'Tina' 1971 Toledo Restoration

[Rob from Brum]

Good work there, why did you have to weld upside down? couldn't you have done most of it from the inside? Mini looks sweet.

Regards Rob.

[andrew_27]

Its been quite a while since i updated my thead so this might be a bit picture heavy! ill try and narrate the goings on so far...

Pandaselecta kindly found this complete exhaust for me which i was thorougly pleased to get hold of!


It turned out that the sill that had been welded on was actually too far in and wouldnt line up with the doors so a cut was made along the top and strips of new metal welded in so it was a much better fit


the passenders side back wheelarch and lower boot floor were pretty rotten so most of this was cut out. i used a repair panel for a Dolomite and modified it acordingly (as the fluted lines are different on a toledo)










more to come as soon as i upload the rest of my photos to the computer!

[JPB]

This is great stuff. Brilliant attention to detail like this will see this car lasting a very long time indeed.

[grifterkid]

I can see by the attention to detail being paid this is going to be a stunner when complete... Top work sir, another Toledo has been saved...!!!

[andrew_27]

Thank you! Id also like to thank Rob of the TDC for featuring my little article in the most recent copy of Dolly Mixture.

... as promised heres more of whats been going on:

all the original dials etc fitted to the spare dash iv got which iv wrapped up and put away safely ready to go in when the time comes



stone chipping under side of boot floor



drivers side front and back doors stripped down, the front one only needed some wire brushing to sort the ruse out but the back door was much worse, most of the bottom had rotted out so much so you could get your hand up inside but this was all cut out, cleaned up and welded

[DoloWIGHTY2]

Excellent, well done.

[toledo boyz]

any more updates? brilliant work..... =D>

[triumphtoledo]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

R

[Jordan T]

This has been a fantastic read mate!!! Keep up the good work.

By the way, I've noticed that our cars are very similar!!! My car is a K reg, Drum all round, 4door, in sapphire blue, Toledo just like yours!! Now mine was registered on the 4th March 1972, but there's a letter in the cars history records that it could have been registered in late 1971. There technically twins haha

[andrew_27]

Iv been having a good look at your car on Flickr Jordan, haha what are the chances eh?
more coming very soon...

[andrew_27]

Im pleased to say about 50% (ish) of the car is around finished but heres whats been going on:

one corner of the front end stripped revealing some hideous welding and bodging (and the odd pie tin again).

[andrew_27]

so out with the welder..
all this was done piece by piece and by taking measurements from the other side so as not to lose the shape when it came to fitting the light and grille

[JPB]

This is going to be one of the best restored cars out there at this rate. Well done and keep up the incredibly thorough work.

I saw and indeed travelled in the car when Chris owned it and it had me fooled as it always looked pretty straight. What I struggle to comprehend is why some folk would bother with such elaborate "improvisation" when a proper, lasting repair takes no more time to complete, less if - like me - your welding is better than your Cataloy-loading skill.

I must stress that neither the previous keeper nor anyone who saw the car at the various events it attended locally suspected a thing, it always looked so straight.
Your efforts should see it lasting a very long time to come.

[andrew_27]

Ideally i would have bought new eyebrow pieces but rimmers ones were almost in treble figures, but making new ones in one or two sections wasnt too much trouble



probably the trickest part was fitting the back plate where the light actually bolts on, ironically it was the easiest part to actually fabricate seeing as its just a hole in a flat bit of metal! many measurements and cardboard templates were made..





thankfully it did fit! (as did the grill too!)

[andrew_27]

This is going to be one of the best restored cars out there at this rate. Well done and keep up the incredibly thorough work.

I saw and indeed travelled in the car when Chris owned it and it had me fooled as it always looked pretty straight. What I struggle to comprehend is why some folk would bother with such elaborate "improvisation" when a proper, lasting repair takes no more time to complete, less if - like me - your welding is better than your Cataloy-loading skill.

I must stress that neither the previous keeper nor anyone who saw the car at the various events it attended locally suspected a thing, it always looked so straight.
Your efforts should see it lasting a very long time to come.

Thanks very much JPB! your definitely right though, all of those iffy repairs were well hidden and i suppose some of them were even solid enough but im much happier having stripped them and made them up to a better standard! im hoping to have it ready for painting at some point this year.. fingers crosses anyway.