bmw + escort =

[banarama]

best thing is to keep welding it [if you call it welding] then weigh it in

[TILBROOK]

{TO THE OWNER}CAN YOU POST SOME MORE PICTURES. IF ANY MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL IT?

[Grizzley Dell]

{TO THE OWNER}CAN YOU POST SOME MORE PICTURES. IF ANY MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL IT?

 

please dont give your dad any ideas mate

[TILBROOK]

{TO THE OWNER}CAN YOU POST SOME MORE PICTURES. IF ANY MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL IT?

 

please dont give your dad any ideas mate

he wouldnt do that. he just likes watching me strugle, then laugh !

[Grizzley Dell]

{TO THE OWNER}CAN YOU POST SOME MORE PICTURES. IF ANY MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL IT?

 

please dont give your dad any ideas mate

he wouldnt do that. he just likes watching me strugle, then laugh !

 

your turn will come mate when he gets older and needs your help. then you can remind him

[Fiesta Steve]

Apologies to Grizzley Dell.

 

I was meant to 'quote' your last post in reply to me but pressed 'edit' instead.

 

I fooked your post so had to delete it

 

It was the post about dodgy welding on here

[Grizzley Dell]

Apologies to Grizzley Dell.

 

I was meant to 'quote' your last post in reply to me but pressed 'edit' instead.

 

I fooked your post so had to delete it

 

It was the post about dodgy welding on here

 

hmmm

 

no worries steve, doubt anyone was interested anyway. people get funny when you have a go at thier welding

 

i wonder how you all feel about us hairy people making our own hardtail chop frames then???? i know the only original part of my frame is the headstock. the rest was made from scratch, ive made a few. not a lot of difference.

[over_head_cam]

I've been reading this post with great interest, but I've just been lurking

 

I have seen some welding and 'fabrication' on quite a few old motors and I can honestly say I've seen (and driven ) some real nasty ones. Many of our OSFs look pretty dodgy when they are mid-build and there are lots of areas that we redo to bring them up to scratch. I think that as a club/forum/community it's not fair of us to poke fun or ridicule or be just generally rude about someone elses ride (unless it's an XR3 lol). Now I know we have our own opinions and many of us know what we're looking at, so surely we should be offering advise (it costs us nothing) and maybe we won't be seen as the forum that rips the piss?

 

Sorry about the 'rant'

[zetecmk2]

I've been reading this post with great interest, but I've just been lurking

 

I have seen some welding and 'fabrication' on quite a few old motors and I can honestly say I've seen (and driven ) some real nasty ones. Many of our OSFs look pretty dodgy when they are mid-build and there are lots of areas that we redo to bring them up to scratch. I think that as a club/forum/community it's not fair of us to poke fun or ridicule or be just generally rude about someone elses ride (unless it's an XRwee lol). Now I know we have our own opinions and many of us know what we're looking at, so surely we should be offering advise (it costs us nothing) and maybe we won't be seen as the forum that rips the piss?

 

Sorry about the 'rant'

nicely put

personally, i love a mad project

[Grizzley Dell]

I've been reading this post with great interest, but I've just been lurking

 

I have seen some welding and 'fabrication' on quite a few old motors and I can honestly say I've seen (and driven ) some real nasty ones. Many of our OSFs look pretty dodgy when they are mid-build and there are lots of areas that we redo to bring them up to scratch. I think that as a club/forum/community it's not fair of us to poke fun or ridicule or be just generally rude about someone elses ride (unless it's an XRwee lol). Now I know we have our own opinions and many of us know what we're looking at, so surely we should be offering advise (it costs us nothing) and maybe we won't be seen as the forum that rips the piss?

 

Sorry about the 'rant'

 

totally agree and roughly what i put in my post that fiesta steve deleted for me i guarantee a lot of our osf's are nasty once the skim of filler is removed.

[PlopPlop]

best thing is to keep welding it [if you call it welding] then weigh it in

When I joined this site a couple of years ago the people on this site gave me loads of support and inspiration, even when I had my legs crushed everyone gave me the enthusiasm to carry on even in my wheelchair, I had another operation on my legs the other day so have had loads of time to sit here and read some of these down right nasty remarks, wheres all the support gone? or welcoming for new members? just cos it something aint to your liking it dont make it $hit.

[Fiesta Steve]

I've been reading this post with great interest, but I've just been lurking

 

I have seen some welding and 'fabrication' on quite a few old motors and I can honestly say I've seen (and driven ) some real nasty ones. Many of our OSFs look pretty dodgy when they are mid-build and there are lots of areas that we redo to bring them up to scratch. I think that as a club/forum/community it's not fair of us to poke fun or ridicule or be just generally rude about someone elses ride (unless it's an XRwee lol). Now I know we have our own opinions and many of us know what we're looking at, so surely we should be offering advise (it costs us nothing) and maybe we won't be seen as the forum that rips the piss?

