My 83 driver rwd project

Cheers guys I will get it dropped 200mm 

Evening all

Got a start on the golf today up and onto the rotating jig and had a test roll

It's definatly out of balance as it is but hopefully it won't be on there long

Got on with starting to strip to as much off as possible before the body work starts next weekend

Interior de cluttered 


The floor pan is solid  well pleased so it's just the under seal to remove to get it to bare metal


Old engine bays has loads to come off but here it is as it stands


Old door cards 


De badged and side strips off


And a nice little bonus of some uprated neuspeeds anti roll bars 


Rear will be useless but will be refurbed and sold 

It's that time of the week again

Got a few hours on the golf today

But my material I ordered weeks ago for the roll cage has been delayed an addition 2 weeks   

But that gives me time to start on smoothing the front end and mounting rad and fuel tank

My vr6 engine and box turned up 


Started with the grinder to remove all the un needed parts


And here's a quick before and after shot 
I will be stripping the full bay back to bare metal aswell 

Good thread, looking forward to its progression

Yesterday's progress was good 

Got a start on the vr6 lump
Taking inlet and exhaust manifolds off 
Well pleased how clean the engine is 83k covered





Back onto the shell I got some more of the engine bay de cluttered and the wings off
Which was a struggle with there being a good inch of sealant on the inner seam 



Dash removed and all the wiring and tucked aside
Tried a mini hoop but it's a tad narrow up top so got new measurements sorted to fit 



Was also working with a work mate on his dimma kitted 205 which is also going mid engine rwd 







How it's currently sat

There'll be some work going in to this and the 205!

Like the mini in the background too

Sure is bud
Be worth it once there finished

Mini is very nice volvo t5 turbo 

Oh wow that's different, bet that goes well - I've driven a T5R in a heavy Volvo estate and that was brutal, this must be insane!!  

Back at it again today

With 1 task in mind knot wheeling 

Starting with the inner archs  


30 mins later


Nice bit of detail again


Solid a tiny patch near shocker well pleased 

Then into driver side 
Along the front slam panel




Door shut


Into the first patch of rot

Hoping this doesn't bleed much into sill and floor, either way nothing a tig welder and new sheet won't fix 

Front panel looked mint
Until I hit a huge patch of filler 



With this nice detail slap bang in the middle lol 


Front panel getting there


Rot free all around 


Started in the passenger strut 


And drivers


Every bit of bodywork upto and I've used 1 knot wheel 

On another good note material turned up for the cage and engine frame 

Well pleased with today's progress cannot wait for 2mos 

Nice work mate. Doesn't look too bad at all tbh. This is gonna be a mean car when done. Keep up the good work.  

Good work and progress. Always nice when you reveal solid metal!  

Cheers guys
I'm amazed how solid it is for a 1983 car 

Here's my progress from Saturday

It's not much as we was without power for 2 hours whilst the new power lines went in for our cnc lathe 
 
I removed the steering rack and then carried on with the knot wheeling






Well impressed how it turned out


Then went onto starting the passenger arch

So much underseal it took ages and then demolished the wheel





And with the consumable shop being shut until Monday I went back onto the interior

Finished removing the full loom dash and steering rack



And moved the engine from middle of the main workshop out the way 


And finally here's the turbo size in comparison to the vr6 engine 

Managed to get a couple of hours on the mk1 tonight

Knot wheels turned up so cracked on again



Smoothed off all the brackets



And smoothed off more brackets and the battery tray 

I'm some what confused by this progress!

Surely getting that VR6 mounted in the back takes way more priority over removing any insignificant bay paint and brackets or have I missed something?    

I'm also with that ^^*

Good fast progress though mate keep it up

Priority is to get the engine and cage fitted bud

This work was started prior to engine turning up and a 2 week delay in the cage material lead to finding something else to do whilst waiting


Material turned up late Friday and was without power to chop and bend Saturday 

It's all progress bud 

Plans for this Friday and Saturday is to start the cage can't wait 

Makes sense now.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Good luck with the build.

This is going to be an awesome build,
ive never seen that driver badge on the steering wheel, has it been stuck on or something? as mine and any that i have seen were just a plain badge  
Cheers,
Matt

Cheers Matt 

It looks like a standard wheel
Not really taken much notice I will check in morning