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No choice had to take of road to do usual repairs on chassis & back swinging arms.Not as bad a job as I thought it would be...
Bonnets away.
Body off.
This is why I took it off road.
Cut back to good metal ready for welding.
Lots more found after body removal.Rotten back mounts & seat belt bracket.
Outrigger tubes both sides to rotten to patch.
Outrigger front mounts& front tube where most of rot seems to start.
Again.
New outriggers.Galv hand rail tubeing
Again.
Front body mounts forgot these started painting first.
Zinc Oxide primmer 2 coats..
And them.(back body+seat belt mounts)
Three spray coats.
Steel bond paint..
Engine back.
Front back together & new trackrod ends fitted.
+ Rad.
Back end together.Driveway nearly done as well ****
Can't wait to put body on.
At last..
Knew those luggage straps would come in for something.
Engine tidy up.
Next job..(carpets) Charcoal I think..
Pig of a job but worth it..
Change of seats-out of MR2 Jap import 93/94
Fit without to many changes.
Finished job..
Fan change.Out of a Renault laguna 95/96..
Gives a lot faster cooling..
Fan change..Go's in without much bother.
Just had to cut fan hole a little bigger & bend brackets fractionaly to fit..
Indicater lenses keep getting bust(alternative idea).
Alternative Indicater lens..6mm persplex with orange lamp..
Not to everybodies taste but got pi**ed off with replaceing lenses
Indicaters
Cooling pipework & expansion bottle alterations
Expansion bottle out of an old Renault Clio.
Cooling alterations1
Looking good before seat change.
Ready to go...
Newark SCH