my mk1 Track Car (03 - present) - (now road legal!!)

The tear down begins..... The next step was to remove every component bolted to the body



fuel tank removed (25 litre)


rear axle + showing centre exit exhaust


front end


Engine

 

Getting there!




Finally completely stripped !! Not one nut and bolt remaining.......

 

I decided to attack the underside first, as this would enable me to practice some welding!!
The first mission was to roll it it on its side


some surface rust on rear chassis legs


Underseal was removed using a knotted wire brush on an angle grinder and paint thinners

 

coming along just nice by the looks of it...looks like its getting a proper treat!

 

Looking good

Is it ok to put it on its side as long as its supported on a matress then?

I have stripped mine down to almost a bare shell and was considering rolling it over but was not sure if it was safe to do without a frame attached to the chassis.

How did you roll it? Can you roll it easy enough with a couple of extra hands helping?

 

Jeez that's hardcore .

 

Two of us could lift the shell in this condition !

I had the chassis on some dolly type wheels, literally rolled the car to the edge of the matress, three of us just rolled it on its side carefully, then just tied it to the roof of the shelter.

Didn't get any damage to bodywork at all !! just a couple of scratches on the paintwork which polished out !

 

thats cool

 

Where did you attach the dolly wheels to the chassis? I thought about sitting the shell on a pallet with dolly wheels attached to that and then flipping it.

How long did it take you to do the underseal removal on the underside and im guessing you might have seamwelded it as well??

I have removed the underseal from the inner wings and stripped it to bare shell and am at a bit of a crunch point wheteher I will actually do the underneath! I need it back together by April and the original plan was just to paint the bay really!

Any chance of more pics Infinity?

 

What wheels are they??

 

OUCH... Lucky man

 

I carried some seam welding on the front end of the car, It was painted in anti rust primer (grey) and white (hammerite)



floorpan completed

 

i used dolly wheels on a pallet, i didn't attach them to the chassis!

the underseal took approx 4 days thats including the arches, i seamed any panels that were butted together,

i removed approx 10kg of underseal from mine,


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What wheels are they??[/QUOTE]

I have no idea, theres no markings on them sorry!!!

 

Nice clean underside dont you hate removing the sealer.
Done my inner arches but need to get it on its side for the underneath..... fancy a job

 

Wow, G you have been busy since xmas.
From what I remember it was in one piece, and 6 weeks later look at what you have done

 

I noticed that pic says "photographed by jelly", is that the same guy that had that madly lightened red mk1?

 

Yep, got to be

 

hmmm no thanks,

I used a knotted brush, found the b&q ones to be much longer lasting !!

hey muppet remember i already done this work two years ago!!

 

with the engine bay now complete i rolled the car back over and attacked the engine bay

first job was to remove any seam sealer and paint in the areas of interest



Battery tray removal


Lower chassis leg

 

some seam welding




Battery tray removed and engine mount welded



Anti rust primer!





engine bay complete