my mk1 reshell project

it looks really good mate, are you going to have enough room to spray it there.

i've sprayed a mk1 astra gte many years ago outside and it was a nightmare.
i ended up covering the concrete with water and it stopped all the dust coming up when spraying the lower part of the car, made a massive difference.

hoping so mate yeah ive sprayed in tighter places before that what i was goin to do give it a good sweep and damp the area down first to cut down on dust so fingers crossed it turns out ok

not done much lately but i cleaned the arches up today see if there was any rust but qiute good considering it was thick with mud just a little surface rust round the brake pipe mounting and a bit at the bottom where the paint has been rubbed of just need to clean it back fertan it touch up the stone chip and respray

it really looks like one tidy wee shell u have there m8

cheers mate its not to bad seen better got a few spots of surface rust and a bit of welding on the floor and maybe the rear turetts when i clean the rust back see how bad it is got some sheet metal the other day just need to weld it up

unot190bhp wrote:it really looks like one tidy wee shell u have there m8

i've seen this in person and it is a very good shell.
that looks really clean in there.

some more of me new bits arrived today to add to me big pile of new bits waiting to go on

Engine bay polished up great and the inner arches look pretty mint aswell,looks like you have got a great shell there


Yeah everyone loves a big pile of new bits it almost becomes a shame to fit them,especially the ones you cant see once fitted

cheers mate when it stops raining here goin to clean up rear aches and underside of floor pan which i aint looking foward to as its thick in oil from a old leak but hopefully it kept it from rusting too bad

i've ordered some centre caps for my wheels.
where did you get the badge, was it new as it looks like it?

yes mate new from italy if you after one ill send you the link if you want as i know you struggle with ebay italy lol

Nice bits mate, got my badge from Italy too, just waiting on a new grille one too.

yeah i been watching a new grill one one of the bits i still want to get dont want to refurb the whole car then put tatty looking badges on it

since i not done anything on the uno for a while thought id get the jet wash out today and clean the chassis up a bit more done the back arches and started on the underside of the floor pan and what at first i thought was oil all underneath the drivers side turns out to b underseal and waxoil randomly applyed a bit more cleaning to do then carry on the welding then crack out the stone chip and paint

nice,mint symbols

a little update i did yesterday managed to find a bit of time when it wasnt raining to do a bit of work on the uno

welded up a hole in the floor


im not the best welder but its solid and got good penetration lol


cleaned the rust up on the front wheel arches treated primed and a few coats of stone chip



just need to top coat the arches

finished the arches with 3 coats of hammerite

fitted my front panel today seam sealed and zinc primed ready when i respray the car

looks good mate. you've made a good job of that.
have you found some tipo wheels yet?

cheers mate no had to put them to the back of me mind for now till the cars finished probably can only just afford to get the stuff i need to finish the car at the moment still really want some tho will have some one day

little update of the last few days welded up the rear turrets seam sealed a few areas stone chiped and painted




stone chiped seam sealed and started painting the floor then it started raining again so the floor still needs another coat or two

do you know where I can find mk2 alloys

Looks great mate,its a real nice feeling getting the top coat on and seeing it all come together8)

Not long now until you will be bolting bits back on the beasty!

that looks really good,  so clean and shiny.  
did you brush or spray the paint on under the arches and floor?
did you use the exact same paint as the car colour or just some hammerite?

i'm asking as it looks an exact match mate.
when i did a test area on the back of mine with hammerite it was no where near a match.

cheers lads im having trouble with quotes it wont let me type outside the quote box

rich yeah feels good to see it getting some paint at last cant wait to do the rest and start getting it together hopefully wont be long now but depends on the weather


dean mate its just brushed on as wasnt bothered about the finish as its textured anyway from the stone chip i have done it with hammerite i thought it was a close enough match for under the car hope it still close when i have sprayed the rest of it if not i might blow it over with the gun if i have any paint left