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I think plastic welding is going to be your friend here rather than using that much body filler.

No fabrication yet fella... The glass window is buried under some panels, so no chance of test fitting and drawing the profile on the masking. Just more cutting out.... The suspension mount is usually badly rotten and hidden out of sight. But I was able jack the car up a few times without anything ...

Cheers, I'll see if I can get it to tension a bit better, the mk1 yaris has a pretty poor belt tension system sadly, basically lever and tighten. New alternator, new belt so it's not getting any new parts. I might see if I can retrofit the mk2 tensioner onto the mk1 as that's adjustable. Shall see. ...

Excellent, bit of fabrication, always fun (and frustrating at times).

Measure multiple times cut once, very gingerly

Interesting build, nice to see you getting stuck into it.

It seems to be, belt squeal re-occurred the other night which is annoying.
I'll see if I can get it to pull any tighter.

Cheers Rob, I don't think it's ever been as clean inside since.
Both radios have since gone too. Got some Philips unit in it now

I really should pull my finger out and get it looking properly. I can't believe how much power it seems to be delivering since replacing the alternator, very odd indeed.

Nice to see the old girl is still keeping you busy. Not quite as much as the old days, but you do still seem to get the miles in. We don't seem to go very any more. Rear brakes? - a quick afternoon's job, assuming you get some decent weather. Ah yes, the near-side battle scars from a concrete bolla...

Still not finished fitting the camera etc, too many other things and too little motivation, however in the middle of a 500 and something mile trip to Watford and back the alternator decided to misbehave, bearings mostly but randomly stopped charging and restarting. So that's now been replaced. Rear ...

Nicely done Rob, it's comin together. Eventually you'll run out of rot to cut out

Sadly not, however for me it's not the right shade for a Cavalier, I've seen Vectra B's refinished in the same colour and it seems a bit cartoony (personal preference I guess).

Excellent stuff Rob, some hellish progress.

Happy days!

Aye, if there's the opportunity to add protection, always best to do so, madness when its in this number of parts not too.

Looks like some nice progress going on,

The Rustoleum will certainly tidy it up Rob. Nice progress.

If you're going to do it, do it the way you want it!
It's progressing though Rob.

Robsey wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:25 am It's okay Gary.

It is Andrew who is thinking of removing the seats.
I like my peace and quiet, so my seats will be remainlng firmly fitted.

I was meaning if remove the headrests rather than the rear seats, but can see the leap.

No worries Andrew. I have perfectly good straps on my 'repaired' load area cover. As usual, I do not know whether to revert to original LS spec without hearests, or to have the headrests to coincide with the SRi seats. I spend far too much time being indecisive, and achieving nothing. Do you carry ...

The bedford rascal, oh the memories of seeing those pootling about back in the 90s. Nice find some original brochures always nice for a wee bit of nostalgia! That van on the front cover was also a mazda van, if I remember right and rascal was used by quite a few jap manufacturers too. Suzuki also d...

Nice! I love those kind of brochures, glad to feel its less daunting, You'll get it finished, probably sooner than you think

All good stuff Rob.

Its coming together nicely.