Before after rebuilds

[Old Merc]

"BNG" rebuilt back to its original 1991 specification and now in "The Richard Burns Collection"

[hidetheelephants]

LewG said:

Awesome; that must be pretty well unique? There can't be many other survivors anyway. Given the bits it's been recreated from I'm reminded of the surgeon joke where he takes a fart and rebuilds a human around it to create a lawyer.

Fantastic job.

[Old Merc]

Spot the difference??

[occrj]

LewG said:

Not my own restoration, but one from a forum I visit through our hobby. An absolutely heroic effort, with virtually every part being hand fabricated by the chaps who restored her. Real craftsmanship at its best, taking the best part of 10 years to complete.
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Epic job! Gladdens the heart to see these ancient machines restored to life again

RJ

[occrj]

Mastiff said:

occrj said:

Before/during/after photos..
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Astonishing.

Very rewarding to turn up somewhere special in that I should think.

17 years! Well done.

Glad you like it, if you've some time to kill, the story of the build is here:
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/dodgerestoration.ht...

RJ

[johnnymaestro]

These are 2 Restorations we have done. But not as big as some on here. Great work guys.

http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&amp...

http://pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&amp...

We are in the middle of doing our Elan which hopefully will be out if this weather holds soon.

[Yertis]

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Repeated unquoted for bigness again just because it's so bloody beautiful. That's the only car I've ever seen on Pistonheads that I genuinely covet.

[hidetheelephants]

Yertis said:

|http://thumbsnap.com/4cLLJm9c[/url]

Repeated unquoted for bigness again just because it's so bloody beautiful. That's the only car I've ever seen on Pistonheads that I genuinely covet.

It is splendid isn't it? Such a great sound track too.

[e600]

From this, found in Kuwait



To this 4 years later:

[e600]

And from this:



To this 3 years later:





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[LewG]

hidetheelephants said:

Awesome; that must be pretty well unique? There can't be many other survivors anyway. Given the bits it's been recreated from I'm reminded of the surgeon joke where he takes a fart and rebuilds a human around it to create a lawyer.

Fantastic job.

Oh yes, the best bit is these guys finished it just in time for the London to Brighton run. Not sure I'd trust 90 year old engineering on such a trip but they made it. It's nice to see them being used rather than tucked away in a museum gathering dust forever.

They even had to remanufacture the throttle quadrant etc themselves using the original rotten one as a pattern:

[v8250]

Feeling very humbled by the projects posted so far. 15 years ago completed this with a buddy.

Bought as a pile of poo...



...car to rear, work in progress...


And rebuilt as this in only 12mths...

Edited by v8250 on Thursday 26th July 18:43

[occrj]

v8250 said:

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Fabulous photo, great car

R

[e600]

How about started with this:


And finished with this 3 years later:

[the_kato]

e600 said:

How about started with this:


And finished with this 3 years later:

Fabulous

[v8250]

Thanks Rick. Rare'ish original MOD with some interesting 'tweeks' added during rebuild. Though nowhere near as exciting as yours and the other projects being added to the thread. I really do feel humbled when seeing the superb work completed by hugely capable PH'ers

[felixlighter]

Edited by felixlighter on Thursday 26th July 19:13

[kartman24]

230TE said:

Fairthorpe Zeta? I found a wrecked TX in a scrapyard many years ago. Sadly I wasn't brave enough to rescue it.

Yes it is, i contacted the original owner who now lives in France and it is painted in the original colours, still have some engine work to do before i can take it for a blast.

Did you take any pictures of the TX?.......Martin

[esso]

What a brilliant thread,the capabilities of people on here and the wide range of machinery that has been rebuilt or restored and the standard of workmanship achieved is truly outstanding.It makes the rebuild of our completely rotten 1985 Mini look pretty average and that`s took 9 months so far!

[johnfm]

the_kato said:

e600 said:

How about started with this:


And finished with this 3 years later:

Fabulous

WOW

The engine work looks like it cost a fortune.