i think my mk1 is now terminally ill... help please pics here

[pistol pete]

well
had a knocking from the steering
now its from the whole suspension and its got worse
so though it was time to have a proper look see if i can see if the rack was on its way out

nope... its much worse
i knew there was a hole which had been fillered behind the wheel now i know how bad it actually is
is there anyway of repairing this or is it time for breaking for spares :( :( :(


basically where ever the suspension meets... there is no metal :(

http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2009/05/279.jpg
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2009/05/280.jpg
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2009/05/281.jpg
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2009/05/282.jpg

you can see the filler bit in this one
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2009/05/283.jpg
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2009/05/284.jpg
http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/images/recovered/2009/05/285.jpg

very unhappy pete

[dgh938peg]

Shitting heck mate that is fookin bad! Beggars the question, looking at that it's been bad for a while (as in years) how the hell did it pass MOT with rust like that near suspension components.

Pretty sure it could be rebuilt but would probably need a donor car to rob metal bits from..
ALOT of work and by no means cheap

[snowtigger]

Holey crap bat man that looks completly fooked to my untrained eye but you never say no Some one else might say it's salvagable but not driveable that's a death trap waiting to happen mate.

[pistol pete]

this gives me some hope
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=112094&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
but iwll mean car is off the road for quite a while

[pistol pete]

well afterlots of looking poking and thinking.. and long chat to the wifey


i am going for a full restoration
all panels off and out
lots of welding and new parts

pick up its new engine on sat for detailing

it may be off the road for a long time but i am looking forward to the challenege :)

:thumleft:

[dgh938peg]

Good on you fella!

Guy on MR2OC had his written off at the weekend and maybe available for spares...

[pistol pete]

cheers
think gonna spend the first month fully stripping down to find out what i need for it first..
i already know the engine is knackered..
then go from there

pics to follow when i start stripping on sunday

[Jiff Lemon]

BSM could salvage that! He's done at lot worse!

[snowtigger]

hopefully the car not yourself as man boobs and rust don't mix.

[semtexcow]

see if theres a mk1 being scrapped with the same area in good nick
get it cut out and weld new one in

good to see the grinder and welder won :) another mk1 lives to fight another day

[robwsurf]

buy a knackered mk1 and cut the bits off you need.

not good but at the end of the day if that let go when you were doing 70mph kiss your mr2 goodbye and possibly your life! so at least you spotted it before it caused a problem

always a brightside!

[Paul Woods]

Yep as above that is salvageable although wont be easy.... i've saved worse!

[pistol pete]

looking foward to the grinding days :)

[NDR008]

yup, anything, no matter what, can be brought back with time and money... if Paul says it can be done, then definetly it can.