a rallye you may remember, cherry red itb content

[bendee]

Heres one you may remember previously owned by leeds_182 it had been on the forum for a while id always followed the progress and whilst no beauty queen its a purposeful tool and does its job very well.
when i saw it for sale i had to have it to run alongside the 172 as the 172 just doesn't excite me like the rallyes do, this is my 4th now.
ill note the progress i make with it just to keep yall updated as it seemed top of had a few fans on here. its basically a few posts from a project thread on rallye register.

Heres some pics after getting it home and putting my omp 3inch harness in and my sparco steering wheel.

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just a couple little updates for the moment. firstly the car came with saxo mirrors, these had to go and thought instead of sticking standard 106 items on id upgrade for some Farley useless f1 style mirrors.


gash saxo jobbies

with the mirrors bolting straight to the door all i needed was to cover the space left. didnt have to be rigid just waterproof i knew exactly what i wanted and went to staples for a couple of folders. the style of them is similar to that of the dash, cheap plastic basically. a simple template and clean up of the crap left on the doors had them mounted and looking alright.

and just to show how little they actually show

as i was ordering from motorsport-tools.com i thought it would be rude not to purchase my 4th quaife nylon gear nob to replace the crappy one already in.

and fitted

and finally as the car has no heater or blowers the windscreen can get a little misted so a cheap heater was purchased should i ever get caught out. it really is terrible tho.

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made a couple more changes to the car over the weekend added some more bonnet pins as the previous set wouldnt lock.

and fitted a satchshift

pictures aint the best but itll give a idea of whats going on. cant advise the shifter enough what a fantastic bit of kit. every rallye needs one.


also bought a rebuilt s1 rallye box so ill get that put on soon enough. just trying to decide whether or not its worth getting a lightened flywheel? it doesnt have any problems getting up the rev range and im sure with a s1 box itll fly up.

Thats where ive got to so far i still have the s1 rallye box to fit and ive ordered a nice weld in cage for it got a good deal as mates doing his mk2 escort and evo 2 at the same time. the cage is the same as what was in his old rallye shell heres a taster.

 

[daveski]

I love this car, be good to follow its progress on here again

 

[Alastair.]

would be good if it didnt have a white bonnet and boot.

 

[bendee]

full inside/outside respray coming when ive got the little bits and bobs done.

 

[leeds_182]

Great to see its in good hands mate. Love the mirrors and gears - looks class!

 

[andywa]

Great project. Are you going to keep the car red?

 

[bendee]

im not 100% sure id like to but im tempted by white even had thoughts of the 205 rallye yellow but thats doubtfull.

 

[Stava]

Where did you get the shifter set from.

I may have to get one for mine!

 

[bendee]

have a search on rallye register youll get them cheaper direct from the guys that make them rather than a place like kam racing. mine was 250 but was fitted but never used think there about 300 new defo worth it tho it replaces everything linkages etc and feels extremely well made.
watch the start of this vid to see how short the shift is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJecn2y1iRs&feature=player_embedded

 

[Englebert]

Looks a shed tbh, but certainly has potential. I would just re-install the heater, personally! Think that is a a mod too far.

Bet it is lively on the greasy roads at the moment!

 

[Bluebeard]

At the risk of sounding controversial, i'd rather get the bus.

If it had a cage and was a track only car then i'd understand it but as it stands it just looks like a death trap.

 

[Ian_182]

Bit harsh for the road,but if it was on a trailer it would be a nice track car.

 

[Gaz.]

Good to see it still on the forum, used to make me smile the few times I'd seen Jim in it about the local area.

 

[bendee]

Looks a shed tbh, but certainly has potential. I would just re-install the heater, personally! Think that is a a mod too far.

Bet it is lively on the greasy roads at the moment!

as i said its no beauty queen and when finished itll look much better. its not a daily drive i use it when i want to go for a blast, it has no reason to have a heater. and yeah its alot of fun in the wet.

At the risk of sounding controversial, i'd rather get the bus.

If it had a cage and was a track only car then i'd understand it but as it stands it just looks like a death trap.

if you read the thread ive got a full cage ordered ive even put pictures up, its a work in progress like many other cars on the forum. and again its not a daily drive its something to have fun in and track when its finished and ready for it. and i can assure you if you drove it youd much rather this than the bus.

Bit harsh for the road,but if it was on a trailer it would be a nice track car.

a trailer will be sorted for when i take it to tracks that are miles away. fuuuck driving this long distances lol

Good to see it still on the forum, used to make me smile the few times I'd seen Jim in it about the local area.

cheers mate, its got along way to go.

