mickappy Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) right the time has finally come to start my 400 rt project. idea is to have a show car with a differance,the donor car( a 1800 b reg coupe 37000 miles) which i bought from a man in liverpool who had it dry stored for 10 years. ive had it in storage for 3 years 3 months, over the years while its been in storage ive been collecting parts for the build, new 400 kit- bonnet newly built c20let revolution wheels rollcage suspenion power steering + something that will make it a tad differant but i`ll keep that secret for now(due to the fact that we dont know if we can pull it off) im wanting to do most of the work myself rather than the cheque book job. will need lots of advice along the way im sure here goes the 1st week. pulled car out of storage crack on stripping to shell floors are excellent inner wings and a posts are perfect. engine out wiring harness out and labled stuban chassis bolt burnt off basically its a bare shell now sat on my spits. really happy with the condition so far, nothing major to report, both sill have been replaced at some point, now for peace of mind im going to take em off and pop 2 new ones on and make sure theres nothing nastey in there. dont trust these quick garage repairs maybe we should of emptied the car b4 we spun it:)) next job strip underseal of for shot blasting. did i mention i want this done for august 2012? im wanting to use this as my wedding car Edited August 5, 2011 by mickappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robah Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Good Luck with the new project Mick Looks like a very good shell to start with, which is a bonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymanc Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 looks a good car to start with,what coulor are you painting it. should get you to the church on time when its done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couperman Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Looks like the most fun you could have in 1 day Mick, Good Luck! GAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieH Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Sounds like a good build project ,I'm always a sucker for a 400 kitted manta Looks a really good shell to base the project on too . good luck and keep the photo's coming thick and fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorblue5 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Where's the rust Mick? Ha, not a true Manta without the rust, ul need to paint it on to stop us all bein green. lol. Looks like uv got all the toys to do the job anyway dude. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 no other colour but white for me gary:) yes im very lucky with very little rust. lets see what its like when its been blasted im off to devon now for a weeks hols so they will be no progress for 7 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta3000 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 def a bonus having good donor,mines away getting blasted, wondering how much metal will be left u not getting the underseal to come off with the blasting? think urs will be done +roaded before mine good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 am going to take it of b4 blasting, comes of easy with a bit of heat, now the sound deadening on the inside is a differant matter:) what sort of blasting is it getting? sand or glass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta3000 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 hi im sure its fine sand/grit? bloke does a lot of classic car work,he"s doing a e-type,couple of old alfas,and a few other classics the now just getting underseal blasted off same time,dont have luxury of spit, colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Fish Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 I got a feeling this is going to be EPIC! all the best with it Mick Daz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 (edited) back off hols this morning:~) right in to the workshop... we dummy fitted a lambo hinge just to see what it looked like n fit like. now most people wont like these on here:) but it is a show car and i like to be a tad differant. we made it fit in a way to get a view how they would look, im in two minds weather to fit these now. mainly because id have to loose the hinges on the A pillers.. and once there gone! theres no goin back:( i dont think i could take the cutter to em.. what u guy think? stay or go? they do work well and also open like a normal door if wanted. opinions please also got the new 400 kit out of hiding to see how it fit. not too bad really, was expecting worse.. hoping to take both sills and jacking points off next, all seems ok but i want to be sure. mantas do seem to rust from the inside out. Edited June 3, 2014 by mickappy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monzta Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Looks absolutely great ! Love the lambo doors, and the bodykit especially the rally light pod Could i ask for some info regarding your jig ? Looks pretty simple but also kind of "skinny" ...? Does it hold up allright ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christ Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 (edited) A rally car with lambo doors TBH they've been done to death on show cars But at least they're pillarless doors unlike a lot and it's your car, so if you like it do it......... and I've alsways been curious to see it done to a manta. How much cutting about of the wing is required to fit round that hinge?? Edited August 13, 2011 by Christ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 (edited) Looks absolutely great ! Love the lambo doors, and the bodykit especially the rally light pod Could i ask for some info regarding your jig ? Looks pretty simple but also kind of "skinny" ...? Does it hold up allright ? jigs good for about a ton, going to put some wheels on it too. we built an astra mk1 on it (EVERYTHING BUT ENGINE AND BOX ) and had no probs, A rally car with lambo doors TBH they've been done to death on show cars But at least they're pillarless doors unlike a lot and it's your car, so if you like it do it......... and I've alsways been curious to see it done to a manta. How much cutting about of the wing is required to fit round that hinge?? yup never seen it done to a manta. 75% going for normal doors at the min. can be hiden under wing quite well with a bit of chopping of wing Edited August 13, 2011 by mickappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exclusive Opel Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Sure I have a photo with a Manta fitted with lambo doors somewhere or you could always go down this route Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 right the doors are going to be normal, just can not cut the a pillers as there perfect, maybe if i do another after this i will use them. there going on the shelf gullwing doors i know its a bad idea when the link provided takes you to barry boys.. lol so back on with the work. off to chop some sill off:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) as i suspected. old sill left under new sills, going to get all this chopped out b4 it goes for blasting. this is pretty much the worse of the rust, (what we can see that is). also cut the outer skin off the chassis leg as it was starting to bubble, really glad we did this. easy repair now will last years. really solid on the inner skin, going to pop the other sill and the jacking point off next, Edited June 3, 2014 by mickappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opel2000 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I thought about doing Lambo doors on my old V8, there were a few things that put me off, one of which was a poseur at Billing driving around with his doors Lambo'd and they were wobbling around like fook as if they were about to fall off, can't remember the other reasons though Damn good to see you are starting with a good shell in the first place, look forward to seeing this progress Mick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 cheers mate, its good not to have months of welding to do, door back to normal now, had to have a try tho. will be needing some more of your work too clive for this build. will be in touch when needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Good luck with this Mick, that shell looks great. Where are you having it blasted and are they putting primer on it straight away? TBH i think the only thing lambo doors looked good on were Lamborghini's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 not 100% sure where yet kev, retropower gave me a really good price, but ive just found 2 places very close to me that do it. so gunna get a few prices, and yes im going to etch primer it fast:) check ur inbox mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) glad ive took the jacking points off now. looked great when on turn it over to find also cut sill off ready for new, very happy nawt hiding here:) over to the other side next. Edited June 3, 2014 by mickappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 (edited) got stuck in to this again tonight. n/s jacking point and sill removed. if it looked rusty it got cut out now all the iffy bits have gone its time to start stripping the factory underseal off ready for blasting. cant wait to start welding new metal in. Edited June 3, 2014 by mickappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickappy Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) back from the blasters, so happy the real work can begin now:) nothing bad to report, only a very clean chassis to work with. next job both chassis rail are coming off to be replaced with new. it should start moving on fast now Edited June 3, 2014 by mickappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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