The state of the Kadett

[Gander]

In July last year it was looking like this;


As of an hour ago its looking like this;


Quite a difference!
When the engine blew it forced my hand to get everything sorted out, especialy as the shell will be home to an uprated LET. This is an ongoing battle to make the shell sound, the most recent welding I've had done includes plating (bothsides) of the wishbone mounts as the welds had started to seperate and rot had gotten in.



and getting the engine bay and suspension areas seam welded and primed;





Here's a pic of the other side, yet to be wire brushed and primed; (check out the name of the primer!)



Unfortunately during my rampant grinding I've found some more rot which I've raked out and now need to get the welder back in to plate the area
Good old Kadett, because its worth it!

More pics when I've done noticably more! lol

[Brett]

LMAO!! you had to slip the pic of the Zink 182 in didnt you!

Good to see you have done a bit more grinding and painting since the weekend too!

[carmad]

ahhh i would hate my gte to look like that

[george124uk]

good job so far keep up the good work.

[_SBD16v]

every time i see ppl rebuilding there gte's it just makes me realise how lucky i am to have a solid shell and a roof ova my head hee hee

[Gander]

every time i see ppl rebuilding there gte's it just makes me realise how lucky i am to have a solid shell and a roof ova my head hee hee

lol You don't know how lucky you are!
Even in that reasonably enclosed space it has gotten wet thanks to the driving rain and gale force winds we've been having!

I'm cracking on with it though and it should be in the bodyshop soon enough!

[Xedrah]

Nice welding!
Keep up the good work, it's worth it indeed.

[REMUS]

this is the type of work I would like to do! complete strip and re-spray. Do all the panels just bolt on and off?

[Gander]

The front wings are bolt-on/off, there's the line of 10mm bolts along the top, 2 at the front below the front indicator area, One at the bottom of the wing, down by the sill and one on the A pillar which you'll be able to see when you open the doors.

I'm off to a local body shop on thursday so I'll be able to get a ball park figure for the cost of the respray, I have already warned my wallet so hopefully it wont die of shock!

[REMUS]

yeah i've taken the front ones off before but I was more wondering about the rear ones?

[Jon S]

whats happening to the let , uprating-wise?

[Gander]

Remus the whole rear 1/4 is a welded in panel, you'll need to plasma cut/grind off the panel and weld in a whole new piece!

whats happening to the let , uprating-wise?

It's at a local race engine builders having amongst other things a rebore, forged pistons headwork and hybrid turbo

[REMUS]

Christ! That cant be easy I take it you didnt do it yourself?

[Gander]

Bit of an update, the Kadetts now in the bodyshop, It got picked up by the bodyshop guys last saturday. I would of had this up earlier but thanks to XP commiting Hari Kari I've only just got round to it
Now some pix:

Look carefully and you should be able to see all the stuff rammed inside the car! lol

Thanks to the lack of engine, It got the VIP treatment, it'll be the quickest its gone in 10 months!


More updates as and when the occur

[REMUS]

What are you going to have done to it m8?