Second rally style R

Well the time has come to strip my faithful black R after the clutch went in it 2 months ago so Ive decided to try and salvage the shell and hopefully get it back on the road within the next 12 months.

Think im gonna paint the car in the group N Belgium rally colours  

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also the rear inner bumper (crumple bar) was all bent in, looks like the cars been hit up the rear sometime in the past  

Nice one Tom, look forward to your progress

rust free!!! ahah!!

love them wheels mate !

yeah me too (when there clean) :/

Looks like a great project. Keep us upto date with your progress

Any pics of the belguim colours tom ????

there you go, gonna have those colours with the 6 spotlights, 2 exhausts, diffuser and a few other experimental ideas  

Cool .... look forward to seeing the progress then fella ....

it would be great to find some enkeis split rims to look the same as him!

fred05 wrote:it would be great to find some enkeis split rims to look the same as him!

no really fussed fred, as long as it all works after   

Ok so haven't much time off to do the car but heres a bit more progress

Have to cut out a load of rust in the floor and weld in new pieces (used an old water trough LOL)

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Rear arch has been a nightmare, still need to get to bodyshop for them to do sills and arches but ive managed to weld the inside

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Underneath is fully undersealed, new copper brake lines, powder coated heat shields etc

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Fitted gab suspension, with lowering springs new wishbones and balljoints front and rear

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Engine is ready to be put back in someday soon, fitted new ancillary hoses, heater matrix hoses and induction pipe

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So engine to go in, get to body shop and will run it as is for a few weeks to make sure engine still good etc, then think about respray towards winter

Underbody looks fresh, makes a huge difference. Good luck with the rest

Cheers mate not long now hopefully

Just a quick update, been busy on my days off

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Just need to put some of the dash back and check over all the fuel pipes and shouldn't be long running now on the key, although it still needs to go to the body shop for sills and arches.

Great to see progress on this bet you can't wait to get it going again. Are you still painting it the group N Belgium colours?

Well done Tom, sure she will be another corker when you've finished her

Cheers Bob I hope so too

Don't think I'll be doing rally colours atm as I spent out on the gtr lol

Well been a while updating this thread

Not to much has happened still at body shop

Arches almost finished, cars had a previous accident before I bought her probably in Japan, both sides had filler and welding on them but the paint has got blistered so the whole cars gotta be stripped to bare metal

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Good to see some progress mate.
Sorry to hear about the paint issues.
Atleast it will all be nice and fresh once done.
If you need any decals making up when you rally colour it. Let me know

Least your saving it mate good on you

Looking good, will it be at the body shop for awhile yet?

Yeah prob till September as there busy as hell

Thanks stu, already bought some stickers a couple of years ago but will need more no doubt will be in touch soon

Gotta save my first pulsar so many good memories lol

Slowly but surely progress is getting made lol

Car is fully white just waiting for the black to be painted on and hopefully be home in a few weeks, get stickers on give it a good clean bloody dust has gone everywhere

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I love the R in white

Bit of white is ok not all white especially where I live it soon turns to brown lol