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marty
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sorry Nelson I don't have it, I got off of opel classic parts in Germany, I took loads of pictures when I stripped her, I have the GM workshop manual and access to built(Brian M) and spartly stripped(Phil-mcc) astra gte's, thanks guys.
some more work below, how hard is it to take a steering wheel off there was the whole family hanging off the bleeding thing, it wouldn't budge, so I made this, which worked a treat.




old mounting point spot welds rewelded and flattened back ready for the new wishbone mount.

check out the old to the new still to be removed from the new leg


ill jump onto the bulkhead now I really needed to get this done as it looked the worse bit and for the structure of the car.

lower bulkhead out and one wishbone mount
laughing Shocked


lower bulkhead and wishbone mounts all back in



I used the original points for the jig, I hope the car was straight to start with
laughing Wing back on to check for correct location




Bingo

Now for the upper section, I got on from Vernon which i needed to do a few repairs to make it great.



old bit cut out and new section prepared

a couple of footery bits to make


this is where they go


trial fit




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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Loving the work, can't believe how quick it's coming together, especially being outside
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marty
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tuffty sorry I should explain this was about 4 year ago I'm just getting round to doing this resto while the car is away to get painted, I will eventually get to the present day.
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nelson c.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Either way mate, pretty impressive, for a resto done outstide.
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marty
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

watch this space nelson on the next stage there was no way I could continue on the driveway Scotland is extremely wet and the neighbours just like to talk, so not much work was being done.
So it was off to my mates garage to get some peace, I didn't have a trailer so I had to make the astra into a trailer.



Looking kinda sad in the garage. Now for the passenger side inner wing

Chassis leg repair



trial fit of inner wing






now for the cross member and landing panel








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nelson c.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 8:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good work mate, funny I´ve made the same exact repair on my crossmember, mine was a bit worse tough, the difference is that mine likes like sh$t, and yours look like it came again from the factory lol.
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marty
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Nelson, im sure yours will do the job though.


checking for alignment


Still not sure about this grill and bumper eek now that the front end is stronger I could put the car on the spit to get to those many other bits of tin worm.


thought it was just the sill that needed sorted until you discover how many layers there are in here.



Chassis leg repair section








This next bit I wasn't looking forward too, total pain in the ass, measure 20 times cut once




Phew, now onto the other side, didn't have a full quarter for this side, it would have been easier

More rot, I thought side looked better than the other

Started to think I was getting serious with this panel
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I Take my hat of to you for all the hard work well done ( might buy it if its for sale when finished )
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nelson c.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And I thought I was persistent! Very Happy . You make it look so easy!
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marty
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers Barrie I couldn't put a price on her mate, I do know it would have to be a lot of money. Nelson thanks for staying with it, haven't been on for a while so ill put more pictures up of the passenger side rebuild, it was very footery









A wee window repair


Both door latch points were gone, didn't realise the how bad they were





this is the drivers side which was worse, the car is upside done that's why it doesn't look right, I had to make a new anchor point.






On to the rear spring mounts



Made a jig to get the spring cups in the right place




Underseal all removed, underside, all rubbed back and treated ready for epoxy primer



Starting to look good

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marty
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thought I better try get this upto date as the motor is back from the painters

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rear beam back on all painted, this fuel pipe was totally gubbed so had to make a new one
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Fuel pump rebuild, one of the clamps was so bad I had to remake half of it
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The finished article
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nelson c.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yours look a bit tidyer than mine lol


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SpaceKadett
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow that's some great fabrication. A lot of work. I like the A frame towing method too.
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JPA
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some serious work there , fair play for sticking with it Cool
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marty
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks guys, Nelson yours looks pretty good to me, would love to stay in a country where you could have a white painted underside, scotland is far too wet for that carry on
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