my new project so far..........

Post by **turbominor** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:20 pm

This is SPP695, a fine example of how to pass an mot with underseal....!
Has taken 4 days of scraping underseal off to find the true horrors....

Managed to pull the 'mint' rear wings off by hand, bolts left in place untouched..

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Post by **PSL184** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:34 pm

Good luck - and I thought mine was bad

Post by **PaulVW** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:57 pm

I have seen worse (lots of times

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Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:27 pm

I have bought worse!! ;-)

I really hope you didn't pay over the odds. Most of those jobs look normal, but the rear wing flanges are something I'd want to avoid.

As for the lashings of underseal to get an MOT - my pickup is (was) in worse nick than those photos, and I think the seller was a bit embarassed about the condition and had struggled to sell. Fortunately I got it at a fair price (very cheap, but no bargain).
I broke down plenty on the way home, but after a decent service managed the LEO. I was fairly lucky not to go up in flames though as the miriad of wiring mods were done by a blind pyromaniac.

Post by **bigginger** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:51 pm

rayofleamington wrote: my pickup is (was) in worse nick than those photos

Join the club - there's just something about pick-ups, isn't there

Post by **turbominor** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:40 pm

I really hope you didn't pay over the odds

lets just say i had a weak moment and i did buy it from a vicar.... ( log book to prove!)

but the rear wing flanges are something I'd want to avoid.

you took the words out of my mouth

Think all will be well, is going to end up a relativly standard car but with disks and the 948 fiddled with for the moment

Post by **JimK** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:47 pm

Do you still need an auto or did those issues go away? I vaguely recall some knee problems?

Post by **minor_hickup** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:31 pm

I've seen quite a few flange repairs done with several pieces of shaped steel welded in. I'm sure this would be stronger and longer lasting than welding in nasty pieces of Sri lankan made wafer thin 'steel'.

Post by **youngun** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:48 pm

Blimey, looks like you have some work there. Those arch flanges and C pillar sections are possibly the worst parts to repair due to the crapness of repair panels. Theres a few pics on my photobucket album of how i did it if that helps. www.photobucket.com/yamahafs1e

My mog was in about the same nick, maybe slightly worse underneath, and it had been off the road since 1980, cant believe yours had an MOT!

Post by **rayofleamington** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:10 pm

cant believe yours had an MOT!

I can believe it! I've bought some shocking stuff over the years with MOT - and apart from once I've got what I expected. The one time I got caught out was a 4 door full of fibreglass (back in 1992). Not only did I look at it first, I also took a mate who knew more about them than I did.

If the underseal looks neat enough, it can fool anyone on the right day

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:12 pm

" a mate who knew more about them than I did" Wow !

Post by **Pyoor_Kate** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:48 am

My Viva was filled with filler and needed lots of work, but lots of nice neat underseal and some reasonably well sprayed paint by the previous owner and it looked okay :-/

Post by **rayofleamington** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:25 pm

" a mate who knew more about them than I did" Wow !

I'm still learning, but as mentioned, this was back in 1992...