late fastback full resto

[adamrush!]

well after scraping through the last mot, i knew i would have to do some work before the next one, basically it needed bumper bracket mounts front and rear and a few other bits i knew were bad.

plans are to go for an original colour probably beige, original indicators up front.

ive got some new front and rear wings to fit and a drivers door as the other was shot.

I have never done any welding fabricating so will be learning as i go but (hopefully) keeping it to a good standard!



pics before i started



so i set about on the front





air box was rotten so have blanked the vents up!





going to do a bit of led work on the vents.

rear corner





didnt look too bad till i started stripping it!




two days later (im not the fastest yet)









made a start on the rear bumper brackets today all cut out



glad i got these when they came on ebay



hopefully these will be done in the next few days

[Angelo Amato]

good work there.

all the 'usual' areas, mine was almost identical

[col1600]

good progress and a nice bit of fab for a first timer well done..

[adamrush!]

cheers, one side of the rear is done so hopefully get the other side done tomorrow! will stick some pics up when done

[adamrush!]

I got most of the welding done this week. lots of late nights

started on the o/s bumper bracket,

most of the rot cut out



ive been using vactan rust converter and primer on the bare metal





now i thought the other side was the better side of the car but it turned out to be worse

other side all in



rear corner lots of plates and filler







cut out











ive got a few more bits of welding to do and will hopefully have these done in the week, also started stripping all the paint off the engine bay and painting it.

[col1600]

that look like the same operation that i had to carry out on my own fasty (orange fastback) looks like real common places to go on these. your hammering through the work its a great feeling to cut out some rot and within a small amount of time have a new panel fabed up and installed.
im also using vactan rust converter on any metal that i bare it seem good gear..

keep it up..

[adamrush!]

that look like the same operation that i had to carry out on my own fasty (orange fastback) looks like real common places to go on these. your hammering through the work its a great feeling to cut out some rot and within a small amount of time have a new panel fabed up and installed.
im also using vactan rust converter on any metal that i bare it seem good gear..

cheers chap, looks like yours isnt far off paint!


made a start of this hidden under filler







it has been done really bad in the past so only one thing to do



my mate is very helpful and gave me a hand with this as i didnt want to mess it up

cut ready to be fully fixed in



i have made up the inner pannel, going to do a night on friday to finish this off

the other side will get the same treatment



vent expertly bodged with filler



my grinder gave up so i replaced it with a newer model! nice and light makes a huge difference to the old bosch



a bit of bearmetal

[fastygaz]

Very nice buddy!!
All the usual type 3 flakey, orange nonsense but satisfying when you get it looking less like a teabag...and you're making good progress!!
I thought it looked shit hot in the first pic by the way...ragged paint, primer on show, shiny bumpers and cosmics...beautiful!!
Gaz

[72Slowback]

Must say I like the way it looked before ...caught my eye at Bugjam 23 I think ?
So I took this HDR pic ........




...although looks like the work your doin needs to be done so good luck with it ...look fwd to seeing it finished !

[adamrush!]

cheers thats a cool pic, Not had much time on it recently due to work but its about ready for paint prep! ill stick some pics up

[adamrush!]

It's been a while since I updated this! progress has been slow but it's slowly getting closer to some paint!

All metal work has been completed.

Lead loading over the welds









Floor has now been painted had to do it twice because I got a lot of water coming through the gun



Front stone chipped


q

I have never done any prep work! I didn't realise how time consuming it is! Im getting the hand of it now tho




I spent a lot of time lining up all the gaps lines etc Hopefully it pays off!

[adamrush!]

[Angelo Amato]

nice work

...somebody's got a wheel fetish !

[lemonyellow]

looking good

[davecrook1]

done some great work chap..

[t2kampervan]

looking good mate,and bloody brave too.that rear quarter panel work could have gone well pear shaped.looks good!

oh yeah,sell me a set of your cosmics please
i spy mag industries and 4 sets of cosmics?any more we cant see?

[adamrush!]

Thanks for the kind words, hopefully I'll get some time off over Christmas to crack on with it! I've bare metalled every panel inside and out!

I am a sucker for anything cosmic! I've got some 14's in 4x130 I'd sell! Don't think I'd ever use them!

[t2kampervan]

haha,im a sucker for anything 130pdc and round!!
i kicked myself for not buying a set of cosmics (read cheap)off a chap at bristol volksfest a few years ago.oh well!

could you email me a few pics of the 14's and a price please.i know money talks,but would you be up to trade with some different wheels,or is it just cosmics(and mag industries!!)you tend to have.

by the way,how many sets do you have?

dave

[adamrush!]

Hi Dave

Im also into any 130 wheels as long as there original I'd be up for a trade if there something different, I think I've got about 6 sets of cosmics.. There all in line to get refurbed at some point

The 14s are a set of 5! I will get some pics when I get in the garage next!

[t2kampervan]

ok,nice one!

drop me a pm

dave

[oxsign]

Man, this is great. I hope to be able to do the same kinda work when I pick my fastback tonight.

I just joined the site a few days ago, but there is some great info here.

[Editor]

Hi oxsign, welcome to our world! I never cease to be amazed at the skills out there being used to preserve these cars from the scrap-heap. It's very encouraging to us all.

[69type3]

Well said Dave. Those of you with the patience and skill to cut, fabricate and weld these type 3's to keep them on the road deserve to be commended.

I'm terrified of taking to my squareback with a sharp cutting instrument for fear of ballsing it up but I know the only way I'll ever get it back on the road is to do the work myself. The photos and tales you all post of your exploits are inspiring to those of us who are preparing to take the plunge with a bit of DIY restoration.

Cheers & Merry Xmas

[Aren]

What's new ? it's ready?

[adamrush!]

Not done yet. Very busy summer working, have not had the time to work on it.

I painted it last winter! the rear end has just been narrowed an inch either side so I can get some 6j wheels under that's all painted now ready to go back in, hopefully I will get a good couple of weeks on it soon, got the headliner ready to go in and the interior re-trimmed now by trimming tonic! Highly recommend him if you need an interior doing!

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