Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

[reneAE86]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

something are easyer with a 4 door :-)

[mexicotait]

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What stone chip pain did you use ?

[marcp]

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Nice work

[lukem30]

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Back in the garage again after a fair while off. First on list was to repair the 2 rear chassis rails.

Cut out the rot and replaced the inner skin with new


Then the outer


Next was the double passenger sill to come off, the first one


What was underneath


And the second one


Which left me with a crusty inner sill to repair


Out with the old


And in with some new metal

[evans2822]

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Nice repair work

[danknight72]

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Well in mate

[lukem30]

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Today's effort




Both front doors to repair next

[azz259]

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Looking good, how much work you got left?

[lukem30]

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Looking good, how much work you got left?

Just finished up the welding today, onto bodywork next so hopefully won't be too much longer. I think I'm going to leave the engine bay until another time as I want to get the car back on the road.

[lukem30]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

Hopefully this is the last of the welding until I get round to getting the engine out to paint the bay.
I repaired the drivers front door with a few small patches, but the passenger door was too far gone, so I picked up a cheap replacement that only needed a minor repair which I've also now sorted.



And the last bit to sort was to weld up scuttle.






I have also purchased a fiberglass boot and bonnet, so I made some backing plates ready to fit the boot to the original hinges.

[finlay]

Re: Road Rally MK2 4 Door (XE powered)

top class repairs there and great build !!!

[dorianwills]

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Great job Wy did you weld the scuttle panel ?

[lukem30]

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I've got a heater out of a classic mini, so all the cold air from outside was rushing in throught the big hole where the original ford heater collected air, so was making my feet cold. I've seen a few people fit carbon scuttle blanks, but the welder was there ready to go.

[jonsey]

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Nice welding work, but where is your heater going to pick up the fresh air from now? It will be like running in recirc mode. It will mist up. Or do you plan to bring it in from elsewhere?

[lukem30]

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I've been running with it taped up for the last year or so and its been fine, it just looks a bit crappy with a load of silver tape over it so I thought I would do a propper job.