Project BFR (1973 Mimosa Sprint)

[hutch76]

Mart, I admire your enthusiasm for the cause! If it were me, i'd keep this one on account of it being a relatively rare L plate.

As you know, i've a load of spares at ur disposal which i'd be more than happy to donate to a good cause.

[Mad Mart]

Thanks for the offers Graeme and Calum. I'll PM you to negotiate when I need something.

[Mad Mart]

It's here.





Thanks David & good to see you again. Hope all was well with the journey home.

Having spent most of the afternoon looking over the new Sprint & starting to strip it I must say it's in excellent shape body wise. So far I've managed to remove the bonnet, front & rear screens, all the front lights, grilles and the majority of the trim (including the gutter trim).

Pleased or what?

[Lee Flintoft]

Nice one Mart!

Good luck as usual. If I can help, I will.

[David6214]

You have done well.....I spent the afternoon driving, catching up on mp3's!....then kind of collected an 1850 on the way home.....journey was fine - glad you are pleased ...... so far!

So todays effort in clearing the drive has resulted in more stuff on it than before (mind you the trailer frim will notice if I don't take it back)

anyway....keep up the good work mart....

[Mad Mart]

This morning I had a good tidy up to start with, as my garage looks more & more like steptoes'.

After lunch I removed the engine stripped the wiring loom out, removed the front light holders, almost got the front bumper off (one nut is turning but won't come off).

[DavePoth]

Hmm. Looks like Mart will finish 2 Sprints in the time it's taken me to do one.

[Jon Tilson]

That looks a bit sandglow to me Mart...

Jonners

[David6214]

yeah right jonners....

i can maybe get a picture of it next to a sandglow one (even if I have to drive to marts to do it) Its definitely mimosa......at the moment

[straylight]

After lunch I removed the engine stripped the wiring loom out, removed the front light holders, almost got the front bumper off (one nut is turning but won't come off).

are you serious ?

took me 4 weeks to do that !

strange, thinking about two sprints on opposite sides of the world both having almost identical deconstruction.....

if I can keep up, i'll be using you as a guide on what to do !

stu

[Mad Mart]

Stu, the engine only took me 5 minutes to get out because the gearbox was already out & the only thing I had to disconnect was the fuel line to the pump. Went to undo the engine mounting bolts & they were already out, so basically I just had to lift it out.

[straylight]

ah, good, I know I'm slow, but just "whipping an engine out in an arvo" was impressive.

c'mon....what's next ?

[Mad Mart]

Only spent a couple of hours on it today. Completely stripped both r/h doors & removed the vinyl covering on the 'C' post. Thanks to a tip from David (6214) about using a hairdryer to take the vinyl off, although I used a hot air stripper...at a distance.

[straylight]

I'm onto it, hairdryer at the ready....

also explains why they peel off in the australian sun....

cheers mart

[Mad Mart]

Stripped the other two doors today.



The boot cleaned up quite well and looks very solid.



A better pic of the bulkhead now that the pad is off.



The inside stripped out.



Peeled back the edges of the vinyl roof to expose the cause of the "bubbly vinyl).





Some of the glass & trim sorted & ready to go in the loft.