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the opposite side was done exactly the same

cleaned up the area for welding

did a bit today happy with what i managed in a shift cut out the outer cill section just below rear quarter panel itb was rusty and by removing it i gained access to the rotten inner section which was cut out completely http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9580/ciills8.jpg then i turned attention to t...

braces welded in place
http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/1834/brace3.jpg
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/3924/brace1.jpg

crush tubes welded in place
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7335/crushtubes1.jpg
http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/6581/crushtubes3.jpg

hi m8 what your saying does make sense but ime thinking of modifying the floor and bulkhead as well so would actually be easier as the floor/bulkhead could be bent at the exact angle to suit the rails anyway made a start all the tube was mitre cut to length andangle so its spot on i just need to wel...

what will hopefully be my new rails 60x40 box section

chassis rails are horrible mot patch on top of mot patch not much left of either rail from behind front seat to the frontpanel thinking my only opton is a full box section chassis rail replacement

cheers m8 will take a look

like your style m8

the fab and welding side of things is not an issue tbh ,,, the exhausts were custom made by the guy with the manta a series as the exhust manifolds are 1 of the big issues fitting a v8 rover into a manta a and b series theres very little room between the engine bay chassis rail and the engine

this is the shell needs some restoration but pretty good http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk455/dogmaniac_photos/dogmaniac2/manta/manta1-2.jpg http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk455/dogmaniac_photos/dogmaniac2/manta/manta7.jpg http://i311.photobucket.com/albums/kk455/dogmaniac_photos/dogmaniac2/...

ime a biker and car nut used to enjoy restoring old classics but not owned a car project for nearly 10 years been building bikes instead take up less room until a young lad at my gym asked me to weld his mk1 golf gti turned into a full rebuild in order to fit a mk4 golf turbo lump this reminded me h...

registered today ,thought ide pop in and introduce myself ime from south wales got myself a manta b coupe gte into this is going a sd1 3.5 engine with edelbrock inlet manifold and carb engine i have seems to be very clean and after checking the engine numbers it appears its a factory replacement eng...