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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/13 16:45:20 (permalink)
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Anyone know how i can access older posts i.e.the thread the car was originally in for sale???[?]
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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/13 20:16:38 (permalink)
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Ah I remember that one - I think I grabbed the clutch cable out of it when you were pulling bits off it Lincoln. The suspension is now in my RS - where it originally came from! (long story)
Good to see it still lives. Looked like a good shell worth saving back then ~Aug 2006
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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/14 08:02:33 (permalink)
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Thats the one Avon.

P.S. Chris - sorry about all the expanding foam I put under that rear shelf - bet that was a beach to remove.

Also was there ever anything wrong with the drivers side front guard - it never sat 100%.
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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/14 10:24:37 (permalink)
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Thats the one Avon.

P.S. Chris - sorry about all the expanding foam I put under that rear shelf - bet that was a beach to remove.

Also was there ever anything wrong with the drivers side front guard - it never sat 100%.



That expanding foam was a nightmare![:u]
It took forever to get it off the parcel shelf & the inner wheel arches!

Yeah,the drivers side guard was a bit wonky.I couldnt get a decent gap to the drivers door so i un-picked the guard & moved it back to where it should have been. It might have been one of those Friday arvo jobs at the factory where they were in a hurry to get home.

I noticed the car has also had both rear quarter panels replaced to but it doesnt appear to have been from accident damage. Do you know anything about that??[?]
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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/14 11:49:12 (permalink)
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Do not know anything about the rear quarters mate.

Where are your pics?????????
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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/14 12:01:58 (permalink)
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I will post up a few pics tomorrow of the car as it was when i purchased it & as it sits now.
Dont know what people will think of the color i chose but i like it!
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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/14 20:20:27 (permalink)
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I will post up a few pics tomorrow of the car as it was when i purchased it & as it sits now.
Dont know what people will think of the color i chose but i like it!


Doesnt matter what color it is, it will still look good because it is a MK2!

Is this the one you painted Orion Blue?

G
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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/15 08:44:56 (permalink)
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Ok,here are some pics....
The first few are of the car as i purchased it from the wrecking yard. Looked to be a fairly solid shell but it had a few hidden secrets once paint stripped....[:u]





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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/15 09:29:12 (permalink)
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Here are a few of the car just before & after it was painted







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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/15 10:31:20 (permalink)
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looks nice
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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/15 10:50:17 (permalink)
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The car was painted in the new color,then rubbed down again & flowcoated to give it a nicer finish.








The car was then towed back to my home to have the underfloor prep'd & painted

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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/15 11:07:50 (permalink)
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Im liking the colour choice. Its different and it will stand out. Any chance of it being at SFS?

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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/15 11:30:54 (permalink)
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Im liking the colour choice. Its different and it will stand out. Any chance of it being at SFS?

Rhys


Color is Bionic from the BF Falcon XR6.
Yeah,it is different & thats the very reason i picked it.
Im a bit tired of seeing Mk2 RS's all in white or red or orange!
I would love to have it at SFS this year but its still a fair way off being completed. If all goes well it should be on the road by the end of the year.

Anyway,got it back home,put it up on some truck axle stands & hopped underneath it to strip the floorpan of 30 odd years worth of dirt & oil & body deadener[:u] Its a job i swear i will never do again[}:)]

The floor was stripped to metal,then coated with a rubber based anti-chip coating & then had the body color applied over that.











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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/15 11:43:11 (permalink)
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This is the car as it sits now.
Black sections are being done on the nosecone as i type this,then blackouts will be done on the door frames and centre pillar by the end of the weekend.

I have a few tasty parts already put aside for the car,ready for re-assembly including quite a few trick looking carbon fibre parts

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RE: My Mk2 RS rebuild 2009/01/15 11:53:43 (permalink)
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looks good great colour choice and i love the vented bonnet.
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