 

[mini_nick]

these are awesome to drive, go surprisingly well on bodies for 1.3! Looking forward to seeing how it comes along

 

[alex-avfc]

^ This is a 16v conversion, not a 1.3

 

[_Tom]

At the risk of sounding controversial, i'd rather get the bus.

If it had a cage and was a track only car then i'd understand it but as it stands it just looks like a death trap.

I concur.

 

[JT182]

I love my S2 Rallye, but I do like a nice S1 as well. Get those wheels cleaned though!

 

[bendee]

Christmas eve at 4.30pm is where the car started its big change. Id collected a cage a few weeks back along with my mate who got one for his evo 2 that is also going through the same things the rallye is about to. Id got some steel for seat rails and more lockable aero catches for the boot and some hole saws for cutting the cage.


What a time to pick to start the car off but with a free workshop it had to be taken advantage of.
here it is in its current poor state, purposeful is what id call it.

we have the space for 3 days, Christmas eve, boxing day and Tuesday but as im writing this on boxing day you can guess we didn't go down today as Austen has made plans. this now leaves 2 days. as if it wasn't a big enough task as it was.


So we got stripping and to be fair it felt effortless nothing was a pain to take out it just seemed to flow.
This was about a hour in. we had the screen dash seats and harnesses battery and box boot and bonnet side pollycarbs all out.

I continued stripping bits and bobs whilst austen started on the cage, It was going to be a big long job as we got the cage tubing bent but not cut so we had to do the measuring ourselves.
Id got the loom out, i think theres plenty i can take out of this.

all the bits that had been removed at this point

A couple shots of the interior looking bare. And with the front part almost cut and taped in before it gets tacked.

The cage really was a great fit it sits proper snug against all points of the shell.

With it stripped of just about all parts that needs to be gone, rear lights, mirrors, door cards, all the crap from the inside it was really coming along, and certainly a lot easier than we had hoped for. Austen had also made a start on the body work. knocking out dents filling and flatting.
The roof needs taking back to bare metal as i forget what the name of the stuff it was painted with before but it isnt to desirable.
Id also drilled the front bumper number plate recess. im still unsure about what to do with the front plate so any ideas let me know.
This is how it ended up after 6 hours of stress free no rushing work, the time really flew by.

Tomorrow is the day we really make some progress....

 

[ben lee]

looks good ive just bought a rallye my self. whats the first gearlinkage setup u had?

 

[.GAZ.]

You need to sorn it and use it as a track only car IMO!

 

[bendee]

yeah i seen your reply in the other rallye thread. my name is also Ben Lee lol. i had a quick shift and rose jointed linkages that i think i still have if you was after some?

 

[bendee]

You need to sorn it and use it as a track only car IMO!

why? tax costs f**k all and having it for a back up for the clio is a good idea. it will be used on track and i wont always have the use of a trailor to get it there so having it road legal is handy.

 

[ch!ppen]

Looks good Ben. You do love your Rallye's don't you lol. Was it an Indigo S2 you had last iirc?

 

[leeds_182]

Looking forward to the next installment. You can really see the quality of my interior spray work on those shots.

 

[bendee]

Chip this is my 4th rallye now and my 3rd cherry red s1. All had different states of tune.
Haha yes mate its a shame it'll need doing again all that effort you went to .
Got more done today but I can't be arsed to upload the pics ill do that another day.

 

[ben lee]

yeah i seen your reply in the other rallye thread. my name is also Ben Lee lol. i had a quick shift and rose jointed linkages that i think i still have if you was after some?

cool this is my first rallye 2nd 106 had an 1.6 8v xs also a 406 v6 lol.
so not to clued up on the 106s yet lol.
looking for any cheap upgrade parts lol

 

[leeds_182]

Chip this is my 4th rallye now and my 3rd cherry red s1. All had different states of tune.
Haha yes mate its a shame it'll need doing again all that effort you went to .
Got more done today but I can't be arsed to upload the pics ill do that another day.

Look forward to it mate.

 

[JackJack]

Love this.

 

[bendee]

So heres another update we started as we've been going along today i was doing bits and bobs and Austen was mainly doing the cage and body work.
I started with prepping more bits on the inside first up was grinding back all the little tabs to make way for p clips and other nicer ways on securing wires etc.

these all had to go along with plenty more from around the interior


After that i started on the boot lid. Previously it was just bolted on so no access to the boot was available, not that it was really needed but if needs be id like to be able to get in so i got a couple of lockable aero catches for it and positioned them the best i could so i incorporated the already drilled hole.
previously drilled holes.

