Silver sally

[smarty pnts]

Here it is, the blog for my first car.

Her name is sally and she is a 2002 1.0 micra s.

I found her in a driveway where she had been sitting for over a year without a cover, left out to suffer the weather and for the whole time she had been sitting without a battery. Now at this stage I'm thinking no way am I buying this. But to my luck the owner said I have a battery here if you want to try it. Why not ill give it the benefit of the doubt and try turn her over and well she started right up!!!
A good bit of smoke at first but when she cleared herself and I heard the sound of that motor I thought wow this is mine. So I paid the owner and took her home here she is now

Pics

 

[cgten]

Welcome to the forums!

Car looks good from the photos, any body or interior damage?

 

[smarty pnts]

any body or interior damage?

Thanks mate.

The footwells under the seats are rotten. But I'm getting them replaced this week. As for the body there's a few scratches on the rear arches and some paint chipping. Nothing that can be fixed with a bit of Polly filler and a fresh coat of paint won't fix.

Get pics up later when I get onto the pc.

 

[smarty pnts]

Pics of the rot. Got quoted on a price, Cheep like the budgey

Panels are getting cut out, replaced and seam welded.

Pics:

Passenger side

Drivers side

But now more importantly getting the New radio into the car so I can listen to something other than silence.

I think after this there won't be much until u get the other motors I have ready for mot.

A hint as to what one of them is

 

[cgten]

That's some nasty looking rust. Makes me want to get under my car and double check everything's ok.

 

[micra racer]

What bumper do u hav if its the 1 in my pic then our cars a Identicle in eingen size and and looks exept mine is a more door

 

[smarty pnts]

That's some nasty looking rust. Makes me want to get under my car and double check everything's ok.

It's rare to get rot in there only reason mine is like that is because the pre opus owner never had its underside washed

What bumper do u hav if its the 1 in my pic then our cars a Identicle door

Yep there exactly the same, although mine is a 3 door lol

 

[micra racer]

My 1 has never had the underside washed but I have no rot

 

[smarty pnts]

I think at some stage the interior had gotten water damaged and it needed to be drained and whoever did it didn't seal the holes up right

 

[micra racer]

Theres a rubber gromit in the floorpan for draining water

 

[smarty pnts]

Theres a rubber gromit in the floorpan for draining water

your right, there "as a rubber gromit in there but for some reason it had been removed. but anyways got the holes patched up and seam welded. also stripped the bump strips off it and the rear badges. now have the car on blocks and am striping the springs out of the rear to butcher them lol.

Pics to follow.

I was reading through some blogs and noticed that i hadn't put my plans for sally up.

So here goes.

Bodywork plans:
Roll out all of the dents and do a full repaint. (same colour)
de-bumpstrip and debadge (done)
reblack the plastic spots.
...

interior plans:
colour code (matte black and standard)
shagplie the parcel shelf (white and black stripes)
car seat covers (black and white)
hardboard cutout to match the shape of the boot floor (shagpile the top of it)
replace steering wheel (chrome and black)
...

suspension:
cut springs as a test then altos all round with corsa shocks for the rear.

engine:
engine stripped out and washed aswell as the bay.
rocker cover painted.
air intake kit.
new heat sheild and sensor for the exhaust.
new raidator.
new exhaust (straight through (from cat to tail) )

thats all i can think of at the moment ill update as the work gets done.

 

[micra racer]

My grommit was about 2 fall out it was just hanging on with 1 side but it was 2 late everything in the car is damp and keeps blowing the fuse for the stereo

 

[smarty pnts]

Pics and small update:

Bumpstrips removed and now she's off the blocks now with butchered springs lol

And a cheeky daffy sticker.


Update: going to strip the engine out and get the bodywork sorted. Then its time for a full repaint. So it may be a while before I post any mods But ill keep snapping shots and showing the progress of sally.

 

[smarty pnts]

Delay to the engine getting stepped out due to the construction of my new workshop.

But a small update got sound deadening pads and i'll be putting them in tomorrow along with these sexy little things

 

[cgten]

Any updates on this one mate?

 

[smarty pnts]

Yea a few things. I'll post full details later tonight still working on this shead 20 foot by 12 so I can work on it indoors. I've Lots of pics to take of stuff that been done

 

[smarty pnts]

ok so big update:

I've got a full alto setup for the car all with the standard shocks.

