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<blockquote data-quote="guesstimator" data-source="post: 792901" data-attributes="member: 33598"><p>With the extended daylight hours and eeeeever so slightly warmer weather, also comes the jobs around the house I'd been putting off over winter. As much as I enjoy keeping my other half happy, it's been hard to see the weekends roll by with little progress for the Micra cause ?</p><p></p><p>I've been loving life with the GX I bought. Still pretty set on using it as a parts mule, although it's genuinely quite nice to just bimble about in. As it's in great nick there's no untoward rattles, knocks or lurches like I got from the Green Turd, which I'm sure was one bad pothole away from losing the rear axle entirely. </p><p></p><p>Only complaint is the drivers seat has worn in <em>ever</em> so slightly wonky. So I feel like I'm leaning into the centre of the car. Such a small complaint. <em>But my god it's wearing me down.</em></p><p></p><p>If it wasn't for the fact I wanted to redo the rails, I'd have whacked the recaros in already. But time is better spent elsewhere atm.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74494[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Beauty Shot with another economy ****box. </p><p></p><p>Didn't see that small dink on the boot before, but it's on my hit list to sort</p><p></p><p>Fun fact; got the Focus off of Copart for £90 (after fees; we were the sole £30 bid lol). Only needed a lower suspension arm and front wing. </p><p></p><p>Now, it's 35,000 miles in to me ragging it about and still going strong. Gets <strong><em>minimum </em></strong>40mpg even if you bash the limiter every where, and can easily top 55mpg if you just drive normally.</p><p></p><p>Seems like sub £200 cars off copart are thing of the past. Fees and starting bids are high enough you can easily top over that even if only yourself bid. Or the cars just get put straight on Cat B. But it was fun while it lasted. What's crazy now, is somehow you see these crop up for nearing 1000 cash moneys...</p><p></p><p>I just wished I'd scooped up Micras on there tbh... Missed that opportunity well and truly. Pains me to think of the oddballs I could've saved.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74495[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Mmmmmmm unspoiled, unmarked and still perfectly textured interior. Bonus full set of proper Rubber mats too.</p><p></p><p>Only shame is the darker grey centre console, dash cowl and steering wheel compared to the Black and White ones.</p><p></p><p>I know I'm fussing over small details, probably far too much, especially at this stage. But what can I say? Definitely past the point of return on these bad boy cars now so might as well double down and go full crazy....</p><p></p><p>...</p><p></p><p>...like buying spares that you don't <em>really </em>need.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74508[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Picked these up, off of hoodedreaper. </p><p></p><p>I've already had a mad homicidal hunt for my towing eye cover once so far just moving the damn thing out of storage, and after that stress I'll be damned if I wasn't going to get a spare one pronto. </p><p></p><p>Also, knowing my luck, on the way back from MOT I'll likely get a stone chip on a fog light or something bulls**t like that. I'm hoping me in <em>X </em>months/years from now will thank me for being prepared.</p><p></p><p>The way I see it: spare set of fog lights, spare toying eye cover and the bumper is a bonus. He's also conveniently local to me so more than happy to swoop on an opportunity to be lazy and also get decent parts for "stock".</p><p></p><p>I was thinking of perhaps experimenting with the bumper... Unsure what I want by that at this stage though. I just want to try something new.</p><p></p><p>I forgot to mention last post, but I also scooped up his E30 Bmw bottletops. Because r e t r o. Just need to either bore out the centres on our mill, or get spacers. I'll likely get spacers but that's future things to do.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Anyway.</em></strong> Onto the progress made, not that there's much:</p><p></p><p>This old reciprocating saw blade made the perfect tool to remove the little caps on the dash. I think I'm a tiny minority here, but I usually struggle with these, without marking them anyway. Never seem to have the right tool to hand.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74497[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]74498[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Continuing to strip.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74499[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ew.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74500[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The door cards look fine, however these handles look like someone's tried to clean them with 40 grit sandpaper, then left them for 10 years in direct sunlight, soaked in vinegar...</p><p></p><p>A small project I've got for a rainy day; is figure out what this car's mileage actually is, or near about, and correct the clocks.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74501[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'd like to have believed it's on about 85k and the 9 has just flipped round by some means....</p><p></p><p>But a look at the MOT history of this car shows it approaching 100k miles back in 2007, then up to 938k in 2009, back down to 52k in 2012, then it increments naturally... Right up until the 9 flips back in 2013 haha...</p><p></p><p>I'll probably plot it out, to map the changes in mileage over the years between MOT's and guess what exact miles this shell is on.</p><p></p><p>I mean what's another mileage discrepancy between friends right? At least this should end up being the true-ish mileage of the car.