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Work has now commenced so the story begins....  Got a couple of bits of welding done:   (Cant really take the credit, a grown-up is helping me out here, I`m just sort of watching, prodding it, shielding my eyes, putting out fires and making brews). I`ll update this again once its progressing a bit, I wont keep bumping it every time I`ve got a couple of patches on, just wanted to get the thread up. |
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Last Edit: Jun 6, 2007 23:08:28 GMT by vicsmith
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berendd
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why do I need 3 keys for one car?
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cool thing! but rusty...
post seems to belong to a thread though
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Good to see ya getting busy  have a go ya self its not too hard, just hard to be good at it!  which am not keep us posted. see ya at retro rides show  |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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be interesting to see how this turns out , got a real soft spot for the early mantas/cavs/asconas and especially the pillarless 2 door ones....... keep us informed please ! |
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Last Edit: May 2, 2007 21:26:46 GMT by coggers
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J.P
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I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
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Very intrested in Opels/Vauxhalls now! All the best with this one.
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Got the other (much worse) side pretty much welded up now:    The huge hole in the floor is now healed up too. All just needs tidying up and schutzing now, aplologies for the fact that this thread is so far filled with intensely boring pics, the bits that will generate interesting pics should be far easier so the thread should be a bit prettier once all this gas-axing is out of the way. |
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looks like you had your work cut out with that inner wing , good job though.. |
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Welding on the front end and floor is now complete, got a seat in there (one of the Recaros I snapped up a week ago from a top bloke who should be on here but isnt, would help if I remembered to tell him about it, Mk1 cav, Mk2 Astra and Manta A, reckon he`d blend in here well enough, eh? he also did me a nice deal on the replacement wing and chrome bumper you see in the first pic) and got the front valance patched up and back on - time to put up a couple of nice pics of it looking like a car, I`ll put a pic of the newly welded and seam sealed floor tomorrow, for now, check this out!   |
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Excellent effort there Vixmith! I must say, that car looked like a right load of grief in the first pics, now it looks like something worth persevering with. I love these old cav coupes, will probably get myself one at some point.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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Busy man! I knew I was right to believe likeing this pic below, new school Manta stencilling looks pretty industrial, and I like the back end without bumpers, I did prefer Kadetts to these but with a little massaging and teh right wheels/'stance' it could look like something out of a cleaned.de picture thread, with thoes rounded ends, and minimalist-ness. |
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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Looks a million times better without the big placca Manta bumper. Why do folk fit those?
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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Looks a million times better without the big placca Manta bumper. Why do folk fit those? Agreed, this is now starting to look really good! I don't mind the facelift Mantas at all in their own right, but putting them on a car in an old-fashioned colour and with the chrome trim etc just looks odd. If ever I have a Manta B it will be a chrome bumper jobbie, if not a Cavalier. |
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Thats quality, is it going to be a straight resto' or a modified beast?
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Cheers fellas, I`m a lot more excited about it myself, now, the bumper does indeed make all the difference, it looks curse word in the first pic by comparison.
As for the standard/modded thing, that will be dictated to a degree by the missing parts that I have no hope of finding! Whatever happens, its getting Recaros (already got them), a carpet that I will be making myself in a fancy fabric that I don't know the design of myself yet, its already on lowering springs don't know if I`ll take it down any further, all depends on how my first foray into lowering goes with the Mazda 323, as far as the engine, don't know, but I reckon its gonna be at least partially non-standard whatever happens.
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Looks a million times better without the big placca Manta bumper. Why do folk fit those? it's easier to hide a dodgy front panel than repair it properly? ..  looking good with the wing back on oh and i'm sure the german boys do 80mm springs for them - go on you know you want to.... |
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Last Edit: Jun 7, 2007 16:52:31 GMT by coggers
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have a go ya self its not too hard, just hard to be good at it! 
which am not
