Marks work is second to none on here. Must put in a shit load of hours and everything seems to be done right and not "RIGHT NOW". Nothing but respect for you mate.

Car is coming along great I find myself on your thread most day's looking for a update from sandy most days.

Pulling the garage down? Wtf mate :D haha. I'll let you know which track day I'm doing at the end of May, will be a last minute thing though

Awesome mate, hope you enjoy the read? It's been a long road over winter but now the good weather is coming and the chassis is nearly done there's light beginning to appear at the end of the tunnel :)

Having a 4 car garage built. Hopefully be able to offer more services with a bigger workshop. Also ramp, rollover spit etc for the bigger jobs.


Yeah let me know if you book anything mate.

The is looking really good!
Rust repair is a thankless task, but you should have a good solid shell once it's done!
Have you got much more to do once the repairs are done? Or will it just be putting it together?
When are you hoping to have it back on the road?

looks good not so tanned anymore pasty pale man :D

looks great josh nice work so far can not wait to see this on some british tracks again!

That's awesome, is it going in the same place as the old double garage?

Thanks mate, yours is coming along nicely as well :)

It is a task alot of people overlook but definitely worth doing!

Once the repairs are finished Im picking the car up next Sunday (8th April) hopefully, then I've got to put everything back on, like front suspension, rear beam, brake lines, steering stuff, master cylinder, satshifter, all the interior back in etc etc.

I've got about 3 weeks to do all of that which takes me until the end of April which is when the new engine arrives, aiming to have it all done and on track mid-end of May :)

Haha, tanned man again by the end of this year when I'm
Back in Oz mate lol

And me Tom, hopefully it will suprise a fair amount of people :D

looking good JP, is car staying same colour when it gets painted?

Yeah staying Mango the engine bay & black underneath + arches :)

Last bit of welding (ecu engine mount plates) now done...



Time to smoothening everything off for 1 last time & then primer + paint :)

looking realy realy good josh,very inspirational.once its all together id imagine it will be very solid :)

mango beast :)

Cheers Chris, I think more than anything it's nice to know I'm now working with a 100% solid chassis :)

looking good! do you have a target complete date yet or just seeing how it goes?
I can't wait to see it done... makes me proud to be a fellow mango haha

Thanks mate, target date is FCS, but I'd like to squeeze a track day in before fcs around the end of May/early June if possible.

The engine bay is now nearly finished, I think you'll agree Marks done an epic job :D

Scuttle extended while retaining the standard wiper motor



Holes filled in & smoothed over on the engine bay chassis legs..





:D

What engine mounts u going for jp??

Hope the vibration don't shake all that filler loose :fcuk:

:P

he's using pug sport mounts. look same as oem ones but stiffer and need this plates welded in.

re you filler comment, all the holes are welded up, ground down and then a skim of filler is applied, no more then 0.5mm of filler anywhere if u look back a few pages you will see my metal working skilles.

also when i have a client come to me, they explain what the cars been built for and its specs, i would not use glaze (not bodie filler) if its going to crack ones the cleints spent there hard earned cash 2 weeks later. josh uses the car for track and runs 250+ spring so i would neva use filler for this reason but such a think layer of glaze will never crack... no offence but body work is a highly skilled job to do RIGHT, and it annoys me when people think its very easy job to get it spot on and make smart arse comments.


anyways engine bay had now been etch primed any impercection be sanded out and will be primed in the morning, thurs will bring underside painted.

Mark, always admire your work! :y:

Jp this is going to be a work of art on track! :y:

bring on the next few months re-assembly time soon :) canttt wait :D

awaits josh txting/ ringing tell me hes scatches paint fiting somet ;)

Just to Answer Ash's question - they are group N pugsport mounts with a group A solid lower mount

I've run them for over 3 years now and think they are just about right, solid enough to reduce engine movement, without rattling my teeth out lol

Mark - I'm over the moon with how that has come out mate, absalutely brilliant mate :D :D

Just to Answer Ash's question - they are group N pugsport mounts with a group A solid lower mount

I've run them for over 3 years now and think they are just about right, solid enough to reduce engine movement, without rattling my teeth out lol

Mark - I'm over the moon with how that has come out mate, absalutely brilliant mate :D :D

Whoa :panic:

Mark chill dude.... Wasn't a dig at your workmanship... Just a laugh with josh. Sorry if offence caused :y:

Finished article looks banging btw :clapping:

I don't think he took it as a dig Ash, was just going over exactly what he had done to get such a great end result :)

Ash - you at fcs mate?

The work marks done and the effort he's put in is amazing!
Great stuff! Can't wait for you too get the car back and get it built back up ready to hit the tracks again, be great too see you flying round donnington, hopefully that's still the plan? And timeline is looking good? Engine still coming along nicely?

this car is and will continue to be a credit to you josh :)

fair play to mark and the effort and workmanship put in, will be mint when done!!

Spotted this today ;)


5:19

Haha awesome, I'd just overtaken the blue scooby there :D

Love it :D

The ring has never really appealed to me. After seeing all the supercars i could take the piss out of i think ive just changed my mind!!

When are we going? :D

You coming Matt? Get on it mate!!! Check the west mids section for all the details mate :)

p.s Matt - they would take the piss out of you until you've done 50 odd laps and learnt the track

Sneak peek...

good news, undersides all painted to now,
bad news totali killed my phones so no pictures:(. less can get it working lol

Just Read thro the hole Thread Its amazing mate, my vts will be coming off the road shortly to have the engine bay done just like yours :) going to look pukka once its done :)

Coming on nicely mate. :y:

and back from the booth

Mint!!!!

nooo... its mango not mint ;) haha

Another stunning job mark!


Can't believe how good the bays/underside look when properly painted! If only they left the factory looking this good!


James

Looking good matey!
Got to be the nicest part of any project, the fresh paint bit!

Bet it feels rapid! very nice:)