Aero catches on

I had forgot to buy some kind of hinge for it and with no time or anywhere open i decided just to stick the odd aero catches that where on the bonnet on the boot as they wasn't so visible so it wouldn't really matter that they wasn't externally mounted catches. and i could just buy a proper set from a local place when they open on the 3rd of jan.

I then gave the bumper a trim as behind the holes id drilled was more plastic so all that needed taking out, here it is just needing the edges cleaning up.

After that i started helping with the cage, I started the rear bits that mounted to the rear axle. It was simple, take the pre cut tubing, cut a sheet of 3mm steel to fit, weld it up, trim it and bolt it down. This is what we came up with. I didnt get any shots of them properly trimmed up tho we took the feet right back so they fitted properly.

And fitted

Bolted down

Then i had to cut a sheet off 3mm steel to fit around them and trim it to fit so it was welded to the floor. you can see them later in the pics.


With them done we couldn't make the rest without the cage properly welded it had just been tacked up to now so we knew everything was right. So we set about other bits like seat rails. Heres the drivers and passengers side done, Again just needing welding into place. Austen had filled the seat bolts on the exhaust tunnel with weld so they could be skimmed back flush as they was looking rather ugly.

This is where we left the cage yesterday as we couldn't really do much more.

here you can also see the tabs made and welded for the aero catchs to be mounted

The body work had a little more filler and rubbing back and most of it had now been da'd ready for primer.

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and now..... off i go back up to the unit to play some more.

 

[leeds_182]

Good progress mate.

 

[Daz.]

looking good!

 

[bendee]

Another update i have so so many pictures but ill try and keep it short and its all abit jumbled but ill try and get it in order.


Ok so after where i left off the cage was finished off the feet tacked and welded in place.

Seat rails welded in. The passenger seat has been positioned right back and as low as possible the reasons why are better view for the driver and weight distribution. It might not make a massive difference but every little helps.

For the feet behind the front seats to be welded into place the tank had to be removed, this was a b*****d as it basically left nothing but the engine and rear beam on the shell. should of just striped it down to a shell and gone balls out.

Outside was prepared for paint. da'd and panel wiped for its first hit of primer.
shell ready

Then Austen cracked on with the exterior.

With me having the small f1 style mirrors i wanted to do something a little different with the doors, i cut some thin metal sheet to fit the door so it could be tacked on and filled to look nice and smooth. this wasn't to be as Austen has plans for them but wont tell me what lol. heres a shot anyway.
the gap that had to be filled

Plates made up to fit

With the exterior primered thoughts turned to the interior a hell of a lot of prep work rubbing sanding hoovering wiping later...

That's the inside ready for primer then, time to crack on...

Some tabs that where added to keep things nice and stiff..

That was the inside and outside primered and ready for paint after a rub down. Austen firstly went round any plates that where welded on with sealant to keep them sealed.

Then that was it just a matter of waiting for things to dry before painting the interior.
cherry red

 

[bendee]

Time to hit the interior with some cherry red

i was going to add a long gusset on this peice but decided it wasnt needed and time again was against us so a little tab at the bottom to keep things nice snug was enough for me.

With the interior done we left for home at 2.15am. we had started at about 8.30am and gone straight through non stop. to say we was knackered was a understatement.


Unfortunately i had work today so i couldn't spend the day with the car id already pulled a sicky to have the previous day off. so Austen went in and got cracking with the painting.
In the oven

Painted

Id finished work by the time it had been painted id got there and the rest had pretty much all been prepped and hung for primer then paint. i pretty much only prepped the boot.
All the rest hung up primered and waiting for paint.

With that done it was time for paint.

And the shell ready for assembly chuffed to bits with it.

And thats where its been left today, the build up should start tuesday when i have the screen fitted. enjoy..

 

[leeds_182]

Awesome mate. Will look excellent when it's all back together. I take it you're gonna refurb the steels as well? Great progress!

 

[Whiteley]

Good stuff, looks lovely.

 

[Ian_182]

Looks great.

 

[bendee]

Awesome mate. Will look excellent when it's all back together. I take it you're gonna refurb the steels as well? Great progress!

ill give them a quick temp hit with white bigger wheels are on the cards along with bigger brakes and better tyres.

 

[Hixle]

Awesome work mate! Looks brilliant.

 

[Ant1]

Good effort and turn around time that!