rebuild. Major project so will take a long time.

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27-09-2009, 19:20
spice_weazle

My S14 Reshell/rufurb/rebuild. Major project so will take a long time.

Hi.:wave: I currently have a S14 but today I picked up a S14a shell to reshell my S14.

My current road worthy car....

http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/85...600x600Q85.jpg

Im reshelling because I found some bad rust due to a crap repair on some accident damage before I brought it....

http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/23...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/45...600x600Q85.jpg

I cut as much rust out as I could and then decided to reshell so I bodged it up to keep me going until the tax runs out.

The new shell....

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps421f3992.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...psbbea4321.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps9849c891.jpg

....Im going to be keeping the S14 front end off my current car and have a few Ideas for it, including:- It will be totally derusted(no matter how long it takes and even if it all needs to go back to bare metal), It will be properly undersealed, have a full cage fitted and I will be giving it a full respray.

My S14 will be then stripped and everything cleaned up, derusted and painted accordingly.

Its going to take along time to do due to time constraints and funds but Im in it for the long haul. Ill be updating this thread as often as pos.

Cheers.

Rich.
27-09-2009, 19:29
kingj

cool:) good luck fella,look forward to some updates:thumbs:
27-09-2009, 19:30
ex-ctr

good luck, you need a spit for that chassis:nod: makes working on it so much easier
27-09-2009, 19:32
baker_001

Good news Rich :thumbs: Looking forward to this progressing :D

Turns out I will be doing something similar with mine at some point in the future, so if you need a hand then just give me a shout :) :cool:
27-09-2009, 19:37
spice_weazle

Quote:

Originally Posted by ex-ctr

good luck, you need a spit for that chassis:nod: makes working on it so much easier

Im half way through making one at work. Ive just been waiting to get my shell so I can measure the distance between the chassis rails.

Once its on the spit Im going to remove as much as pos(I want it to be a totally bare shell like yours in your rebuild thread ex-tr) before the derusting and fabrication work begins.
27-09-2009, 19:38
spice_weazle

Quote:

Originally Posted by baker_001

Good news Rich :thumbs: Looking forward to this progressing :D

Turns out I will be doing something similar with mine at some point in the future, so if you need a hand then just give me a shout :) :cool:

Cool mate. Im sure Ill need help at some point. Same offer to mate if you do yours.:nod:
27-09-2009, 19:44
Kango_V

Nice. Good luck mate. If you are going to take it bacjk to bare metal and derust, may I suggest http://www.surfaceprocessing.co.uk/.

£750 for the alkaline->hydrocarbon->hydrochloric acid dip and then
£750 for the The Electrophoretic Coating.

This is what I'm going to do to my S15. This will save tonnes of time and also does not work out bad price wise as you save on not havin to buy expensive stuff like deox-c, sandpaper, shotblaster etc etc etc.

Anyway, good luck. I'll be following this with interest.
27-09-2009, 19:47
karl elwell

i'm so glad to see this cars going to live on, will be watching this thread all the time.
27-09-2009, 19:48
spice_weazle

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kango_V

Nice. Good luck mate. If you are going to take it bacjk to bare metal and derust, may I suggest http://www.surfaceprocessing.co.uk/.

£750 for the alkaline->hydrocarbon->hydrochloric acid dip and then
£750 for the The Electrophoretic Coating.

This is what I'm going to do to my S15. This will save tonnes of time and also does not work out bad price wise as you save on not havin to buy expensive stuff like deox-c, sandpaper, shotblaster etc etc etc.

Anyway, good luck. I'll be following this with interest.

I was going to look into this but at them prices ill see how bad the rust is but it doesnt seem too bad. Ive certainly seen worse.
27-09-2009, 19:54
spice_weazle

Quote:

Originally Posted by karl elwell

i'm so glad to see this cars going to live on, will be watching this thread all the time.

HAHA It used to be your car then!
27-09-2009, 19:57
karl elwell

it was my car for the last 7 years sold it a couple of months ago. got hundreds of pictures of what it did look like.
27-09-2009, 20:08
Chriscooke

Quote:

Originally Posted by karl elwell

it was my car for the last 7 years sold it a couple of months ago. got hundreds of pictures of what it did look like.

I love happy endings:D

I'll be watching this thread with interest:nod:
27-09-2009, 20:20
ex-ctr

Quote:

Originally Posted by spice_weazle

I was going to look into this but at them prices ill see how bad the rust is but it doesnt seem too bad. Ive certainly seen worse.

i started hand prepping mine, thought i had uncovered all the rust:nod: only decided to have it soda blasted to make it easier to paint but it uncovered 25% more rust:eek:
27-09-2009, 20:24
karl elwell

theres only one bad part on it and that seems just a little red, nothing a good wire brush andsome anti-corrosive paint would'nt sort.

no accident repairs on that one its 100% stright.
28-09-2009, 05:37
spice_weazle

Quote:

Originally Posted by ex-ctr

i started hand prepping mine, thought i had uncovered all the rust:nod: only decided to have it soda blasted to make it easier to paint but it uncovered 25% more rust:eek:

If you dont mind me asking how much did that cost?
28-09-2009, 09:33
corfublue

Nice one Rich :nod:
28-09-2009, 20:54
ex-ctr

Quote:

Originally Posted by spice_weazle

If you dont mind me asking how much did that cost?

£500 without cage £700 with as the cage was a pain i was told:nod:

done here, my shell is pictured http://www.suttonsodablasting.co.uk/latestnews.html
29-09-2009, 01:17
Kango_V

Quote:

Originally Posted by ex-ctr

£500 without cage £700 with as the cage was a pain i was told:nod:

done here, my shell is pictured http://www.suttonsodablasting.co.uk/latestnews.html

Where did you get your rear arches tubbed?
30-09-2009, 19:03
spice_weazle

Got the shell on a spinny jig and started to strip it down.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps9b11c7af.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps1907fe4e.jpg

So far managed to get the front wings off, boot lid off and the fuel tank off.

Having a look underneath there is plenty of rust that needs cleaning up but it looks like only surface so far.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps48697736.jpg

Tomorrow the doors are coming off then Ill be attacking the carpet thats left and making a start on the removing whats left of the dash and the wiring.
30-09-2009, 19:49
karl elwell

looking like your making progress early on it. :)

can't wait to see more updates on this.:nod:

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