My Echo rally car - pics just for Garm!

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Well seeing as it is 98% finished now, here's a condensed timeline of pics so that Garm will stopping harassing me for them .

Bought it December 2005. 120 000 kms on the clock, totally stock.

1 week later, it looked like this.



Then it got seam welded (Feb 2006)


Then we got severley stuffed around by a roll cage guy but finally got it back Feb 2007.



Check out ma strut brace!



Extra bars had to be added in.


Rust sanded off and cage primed.



Now for some colour.




Underside of car prepped and sealed (Dec 2008).







The reassembly begins (Jan 2009), back to stock standard.






Finally got it registered again March 2009 and helped out at one of local rallies as a course car.


The conversion to proper rally car then begins.







I took it for a fang at a local autocross track, unfortunately, "Sparky" decided to short out and melt the engine loom.



Melted wires replaced.


New long travel custom rally suspension arrives.

Got some new rubber and put it on some Miata wheels.


Sump guard goes on.


It's first real rally in anger is this Saturday, it passed Scrutineering last night no problems. Here's how it currently looks, all clean before Scrutineering.





And this last photo is especially for Garm. Notice the little red button behind and underneath the steering wheel, that's my horn while I wait for a suitable boss kit to turn up which will let me retain the horn on the steering wheel .



If everything goes well this Saturday, there will be lot os afterwards.