My Arden Project: winter rebuild!

[kizzacorsab]

I know davey was pretty gutted to tbh. Wasent even ment to be in there in the first place lol.

Iv got autosprint 288 cams. They made a world of a difference, there pretty big so can imagine what it idles like lol. But I couldn't fault them anymore than that.

How do you mean Darren? When I ha to mod the arches to fit the wheels or what I'm doing now with filling the engine bay arch holes in?

[kizzacorsab]

Had some parcels turn up this morning.

Water proof and breathable carcover,



And the hoses I ordered and had to send back to have made in black,



Thursday my friend and I started doing abit of welding, mainly just some little holes and other little cover ups that won't be needed. Also got some chassis plates in but forgot to get pictures so will get some later on.

First of all dash had to be removed,



Then welding began,













Still need to

- Cut half the bulk head out and weld a new part in
- weld some more holes up
- make templates for the arches and ac hole
- cut some more lugs of and weld over
- weld in arches and ac cover

Then on to prepping it all!

[pie]

looking good fella

[Benn]

Are you going smooth bay then?

[kizzacorsab]

Yea smooth bay bud. Not as smooth as yours tho, as in a Corsa it's a pig as it is lol.


Made some templates for the passages side today
What a ass of a job!



Got dark so didn't get any pics of them sat in the rough place.

[Kev_G]

loved the car before and going to be a good project

[kizzacorsab]

Cheers mate

Done a little bit today

Just got all the old seam sealer off and ground a few other bits off and down abit.

Still need a fair bit a welding to do. Then once that's all out of the way I can start fillering it all in.



Ground the hooks off from here as they won't be needed



Still need to weld up this massive mess lol

[Ferris!]

that's a stunning car!

[dewismotorsport]

looking good what did you use to get the seam sealer off with as that stuffs as hard to get off as chewing gum in your hair

[bigron1988]

looking good what did you use to get the seam sealer off with as that stuffs as hard to get off as chewing gum in your hair

wire wheel on a drill worked for me

[kizzacorsab]

Flat head screwdriver lol took a fair while tho.

[Benn]

TV feature looks great dude.

[Benn]

Yea smooth bay bud. Not as smooth as yours tho, as in a Corsa it's a pig as it is lol.

Pfft, it's not really easy in anything.. That what makes them amazing.

[kizzacorsab]

Yea just seen the feature, it's a lot better than the fastcar one so Im happy

[Benn]

Oh bugger i haven't seen that one.

[kizzacorsab]

Been a while since I last updated

Had some parts turn up









Then made new templates because I didn't like the other ones I made before





Cut out then welded in







Cut out for induction tube



Welded along here



Grinded some welds







1st fiberglass and filler skim









Sanded down and 2nd fiberglass and filler skim









Small list of things to do

Make template for ac
Make template for inner arches
Remove bonnet stay
Weld up brake servo hole
Weld up breath hole
Weld up loom hole
Weld in bulkhead
Weld up brake hole in bulkhead
Rust treat rust
Sand and fill remaning scratches and holes*
Seam sealer front member
Seam seal around seals
Seam seal under arches
Stopper all filler work
Underseal front member

[GaryVaux]

Have seen this on png (i think) Some real effort gone into it, the bay will look brilliant once complete.