 

Sorry about the 'rant'

 

totally agree and roughly what i put in my post that fiesta steve deleted for me i guarantee a lot of our osf's are nasty once the skim of filler is removed.

 

lol, it was a hacident, feel free to re-write if you like

[Madify]

{TO THE OWNER}CAN YOU POST SOME MORE PICTURES. IF ANY MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL IT?

 

I have a couple...but they are dark....unfortunatly my camera doesnt like taking photos in the garage, and its too blooming cold to push it out side.

 

I'll post up the reworking of the end of the inner sill where the 2 parts of the floor join in the next few days when i can get hold of a better camera.

 

as to the guy who posted about the floor being twisted when the roof came off, do you not think it would have twisted when it was cut in 2?

 

I can tell you, there were measurments taken for over 40 points, 20 diagonals and 20 lateral, I also took a lot of care to keep the rear submountings at the same angle as to which they were originally, 81 degrees.

 

I can tell you one thing for nothing, A S!erra is a LOT easier to do this with, all you have to do is cut along the ford joint at the rear of the pan where it joins the rear seat upright, remove the piece of floor still attached to the lip, shorten your forward section, and slide that back under the rear and spot weld it back together to replicate the ford seam. The bm floorpan is a LOT more complicated, and if I were to build another, from the experience of making this one, I would know where to cut, what sections need to be what shape etc....

 

I'm not saying I will, but once it's all together, I might just buy another compact, cut the compact out of this one and redo it from scratch. I might even do it with an M3....

 

anywho, there are more pics elsewhere, like retrorides, manchester classic ford, or even the e36 forum if you wanna do a search

[PlopPlop]

{TO THE OWNER}CAN YOU POST SOME MORE PICTURES. IF ANY MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL IT?

 

I have a couple...but they are dark....unfortunatly my camera doesnt like taking photos in the garage, and its too blooming cold to push it out side.

 

I'll post up the reworking of the end of the inner sill where the 2 parts of the floor join in the next few days when i can get hold of a better camera.

 

as to the guy who posted about the floor being twisted when the roof came off, do you not think it would have twisted when it was cut in 2?

 

I can tell you, there were measurments taken for over 40 points, 20 diagonals and 20 lateral, I also took a lot of care to keep the rear submountings at the same angle as to which they were originally, 81 degrees.

 

I can tell you one thing for nothing, A S!erra is a LOT easier to do this with, all you have to do is cut along the ford joint at the rear of the pan where it joins the rear seat upright, remove the piece of floor still attached to the lip, shorten your forward section, and slide that back under the rear and spot weld it back together to replicate the ford seam. The bm floorpan is a LOT more complicated, and if I were to build another, from the experience of making this one, I would know where to cut, what sections need to be what shape etc....

 

I'm not saying I will, but once it's all together, I might just buy another compact, cut the compact out of this one and redo it from scratch. I might even do it with an M3....

 

anywho, there are more pics elsewhere, like retrorides, manchester classic ford, or even the e36 forum if you wanna do a search

out of curiousity, why did'nt you brace the floor while you cut the roof off? surely the vertical measurements are just as critical and a tape measure would cut it unless it was on a true jig

[Stiggy]

{TO THE OWNER}CAN YOU POST SOME MORE PICTURES. IF ANY MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL IT?

 

A Ringer ??

[PlopPlop]

{TO THE OWNER}CAN YOU POST SOME MORE PICTURES. IF ANY MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL IT?

 

A Ringer ??

lol, after spending my life in the trade, I realised most of em are 'dodgey Joe's all tows'

[Stiggy]

{TO THE OWNER}CAN YOU POST SOME MORE PICTURES. IF ANY MORE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO CALL IT?

 

A Ringer ??

lol, after spending my life in the trade, I realised most of em are 'dodgey Joe's all tows'

 

LOL.

[Madify]

yup a ringer, thats what it is, its 2 stolen vehicles welded together, with a fake identity to pass it off as ligitiment...well spotted.

 

any who, incase anyones interested

 

abortionate adjoining of 2 parts (TEMPOARARY)

 

 

semi shaped construction (NOT FINNISHED THOUGH PERMANANT)

 

[joe17]

woww!

[Madify]

there is a lot more wow under the face of that lot, a lot of strenghtening in the inner sill.

[TILBROOK]

any more pictures

[Madify]

what pictures would you like to see.....as a lot of the early stuff, that people think is permanent is embarasing.

[TILBROOK]

what pictures would you like to see.....as a lot of the early stuff, that people think is permanent is embarasing.

up to date 1s

[Madify]

only up to date ones are the start of the rear tub, I aint been out there, had the flu, then drove my E36 coupe into the crash barrier disceting the m54 and m6, so my back aint been up to much, so went out there today and took some pics of what i did a couple weeks ago.