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74502[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The door cards, although dry, appear to have been damp in the past. Meaning some clips have torn out, and overall rigidity wasn't great.</p><p></p><p>No idea how much of a chore it'll be but I might try to reskin the Green Turd door cards for practice, then try and put these skins on new backing board.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74503[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The carpet is actually quite decent. A good hoover should buff this up nicely. Heel wear is minimal and there's no significant stains or marks.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74504[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Due to the tropical storage issue I mentioned last post, the safest place for all by bits is currently inside the Black one. </p><p></p><p>Moments like these I really appreciate these rear flip up seats.</p><p></p><p>It pains me to see this one covered in dust and SORN, but it'll get it's turn soon enough hopefully. When it comes to reassembling the White one I'll likely be playing "part hopscotch" to get the different levels of condition parts into the right car between the three.</p><p></p><p>As I already knew, I had some holes.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74505[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]74506[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'd clocked these underneath before hand, so thankfully wasn't really a shock. </p><p></p><p>Can only presume the floor was water logged for a period of time, as these aren't really salt catching areas like the rear sills and bottom front wings etc. The black suggests this isn't the first time this rust has been tackled, but I can't actually make out a patch.... I guess spray paint works, right? ?</p><p></p><p>I don't have pictures, but looking inside the rear wing cavity area doesn't show any obvious rust near the seams or corners, so I'm hoping the Sills and Arch area won't be too bad. I know they're rusty and need doing, but looks like it wont cascade into an entire reconstruction like welding the green turd turned out to be.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74507[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This picture is a decent glimpse into how chaotic life is in the garage. Having my bits in a moving car is actually quite beneficial as weekly shunting around is common and having a pile of bits sat in the way really hinders that.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately that's all I have to report at this time.</p><p></p><p>I was about 5 minutes away from actually getting the grinder out for some automotive biopsy; after all these years, finally starting the job I've been longing to do... but I ran out of time. <em>Classic</em>.</p><p></p><p>Just need to drop the headlining, maybe take out the sun roof then it's sparks away.</p><p></p><p>I know I could've started work without faffing about like I have, stripping it out etc. But last thing I want is for a stray spark or hot weld to burn or melt into, what is now pretty darn rare interior or mark some glass. And as weird as it sounds, I like stripping a car out and reassembling it, as it kinda feels like you get to know it better...</p><p></p><p>... and on that spiritual note...</p><p></p><p>Hopefully have an update in the next few days. I'll finish off with a picture of the GX reunited with it's previous owner(s).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]74509[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>I joke. I think they were cremated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="guesstimator, post: 792901, member: 33598"] With the extended daylight hours and eeeeever so slightly warmer weather, also comes the jobs around the house I'd been putting off over winter. As much as I enjoy keeping my other half happy, it's been hard to see the weekends roll by with little progress for the Micra cause ? I've been loving life with the GX I bought. Still pretty set on using it as a parts mule, although it's genuinely quite nice to just bimble about in. As it's in great nick there's no untoward rattles, knocks or lurches like I got from the Green Turd, which I'm sure was one bad pothole away from losing the rear axle entirely. Only complaint is the drivers seat has worn in [I]ever[/I] so slightly wonky. So I feel like I'm leaning into the centre of the car. Such a small complaint. [I]But my god it's wearing me down.[/I] If it wasn't for the fact I wanted to redo the rails, I'd have whacked the recaros in already. But time is better spent elsewhere atm. [ATTACH type="full" width="512px"]74494[/ATTACH] Beauty Shot with another economy ****box. Didn't see that small dink on the boot before, but it's on my hit list to sort Fun fact; got the Focus off of Copart for £90 (after fees; we were the sole £30 bid lol). Only needed a lower suspension arm and front wing. Now, it's 35,000 miles in to me ragging it about and still going strong. Gets [B][I]minimum [/I][/B]40mpg even if you bash the limiter every where, and can easily top 55mpg if you just drive normally. Seems like sub £200 cars off copart are thing of the past. Fees and starting bids are high enough you can easily top over that even if only yourself bid. Or the cars just get put straight on Cat B. But it was fun while it lasted. What's crazy now, is somehow you see these crop up for nearing 1000 cash moneys... I just wished I'd scooped up Micras on there tbh... Missed that opportunity well and truly. Pains me to think of the oddballs I could've saved. [ATTACH type="full" width="592px"]74495[/ATTACH] Mmmmmmm unspoiled, unmarked and still perfectly textured interior. Bonus full set of proper Rubber mats too. Only shame is the darker grey centre console, dash cowl and steering wheel compared to the Black and White ones. I know I'm fussing over small details, probably far