Ian B Posted yesterday at 08:49 Share Posted yesterday at 08:49 Hi All, Just to introduce myself as i'm new to this forum. Although i live in SE London I bought my 350 on e bay from the Isle of White where it had lain as an abandoned project for a few years. It's a Sunset / Orange leather Manual UK GT. When it arrived it looked as it did in the e bay pics, truly awful, but in actual fact once it had been mopped a good few times it started to look quite good aside from the rear foot of rotten sills, which in my mind was balanced by really good arches with all spot welds still visible and rust free. Dived into this with my old mate Graham who is a true welding Star, and followed his old adage keep cutting until you hit solid steel then weld your way back out ..... then stripped all the old underseal off with a blowtorch ......& folllowing healing time for all the burns, then re coated with etch primer& Gravitex Grey, added the obigatory new Kidney's W Brace and front brace, threw in G Teck subframe collars, and numerous other parts, stirred thoroughly and finally 11 months on from buying it arrived at a new MOT, only for the engine to let go with a wonderful rendition of " Knock Knock Knockin of heavens door " on the way back from the MOT. Now awaiting arrival of a rev up Convertible ( again e bay ) which should be here tomorrow from Darkest Cornwall which is to be my engine donor. Guess all the above is a familiar tale to many of you who've trodden this path of automotive torture so it just remains for me to say " Hello" and hope this forum turns out to be as entertaining and hellpful as the good old E30 Zone was back in the day. Ian 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith D Posted yesterday at 13:28 Share Posted yesterday at 13:28 (edited) As forums go it's a bit of a ghost town but there are a few lurking and I've found everyone friendly. Post up some photos of the project. I'm extending my garage from a double to a triple so that I have room for a rusty shell restoration project alongside my 370z project. Not quite sure what yet but always interested in seeing what people such as youself are rebuilding. Edited 23 hours ago by Keith D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago Hi and welcome along buddy. Lets see some pictures of your project. We love a good story of rebuilding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortPaul Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago Hi and welcome buddy ☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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