sorry for bumping this up but what a freaking amazing build!!!!

just read the whole thread... 2 hours... time well spent...saved myself ****load of $$$$ and X.XXX hours of build time!! (although for that car every $ and hour you put in was well worth it IMO)

gotta get some sleep now... gonna have some pleasant dreams tonight for sure

although getting into my van tomorrow for work is gonna be a reality check

looking forward to the 2 door newage build...

Is there any updates

check out the new project... the white one apparently is going to be the donor car... sort of...

https://www.scoobynet.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=96

This car is pretty much stripped down ready for repairs amd 'other work'

Probably going to be later in the year now, as I am working on a fun track type car for over the summer months.

Neil.

Wow just read through 29 pages and what a cracking car you have built. The amount of dedication and.commitment that has gone into it, just a shame about the bump over winter. Can I ask how much or what repair work is needed to get it back on the road minus any future mods you were planning?

Glad you enjoyed the read through.


A good solid week of work would get it back on the road as it was..

Neil.

Ok so not a write off then, that is good news. Hope you get the time to get back up together as it would be a shame to leave it in the corner gathering more dust.

All the best with it and again great thread and smashing looking car.

Nooooo don't do it!

silly question, but how much would it cost to reshell my 2002 STi into this??

So, after finally getting on top of a back log of work at work, and no serious buyer for the shell, I have decided to get some repairs done this week.



Yesterday saw the crash damaged sections cut out and ready for the new section to be grafted in.









Today saw the chassis rail stitched in, along with the lower cross member/frame.

Inner wings all repaired, along with a few minor mods, and into first coats of primer.

I'm not certain that the lower rail is staying at the moment, but it helps when aligning everything up for now.



I have also decided to re-locate the screen washer bottle into the boot, so welded up the existing hole.



And there will be no pipework, either FMIC or intake, going from the engine bay through the inner wing, so I welded that up also.

Nice one Neil , are you staying with blobeye ?

LOL, I need to phone you...

lol just curious I didn't ask for that reason

very nice neil, looking forward to some more progress. Wish you were closer to me to get my welding done lol

Ricey

Cheers Paul

How you getting on with yours?

Glad you're sorting this one out Neil it has always been one of my favourites. Looking forward to see it progress once more.

lol slowly, been doing alot of work on the bumpers so its taken up most of the time. Just need to find a good welder too.

Ricey

Phew!

Been waiting for this project to come alive again. I love this car, top man! Will be great to see it sorted again in its next rein-car-nation! Great work.

p.s. Any pics or thread link for the Beamer you did recently? I believe someone said you were working on something else a little special???

Good to see that you kick this beauty back to life.

Unfortunately I couldn't find the cash to buy the shell and get it transported to Denmark, somehow my engine re-build drained my bank account.

Not for me to post pics of another car, but it did look quite good, if I do say so myself.

Love the re-in-car-nation pun

Oh that doesn't sound good

Today saw the primer in the engine bay getting it's first sanding with 180's grit, prior to final priming..

Few pin holes were present, so a bit of spot putty required...








Spot putty sanded down.



Also decided to do a bit more shaving, so off with the pitch bar mount..



Car hasn't had A/C for a while, so I reckon I can cope without it for our 2 weeks of warmth per year, so welded up the hole, along with some others.



Bit of filler, sanded down..



However, I've decided to get rid of some more holes and do some more re-routing of wiring, so there will be a bit more to do on the bulkhead yet...

Top work Neil, I love the attention to details.

I would have loved the classic (newage engine) you just sold, knowing it would have been a "proper" car.

Rob

That's gone over to Europe now Rob, sad to see it go to be honest.

It was a cracking car but I can't justify 2 Scoobs, hence why I'm crashing on with this one.

That's gonna be clean, not sure I'd be bothered about pin-holes under the bonnet though

I wonder how stable the engine will be without the pitch mount though?

I'm a bit odd, I like the paint finish on my engine bays to be better than the exterior of most other cars...


Using different engine and gearbox mounts compensates for the loss of the pitch bar Jon.

It's quite common on a few track based cars now.

Touch of OCD there I think but it will be a VERY clean smooth bay mate,fair play.

Just not seen it done before, got myself a CDF one. Looking at the alcantara roof-lining - did you paint the sun visors and light surrounds. I was going to flock mine but I've not done the pillars and don't think I will unless I can find a way to remove the alarm sensors from the pillars easily. I've trimmed the roof-lining in red suede (not as neat a job as yours, I may have to do it again) but I need to sort the roof-flap surround and visors but I don't know what to paint the visors with

Only the merest touch of OCD Ryan.


The visors are flocked Jon, the light surround is just satin black out of a tw@t can.

Cheers, back to plan A