My Kadett Zetec SE Project

[Retromotorsport]

Ok.. i'll forgive you ...

well all the gouges welded up and linished smooth....









and the axle brackets welded on, with flat backs to take Low Roll Centre WATTS brackets later if required.

[oldskooler]

[quote=chevetteandy;1383096]Attachment 15749

Attachment 15750

[attach]15751[/attach
lovely motor you got there. awesome exhaust manifold, can you tell me who makes them or are they available. cheers.

[cr500dom]

Excellent

Cheers Gary, coming along nicely as always

[Retromotorsport]

4 link arms made up, had to turn down the inserts as the where around 2 mm oversize, better than being under, and then welded in,






and the axle under thar car

[Ratters]

you lucky puppy dom

great work gary soon be back in dom's care

that's a nice motor you got too andy i just hope dom's ends up a bit more 'sleeper'

[cr500dom]

Looking great Gary

Off to France for a few days with no net access so look forward to plenty of pics when I get back next week

Its looking superb chap, really glad with the decisions as well and thanks for protecting for the watts linkage too

Cheers
Dom

[cr500dom]

Panhard rod done ... tried it high and its crap for geometry and exhaust fit ... middle no go at all .. so low ..best geometry and also best fit around the exhaust ..












..

[Retromotorsport]

Pedals and flat floor are in ...






need to pull the x-member and steering out tomorrow to sort that out and give some clearence, the old x-member still has the old engine mounts on .... once those are gone i can move the steering over so its not cocked from the drivers seats like an escorts .. cheap car builds hey, 1 uj instead of 2 .. that will do the customers wont mind the steering being pissed

[mk1nurburg]

looking good!! you must be well pleased with the build dom!!

cracking work gary!

[cr500dom]

Yeah I am , it looks great gary

I hear you`ve got a Helper tomorrow

Work him hard

He has at least had that engine in and out a few times if you need to

Cheers
Dom

[Retromotorsport]

Dom, ... we going with the exhaust?

[351escort]

Looking nice Dom and good work Gary

[Dan]

popcorn: more please lookin forward to seeing this one on its wheels

[cr500dom]

Big thanks to Gary (and his ageing apprentice)

Picked it up last night from the "Fantasy Garage" and as expected it is superb


No pics yet as we got back at 1.45am and I`m in work today so its still on the trailer

Will update later

Cheers
Dom

[Retromotorsport]

Ahhhh ... back to Escorts...

Only joking Dom, it made an .. interesting change ..


Oh and Arch it .... you know you want too..

[4parajon]

Dom, ... we going with the exhaust?

Someone say exhaust

Great work as always Gary

[dazzle]

Ahhhh ... back to Escorts...

Only joking Dom, it made an .. interesting change ..


Oh and Arch it .... you know you want ME too..

[cr500dom]

Back "home" again and lurking in the corner










Cheers
Dom

[DIDDY]

Wow looking good Dom and what can i say Gary AWSOME did i tell you im your love child from way back ( well if the truth was known we all would love a dad like GARY ! right) ! he! he!

DIDDY!

[cr500dom]

Could be for sale now

Sensible offers invited...... just too much going on at the minute and too much money tied up in it to have just sitting there until I can find the time/space/ inclination to do anything with it

If theres enough Interest I`l break it

[dangerousdave]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Dont sell up dom, search for the last time you posted this same thing and read all the replies there!!!!

[xeandy]

Please do not do it this is the only thing im looking forward to next year just think of the fun!!!! Also kick andy up the backside and im sure he will do most of it for you he loves welding rusty cars back together and painting them, its a yearly event for him :P

[4parajon]

Thats a shame Dom, its made an interesting read and a great project

[david_white]

Could be for sale now

Sensible offers invited...... just too much going on at the minute and too much money tied up in it to have just sitting there until I can find the time/space/ inclination to do anything with it

If theres enough Interest I`l break it

Please dont tell me you nicked my slot getting into retro's and now you're selling it

Surely all the hard stuff's done, can't you just fit a simpler engine for now and get it painted?

[dazzle]

Don't do itDom!!
I've got a few projects on the go at the minute and I know what it's like to have no time/inclanation to do anything!!!

