my cabby project finally finished

hi everyone, as a few of you will know by now i have been restoring a cabby, as i have bombarded the help section virtually daily, lol which by the way i wouldn not have been able to do without the help from a selection of you guys, so thanks alot.

anyway she started life as a red 1.5, as you can see in the pic, she needed quite a bit of work doing



so i set about it, thinking along the way that i wanted something different, so i smoothed the clipper arches and sideskirts in









obviously completely stripped out now, she had a brilliant shell on her for saying shes around 28 years old, all i had to to was try and level the panels up a bit etc and take the odd dent out and then get her ready for priming







then i flatted her down and got her ready for the top coat









now unfortunatly i got a bit carried away building her up and forgot to take many photos through the stages of being rebuilt, but got one of her as i had just put the new roof on before i cut the rear window



then i set about getting my brand new engine made, i kept her as the 1.5 andhad new EVERYTHING, im talking oversized pistons, crank shaft, cam, head, bearings, electronic ignition, sump, pumps, alternator. basically you name it i bought it, cost me a right ticket





then got the engine in and running perfectly, she runs so nice now after the initial teething problems, such a pleasure to drive


(oh and a new rad is next on the cards by the way lol)

and this is her done, and i love her, think she looks beautiful




thanks for looking guys, sorry bout the walk through if you got bored, and comments welcome people

and again thanks alot for the brilliant help along the way


M333KS D

that looks like a sweet project mate . glad to see you nearly finished

cheers dude, shes looking sweet on them coils aint she? thanks again lol, they look better on mine than they would on that other chaps ay? haha

Nice transformation!

Only thing I can think lets the car down is the air box

good work!

in what way? it does need a back to black il give you that, i havnt yet detailed the engine bay. or do you just mean big and bulky in general?

Dusty lol

Loving it Buddy, 8)
dont suppose you wana spray mine in Artic white :roll:

Top job mate, looks fantastic 8)

Looks good mate realy good job

did u paint it at home as well? even better

also have u flushed in the clipper arces?

Top job!! looks great in black

You should be real proud of yourself m8  

Looks the dogs

Chris

cheers lads, yes i am pretty proud of it.

yes it was all sprayed at home in a 20ft gazeebo that i bought for ?100 haha, did me proud though.

yes the arches are smoothes and flared, and the sideskirts are smoothed in aswell

im thinking of putting her up for sale now though, so if anyones interested  :wink:

took a few more pictures people

let me know what you think

cheers































M333KSD