l16ydl 0 Posted January 27, 2014 Hi guys, I bought this VR6 on Copart the other day that had a light right front damage. Its a 93 L reg with 195k on the clock in Flame Red. By the looks of things, the car looks like with Toyo tyres all round and has Weitec suspension as well. When i bought the car, i didnt know how much mileage the car has as the battery was flat and there was no way in the bonnet as it was jammed from the crash. A small introduction with a lump hummer and the bonnet released. I then found out that the auxiliary belt had snapped and got caught in the tensioner. I made a trip to Derby yesterday to pick up some replacement parts and picked up a service kit. I bought a bonnet, driver's wing, slam panel, bumper, headlight and some other little bits. The wing needs painting as well the slam panel but its in purple and its a bit crusty in places so needs sand blasting. I got started today and first thing on the list was to put the belt on. The old belt had got caught in the tensioner and this is how it looked: Before it got dark i changed the bonnet, took off the wing and slam panel: My camera wouldn't flash so i couldnt take any more pics so y plan is to get the front inner arch pulled out, so some painting and get the car upto speed, will keep you all posted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billzeebub 1 Posted January 27, 2014 Good effort, look forward to seeing your progress. Brilliant seeing enthusiastic people saving them from the clutches of the scrappy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erallus 10 Posted January 27, 2014 Well done for saving it : ) Some nice pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
l16ydl 0 Posted January 27, 2014 Good effort, look forward to seeing your progress. Brilliant seeing enthusiastic people saving them from the clutches of the scrappy Well done for saving it : ) Some nice pictures Cheers guys, not one for breaking cars unless it is the umtilmately the last resort. Just trying to get all the necessary bits for it to be completed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
l16ydl 0 Posted January 31, 2014 The front panel i picked up the other day was grubby and scabby so i decided to stripped down, get it sand blasted and a lick of powder coating. Will cost me £80 but at least i know that it'll stay rot free for a while. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brunty 10 Posted January 31, 2014 Excellent. I've toyed with the idea of buying Cat C/D cars to do up, but with so many projects on the go at the moment, I tend to leave it as Friday night beer haze daydreaming :D Good luck with this one. Are you local to Derby? I'm in between Derby and Nottingham... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EJ Taylor 22 Posted January 31, 2014 WELL DONE FOR KEEPING IT ALIVE!!! mines a cat D. so good to see people not scraping them! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StueyB 0 Posted January 31, 2014 Look forward to seeing the progress on this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loepan 11 Posted January 31, 2014 yeah will follow this to see....great work dude Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
l16ydl 0 Posted May 13, 2014 Excellent. I've toyed with the idea of buying Cat C/D cars to do up, but with so many projects on the go at the moment, I tend to leave it as Friday night beer haze daydreaming :D Good luck with this one. Are you local to Derby? I'm in between Derby and Nottingham... Lol, I've got too many projects on the go but it still keeps me going. I live in Manchester and went down to the Derby to collect the parts. WELL DONE FOR KEEPING IT ALIVE!!! mines a cat D. so good to see people not scraping them! Cheers, anything older than 10 years old will get a cat c or d marker on thenm. Look forward to seeing the progress on this. yeah will follow this to see....great work dude Cheers guys. Sorry in the delay in getting an update over to you guys. I've had a change in working career so its been all over the place lately. I got the front panel sandblasted and it cleared out all the corrosion but the panel wasn't as clean as i first thought but it will do as something to use. I bought new engine mounts but the front was fine as it was a poly bushed but the rear one was goosed and needed replacing. I gave it a good service, the oil didnt look that old but i thought i would be nice to treat to it to so fresh stuff: The driver's side fog light had snapped so i manage to take 2 bad ones and make one good one: Yesterday i managed to get the body puller off my friend and started to hammer, smash and pull the inner wing out. Before it got too dark i managed to get it to a point where it could pass and it all lines up but i need to pull it out abit more as i'm not completely happy: I've bought a new wing and front panel which are in the same colour so will save some time on paint so will see how they match up when they come. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
