Shellby - 83 gti ABF on carbs

Nosmonkey said

Fiesta Rainbow recaro's, good find! When you're getting them re-trimmed if you take care removing the old seat material i'd be interested 

Yeah, was a happy boy the day I won those! I think well be talking years before the retrim, rather than months, but ill let you know if that changes.  

Brilliant build thread, you seem to have done some things very similarly to me .

I think I may have to steal your seat mounting idea so thanks in advance .

Also I can't see the pictures from when you first got the shell, don't suppose you have a couple you could post up?

Morgie said

Brilliant build thread, you seem to have done some things very similarly to me .

I think I may have to steal your seat mounting idea so thanks in advance .

Also I can't see the pictures from when you first got the shell, don't suppose you have a couple you could post up?

Definately some similarities, but you are light years ahead of me!!     

The seats were a pain to do, tried measuring up off the old seat, but no real datums to take measurements from. In the end I left the passanger seat in, put the driver subframe in and marked the angles and heights with chalk by eye, removed it and cut it slightly higher with a cutting disc, then kept fitting it and balancing the recaro on top, in, out, in, out until i was finally happy with the fit. Not very scientific, but got there in the end.     I'll be working on her tonight and hopefully thursday, so if you want any photos/measurements let me know.

Havent got many shell photos, I bought it as an abandoned project shell, i'm 99% certain it was Jellybellys "project rotbox" theres a 40 odd page thread on the repairs he carried out on the shell. Id already bought the shell when I found that thread, wasn't until about page 40 that i started noticing the patchwork repairs matched those on mine and thought "jesus, I think thats my shell!!"     I contacted him, but he said his shell had gone to be scrapped, but think it's somehow made its way to me. Theres a build thread on ED38, also called Shellby, which has all the photos that are missing from this one, or i can look through my photobucket album for anything specific if you need anything, let me know. Matt

pazwaa said

Morgie said

Brilliant build thread, you seem to have done some things very similarly to me .

I think I may have to steal your seat mounting idea so thanks in advance .

Also I can't see the pictures from when you first got the shell, don't suppose you have a couple you could post up?

Definately some similarities, but you are light years ahead of me!!     

The seats were a pain to do, tried measuring up off the old seat, but no real datums to take measurements from. In the end I left the passanger seat in, put the driver subframe in and marked the angles and heights with chalk by eye, removed it and cut it slightly higher with a cutting disc, then kept fitting it and balancing the recaro on top, in, out, in, out until i was finally happy with the fit. Not very scientific, but got there in the end.     I'll be working on her tonight and hopefully thursday, so if you want any photos/measurements let me know.

Havent got many shell photos, I bought it as an abandoned project shell, i'm 99% certain it was Jellybellys "project rotbox" theres a 40 odd page thread on the repairs he carried out on the shell. Id already bought the shell when I found that thread, wasn't until about page 40 that i started noticing the patchwork repairs matched those on mine and thought "jesus, I think thats my shell!!"     I contacted him, but he said his shell had gone to be scrapped, but think it's somehow made its way to me. Theres a build thread on ED38, also called Shellby, which has all the photos that are missing from this one, or i can look through my photobucket album for anything specific if you need anything, let me know. Matt

Ok thanks bud, I'll tackle these seat frames next week probably and see how I get on. And I'll have a browse over on Edition as well  

Also this is the stuff I used for my interior floor:

Bit of work completed over the last two evenings.

Paint prep is coming along nicely.

Boot finished



Rear offside quarter and door complete





Just the wing to complete and fit and that's the offside done! Whilst that's been going on I've been cleaning up engine bay parts.

Drive shafts and windscreen wiper parts painted. Water pump primed.



Steering rack primed



Shiny gearbox



Then a little side project, removed the dash board, it's filthy!





Oh my, there's a lot of wires behind there

Needed to work out how the steering column fitted and worked so I could install this



Wilwood bias pedal with 0.7 and 0.625 master cylinders Need to buy some more paint, finish the engine and then start assembling it with the clutch and gearbox.

       

Had a few hours to play tonight. Found out one of my work depots has a sandblaster, so got them to do my wishbones, came out well



Quick tip for getting unwanted bushes out of wishbones, hacksaw one end off, place a large socket one end and a small socket the other, then close in a vice, the bush pops out into the large socket.



Seam welded the wishbones



Then primered





And a few engine parts finished



Had hoped to finish painting the engine, but made a mess of the rocker cover, orange peel everywhere. cf_emoticons__BangHeado will sand that up and try again.

Soon be time to start re-assembling everything, bit worried about the mass of parts I seem to have, hopefully will all make sense. 

Very small update. Progress is very slow. Been cleaning parts, stripping paint, removing rust and paint parts ready for the re-build.

Parts drying on the washing line



And a bucket of finished parts



Started on the headlights, not in a good way 



Does anyone know a part number for the bolts and springs that hold the two sections together?

Nice work buddy. Putting the washing line to good use I see. Bet the Mrs was happy

smudger said

Nice work buddy. Putting the washing line to good use I see. Bet the Mrs was happy

Got some dirty looks, even more when I pinched her washing bucket to put the bits in  

I can't register on the vagcat site you sent me the link for, would you mind looking and seeing if the codes for the headlight parts are listed? Probably gonna be cheaper to buy new ones, but would would rather refurb if possible. Cheers.

Standby mate I will have a look for you.

Does this image look right to you mate? If so which number do you need?

That's the one Smudger, items 9 and 10.

Cheers, youre a hero  

Is that off the vagcat site?

Yes mate off the vagcat site.

Item 9 shown as adjusting screw…… 113941141

item 10 shows as tension spring …….. 321941157

Hope that helps.

Smudger

Very well done on the work you've accomplished so far, like the bending 'tool'. Just watch when using those stainless fittings as they can be very brittle & can snap in comparison to the usual tempered steel bolts. I wouldn't use them 'structurally'.

Cero said

Very well done on the work you've accomplished so far, like the bending 'tool'. Just watch when using those stainless fittings as they can be very brittle & can snap in comparison to the usual tempered steel bolts. I wouldn't use them 'structurally'.

Thanks Cero, means a lot   Bending tool is a beast, can also convert it into a hydraulic press, very useful for bearings, just have to use them with care as its like a museum piece, design before health and safety existed  

Cheers for the tip on the bolts, just gonna use them to add some shininess to the engine bay, nowhere where real strength is required  

I've got one of those benders at work for making handrails. I see you have a 'cut down' version of it

Melteddrummer said

I've got one of those benders at work for making handrails. I see you have a 'cut down' version of it

Yeah, that's what this one is used for, but as I say, a bit primitive    you got one of the nice red jobbies with proper radius forming tools?

Something like that but it still belongs in a museum

Been nearly three months since I did an update. Been beavering away, clean components up and painting them. Finally have enough photos to warrant a post.

Car is almost ready to begin paint.

Near side being finished. Plus the wing is on, this wouldn't fit earlier because the front inner wing was too short. Had to split it to get the bolt holes for the wing in the correct positions.



The split