my new s13

[Ghazoobe]

took delivery of my new toy on friday evening :D

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/ghazoobe/S13/04072008074.jpg

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After taking the bumper and 1 wing off...

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/ghazoobe/S13/04072008083.jpg

[DREAD13]

Apart from it being slapped round the face real hard, it's a clean car :nod:

[Ghazoobe]

Apart from it being slapped round the face real hard, it's a clean car :nod:

yeah, engine runs fine and it still drives ok :D

already got the bits lined up to replace whats bent, just seems to be slam panel, bumper, headlights, wings and bonnet.

[marcus23]

looks really clean minus the front end ! much did that set you back ?

[Ghazoobe]

looks really clean minus the front end ! much did that set you back ?

£300 delivered :thumbs: (only had to be transported about 10miles and he had a mate with a recovery truck)

[marcus23]

thats excellent ! probz only cost you £100 for new wings bonnet and bumper as well ! iv been looking for an s13 that runs properly for ages as mine is just pissing me off now lol !

[spezer]

Good one...

At least it was a little more local than some you were looking at... ;)

[Dal]

Nice one mate come back to the fold:D

Remember where I am if you need any help or small parts I have a red bonnet I think:confused:

As said clean one apart from front end nice one:thumbs:
What sort of milege is on her?

[Ghazoobe]

thats excellent ! probz only cost you £100 for new wings bonnet and bumper as well ! iv been looking for an s13 that runs properly for ages as mine is just pissing me off now lol !

bonnet/wings/bumper/headlights = £50 :D


Good one...

At least it was a little more local than some you were looking at... ;)

yeah, I was starting to wonder if I'd ever find a decent cheap one around my area and ended up looking all over the place.
The guy I bought it from (s13james) advertised it in the breakers section as he was gonna break it but I made an offer on it as a whole car and bought it :thumbs:


Nice one mate come back to the fold:D

Remember where I am if you need any help or small parts I have a red bonnet I think:confused:

As said clean one apart from front end nice one:thumbs:
What sort of milege is on her?

already got most bits lined up that I'm gonna need I think, no doubt will be coming over to you regularly once I've got it back on the road :thumbs:

only bad thing about it is that its an auto, so if you've got the bits to convert it to manual that'd be handy ;)

112k miles although the engine sounds perfectly fine when its idling (haven't driven it around properly obviously) and it came with tons of service history so has obviously been well cared for in the past

[Starks]

Lucky git :D



Wish my was as clean as that, good luck with it :thumbs:

[sxbaz]

good 2 see u got another sx... after all we cant have an s.e rep without 1!

[Darkside7]

oh no, not another one!!

[Pablo13]

good 2 see u got another sx... after all we cant have an s.e rep without 1!

Damn Right :)

Good to see mate, is just me or does she look like shes shivering in the first few shots? ahhh, she needs some loving :wack: Doesnt look too bad actually but I still want to see close ups of the nearside inner wing. Good luck with it all Ghazoobie :thumbs: Now get out there and get spannering :smash:

[Vaughn]

looks very nice.

Got a new MIG welder coming in a week. That might give it a good work out.

[s13james]

Glad to see youve made a start on it already, starting to wish id never sold it to you now but dont have the time or space. Good luck:thumbs:

[Ghazoobe]

Glad to see youve made a start on it already, starting to wish id never sold it to you now but dont have the time or space. Good luck:thumbs:

was pulling bits off the front almost as soon as you left (bumper and wing) :D then wrapped a tow rope around various parts and had a go at pulling it straight (didn't really work though)

haven't had a chance to go back and do more cos of the rain :annoyed:


I'll take good care of her for ya :)

[s13james]

was pulling bits off the front almost as soon as you left (bumper and wing) :D then wrapped a tow rope around various parts and had a go at pulling it straight (didn't really work though)

haven't had a chance to go back and do more cos of the rain :annoyed:


I'll take good care of her for ya :)

Glad to hear it mate, make sure you come over to show her when its all done:D
Iv got my eye on another 13 already but i must resist until driveways been done:mad:

[Ghazoobe]

Finally got started in earnest on the car on the 6th September, MEL came down and gave me a hand and heres a couple of pics from the day (was raining a tiny bit :wack:)


http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/ghazoobe/S13/6th%20September%2008/Photo-0021.jpg

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http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/ghazoobe/S13/6th%20September%2008/Photo-0022.jpg

[Ghazoobe]

Then on the 20th my girlfriend came and gave me a hand as no one else fancied helping :wack:

Notice what happened to the bolt which was being stubborn and wouldn't come off...
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/ghazoobe/S13/20th%20September%2008/Photo-0027.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/ghazoobe/S13/20th%20September%2008/Photo-0028.jpg


Made myself some mounts for the radiator so I could slot a Saab FMIC in front of it...
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/ghazoobe/S13/20th%20September%2008/Photo-0029.jpg

[Scougar]

Think you'd better get those tools dried off and cleaned asap. One of the quickest ways to ruin tools unfortunately :(

Cars starting to take shape nicely. Surprised you didn't go down the sil80 route or similar.

[Ghazoobe]

And finally (for the moment), me and my mate Ricky started on the car about lunchtime yesterday and were joined a few hours later by Pablo so now the car looks like this....


I started to tape up the bonnet ready for it to be re-sprayed ;)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/ghazoobe/S13/28th%20September%2008/Photo-0039.jpg


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http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/ghazoobe/S13/28th%20September%2008/28092008250.jpg

[Scougar]

Good work :)

[ricky]

mmmmmmm why am i in most of them pics pmsl

aboout time it got up and running.

[Kiz]

now is that the way to repay someone who is organising helping you do your stage 2 next weekend, :rolleyes::D

[Ghazoobe]

now is that the way to repay someone who is organising helping you do your stage 2 next weekend, :rolleyes::D

hehe your lucky, I ran out of paint before getting to the bonnet :(
(hence why the bonnet and bumper are still black)

[kingj]

Good work there mate:thumbs: kep it up:)

[s13james]

Good work Graham:thumbs: Did that alarm fob work?

[Ghazoobe]

Good work Graham:thumbs: Did that alarm fob work?

I forgot to take it up to the garage with me so haven't tried it yet, figured out why the other one didn't always work though and have got it semi working properly now :D
at one point we just unplugged the alarm cos we couldn't turn it off lol

[Ghazoobe]

Have now done just over 500 miles in the car in the last few days and apart from the alarm randomly arming itself and going off for about an hour while I was driving round the m25 its been fine. (I unplugged the alarm when I got home, plugged it back in this morning and it seems ok again now, I think it must of just got pissed off with being so wet/windy/muddy over the weekend :wack:)

[DREAD13]

did you manage to paint all your body parts?? pm me and i'll tell the reason why i'm asking :D:D

[Cosy]

Great it's up and running.

[Pablo13]

Nice to see the miles racking up matey :thumbs: