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Rust... The Silent Killer

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Old 12-26-2002, 03:06 PM
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Heres a site with something for you to consider.Bills rusty 7 resto page! Enjoy.I did.
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Old 12-26-2002, 08:49 PM
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Cheers man, that is a mint web site. Gives me some inspiration.
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Old 12-26-2002, 10:55 PM
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Thought you might like it.Its got me thinking of buying another FB with alot of rust in the rear quarter panels so I can get it for next to nothing then buy a wrecker body like that guy did.
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Old 01-07-2003, 09:34 PM
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So I ended up finding a place for my project and day by day I've been completely stripping the exterior and interior and as of this morning, this is the main rust I've got.







This image is of my car mostly stripped.

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Holy **** thats alot of rust.I see you have the SE brakes on it.I love 4x114 pattern wheel options.You might want to consider what that guy did on that website I posted in here and find a FB that go in a front end collision.Poor car.
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Yeah, that would probably be a good option. They're pretty hard to find though (bit like trying to find rocking-horse **** ). I'll try and cut most of it out myself, its going to be a mission. Mig welding and bog.
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I hope it turns out good.They are fun little cars to drive.
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love the idea of the subs in the storage boxes, always wanted to do that, just a little differently.
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Old 01-08-2003, 10:52 AM
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your rust isnt that bad, the rear panel is cheap new, and i'm sure you can find a sunroof section in a junkyard. hmm your car is a lot different from our (usa) 84-85's. our cars get no headlight washers at all, they usually come with a 12a carby, and the s2 breaks and wheels, unless you get the gsl-se which has the 6 port 13b and the same suspension and wheels you have



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Intresting, any rust on the inside of the rear wheel arches? Look like you have a lot of body work ahead of you. Have fun.
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