Guest Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 not quite a restoration but have spent the last 5 months living in the garage for the love of manta ; interior out,body kit & wings off,3 months of cutting out,fabricating & letting in new metal to both chassis rails,both front jacking points,both footwells,both A panels,battery tray & washer bottle floor,also offside inner wing & headlamp bowl.... thank god thats over with ! next was front suspension & parts sand blasted/powder coated,new 400 lbs springs,bilstien sport shocks (front of car was riding on its bump stops),new track rod ends,new anti roll bar down links,new upper ball joints.Everything cleaned up, painted,undersealed/waxoiled & put back together.Ronal alloys professionaly refurbished,new toyo tyres fitted that are the right size as old ones caught the arches & made sdeedo inaccurate. Powerflow exhaust refitted with extra mountings as it was poorly fitted & banging about before.Boot interior repainted,missing carpet & petrol tank cover replaced.Water pump & radiator replaced as they both leaked & the car now has antifreeze in it,not the red rusty stuff that was in there when i purchased the car.Air cone filter replaced with factory air box.2.4 frontera rocker cover powder coated in black with red writing & now fitted.Brake pipes that were resting on top of gearbox now attached to bulkhead.fuel pump was held on with cable ties !!! now has rubber mountings & new fuel pipes.Car now has a viscous fan & kenlow electric fan is now a back up only.Car had one rear seat belt & bolts were finger loose,now replaced with matching gte items.door cards had speakers poorly fitted in them so have been binned for new door cards.after market stereo again poorly fitted replaced with correct philips one.tacky imitation carbon fibre film removed from instrument binacle,binacle red led bulbs replaced with factory items.thats all for now folks,see ya all at the gathering (Billing) Alister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 so you've not had much to do then? sounds like the lads on CS put it together in between smokin spliffs before you got it.well done for saving another irmscher car[][][][] OMOC 5879 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Well done mate . Such rare cars should never be bodged up , sounds like you have done it right .In plenty of time for Billing as well (impressed) July is going to be a good month ! Great Car . YORKSHIRE AREA REP OMOC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 good work [] looking forwad to seeing you at Billing http://www.mantamagic.com OMOC N,Ireland Rep id="blue"> OMOC 5706 Please dont shoot me it,s only an opinion not a demand Email robbie @ mantamagic.com (without the spaces) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaMad Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Cool signature photo Robbie David OMOC Member 420 http://www.mantamad.fsnet.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantadoc Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 (edited) Deleted Edited September 26, 2017 by mantadoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 It's hard to beleive even i240's get halfordised sometimes. Carbon fibre effect dash, mmmm nice, especially on an 80's rally car which were reknowned for carbon fibre parts! TBH modern stereos (as long as they're properly fitted) are okay in a classic if the original is kept as it's an easy thing to swap. Sounds like a lot of work mate especially the welding, that must have seemed never ending! I'm sure we'd all like to see a picture or two []. http://www.myspace.com/rick_manta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I found this tonight while changing some of the thread starter names, No wonder the car drives well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymanc Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 and saves you some hard graft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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