I was lacking a few tools so went and bought the basics from Halfords, we'll call it an early Christmas present for myself :-) I was so keen to start that at 4pm, I decided it was still light enough to do something. I don't have any mains power in the garage and its too far from the house to run an extension lead, so torch light and plenty of carrots will help me see through the dark better.
Before you all start wondering, the white box and cable is one of them vibration speakers. What better way to strip a car that using the bonnet and a big speaker!
The car looks rather sad as it is being prepared for breaking, unfortunately I did infact fall in love with the car after 2 months of driving it, so much so I am still rather tempted to sell the Punto I own and buy a newer MX5....we shall see though.
Anyway, after spending a couple of hours like a child with a big stack of presents, I had began taking parts off the car. As I was standing at the back, I thought I'd go from the back and remove all the body work/roof moving forward , then interior, electrics and finally the runnning gear etc. This happened briefly. I soon took one bit off and the nearest thing I could see came off next. Space was filling up quickly as there seems to be much more of the car in a pile that what there was on it! Anyway, here are some pictures.
Here is the aftermath of about 5 hours spent on the car.
Problems so far:
- Underneath the car there is heavy rusting/rotting. Bumper/Mudflap screws are rotten and need drilling out.
- Getting the roof off - There are more than 3 bolts either side, should have realised but in my excitement and the dark, was left in an awkward position undoing bolts underneath the hood!
- Couple of sheared bolt heads - to be drilled out.
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