The stripdown has started!

[stamford]

As you know I had ro re-commission the zed recently due to the Discovery being off the road. Well due to that I had to take the dogs out somehow, the zed was used, albeit with lining the back seats. However I gave the zed a good clean today and started to rid the car of all dog hairs. I should be getting the Disco back this week.

I got carried away, I removed the rear seats to clean them thoroughly..........................but ended up removing everything!

No back seats.
No seatbelts.
No parcel shelf.
No boot lining.
No rear speakers.
No CD changer.
No rear trims.

Just left the spare wheel and jack in the well. Need to remove the door cards next. I'll be starting on the front sometime soon!

Kathy said why? easy, the Disco is the family car now and this is restricted to 3k miles a year and that'll be MG meets, track meets and trackdays. No need for passengers or kids or dogs! :D

Do you reckon there'll be interest in any of the parts? If so I'll post a thread in the relevant section.

[Yampiedog]

I want some door cards for an experiment but alas I am not prepared to pay a lot for a set...

[stamford]

I may wait until I have stripped everything then decided whether to keep all the parts or not. I may wish to revert it back one day...................highly unlikely though! :smile1:

[Jay-ZS+]

Nice I'm still tring to convince the gf that a bucket seat will be comfy. Then I can start strippin and chopping rear door linings and dash out ;)

[Ritchy]

i like me comfyness too much lol, i like the luxuries n sound deadening too much:P

[stamford]

If this was my daily driver still I probably would have left it alone, but seeing that it isn't, then why not! :D

[Supercharged_Z]

sound proofing next mate!! 14 odd kgs of that, but its a biatch to get off

[peterzs]

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Kathy said why? easy, the Disco is the family car now and this is restricted to 3k miles a year and that'll be MG meets, track meets and trackdays. No need for passengers or kids or dogs! :D
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Does Kathy know shes not going to any more meets!!!!

:wave:

[stamford]

Does Kathy know shes not going to any more meets!!!!

:wave:

She will, there will be a passenger seat and seatbelt! No carpets or soundproofing mind :laugh: Anyway, if she wants comfort she can take the 'F' :D

[stamford]

sound proofing next mate!! 14 odd kgs of that, but its a biatch to get off

Yes, done that many times when building hotrods! Hot air paint stripper and scraper does the trick ;)

Tis smelly and messy but the stuff does weigh some!

[Maxxed_Ross]

I found a heat gun helped a bit too


Get some progress pics up when you have a chance dude


If I were you I'd keep the door cards. They may add a bit of weight but the doors are damn ugly without them - unless you plan on a carbon fibre covering of some sort.

Get rid of the electric window motors too, they weigh a crazy amount. If you're being really extreme there's a whole load of plastic behind the dash that you don't need aswell. My mate took the dash out of his track ZS and took the old Dremil to all the non-vital parts. It's amazing what you can remove!

[stamford]

Managed some more today, all the carpets removed, part of the console, B pillar trims etc. So just the two front seats for comfort.

Tomorrow it'll be doorcards and some of the dash items. Then the underdash soundproofing mats and anything else that need not be there! I haven't done this much since I last built a hotrod. Need to get a couple of aluminium chequer plate panels for the floor area.

Christ it ain't half noisey now! :D

[Marky Mark]

I bet you feel like a big kid again Mick, your zed is going to be great fun when you get her on track and fully stripped out, and I bet you will enjoy going through tunnels with the windows down even more now!

I would like to strip mine out, but mine is a daily driver still at the moment so it shall wait, but I am not sure when! ;)

[stamford]

Yea :D It's been way too long having fun on track. I'm quite enjoying removing all the items, I was apprehensive at first as I didn't want to ruin a perfectly good ZS. However after thinking about it, why keep it as a road car if it is going to spend more time off it!

I maybe building another track car as Gina is getting another Scirocco for spares, she needs the dash, door cards and seats from it as they are mint. The body is pretty good and runs a nasp GT engine, which is ideal as I have some Weber 40's in the garage ;) So looks like I may be going back on the ovals again!

[Marky Mark]

Hey, nice one sounds very interesting, twin 40's awesome, classic old skool project then Mick. Will the car be on the road for this summer then?

I have never taken my car on track, but would like too, the only problem I have is that I work late shifts and alot of trackdays are during the week in the evenings I have seen on the forum.

The weekends would be better, or I could always take a night off work!

How do I go about finding out about trackdays etc? :hooray:

[tb steve]

just take a sicky mark lol

[peterzs]

Hey, nice one sounds very interesting, twin 40's awesome, classic old skool project then Mick. Will the car be on the road for this summer then?

I have never taken my car on track, but would like too, the only problem I have is that I work late shifts and alot of trackdays are during the week in the evenings I have seen on the forum.

The weekends would be better, or I could always take a night off work!

How do I go about finding out about trackdays etc? :hooray:

Hi Mark, this is the one we have been on, but it was only for 1/2 hour at Brands, cost £25. Just had a quick look and it is now all day, am or pm at a lot more cost. Dont know if they have stopped the cheapie one, may be worth a phone call!!

http://www.clubmsv.co.uk/car-home/novice-only.aspx

:thumbsup::thumbsup::hooray:

[Marky Mark]

just take a sicky mark lol

What me, I would never dream of doing something like that Steve! lol

What with all the palarva with one of John Graystone's chats filling out the back to work form!! :yucky:

[Marky Mark]

Hi Mark, this is the one we have been on, but it was only for 1/2 hour at Brands, cost £25. Just had a quick look and it is now all day, am or pm at a lot more cost. Dont know if they have stopped the cheapie one, may be worth a phone call!!

http://www.clubmsv.co.uk/car-home/novice-only.aspx

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Nice one Peter, thankyou, that has all the info I want prices are not too bad, but I guess it depends on when you go like you say, I have added it too my favourites, maybe we could sort out a trackday somewhere sometime in the summer months?:rofl: :beer2:

[peterzs]

Nice one Peter, thankyou, that has all the info I want prices are not too bad, but I guess it depends on when you go like you say, I have added it too my favourites, maybe we could sort out a trackday somewhere sometime in the summer months?:rofl: :beer2:

Sounds good to me, I dont know what happened to Wills Brands trip??

He was trying to get dates etc sorted for April.

:wave::wave::wave:

[Marky Mark]

Sounds good to me, I dont know what happened to Wills Brands trip??

He was trying to get dates etc sorted for April.

:wave::wave::wave:

I found the thread Pete,

http://www.themgzs.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=11578&highlight=brands+hatch

but it looks like not many people are up for it which is a shame, would still be worth going along though. :cool2:

[stamford]

I'll be looking to get some track action later on, I'm getting the belts done soon. Just need to adjust the clutch slave and a few other jobs.

I also need to get me a set of coilovers, but with these I will need to get my arches rolled out some to clear the offset or better still couple this with some adjustable rear cambers.

I'm also contemplating cutting the arches down and fitting some hotrod ones. :yes: Already priced them up.

[peterzs]

You will be doing drifting next!!

Seems a shame to cut it up, its in such good nick at the moment.

You looked at MG's on track?? MGCC have a round of racing if you are going to all this trouble you will want to use it more than 4 or 5 times a year.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::hooray:

[stamford]

I follow MGs-on-Track and aim to get the car sorted before going out on track. It is fully MOT'd for another year, it is taxed and also insured so it shall be used! As I said, just waiting on a small cheque to pay out then I'll be booking it in for its belts with Russell.