A610 The Eden Project

[stephendell]

260 that needs a full resto.

Front is now virtually fully stripped save bits to keep it moveable ...The 'chassis' rails up front are shot along with a lot of the upright structure and the lhs wheelarch,footwell and door pillar ...Main issue is that the rails are a two piece assembly,top and bottom pressed steel forms welded together, so fab will be quite involved .I very much doubt any of this will still be available from Renault .
I have the Ratvan full of removed parts to drop off at the customers gaff as he has kindly agreed to get the shi...pre-loved bits out my way until I need to refurb them .

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[mettersl]

Wow, makes GTA cross member seem trivial work...what's the cross emember like on the a610?

Not that bad .Its all fixable.

He had a full head of hair before we popped it up in the air and had a proper poke at all to come .....We are installing a dedicated long term project ramp as it's becoming more and more difficult to juggle and swap various dead ones about .
This should help us both in that the main ramps become free for general day to day duties and various projects .

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Had to do it on my 610 it is a bich the GTA is Easy the 610 has the brake shaft is running through the underside and the brackets rust out and they have to be spot on or the brakes won't work properly

[mettersl]

Brave putting a rusty alp on a two post lift and standing underneath...I guess the jack it up a little and listen for the creaking test was passed before then.

You just have to watch the rear end weight,notice prop under subframe Not so much on an A610 as they are lardy feckers up front but on a GTA you'd be suprised just how little off the front is needed to make it tip ...This 610 though has not got a lot left up front ....
Add in the fact that we are trying to get to repair the bits that we usually lift on and it's a whole bunch of laffs and giggles
4 posters are no good as they just restrict access ...

260 that needs a full resto.

Dark red/burgundy metallic rhd J reg 260 of Gavin Ford?

Mr D getting his shit together for trade parts supply
We've had our issues but life's too short etc so many thanks

Delivery today that will save me shed loads of time and grief in getting the front end rot on this sorted .
RHD specific front rails brand new from the RHD run some years ago .These are a botch to repair/copy and as the lower front wishbones hang off these it's a big problem if you get it wrong .

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Bits going in and on ...Alpine restoration ...hardest game in the world ....

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[stephendell]

Good to see the rails being put to good use

The word for that is "involved" very bloody involved!!! Good work Lee

Any news on the Eden project or did I miss an update elsewhere?

A victim of one of the dreaded 3 D's. We'll have to see.
It's in the Rotherham storage unit.