240 General: The Rustberg

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Originally Posted by Jackman

Thanks everyone. Yes it is bad but it can be saved. At the end of the day it's nearly a 50 year old car which is been fixed for MOTs rather than restoration.

Still motivated to carry on and looking at parts and things I need. Also thinking of upgrades like using poly bushes instead of rubber as from what I've seen modern rubber does not last long at all.

Working on the wing repairs now but that's very difficult as there is no reference to how it should look and line up from the sill to the rear of the panel.

I'm budgeting around 1.5k to get the underside of the car solid and finished.

There will be other expenses in regards to safety items that I might just replace even if they look ok.

Excellent Jackman, I can never understand why folk restore old motorcars like new (or sometimes better than new). I'm really pleased to hear this is a project to get the Rustberg up to MoT condition and then use it.

I'm guessing the £1,500 budget for the underside is just parts and materiel, so not including your time? If one was paying a body shop to do it that bill could easily be £5,000 and so more than the motorcar will be worth at the end.

I came across this article that Footman James sent me in an email and thought of the Rustberg:

https://www.footmanjames.co.uk/blog/...Q0MzIzOTYwNAS2

... I'm in no way deriding the Rustberg project - rather the opposite - I'm in awe of your resolution.