Phase 1 Kingfisher "Queeny"

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So after much nagging from Bash, here is an update!!
We spent sometime the other week doing a few little cosmetic bits to the car using some bits salvaged from the other phase 1 we scrapped. Changed one of my headlights as the old one had a massive crack in it (photo doesn't do it justice and apologies for the photo bombing cat haha) and also changed the battery tray as mine was a bit rusty and old looking.

   
   

The biggest change was I got rid of the cyclones (!) and put the original d turbo wheels on. I know they're not lookers but as I'm going standard the clones had to go. The cat just had to make an appearance again but as he's named Blaze after the 306 colour I feel he deserves his 2 seconds of fame on here

   
   

Then all the hard graft started as we discovered the rust...
We (and this is the royal 'we' as I cannot weld so all the hard work is down to my personal mechanic/husband Bash!) started in the usual rear wheel arch section and found the first bit which is now all welded up.

   
   

Then we moved to the front of the car and found some more on the offside front chassis leg near the bottom pully

   
   

The next bit of rust is a complete bugger though... It's up in the front wheel arch in the firewall/bulkhead area, so really inaccessible. This now means it's a complete dash out job to get to it from the other side and also check to see if the same place on the other side has rusted. While the dash is out we're also going to do the heater matrix as we've not done it yet and seems silly not to while we've got everything in bits!

   

Now just to get this all done and back together ready for Cars on the Green on 18th June...