So, a few of you on here may have seen my thread featuring my, frankly, mint Montego Diesel estate. Unfortunately, not much happened project wise for a long time due to university commitments.
Anyway, last Friday the time came, I ripped out the interior, filled the car with tools and headed to metroman 's place for a good few days of welding and fixing.
We found some rust, but it was tackled, then we found much bodgery. Two feet of galvanised plate in the rear offside sill, held in with mastick and builders foam. There is a video of us ripping this plate out.
On discovery of this, and the consequential rot to the inner sill step and rear sub-frame mounts, it was decided that the car was too far gone. Metroman needed back his garage, and I needed to get back to Oxford. So we ripped out the Perkins Prima, smashed up every single panel on the car out of frustration and anger, sprayed Alan Partridge based profanities down the side and have left if for the scrap man.
We both love old cars, especially hateful BL / austin rover rubbish, and tried very hard to save this car. But it was beyond help, below is the link the photo album documenting the operation to save it, followed by the carnage that resulted due to our abject failure..........Montego nerds look away.
I hope to do a step by step account in the coming days.
imgur.com/a/Sa8H6#BdWULxy
Anyway, last Friday the time came, I ripped out the interior, filled the car with tools and headed to metroman 's place for a good few days of welding and fixing.
We found some rust, but it was tackled, then we found much bodgery. Two feet of galvanised plate in the rear offside sill, held in with mastick and builders foam. There is a video of us ripping this plate out.
On discovery of this, and the consequential rot to the inner sill step and rear sub-frame mounts, it was decided that the car was too far gone. Metroman needed back his garage, and I needed to get back to Oxford. So we ripped out the Perkins Prima, smashed up every single panel on the car out of frustration and anger, sprayed Alan Partridge based profanities down the side and have left if for the scrap man.
We both love old cars, especially hateful BL / austin rover rubbish, and tried very hard to save this car. But it was beyond help, below is the link the photo album documenting the operation to save it, followed by the carnage that resulted due to our abject failure..........Montego nerds look away.
I hope to do a step by step account in the coming days.
imgur.com/a/Sa8H6#BdWULxy
