Thread: starting series 1 restoration

LOL i thought of that pop has spent his time working with rovers i dont think at 77 he wants to do it again

but i started my later s1 today and i saw some people near by that had there s3 stage 1 out and another guy ha his original s1 from new out of the shed today and he was driving it so that has got me keen again

here are a few photos of what has been happening

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

here are a few photos of what has been happening

Tony,
Do you really need to blast the whole chassis? a light rub down with the "Sporting Times" is all that is needed.
2 coats of bituminous paint and a hit with a blow drier.
Hay presto sticky sticky bang bang Series one......

im not sandblasting the whole chassis just where there is surface rust or dirt you know that oily dirt crap.i have a bit more of that crap to get rid of first then one last quick check sanding off any bits that need it and a wash out of the chassis and then blow out the chassis then PAINT

i assembled a rear diff centre this week at school i used the same bearings though as it was only a practice run and i got it right fairly quick which was good,well it took me 20-30 minutes to put the diff carrier in and do up the cups thingy mejigs yu know the threaded locks that puts the load on the bearings and it sets up the backlash and the thou' i did the meshing aswell and it was spot on i didnt have my camera with me then but i will hopefully take some photos when i am doing the proper one,fairly happy with it though

very disappointing news i sent the engine in about 4 weeks ago and it still hasnt been touched he said he will work onit next week if he hasnt touched it by friday next week he is going to get a very annoyed customer and i will take it somewhere else,from when he starts it i want it finished within a week assuming the parts come in on time.this is really putting pressure on my deadline

ok so this is what has happened so far today cleaned handbrake lever and painted it
more sandblasting replaced the nozzel and is working alot better should hopefully have it done by tonight
cleaned some brakes
got the firewall out ready to be sandblasted when finished with the chassis
undinted 2 diff housings
cleaned more diff gears
dad has started to look at the starter motor
and thats about it for now camera is flat so need to find some batteries from somewhere so hopefully i will get some photos up tomorrow