shadydaz's First ever project...

Hi all,

I have just joined this site today,  after buying a rolling shell yesterday.  Here she is:



I will be going to BUG Jam in the morning to try and get some inspiration

looks like you have some long nights ahead of you

Saw this on ebay the other day, tempted to buy it for a few parts myself.

Hopefully you will make a decent car out of it. A restored MK1 is always a good Mk1!!

Alfie did your MK1 win best exterior at BugJam last year?  The one that did looks just like yours!!  sweet.

Not mine dude, would be good to see a pic of it though (had a look about but cant find it)
Alfie

Got a 6x3 marguee yesterday off Ebay,  heavy duty job,  it's well good. got it up last night and hooked power up first thing, ready to rock and roll today.  

This morning I took the Bonnet, Boot and doors off the shell.  compltely stripped the doors to component level as the the glass needed to come out to be cleaned.  One of the previous owners had managed to spray body paint all over them!  they have now been cleaned and are actually see through now!!  I have also degreased the door locking mechanisms and the holder-open things too.  Got the bonnet latch off and degreased also as will need new bonnet.  Cleaned the doors up a little bit,  there was all sorts of nasty stuff stuck to the skin inside the door,  that is mostly off and I gave them a powerwash with heavy duty degreaser ready to sand down for spraying.  

Got the firewall sound lining off in prepeartion for panelling the clutch cable point in the firwall as has been botched.  

Got the engine tarning over on Friday whcih is good,  have bought a new fuel pump as I suspect the diaphram has gone in the old one.  Hopefully can get her ruinning before I drop the enigine out ready to start preping the body.  Currently running a 1.3 I think.  Can anyone tell me where the engine number is placed on the engine so I can confirm engine type please?  Many Thanks.

Also started sanding down boot seal are of body as very grubby  want to make sure that no more welding is needed there.

hi mate, i saw this on ebay too,i was also tempted for parts so good to see it being done up!
you should find what cc it is on the back of the engine,heres a pic of an engine i have

hope this helps mate,good luck with the project :wink:

Wow thanks.  How do I get the windows out of the shell,  I am haveing diffuclty freeing the rubber without damaging it.  Boot, rear and windsheild all have new rubbers,  don't want to replace if I can help it.

ill prob get a bit of stick for sayin this on here but i peeled back the rubber on the outside of the car and sprayed loads of wd40 down the back then used….table spoons :mrgreen:
worked great for me used them a couple of times, obviously dont use the eating end lol,i started bottom left on the inside of the car and worked my way round the window anti clockwise i only used 6 spoons,just dont tell the wife though :roll:

Windows out.  May fears about having to purchase new rubber are aleviated,  the Blue spray paint has come off pretty easily the couple that I have washed.

Will hopefully have it upon ramps on Saturday to find this engine number.

Mate, loving the marquee idea (thanks!!)
Where did you get yours & (may i ask) how much you paid for it!?

I got it off ebay.  £185, never used, cost seller £400+.  It's heavy duty, the poles are 48mm instead of the 25mm poles on the cheaper marquees.  That should hold steady in our windy area till the car is done!

seen this on ebay gud luck chap

I hate not having a garage!!!!
:-)

This may just ease the pain!

Cheers Dubboy402.

She is pretty solid.  Not much needs doing, but going to give her a good seeing to anyway so that she'll last for years to come.

Got the new fuel pump today and bunged it in after work.  Low and behold after a feww attempts she fired and stayed on.  One slight problem is that she is revving ultra gigh and the idle seems to increase the revs the longer I leave it running.  Was wondering if any of you technically great peaple could help me figure out why this might be.  Once I get that sorted the engine is coming out.  I can get a pic if that would help?  Having read through some of the "carb" threads in the small block section it could be that bits are missing or I need to adjust the idle and mix.

It's a Solex carb with a auto choke,  I have learned that much!  There is currently no manual choke fitted either. The accelerator cable is connected properly too.

Now I have the bay cleared a bit,   I have had another look for the engine code.  Not sure if I am looking in the right place


 Above is all i can find on the back of the block.

Below is on the front of the block:
  


some more pics:

I can't seem to find a code that matches anything on the various engine code lists around????

I am a bit stuck.  Can anyone help please?