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[mickappy]

nearly done now:)

Edited by mickappy, 23 October 2011 - 07:27 PM.

[brady]

Top work Mick, 1 x root free manta, almost as good as that hatch in New Zealand.

Guess opel never wanted a manta to last forever, this is one fast and efficient way of starting from stratch,

Just want to ask, what sort of protection are you adding to keep her tip top!

guess its just etched at the mo. are you going to too pack her and then stonechip?

Keep up the excellent work, its gonna be one rot free very fast Manta

[gsi marc]

You,ve been busy Mick, just goes to show that shell looked mint.  Its amazing what lurks beneath all that underseal , Coming on nice though

[mickappy]

not sure on what im using yet, was talking to someone at retropower at billing and he advised somesort of
underseal like rubber? not sure what its called(not thought about it much yet)

yes its amazing what the media blast found:) tbh i have gone ott abit. if it looked like it was going to rust
it got cut out.. least i know its bang on now. should be ok for the next 30 years:))))

[mickappy]

welding complete:)))
last bit was battrey tray and back tow eye.
what lies beneith??





battery tray repaired and this will be used in the boot:)

now with the welding out of the way i can dummy fit the goodies.
engine
mv6 box
pedelbox
power steering.
then 400 kit..   should keep me busy over winter,

Edited by mickappy, 28 October 2011 - 08:28 PM.

[Rab]

Hi Mick.

Bonny pair owe legs, picci 9 amazing whit lurks in the manta body shell when naked.

cheers rab.

[Kevin Abbott]

Mick, car looks like it's having it's bum wiped  
There will be no shit left on it after you have finished
I'm working on your axle ASAP  

[mickappy]

Rab, on 28 October 2011 - 08:41 PM, said:

Hi Mick.

Bonny pair owe legs, picci 9 amazing whit lurks in the manta body shell when naked.

cheers rab.

thats right rab, the gm rust worm was eating away quite nicely inside them legs:)
just goes to show you, looked about 85% perfect on the outside.

yes kev well n truely wiped now. its good to stand back and know ive got a rot free coupe
and im looking forward to the axle mate

[mickappy]

started fitting the 400 rear arch today,
im fitting the rally tech kit with the fixing flange on the inside,
1st of all i offered the kit up and marked where it met the body. i also marked the fixing holes and drilled them out.
i used masking tape to mark where i was going to cut, i cutting out as high to the fixing flange as possible.


i cut the inner arch about 2 inch back.

with all the arch now cut out to where i wanted it,i slid the new metal between the outer and inner arch giving a nice
clean look. this i before we spotted it in and trimmed it..







this took us a good 2 hours, n/s getting done thursday hopefully.

[Robbie]

hi Mick long time no see bud, now its most refreshing to see a manta getting done old school proper. That car is going to be around for a long long time bud. Keep up the good work Mick I remember the night we chatted about that car on ebay  its was being bought one way or the other lol.

[mickappy]

hi robbie, hows things with u mate? u got that cobra done yet?
yes i remember that night well too:) bargain price    but add the 3 years of storage to it
and well its cost me a feckin small fortune    oh well 400 turbo when finished
hope ur keeping well mate.

[Devil Fish]

those pictures of fitting the kit bring back some memories!    I hope Stradacab doesn't see them though otherwise its back to therapy for him.

good work dude  

[Robbie]

Bummer on the storage Mick, yes it was a cracking price at the time . Cobra wise I just tiddle now and then, that project was meant to be done at a sedate pace though I have been at it a right bit this past month. Starting to get the bug for getting it finished and letting the cubes loose on the road lol

[mickappy]

that will be some weapon mate. have you got a thread on the build? id love to see it.?

[mickappy]

after the practice on the o/s the n/s rear arch was a doddle.


thats the welding complete

[mickappy]

with the rear arches done its time for some dummy fitting.
power steering from a corsa b and peddle box,
boxs fits pretty well, ive opted to use the standard accelerater peddle.
nothing really to do here,it will al be fitted propperly after paint.

new bearing.

[Robbie]

mickappy, on 02 November 2011 - 06:57 PM, said:

that will be some weapon mate. have you got a thread on the build? id love to see it.?

Build Blog


   done a wee bit of a blog Mick as I go along.

Edited by Robbie, 14 November 2011 - 11:30 PM.

[Kevin Abbott]

Mick, is that an escort pedal box?
Edit, will that bearing fit on the inside?
Ta
Kev

Edited by Kevin Abbott, 15 November 2011 - 09:42 PM.

[mickappy]

its a mk2 pedal box, i bought the wrong 1. i had to cut about 2" off the back of it. its perfect tho,
and im hoping the bearing will go on inside.  

[mickappy]

now the u clips and bolts have turned up i can carry on fitting the 400 kit.
there a resess for  each clip in the mould of the back mount. i fitted all the clips
then offered it up to the rear arch.

tighted all the bolts to see how it fits

it fits quite flush to the body but there is a small gap which needs filling b4 it looks 100%

arch came back off, and i put cling film all over back arch where am going to fibre glass the arch back on.

with the arch back on, i put bolts back in but only on the first thread ready to tighten quick leaving about a 10mm gap all away round the arch.
then i mixed loads of fibreglass filler and filled the 10mm gap. when the gap was filled i tightened the bolts fully.
the fiberglass spreads out filling the gap.

now hopefully tomorrow when its set i should be able to take the arch off and trim and sand and WILL   have a perfect fit.
front wing just basically bolted on without too much trouble.
this is the inside where the wing sits on the a pillar.

   cant wait to finish that back arch off tomoz

Edited by mickappy, 16 November 2011 - 10:01 PM.