robbh · May 9, 2015

Hello all.

Well I've bought another disco. Was kind of a spur of the moment type thing. It came up at the right time and had money burning a hole in me pocket so couldn't say no

Plus she's a 3 door and have always wanted one.

Anyway here she is. :bounce:

And big and little parked side by side.

Couple more pics.

So the rust.....

Nearside inner wing.

Drivers footwell.

Boot floor.

Sills.

Both sides the same so going to get the box section treatment.

So that's what I'm up against. Rear crossmember needs doing too as does the offside wing but forgot pics of them.

Done about a days worth of work on it so far. Firstly took the rear quarter panel off.... Wish I didn't though.

Repaired a hole in the rear footwell at the bottom of the arch.

Then made a start on the sill.

Was a lot easier than anticipated as most of the sill fell orf when I took a hammer to it.

So then the box section went in and started welding it up.

Hopefully get the new body mounts made and welded on tomorrow then can start think about seam sealing and painting.

Cheers for reading.

TrilloThrillo110 · May 9, 2015

What's it going to end up as?
Anyway, I love the 3 doors but may I ask, how much is something like that in England?

Thomo1927 · May 9, 2015

TrilloThrillo110 said:
What's it going to end up as?
Anyway, I love the 3 doors but may I ask, how much is something like that in England?

In Wales my mate just sold his 1998 3 door disco for £600 , needed wielding on the chassis for the next mot.

robbh · May 9, 2015

TrilloThrillo110 said:
What's it going to end up as?
Anyway, I love the 3 doors but may I ask, how much is something like that in England?

Hopefully it will end up being my daily drive.

but would like to do some greenlaning and maybe an expedition or 2 in it.

So a fair bit different to the silver one which is just a pay and play toy.

I love the 3 doors too.

And this cost me £300. Another reason I couldn't turn it down when it came up.

markSX · May 9, 2015

Good work so far.
Keep the pictures coming.

GJDisco300tdi · May 9, 2015

keep the pics coming.
my 3 door wil need some of the repairs you are doing to the body!
like they all do...

robbh · May 10, 2015

markSX said:
Good work so far.
Keep the pictures coming.

GJDisco300tdi said:
keep the pics coming.
my 3 door wil need some of the repairs you are doing to the body!
like they all do...

Cheers guys. Will keep the pics coming. I'm in it for the long haul!

Found lots more rust today.

robbh · May 10, 2015

And only a small snippet of what I did today.

Finished welding in the box section sill. Got one body mount fully welded up and need to make the other at work. Then repaired the hole in the passenger footwell which I did actually take a picture of.

Going to make a start on cutting the driver side sill out during the week after work then can think about getting it finished and welded up at the weekend.

Once sills are done I'm going to pull the dash out and think about repairing the footwells and bulkhead then move forward to the inner wings.

Cheers.

Thomo1927 · May 10, 2015

Good work there, Loved my 3 door 200 disco

Snowey · May 10, 2015

I know of a 3 door shell going to the scrap yard next week. 2 fair rear wings on it

TrilloThrillo110 · May 10, 2015

I assume it's a diesel?
A 200 series as well?
Anyways, it's looking good

robbh · May 10, 2015

Snowey said:
I know of a 3 door shell going to the scrap yard next week. 2 fair rear wings on it

Interesting tell me more!?!?

Is it anywhere even close to me?

robbh · May 10, 2015

TrilloThrillo110 said:
I assume it's a diesel?
A 200 series as well?
Anyways, it's looking good

Yep it's a diesel.

But it's a 300 series

However! I'm trying to buy a 200 series front end as we speak to graft it on....

And thanks!

Snowey · May 10, 2015

South east Cornwall

robbh · May 10, 2015

Snowey said:
South east Cornwall

Bit too far away I think. Cheers anyway.

Snowey · May 10, 2015

I have some bits off it that could be posted. 2 sunroofs rear wiper motor etc

TrilloThrillo110 · May 11, 2015

robbh said:
But it's a 300 series

Wow! Over here the 300 series are more expensive than the 200 series, and had no headlights so I took a punt!!!!

robbh · May 16, 2015

Bit of an update.

Had a couple more days of work on the 3 door this weekend.

So. Firstly all the rot I cut out in the rear quarter.

Then began to piece it back together.

Then chucked on some seam sealer and began painting with some zinc phosphate primer.

Left the hole on the floor there as I'll be replacing the whole boot floor and floor skirts.

And painted.

Then fixed the arch.

So that's that side pretty much done. Just need to replace the boot floor skirt and can think about painting it black and affixing the rear quarter panel for good.

So in the meantime started on the drivers side.

Body mount not even attached and flapping around in the wind.

And a hole again in the rear footwell. Which was impressively bodged with gaffa tape. :wtf:

Hopefully I'll get some more done tomorrow and Monday.

Cheers.

woody13 · May 16, 2015

Some work ya putting there fella,looks like its gonna be a good un...

TrilloThrillo110 · May 17, 2015

Looking good

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