I've also got matiz front legs (with a dropped perch) just waiting on a set of rear matiz springs and corsa shocks to fit into the rear.

as for the body i've found more rot that needs to be cut out and welded and i have loads of dents to fill and smooth out. then it's paint time

Sorry i cant post cuz i dropped my phone and busted the screen when i was taking photo's of the car

shead is fully built and the only thing left to do is sort out the electrics and put the tools in their place.

ill have pics up in the next couple of days

 

[smarty pnts]

Its been a while since I've posted anything.

Update on the car:

Lots has been done

First off the suspension, I'm still running the altos in the rear but I've got the matiz setup in the front with the dropped perch.

Had to free up the front brakes as they'd locked on and wouldn't move got that sorted stripped out the panhard rod ready for a nod speed one. (Had to cut the lower but off)

Sills need welding and bodywork needs finishing up.

Oh and I've also put in a pulsar gtir gear stick.

Pics to follow

 

[smarty pnts]

This is how she sits now.

Bonnet struts

Work that needs doing:

And finally my apprentice shaving down the weld to drop the perch

 

[smarty pnts]

Parcel shelf speakers

Exhaust broke :/

Still sounds awesome though.

More work...

 

[cgten]

You did a much better job than me mate. Good work!

 

[smarty pnts]

Cheers mate. Took me ages to get the drill holes right.

 

[smarty pnts]

This is what the box sounds like

 

[smarty pnts]

ok so massive update, first things first. probably the most awesome thing of it all is whilst i was in the states a friend gave me a set of springs, they were part of a coilover repair kit for an integra. came with seals and all that i was thinking ill get these sold when i get home. but the curiosity was too much i wanted to level out the rear and not have to chop springs. well anyways they fitted and it sits perfectly only thing is... i need PHrod to get them sitting correctly and a set of lowering shocks to keep them captive

now as for everything else I have to wait on the sills getting welded before I can do any bodywork and painting. so in the mean time Ive been doing other small jobs.

polished the rocker cover, moved the battery tray, stripped out the rear, built some custom door cards out of steel and put sound deadening pads all through out the rear and the floor.

pics:

the springs i got:



just a comparison between the matiz legs with a dropped perch and the new springs. of course these are only going in the back as I don't have shocks to fit them to in the front.


chopped the front grill to make a mesh one.


battery in it's new place


rocker cover polished and all the corrosion removed ready for the bloke to pick up to paint it. only back on for photo sake.


sound deadening in the back a few small spots to be fill in.


in desperate need of a new PH rod... had to cut the onl one out


windows tinted. done a **** job :/


door cards made out of steel. will be painted the same design as the originals only white and black.


pic of the original.


Once the welding is finished I can start to get it built up and get it ready for MOT.



BTW if anyone is planning on slamming their car there's a spare set if anyone wants them. But it'll be a week until I can get them posted.

 

[smarty pnts]

so, umm, yea, Im back.
First things first. silver sally died of the worst case of rot i have ever seen. while taking the sills off i cam across the b pillar main upright, it had about 6 inches of metal that disintegrated when i gripped it so she gone.

new car
I bought the green snot box and transferred everything over. I drove it around for a month or 2 then got a set of 13" revolites after about another month i couldn't hack the standard seats the way they were so i got a set of sudaru seats off a friend. ooh cumffy. after a while of being bored with the standard 1.0 engine i put in a set of CG13 cams and its stayed the same since. but with my plans from the start was to build something with big power on a reasonably low budjet i thought the time was now. (that was about 3 months ago )

so anyways plans going forward.

QG18 swap (in progress)
turbo QG18
suspension changes ( 32 way adjustable damping coilovers )
roll cage
bucket seats
flushed floor in the rear
full body repair and respray
bigger wheels

ill do a full update on the QG18 build and how its going tomorow.

my plan is to keep this updated at least on a bi- daily schedule, all going well.

and finally pardon the grammer im dispepsic

 

[DannyG]

Any pictures of the new car?

 

[smarty pnts]

Here's a pic of the car just before i started on the build.

Ill have more this evening when i get to the PC.