Red Rallye resto

[Ben_w]

So, a very very long time since i updated this. A fair bit has happened. The car sat at my mates unit for about 9 months (more on that a bit later). The engine came out of it and got donated to my other red rallye which once sorted, got sold. So it then sat there for ages, no engine, unloved. In the meantime, I'd still been busy behind the scenes, sourcing more NOS parts. Since my last update, I've found a brand new battery box lid, with all the clips! A new fuse box lid, ball joint heat shields, a new front splitter, a correct Rallye boot carpet and a correct Rallye head unit. I'm just keeping an eye on eBay and seeing what pops up….got a lot of the tough bits sorted now.

Brand new front splitter, right part number




Complete airbox set up with all pipework and unbroken icv pipe take off. Airbox will be blasted and powder coated



Ball joint heat shields










Battery box and fuse box lids









The other thing I was keen to see was how the underside that I had prepped last year had held up. Since July Ish last year, its been parked up in a damp grassy bank at my mates unit, including all through the winter….as good a test as any I guess….











Generally, and on the bits where I had applied the expoy mastic, its as good as the day I did it,which is hugely encouraging. Couple of the bits I'd left in bare primer have gone a touch rusty again, although it's nowhere near as bad as it was and is easily fixed. Very,very happy with that. Bodes well for the future….

So next step is to get the engine bay completely stripped and get it off to be blasted. Wings are coming off too so they can do the inner arches as well. Engine bay currently looks like this. Nothing major, a little crusty in the edges but no major probs.