Invalid carriage blue Mk1 Cavalier

[4wheeledstool]

Many thanks for the positive comments - much appreciated - especially after spending a couple of hours removing underbody sealant/seam sealer/shite from the inner wings. There's a lot of grim times ahead!

[4wheeledstool]

Spent some time labeling parts in a pathetic attempt to postpone more scraping, so no more visible progress. Then removed the rear window before I left - thankfully there's not a speck of rust on the frame, just some black goop.

 

[purplebargeken]

All in all the car is in pretty remarkable shape. It would be a major miracle if there were no grot spots whatsoever. Nice but not likely to happen.

[fatharris]

I am jealous. Not of the work that lies ahead, but of the car

 

Did you have it MOT'd before stripping to see if anything else was highlighted?

[4wheeledstool]

I am jealous. Not of the work that lies ahead, but of the car

 

Did you have it MOT'd before stripping to see if anything else was highlighted?

Aye, it had a few months MOT left when bought, and I did about 1600 miles in it over three months. The only thing that didn't work was the automatic choke. I'll most likely fit a manual choke Weber carb if the original Solex is borked.

[Vin]

I've just discovered this thread. This is great work 4WS.       

 

When I was a kid my neighbour had one as a company car, moving onto MK2s. We had a shared drive...His MK1 Cav, his wife's moped and my Folks Chrysler Alpine and Saab 99EMS all grouped together :-D

[4wheeledstool]

Door glass, regulators and remaining chrome trim now removed. Just the locks and exterior handles to do before the doors come off.

 

 

Main welder bloke is not available for a couple of weeks - I'm sure I can find stuff to do in the mean time!

[purplebargeken]

Yeah, you could always strip the car down on a molecular level.

 

Ah...........

 

[Danblez]

Really enjoying this. I presume it's spent a fair bit of time in a garage over its lifetime.

[4wheeledstool]

Really enjoying this. I presume it's spent a fair bit of time in a garage over its lifetime.

Aye - apparently it was garaged every night when it was in use. Highly likely that this has prevented it from going the same way as 99.9% of its brethren!

 

Been viewing a metric shitload of spare parts for these cars today. They are to be gathered up for the owners club, after the death of one of the senior members who lived locally to me.

A sad day, but at least all his stuff won't become landfill/bean tins now.

[4wheeledstool]

Started to clean back the inner wings

 

 

The spare room is beginning to fill up with parts that need to be kept clean/out of harm's way - living on your own is a good idea for this!

 

 

Many hours of paint/body sealant removal to go.......

[4wheeledstool]

Did about 60% of one rear wheel tub today - in 3 hours!

 

 

 

Definitely the most horrid part of the job as a whole - hopefully, one day, I'll be able to forget all about it!

[vulgalour]

Yes but look at all that shiny metal!  Frankly unbelievable.

[derskine]

Have you tried these before? they are expensive but work better than a wire brush on a grinder for ziebart etc.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POLY-ABRASIVE-DISC-115mm-RUST-PAINT-REMOVAL-4-5-x-3-/300496568352?hash=item45f6fdc020

[4wheeledstool]

Have you tried these before? they are expensive but work better than a wire brush on a grinder for ziebart etc.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POLY-ABRASIVE-DISC-115mm-RUST-PAINT-REMOVAL-4-5-x-3-/300496568352?hash=item45f6fdc020

They're in the post, hopefully they won't take much longer to arrive!

[4wheeledstool]

Finished the passenger side, and almost finished the drivers side wheel tub today. Missed the postman so will need to go and collect my poly abrasive discs on Monday.

 

[purplebargeken]

Poly disks are pretty impressive. Bloody ace work. 

[4wheeledstool]

Didn't get much done at the weekend - a fair bit of time was spent retrieving masses of spare parts from the recently deceased bloke's hoard.

 

Now the dash is out, it should be a little easier to remove the windscreen. I'll do that next, before more underseal/paint removal.

 

[danthecapriman]

That is a lovely old Cav. I'm amazed just how good the metal on it is coming up, it's survived very well. Keep up the good work.

[purplebargeken]

Crikey, we'll be too scared to approach the car when it's done

[purplebargeken]

Sigh. Now this is making me want to do the same to the Dolly. Thanks a bloody bunch

[purplebargeken]

Just the inner wheel arches mind. 

[lisbon_road]

Fantastic work.  Very impressed.  No messing about too, obviously going to get this done in a fraction of the time it would take me.

 

Sad to hear about the chap with the spares who has left us.  That'll be me one day.  Reminds me to make a will.

[4wheeledstool]

Fantastic work. Very impressed. No messing about too, obviously going to get this done in a fraction of the time it would take me.

 

Sad to hear about the chap with the spares who has left us. That'll be me one day. Reminds me to make a will.

Thank you kindly! The bloke who is sorting out the guy's estate still hasn't found all the vehicles that he's found the documentation for yet! He says it's taken over his life, although it's difficult to feel sorry for him due to the size of the inheritance!

 

The screen took 5 minutes to remove, but getting rid of all the sealant took a great deal longer!

 

 

 

Just a couple of small patches of surface rust - almost perfect!

[fatharris]

Absolutely fantastic work, I love these motors!

 

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[4wheeledstool]

Absolutely fantastic work, I love these motors!

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Cheers!

 

The rust that had crept up the seam sealer in the footwells was investigated today. The passenger side should be fine after cleaning up and re sealing

 

 

I ground straight through it on the drivers side, leaving a small hole. Another easy fix though!

 

 

Not a lot left to remove in here now.

 

 

Cleaned all the screen sealant off the glass before calling it a day, one less job to do before reassembly.

 

[I_am_Diesel]

Would you find a Cortina of similar vintage in such fine condition? I doubt it.

 

All Voxals are ACE!

[anonymous user]

I'm liking this, the car looked very, very, good for its age before you started (well the fact it exists at all is remarkable, you just don't see them anymore).

It's going to be an absolute stunner by the time you finish it.

[4wheeledstool]

Spent a long time cleaning all the sealant off both screen seals today - a truly horrible job! Back to underbody cleaning next time - I can't wait

 

[purplebargeken]

I've used the poly disks myself and have had mixed results depending on brand. I've got 3 Abracs disks so I shall comment upon them when used. I bought some from Frosts and they didn't live up to their claim of using one to strip some full fat American car.