Mlocke666 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Quick history of this car - Bought it way back in november 2002, it had a valid MOT somehow which was odd considering the state of the rails. I had to weld up the rails, do bits on the sills and replace the fuel lines to get it through the next MOT. after about 6 months the original engine was leaking oil eveywhere (all over the exhaust manifold) so was changed for one from an i200, wether it was indeed a genuine one I dont know. Soon got bored with that and put the 16V lump in sometime in 2004. Mid 2005 I took it off the road to get the roof and rear arches done, this never happened and it stood rotting away at home. Well now Ive started work on it once again, got a bit more to do this time round as the pictures show. Made up a frame to make sure I get the new rails lined up right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlocke666 Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Get some pics up of the new floor & box section rail in place tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 thats got a slight bit of tin worm alright, will be great to see this one getting sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlocke666 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Heres what Ive been doing the past few days - And managed to get a sill on today - Heres my work for tomorrow - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlocke666 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Weldings really looking crap on the new rail, very new to mig welding normally use gas; so that and not cleaning the metal up + setting up new welder = this mess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper-1 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 i wouldnt want to take that job on will be a very solid manta when finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlocke666 Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 Finished the one rail now and cut most of the otherside out tonight, battery tray and centre of the bulkhead also replaced. Heres the growin pile of mostly ironoxide ive so far removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Fish Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Good work Mart! Sure is a long time since I last saw this car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlocke666 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Ye it was pretty rusty then, didnt think it was quite this bad; think it was parked in a lake/river/sea at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypeller Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 fair play, thats fanatastic, so pleased to see someone working so hard on what will be a decent manta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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