General UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 19/09/08 STRIPPED IT READY FOR A RESPRAY!!

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

WOOOHOOOO!!!!! NEW SHELL BABY!!!!!

my mate had this in his garage, was goin to reshell his uno turbo but got to now get rid! its 3 door, no sunroof and almost the same colour as my turbo! its 95% mint! just one small patch needs sorting!!

^^^^^ thats the only bit wrong with it!

its already stripped out as u can see, and my mate already has the turbo steering rack in, pedal box and a couple of other bits. so chuffed!!! give me a month and i'll be back mmmmwwwhahahahahaha!!!

expect many a update, so keep urselfs posted to this thread!

Dunc

 

[custard]

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wehey.does look in good nick

 

[DRUE1]

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nice one m8y.im well chuffed for ya cos its taken 2 long keep the pics and updates m8y if not on here u will on msn

 

[GhostWKD]

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so i cant borrow those wheels?

dude get cracking be watching this thread

 

[Alex]

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Finally some great news. Was it originally an UT or just a 'normal' one?

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

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yeah, watch it as the updates will come fast! just got to get it trailored to mine! and get the engine out my UT shell!

alex, its a normal one but its gonna get fully seem welded and a full cage so will be strong as anything! plus its gonna have as much underseal/waxoil as i can get on it lol!

Dunc

 

[F R O S T Y]

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Nice one matey i'm also well chuffed ur gona keep it and get it back up and running again Looks like a tidy shell you got there m8y

F R O $ T Y

 

[Luke]

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You gonna spray it, or keep it that colour?

Glad you're getting back on with it at last

 

[Chas Uno]

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:woot:

Great news Dunc! Nice to see the the rabid turbo project back on track - soon you'll be out terrorising Corsas and Paxos again

By the way, does the turbo have a different steering rack to the standard Unos? And I notice that the brake servo is on the passenger side rather than the drivers side. Again, is that a turbo speciality? Just kind of curious!

Really wish you the best of luck with this one after the dead end with the last shell.

Oh, and don't forget that bit in a previous post about 'angle grinders' and 'chassis plates' (ahem!)

Looking forward to see the project pick up speed again

Chas

 

[Louie Bee]

New Shell!!!!!

Nice one Dunc

Glad Johnny parted with his shell. you took ages talking him round LOL.

 

[sumplug]

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scratching the grey matter gives me an itch to get hold of a uno turbo after ive got my 16v tipo back on the road and also sorted my 130 strada abarth.then i will have the best three hot hatches fiat put out!

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

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You gonna spray it, or keep it that colour?

Glad you're getting back on with it at last

will be fully seam welded and sprayed the same colour as my old UT, even tho its only just slightly different!

:woot:

Great news Dunc! Nice to see the the rabid turbo project back on track - soon you'll be out terrorising Corsas and Paxos again

By the way, does the turbo have a different steering rack to the standard Unos? And I notice that the brake servo is on the passenger side rather than the drivers side. Again, is that a turbo speciality? Just kind of curious!

Really wish you the best of luck with this one after the dead end with the last shell.

Oh, and don't forget that bit in a previous post about 'angle grinders' and 'chassis plates' (ahem!)

Looking forward to see the project pick up speed again

Chas

yeah the turbo does have a different rack but as my mate was reshelling his UT, he's already fitted that along with pedal box and the brake servo (hence its on the passenger side )

Nice one Dunc

Glad Johnny parted with his shell. you took ages talking him round LOL.

LOL, yeah, wasnt really me tho, he just had to sell up. to do with his mum or something

well, this weekend will be busy, stripping the rest off the old UT and getting rid of the shell! then its a go go with the rebuild!!

Dunc

 

[Trav 1.1uno]

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Lol great news man, keep us posted, i was only 1 day late in finding you a decent shell tho

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

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hi all, well tonite ive been a busy boy and eventually got my ass in gear and we're off! was stripping more of the car tonite, was a right bugger to do!

this is the old shell as it stood tonite when i took the car cover off, wiring loom in and alot of crap in the car

here u can (kinda) see my rear glass out and rear window rubbers

more window rubbers and bits and bobs

not very clear as it was dark, but this is a LOOM FREE dash area hehe! sooo happy about this as i had a Cat 1 clifford on the loom and it was a right ba$tard to get out with dummy wires and live wires everywhere due to it being Cat 1.

heres the outside toilet, now one of my store rooms, with alsorts of UT bits in there

here the out house, with my compomotive mo's up in the roof bit along with side skirts and wiring loom in a box on the left

and heres a couple of goodies ive bought hehe

some powerflex rear beam bushes, proper stiff and will help to tighten everthing up, still need to buy the front ones tho

and also bought myself a 16 row Mocal oil cooler as i need to keep oil temps down on the track. just will have to cut MORE of my front bumper out to accomidate it lol

sorry for the low spec pics, just that im using my camera phone for the forum pics so i can get more on my photobucket account. but dont worry, im also taking proper pics with my digi cam

also managed to get my boot off, boot release and the cable. really pleased with tonites progress! expect pretty oftern updates now ladyeeees and gentlemen

Dunc

 

[waynegts]

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a up mate im on here now, who is welding it for ya?
take it the engine would have been for this so its not needed now?

 

[jamie86]

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Dunc donate to the forum and get unlimited storage space


Looks like your having fun there though knowing you

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

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a up wayne, what u doin on here with ur liner?

nah, the engine was for my mate, whose blown his lump.

dunno who's doin the welding yet, im after it seem welding if u fancy doin it for me? for some £££?

Dunc

 

[jamie86]

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a up mate im on here now, who is welding it for ya?
take it the engine would have been for this so its not needed now?

I think the engine was prob for me actually if he was asking you bout it...

Was yours the complete MK2 one?

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

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Dunc donate to the forum and get unlimited storage space


Looks like your having fun there though knowing you

ya cheeky git, i have donated ages ago lol

and yup, im a gonna be having fun fun fun!

Dunc

 

[jamie86]

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nah, the engine was for my mate, whose blown his lump.

I didn't blow this one up my oil pump died