too much, especially at this stage. But what can I say? Definitely past the point of return on these bad boy cars now so might as well double down and go full crazy.... ... ...like buying spares that you don't [I]really [/I]need. [ATTACH type="full" width="505px"]74508[/ATTACH] Picked these up, off of hoodedreaper. I've already had a mad homicidal hunt for my towing eye cover once so far just moving the damn thing out of storage, and after that stress I'll be damned if I wasn't going to get a spare one pronto. Also, knowing my luck, on the way back from MOT I'll likely get a stone chip on a fog light or something bulls**t like that. I'm hoping me in [I]X [/I]months/years from now will thank me for being prepared. The way I see it: spare set of fog lights, spare toying eye cover and the bumper is a bonus. He's also conveniently local to me so more than happy to swoop on an opportunity to be lazy and also get decent parts for "stock". I was thinking of perhaps experimenting with the bumper... Unsure what I want by that at this stage though. I just want to try something new. I forgot to mention last post, but I also scooped up his E30 Bmw bottletops. Because r e t r o. Just need to either bore out the centres on our mill, or get spacers. I'll likely get spacers but that's future things to do. [B][I]Anyway.[/I][/B] Onto the progress made, not that there's much: This old reciprocating saw blade made the perfect tool to remove the little caps on the dash. I think I'm a tiny minority here, but I usually struggle with these, without marking them anyway. Never seem to have the right tool to hand. [ATTACH type="full" width="249px"]74497[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="248px"]74498[/ATTACH] Continuing to strip. [ATTACH type="full" width="442px"]74499[/ATTACH] Ew. [ATTACH type="full" width="440px"]74500[/ATTACH] The door cards look fine, however these handles look like someone's tried to clean them with 40 grit sandpaper, then left them for 10 years in direct sunlight, soaked in vinegar... A small project I've got for a rainy day; is figure out what this car's mileage actually is, or near about, and correct the clocks. [ATTACH type="full" width="379px"]74501[/ATTACH] I'd like to have believed it's on about 85k and the 9 has just flipped round by some means.... But a look at the MOT history of this car shows it approaching 100k miles back in 2007, then up to 938k in 2009, back down to 52k in 2012, then it increments naturally... Right up until the 9 flips back in 2013 haha... I'll probably plot it out, to map the changes in mileage over the years between MOT's and guess what exact miles this shell is on. I mean what's another mileage discrepancy between friends right? At least this should end up being the true-ish mileage of the car. [ATTACH type="full" width="415px"]74502[/ATTACH] The door cards, although dry, appear to have been damp in the past. Meaning some clips have torn out, and overall rigidity wasn't great. No idea how much of a chore it'll be but I might try to reskin the Green Turd door cards for practice, then try and put these skins on new backing board. [ATTACH type="full" width="430px"]74503[/ATTACH] The carpet is actually quite decent. A good hoover should buff this up nicely. Heel wear is minimal and there's no significant stains or marks. [ATTACH type="full" width="448px"]74504[/ATTACH] Due to the tropical storage issue I mentioned last post, the safest place for all by bits is currently inside the Black one. Moments like these I really appreciate these rear flip up seats. It pains me to see this one covered in dust and SORN, but it'll get it's turn soon enough hopefully. When it comes to reassembling the White one I'll likely be playing "part hopscotch" to get the different levels of condition parts into the right car between the three. As I already knew, I had some holes. [ATTACH type="full" width="263px"]74505[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="261px"]74506[/ATTACH] I'd clocked these underneath before hand, so thankfully wasn't really a shock. Can only presume the floor was water logged for a period of time, as these aren't really salt catching areas like the rear sills and bottom front wings etc. The black suggests this isn't the first time this rust has been tackled, but I can't actually make out a patch.... I guess spray paint works, right? ? I don't have pictures, but looking inside the rear wing cavity area doesn't show any obvious rust near the seams or corners, so I'm hoping the Sills and Arch area won't be too bad. I know they're rusty and need doing, but looks like it wont cascade into an entire reconstruction like welding the green turd turned out to be. [ATTACH type="full" width="520px"]74507[/ATTACH] This picture is a decent glimpse into how chaotic life is in the garage. Having my bits in a moving car is actually quite beneficial as weekly shunting around is common and having a pile of bits sat in the way really hinders that. Unfortunately that's all I have to report at this time. I was about 5 minutes away from actually getting the grinder out for some automotive biopsy; after all these years, finally starting the job I've been longing to do... but I ran out of time. [I]Classic[/I]. Just need to drop the headlining, maybe take out the sun roof then it's sparks away. I know I could've started work without faffing about like I have, stripping it out etc. But last thing I want is for a stray spark or hot weld to burn or melt into, what is now pretty darn rare interior or mark some glass. And as weird as it sounds, I like stripping a car out and reassembling it, as it kinda feels like you get to know it better... ... and on that spiritual note... Hopefully have an update in the next few days. I'll finish off with a picture of the GX reunited with it's previous owner(s). [ATTACH type="full" width="553px"]74509[/ATTACH] I joke. I think they were cremated. [/QUOTE]
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