mk3 astra gsi restoration

mikelee · 03-09-2008, 19:36

just picked this astra up for a bargain price of 100 squids. ive got a bit of a restoration on my hands tho its fooookin rotten.mot failure needs new sills, arches and other patches welding. well here it is

bootfloor a little bit rotten

the non existant sill

started cutting

and patching

thats all the piks i have for now will put recent piks up soon

SteveM · 03-09-2008, 20:03

Nice

i love these sort of projects

if it's anything like a cav (which it is

) check the bulkhead area behind the pedals out!

philip2 · 03-09-2008, 20:06

what a waste, told ya we should weight it in

think urs will be done before mine now

Murray · 03-09-2008, 20:11

Cool!

Nice to see another GSi being saved than having the XE ripped out and the rest scrapped. Good luck with the Resto.

philip2 · 03-09-2008, 20:12

hes got 6weeks now to get the car in a decent condition, he's been told by mum

bopster · 03-09-2008, 20:14

nice cars them good look bud

mikelee · 03-09-2008, 20:40

gonna take longer than 6 weeks so im looking for a garage. yea would rather fix the astra than break it an stick the redtop in my corsa. cant belive how much these things rust. ive checked behind the pedals an its all solid looks like its already been done behind there. i had it in bits the other day because the carpet and foam was soaking wet. still hav'nt figured out where that coming from either. any ideas anyone?? i took it out an it is dry now. most of the rot and rust is in the sides and back but it seems thats where they all seem to go.

**Melv** · 03-09-2008, 20:43

bargain for a ton. Must admit I would have bought it at that just to break it. Too much hassle for me sorting all that tin worm.

Good luck with the project.

mikelee · 03-09-2008, 20:48

cheers mate. wen i got it i never realised it was sooo bad, it crossed my mind to break it but thats a waste!

SteveM · 03-09-2008, 20:54

I think wet footwells are usually down to the sock drain thing in the middle of the bulkhead, or the pollen filter. Do a search and you'll find loads about it.

mikelee · 03-09-2008, 21:02

yea ive heard about the pollen filter one. not heard of the sock drain one tho. think i will reseach that. its prob been soaking wet for ages and just not dried. its all dry now so if it gets wet again i got a problem lol.

Gsi_joey · 04-09-2008, 00:53

glad to see ur restoreing her im doing the same with mine at the moment.. so keep up the good work

mikegray · 04-09-2008, 12:29

Absolute bargin, glad your repairing it.

mikelee · 04-09-2008, 12:50

cheers fella's

liam1234 · 04-09-2008, 13:00

nice project mate

mikelee · 04-09-2008, 19:58

well you were all right bout the sock goin into the bulkhead being blocked. it was full of mud an wet leaves.all clean now tho :-)

show n shine · 04-09-2008, 21:30

good to see that restoration mate and saving a gsi. good on you mate.

mikelee · 06-09-2008, 18:17

rite well it proper did nothing but rain yday came to the car today and the footwell was under water again. it aint the sock or the pollen filter tho cos i have checked them, i poured water all down the front but couldnt see where it was coming from. any ideas??

rudd86 · 06-09-2008, 18:38

if thats your corsa in the 3rd pic down id break the astra and stick the xe in it.

good luck with it like if you do decide to keep, but it looks stupidly rotten.

SteveM · 06-09-2008, 19:14

Take the scuttle off and look for rot around there, or maybe a poor windscreen seal or heater box.

mikelee · 02-10-2008, 14:34

alright peeps few progress piks of how im getting on, these are off my phone as i cant find my camera at the mo which has most of the piks on
anyway

the rotten sill cut off/ pulled haha

wing removed, fair doos they put some bolts in some daft places lol

the rotten arch before cutting and cleaning and after a few cans

the inner sill which was suprisingly in mint condition. mmmm red oxide

new sill on

Pete_58 · 02-10-2008, 15:09

Fair play for doing the welding. Was pretty rotten, looking at the pics. As said most people would have broke it up for spares. Looks like its coming together though.

mikelee · 02-10-2008, 15:44

yea its coming on nicely. slow but nice. my mates doin most of the welding for me an to be fair he is **** hot. wats everyones oppinion on weather to roll the arches or not seeing as im puttin new rears on?? is it worth it??

elgan · 02-10-2008, 16:09

cant recall there being much to roll on the mk3 astra. nice work. impressed!

mikegray · 02-10-2008, 18:59

Nice mate, keep up the good work. Glad your still doing the project and not breaking it. Still cant get over how much you got it for lucky man