Do what ever you have to mate but if you can put it away to one side for a while, I'm sure once you have sorted yourself out, you'll be gagging to get back on it

Plus, I want to see you kick Gaz's butt away from the lights

[cr500dom]

Cleaned, de bracketed, stripping started ready for some more panels, some stitch welding and strengthening at the bulkhead joints




Oh and a little look at Garys OCD - you cant even see this section as its all covered by a false floor/pedalbox arrangement

[dangerousdave]

Does this mean shes a keeper???? pray:

[Dan]

glad your back on it dom, and surely if you loose motivation you just have to look at garys work, you cant let it go to waste or for someone else to drive it

[cr500dom]

Does this mean shes a keeper???? pray:

Undecided at the moment but the work needs doing anyway

[dangerousdave]

Good keep at it dom, before you know it it will be done and you either wont want to sell it because it rocks, or if you do sell it it will make big bucks because of what it is (ie finished spec)

[105Ian]

Glad to see you are going to keep it Dom , and your getting stuck in working on it , and adding to Gary's great work .

[gartrac]

There seems to be a lot of holes in all that new metal...was that to save money?

GET ON WITH IT!, should be worth a few bob when up and running.

p.s
My nan used to own one of them Chevettes

[cr500dom]

There seems to be a lot of holes in all that new metal...was that to save money?

GET ON WITH IT!, should be worth a few bob when up and running.

p.s
My nan used to own one of them Chevettes

Get back in the Garage and play with your Starlet

Progress

We picked up a Lathe yesterday, free from work




I love free tools just needs a clean up and setting up properly

Well after fitting the seat in the car and sitting in it.....
My nice new pedal arrangement doesnt work even with my Short Legs which I had always worried about.....

And yes Gary we did try them all the way forwards accounting for the short AP cylinders and it still doesnt work

So we looked at it for a while, (I swore a lot ) tried a few different Ideas and came up with some possible solutions and some very trick solutions and then left it alone and carried on Stripping









All in all with painting the barn, winning a Lathe, Getting Andys escort transported, Kadett engine out and bay stripped, its been a rather productive couple of weeks all in
Big thanks to Andy and another shout out to Charlatan1 who is lending me back the pedalbox I sold him : to see if I can make that solution work with the curent floor arrangement ;D 8-)
Watch this space ;D

[cr500dom]

Forgot to ask

What the "Worm poison" that everyone uses to get rid of the under paint Rust spiders ?

The shell is generally very good but I want to treat whats there before etch priming it

Cheers
Dom

[mk1matt]

"kurust" mate halfords sell it
I've got a complete peddle box from a tvr tuscan sat in my shed if its of any use to you mate???

P.s engine bay looks bufty

[Retromotorsport]

Was that with you still sitting with your nose on the wheel.. as i had a seat in there and i could get on the pedals.
Take a pic of you sitting in the car .....

[cr500dom]

Was that with you still sitting with your nose on the wheel.. as i had a seat in there and i could get on the pedals.
Take a pic of you sitting in the car .....

Nope in the position they were in and the seat back hard up against the cage I still had knees wedged under teh wheel and wheel to far away

The relationship between wheel seat and pedals isn`t right, I know I can move the wheel/Column but the seat still ends up way back hard up against the Diagonal, I can go down on seat height but it still doesnt solve the problem

I`ll get some pics next week when I am back up there but if I want it to be driveable by me let alone anyone your size (Which is still a requirement) then something needs to change.......

At the moment I have a Top hung Chevette/kadett pedalbox on its way to me to see if it will still work now the column has moved and the floor has come up

and I am busy drawing up a new Pedal arrangement using some trick single pivot Brembo master cylinders I have "In stock"

2 options at the moment are overhung reverse with the small cylinders tucked up behind the dash

and floor mount reverse with the small cylinders remote mounted under the false floor

[cr500dom]

OK some pics to update
Carried on paint stripping and wirebrushing to get rid of the small surface rust spots
Also cleaned up the welds in the engine bay where we have clearanced the chassis rails


Oh yeah and made a small "Dave Roberts" incision too


From under the inner wing it looks like this:



I am amazed at how good the metal work is under here and although its taking longer I am glad I am sorting it now as had I left it another year or so It would have been so much harder to put right again, also times like these I`m glad I bought a Kadett and not an Escort

Oh and heres a General Tidy bright barn shot...... with Phoenixescorts Zetec`d Mk2 keeping it company


Going back up tomorrow to get a good day and a half on it, need to get some shelving up and my Stuff/parts tidied away then crack on with the new Pedalbox design from scratch as the works copy overhung one now doesnt work with either the new column position or the False floor
Cheers
Dom

[mk1nurburg]

looking smart dom!! glad youve got the bug back for it. deff keep the pics coming, cracking car!

[Retromotorsport]

Dom, i rested a base mount seat in there, and was comfy, will admit the steering wasnt fixed. I just had it where i felt comfy, a quick re-lease and a deeper dish or pull the shaft further into the car would move the wheel to the right position