in minstal grey.Then i am going to put the MK3 dash in and then fit the LET :bananajump: :bananajump:
Shed is getting a bit full now just from stripping the front end so if anybody needs anything let me know

[storming]

a mate told me about a local paint shop today who does a good job and his prices are very good so will be ringing him for prices asap for the body work.

Would love to do the work myself but just have not got the time to do it.spoke to mel today aswell about her engine and bits and bobs so will hopefullt be picking it all up next week :Banane47:

big thanks to mel :applause: :applause: :applause: for putting up with all my plans going haywire due to work

[storming]

good luck mate, hope everything goes as smoothly as possible.

and me m8 just hope i dont find to much tin worm :(

[storming]

Thats not your working gear that you overalls lol :Banane43:
Anyway dont give up on her

havent worked on a car for a while so had to use some good jeans and t-shit well were good anyway :( :rotfl: :rotfl:

[GazJevs84]

nice one mate good luck

[storming]

Few Pics of the rusty bit in the engine bay
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/27042006002.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/27042006003.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/27042006004.jpg

most of the inside is striped out now just need to take the front screen out.Whats the best way to take it our without smashing it out lol

[untouchable]

big thanks to mel :applause: :applause: :applause: for putting up with all my plans going haywire due to work

no probs, its always the way, get everything planned then it all goes tits up lol

:D

[richie00boy]

Fair play mate this is looking like it's going to be another good project. The amount of work a lot of people are doing on this site has changed my opinion of Mk2 owners over the last year :applause:

[storming]

got the van sorted for the morning so off down to see mel to pick the let up and a few other bits and a cup of tea as well:applause: lol

more pics to follow tomorrow night :bananajump:

[storming]

picked up all my bits and pcs got new wing outer and inner rear arches as well as out sills :Banane47: then i aranged for a local garage to came have a look at whot i wanted done few bits of welding put the pannels on and then a respray £2000:hissyfit: so i have decided to do all the welding myself , first time for doing rear pannels :confused:

[Brett]

fair play mate thats one rusty old astra!!

I now feel more guilt for scrapping the shell I did in January!

good luck!

[Harvey]

I remember when mine looked something like that, then I decided to bare shell it and get the shell properly sorted.

[storming]

few more pics of work done on the weekend
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70047.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70048.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70021.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70046.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70048.jpg

[bigdrifter]

Looking better, hats off to everyone getting stuck in and having a go themselves

[Ian T]

Looks like you're making a good job of that matey. Brings back some memories for me too, that rear arch!

Looks like your bulkhead was worse than mine too, good to see it all getting painted, should look really good when it's all back together, those inner wings have to be the best looking ones I've seen in a long while.

Going to be seeing what my NSR arch is currently made of soon too, before Retro hopfully.

Ian.

[storming]

Thanks Ian
inner wings where not as bad as i throught bit of surface rust mostly soon sorted that out with a kwist knot wheel brush then a bit of rust preventer and a few coats of silver smooth hammerite bobs your uncle.Plan is now to have the car sparyed to match the engine bay as i like the nice silver colour

[storming]

some more work over the weekend

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/Picture001.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/Picture005.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/Picture006.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/Picture007.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/Picture008.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/Picture009.jpg

:Banane44:

[Ian T]

Some more progress there, looking tidy.

Keep it going... :)

Ian.

[uncanykadett]

Keep up the good work!!

[Tom]

Wheres the crossmember gone ? :confused:

[Jags C20LET]

Wheres the crossmember gone ? :confused:

I was just thinking that myself.....isn't it a major frontal strenghtening member?

[rhydgte]

Wheres the crossmember gone ? :confused:

:duh: Uh Oh........

Yep major strengthening piece

[untouchable]

glad it wasn't just me who saw that...:eek:

ps...you need to get rid of the black fingerprints on the block ;)

[storming]

welding a five mm thick bar in to compensate for the loss of the crossmember as i had a look at asterooids tread and he had removed his so did the same but throught is was a bit dodgy
http://www.astra-mk2.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2525

[storming]

ps...you need to get rid of the black fingerprints on the block ;)

Dont worrie Mel i will give it a polish :) when i finished trying to find where all the plugs go :hissyfit: LOL

[storming]

Finished the dash off nice and black now

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70137.jpg

Kind of copied TomGTE design for the boost and water but wanted to keep the clock

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70138.jpg

not got much planned this weekend as its farthers day :bananajump: kids are coming over and i plan on having a few beers in the night :Banane44:

[storming]

bit more work being done engine is in and turns over :thumbsup:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70188.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70187.jpg

and a close up

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70189.jpg

just the insides to sort out and weld a few more panels together not looking forward to welding the rear arches

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70191.jpg

[untouchable]

coming along nicely there :D

[Dale]

nice making good job of it

[storming]

bit more done . slow going at the mo as not much time time on my hands

front end
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70292.jpg

finished welding the one side
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70293.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/Martin__/STA70294.jpg

[richie00boy]

Looking good there. What seat is that?

[GazJevs84]

looking good bud

[storming]

cheers guys just seems never ending at the mo the list just keeps getting longer lol plus my welder will not work so got to get another one :grumpy:

[Mjl16vGTE]

Looks amazing I would love to do that to a 16v and make it mint!

[storming]

well its been a long time and i can turly say that i have not had a good time with this project all was going well till i started to weld the sills on the bottom lip. I can turly say i haver never seen so much rust in one place on a car .Basicly there is nothing left to fit the sill 2 so after many long convo's with my friend,s and familiy i have decided to call it a day . the list off things was long before i found all the rust and there is just to much of it :( for the car to be safe

So the plan is to find another MK-2 ( that does not have loads of rust in it )and drop my let in it

so i will put a list of bits that i have kicking around which will be a lot im sure but in the meen time PM me if u need anything

[Ross_Mk2]

PM sent

[Harvey]

What a pain, that's why I made sure my shell was solid and rust free before I went any further.

[Valver]

What a pain, that's why I made sure my shell was solid and rust free before I went any further.

Yep that's always the best way!!

Shame to hear you're abadoning this one, decent shells are becoming few and far between these days!! Good luck with the search for another one! :thumbsup:

[GazJevs84]

Shame to hear about this fella good luck with the search

[untouchable]

I told you that you should have had my shell ;)

Good luck with finding a different car.....and wrap that engine up in cotton wool lol

[storming]

well i had a change of plans my mate came dome the other day and had a look at what needs to be done. i wont bore u with what he said to me but the short of it is the shell is fine and i have to stop being a big baby and get on with it :)so we have spent a few days welding and i only have to weld the front inner wing and its done. few! will get pic,s up soon

[Sipo]

LOL, you had me worried there! I was glad to see you were looking at getting another Mk2 and Im also glad you are keeping this one and sticking around. Are we likely to be convoying to shows this year, or next year?

[Ian T]

Glad you're not giving up, you'll appreciate it all the more when it's done.

When it comes down to it, welding is fairly easy and cheap to do, it's time consuming to get it right, but you know what you've got when you are finished, which will probably be an almost rust free shell, something that's pretty rare now.

Stick at it, hope we get to see it this summer at the shows. :)

Ian.