lincolndanny
5th May 2014, 21:56
Hi guys,
hope you are all well. Great website you all have here and it seems alot busier than the website dedicated to 106's?
Seeing as the cars are similar I thought I would try and get in on the fun a bit over here and post my 106 GTI project.After seeing Willsys AX and 309 threads it seems there are a few of you on here that like to read about the standard stuff as well.
My car life has seen me spend the last 12 years playing with Escorts-Mk1, mk2 and RS Turbo's. However, in the last year my old man and myself have got into trackdays and have been using a 1.4 106 Quiksilver as the basis. It's battered but we have gone through it mechanically and its a great laugh:y:
In the household at the moment are a mk1 Escort project(7 years and counting!), a 63 plate Zetec s that the good half uses for work and the 106 Quiksilver for trackdays. Unfortunatly I have to use the 106 as a daily to work(estate agent!) which with it's stripped out interior, harnesses and battered looks is a bit embarrasing for a 29 year old in a suit....
So recently I have started to look for a new 106 to build up ready to be my new daily later in the year. I want a standard car in a good "mature" colour that will be protected well for being out in all weathers. The only "modifications" will be a bit of suspension uprating. I really wanted a P plate for the retro key code immobiliser but settled on this 1998 R reg in Diablo red.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg1_zps14314c4d.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg1_zps14314c4d.jpg.html)
I spotted the car within the first hour of it being listed and being local, arranged to go and view it the next morning. I met the sellers dad who informed me it had been sat for about a year after the MOT and tax had ran out. The lad had taken the front wings etc off to weld the inner wings and then proceeded to pop the headgasket as he hadnt reconnected the fans... The shell condition however seemed generally very good and the interior was in good condition though very dirty. I offered him £400 there and then and didnt hear anything back from the son so I was quite smug when I went to collect the car a week later, having won the auction for £255....:A:
Anyway, enough waffle, I know you all like pictures..
Engine bay will see the intial work. I want to re do the welding, re paint the inner wings as the previous owner really didnt do a good job, go through all the mechanicals and get the front end bolted back on properly.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg9_zpscc8a7578.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg9_zpscc8a7578.jpg.html)
nice paintwork...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg8_zps4a5950e3.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg8_zps4a5950e3.jpg.html)
Interior simply wants a good deep clean, standard head unit fitting and a scuff man on the drivers bolster. Love the earlier dials :y:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg3_zps5cdbd766.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg3_zps5cdbd766.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg4_zps4b6c174c.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg4_zps4b6c174c.jpg.html)
Rear wiper, standard decal, badges and standard dealer plate will go back on at the back. Car will be seeing paint in a few areas as well!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg5_zps25ebba02.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg5_zps25ebba02.jpg.html)
Dent man will see some action..
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg2_zpsc5ed07b5.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg2_zpsc5ed07b5.jpg.html)
Anyway, I want to get my head down with this and have it on the road for September/October time. The engine bay has been stripped so that I can crack on with the engine bay.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg10_zps82e5982b.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg10_zps82e5982b.jpg.html)
First work will be to sort out the inner wings. Cleaned them up to see the state of play...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg2_zps1d69b79f.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg2_zps1d69b79f.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg3_zpsa79854cd.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg3_zpsa79854cd.jpg.html)
Hmmmm this looks a quality repair!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg1_zps46b99802.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg1_zps46b99802.jpg.html)
Gave it a quick whizz over to find a plate welded in by a blind child-it literally just pulled off!:wall:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg4_zps8b26bf05.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg4_zps8b26bf05.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg5_zpsb56a5977.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg5_zpsb56a5977.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg5_zpsb56a5977.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg5_zpsb56a5977.jpg.html)
My aim for this week is to get this side wing welded up and into primer ready to start the other side.:y:
Hopefully have an update soon.
Kind regards
Danny
hope you are all well. Great website you all have here and it seems alot busier than the website dedicated to 106's?
Seeing as the cars are similar I thought I would try and get in on the fun a bit over here and post my 106 GTI project.After seeing Willsys AX and 309 threads it seems there are a few of you on here that like to read about the standard stuff as well.
My car life has seen me spend the last 12 years playing with Escorts-Mk1, mk2 and RS Turbo's. However, in the last year my old man and myself have got into trackdays and have been using a 1.4 106 Quiksilver as the basis. It's battered but we have gone through it mechanically and its a great laugh:y:
In the household at the moment are a mk1 Escort project(7 years and counting!), a 63 plate Zetec s that the good half uses for work and the 106 Quiksilver for trackdays. Unfortunatly I have to use the 106 as a daily to work(estate agent!) which with it's stripped out interior, harnesses and battered looks is a bit embarrasing for a 29 year old in a suit....
So recently I have started to look for a new 106 to build up ready to be my new daily later in the year. I want a standard car in a good "mature" colour that will be protected well for being out in all weathers. The only "modifications" will be a bit of suspension uprating. I really wanted a P plate for the retro key code immobiliser but settled on this 1998 R reg in Diablo red.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg1_zps14314c4d.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg1_zps14314c4d.jpg.html)
I spotted the car within the first hour of it being listed and being local, arranged to go and view it the next morning. I met the sellers dad who informed me it had been sat for about a year after the MOT and tax had ran out. The lad had taken the front wings etc off to weld the inner wings and then proceeded to pop the headgasket as he hadnt reconnected the fans... The shell condition however seemed generally very good and the interior was in good condition though very dirty. I offered him £400 there and then and didnt hear anything back from the son so I was quite smug when I went to collect the car a week later, having won the auction for £255....:A:
Anyway, enough waffle, I know you all like pictures..
Engine bay will see the intial work. I want to re do the welding, re paint the inner wings as the previous owner really didnt do a good job, go through all the mechanicals and get the front end bolted back on properly.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg9_zpscc8a7578.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg9_zpscc8a7578.jpg.html)
nice paintwork...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg8_zps4a5950e3.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg8_zps4a5950e3.jpg.html)
Interior simply wants a good deep clean, standard head unit fitting and a scuff man on the drivers bolster. Love the earlier dials :y:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg3_zps5cdbd766.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg3_zps5cdbd766.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg4_zps4b6c174c.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg4_zps4b6c174c.jpg.html)
Rear wiper, standard decal, badges and standard dealer plate will go back on at the back. Car will be seeing paint in a few areas as well!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg5_zps25ebba02.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg5_zps25ebba02.jpg.html)
Dent man will see some action..
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg2_zpsc5ed07b5.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg2_zpsc5ed07b5.jpg.html)
Anyway, I want to get my head down with this and have it on the road for September/October time. The engine bay has been stripped so that I can crack on with the engine bay.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg10_zps82e5982b.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg10_zps82e5982b.jpg.html)
First work will be to sort out the inner wings. Cleaned them up to see the state of play...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg2_zps1d69b79f.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg2_zps1d69b79f.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg3_zpsa79854cd.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg3_zpsa79854cd.jpg.html)
Hmmmm this looks a quality repair!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg1_zps46b99802.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg1_zps46b99802.jpg.html)
Gave it a quick whizz over to find a plate welded in by a blind child-it literally just pulled off!:wall:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg4_zps8b26bf05.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg4_zps8b26bf05.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg5_zpsb56a5977.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg5_zpsb56a5977.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/lincolndanny/imagejpg5_zpsb56a5977.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lincolndanny/media/imagejpg5_zpsb56a5977.jpg.html)
My aim for this week is to get this side wing welded up and into primer ready to start the other side.:y:
Hopefully have an update soon.
Kind regards
Danny