Eddie's E21 316

problemchild75 · Post by **problemchild75** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:26 pm

how longs it gone for, are you keeping the colour and who have you got to paint it? I bet your excited I would be

Eddie. · Post by **Eddie.** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:41 pm

Yeah it's staying the same colour. Should be about 4 weeks or so. Took it to Lee at Body and Design in Salford, a lot of my mates have had work done there so I've got a good few recommendations.

Eddie. · Post by **Eddie.** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:17 pm

*** Progress Update***

I went down to the bodyshop this morning to catch up with Lee and how the car is doing, he's made good progress and I'm now very excited for it to be finished and back with me!

Doors:

Lower valance smoothed off for a cleaner front end:

Bonnet, which is like the face of the moon really, Lee is working wonders on it though:

Repaired lower chassis rail:

Remember the big hole in the passenger footwell? All gone:

Few bits and pieces around the car:

New lower rear quarter:

The hole behind the pedals, all welded and sealed up

New arch to inner wing join:

And a couple of the car as a whole

All very exciting!

I'll go back next weekend to see it again, by which point it should be primed and ready for paint

arshad76 · Post by **arshad76** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:42 pm

Very thorough, great work and looking forward to seeing another solid E21 on the road for many more years

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:08 pm

It's great to suddenly see so many UK cars getting the full monty when it comes to restoration.

Jeroen · Post by **Jeroen** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:10 pm

My thoughts exactly, a lot of projects there atm, btw here in Holland as well, nice to see! I need to go over them one day to collect some more pics for the FAQ section... common weakpoints...

Anyway, nice to see this one's on full speed ahead as well, keep us posted!

OLE97P! · Post by **OLE97P!** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:11 pm

Looking good! Fabulous colour; would be nice to restore it back to standard (including the steels) but you'll want to put a 5 speed box it it - they're unbelievably low geared. I had a V reg one years ago and it felt like it was about to explode over 60!

m3gaz · Post by **m3gaz** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:33 pm

Looking great.

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:04 pm

im liking the way this car is going

woody m3evo · Post by **woody m3evo** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:07 pm

nas80 wrote:im liking the way this car is going

Me too.

Eddie. · Post by **Eddie.** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:12 pm

This forum is bad for my bank balance

So much inspiration and great ideas.

Will get some more photos up this weekend, hopefully it should be primered and ready for paint.

cobbler2u · Post by **cobbler2u** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:06 pm

Good work.
Would be nice to get all these cars together after their restoration work

Eddie. · Post by **Eddie.** » Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:42 pm

cobbler2u wrote:Good work.
Would be nice to get all these cars together after their restoration work

Agreed, I'm hoping to make Gaydon.

Eddie. · Post by **Eddie.** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:04 pm

Went down to Body and Design today to catch up with Lee and the progress on the car.

All looking good, base colour is due to go on next week, ready for collection on Good Friday.

Smoothed front valance is looking well too. Very excited for that.

Not long now

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:30 pm

Awesome. Just in time for the bank holiday weekend. Bet your well excited about getting it back!

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