my stag

[lukegrace]

Hi all well have just started my resto and would be greatful for any advice in which way to go about which way is best top start I.E strip out inteirer/ or strip down car/ strip paint/ take out engine. Would be greatful for help.
Many thanks Andrew

[jleyton]

Hi Andrew,

Funny you should ask as staginhiding is just doing the same and I'm doing my little bit to help.

We took out the engine first, then the front suspension - which pretty much drops out (ha !) as one unit. Today we'll be dropping out the rear suspension, as one unit and then remove the interior, which I keep saying won't take long .

However, this is so we can get to a bare shell and, thanks to staghound, we've got a spit and trolley to mount the body on. I guess a lot will depend on what you'll be doing, and how, with your shell. Ie. are you welding and painting it yourself or sending it away or whatever?

Good luck anyway.

Cheers

Julian

[73stagman]

All depends how much you have to do and what space you have for storage and how you want to do it...
ie your self doing all the work in spare time (or as your main focus in life ) with others help, concourse finish or a good standard to use.

Do you have a target finish date?

Most of us who are doing a full nuts and bolt job have stripped out the interior followed by the engine and then the undercarriage. The process after that has been widely varying! Dasadrew (blue and white bavarian thread) has nearly re assembled his after a commercial stripping process and then doing his own welding repairs and "shell" painting but he is shipping the car out for final body finishing.
I did all the welding work and then followed straight on and then stripped the remaining old paint and then repainted the car myself as a complete job (73stag rebuild thread). Now I am now slowly putting it back together and restoring bits as I go... Very slow and interesting though!
Others have rebuild threads on here but you have to look for them. One interesting job is just kicking off.... (saving another stag thread). Just keep looking and asking questions loads of help and advice is available here and we are all pretty mad about Stags (and other things and some of us are just generally mad!)

[ChasR]

It sounds crazy, but unless you are after a concours result or have alot of money and time to spend on the car, if possible I would embark upon a rolling restoration, and tackle bits as are required.

Whilst that idea is vaguely working for me (every method has its compromises) I did the drivetrain and engine first, before proceeding onto the brakes and electrics. Now bar my driving issue (I would have never discovered that had I not attend the first two issues) I am now looking to finish the exterior and interior trim.

[Duncan Skye]

Hi all well have just started my resto and would be greatful for any advice in which way to go about which way is best top start I.E strip out inteirer/ or strip down car/ strip paint/ take out engine. Would be greatful for help.
Many thanks Andrew

Hi Andrew,

When taking my donor car apart I kept a note of the sequence so that I could just flip the list on rebuild and everything would go back in, in the reverse order. The idea was that I'd not have to take something out again in order to install something that should have gone in before it. It's a seven page list, contains some anecdotal notes has been 'flipped' and assumes a rolling chassis as the start point. I'm going to try and attach it here but if it gums up the works, PM me and I'll e-mail it to you.

With best wishes,
Duncan, Skye

P.S. I can't get a document to attach, so drop me a PM with your e-mail address and I'll send it to you.

D.

[jleyton]

Hi Duncan,

I'd be interested in seeing that too.

Assuming you're on a PC not Apple you could open your document and then hit 'print screen' - then open Paint and just press paste. Then save it as a jpg and post on here as a pic. It's worked for me so I hope that makes some garbled sense

Cheers

Julian

[Duncan Skye]

Hi Duncan,

I'd be interested in seeing that too.

Assuming you're on a PC not Apple you could open your document and then hit 'print screen' - then open Paint and just press paste. Then save it as a jpg and post on here as a pic. It's worked for me so I hope that makes some garbled sense

Cheers

Julian

Ok, Let's try something. 'Prt Scr' didn't work so I copied and pasted from the Word document. I had to do it a page at a time and note that the numbering of the items has reset with each page, so if you print it off just overwrite the numbering, because there are some sections that cross refer. Note that this was written by me, for me, and may not suit all. Use it as a guide, rather than an instruction. Hope it works.

MS Paint - Order of Assembly of Rolling Chassis.jpg

Oh, Gawd. It looks terribly small to me. I'll post it anyway in the hope that your programmes can make sense of it. If not, PM me with your e-mail address and I'll post it out to you.

With best wishes,
Duncan

[STAG1973]

Hi Andrew

Good luck with your restoration as already qouted it depends on space, time and money, Years ago i restored a car at my parents house in a single garage with no space to swing a cat, i just concerntrated on one section at a time keeping the car trimed etc, if you are planning to strip the whole car down bag and label every part, bolt etc draw pics, take as many pics as pos saves time refitting and asking everyone. If it was me i would strip the whole car down and repair the body in sections at a time.

Post some pics of your restoration

Cheers
Adrian

[lukegrace]

Hi Dunkan not sure how to do pm message but would like the paper work on the brake down of how you stripped down your stag my e-mail address is andrewedwards65@aol.com many thanks Andrew

[Duncan Skye]

Hi Andrew,

Will drop you an e-mail, no probs. To P.M. (Private Message) someone, left click on their forum name e.g. 'Duncan Skye' in my posting above. A menu will appear with a 'Private Message' icon, so just take it from there. Sending a PM is a security touch as it avoids posting your e-mail address for all and sundry to read - this is an open forum and can be googled and read by outside visitors who may not be members.

I'll get the list sent off to you this morning.

With best wishes,
Duncan, Skye.

[Mike Stevens]

I started my restoration due to 'frilly' wings, but it rather escalated into the full works. After the repairs to the wings, floors, outriggers, sills etc, I then stripped the whole body back to bare metal. It's now in etch primer (still) awaiting top coat. Some mechanicals were done along the way, but I've only got the rear suspension refurbed and back in as the front will have to come out again for the engine and gearbox replacement. Interior is also stripped!

If (when?) I do it again, I'd do a rolling restoration. That way you get to use the car and are less likely to lose interest with the mountain of things to do.

Sadly, this was started about 20 years ago, but other things (other cars, family etc) have occurred in the mean time. As Julian knows, there is now a bit of a timescale to think about for my eldest son's wedding in July. July this year!

Cheers,
Mike.

[jleyton]

Sadly, this was started about 20 years ago, but other things (other cars, family etc) have occurred in the mean time. As Julian knows, there is now a bit of a timescale to think about for my eldest son's wedding in July. July this year!
Cheers,
Mike.

I'll tell you what Mike, you give me your shell and I'll lend you my car for the wedding

Cheers

Julian

[Mike Stevens]

I'll tell you what Mike, you give me your shell and I'll lend you my car for the wedding

Cheers

Julian

Hmm. Sounds good, but I'm not sure about the 'give' and 'lend'!

Cheers,
Mike.