Super VR4 Rebuild

[AncientOfMu]

I suppose I better start at the beginning ;)

Having previously owned a Legnum VR4 but having to get rid :( A couple of years ago I was once again in the market to buy one.

I couldn't find anything that I liked in the UK so decided to import one from Japan myself.

After a few weeks of checking the auctions I saw this.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/025373.jpg

The auction sheet didn't look too good.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/025371.jpg

But the most important thing was the chassis code, this denotes it was a genuine Legnum SuperVR4 one of only 284 made. Originally Silver the Japanese owner had obviously had it resprayed in Black.

I won the auction and anxiously awaited the post auction photos.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/66376a1057-2537_LegnumW_Front.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/66376a2057-2537_LegnumW_Left.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/66376a4057-2537_LegnumW_Rear2.jpg

Not good :(.

The screen had been smashed post auction, the bonnet was bent post auction and it was in a lot worse condition than I realised. They fixed the damage in Japan and eventually the car arrived :D

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/S6302741.jpg

Ill skip forward a bit now, needless to say I bought various parts for it and fixed it up over an extended period of time.

So this is how she stands today.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSC_0846.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF2255.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF2256.jpg

Shortly after I got her on the road a Peugeot 206 hit the nearside rear door taking out the skirt, door, and damaging the wheel and rear lip. The insurance company decided to write the vehicle off and make it a Cat D.

I would dearly love to have a Guaranteed Valuation Insurance on her but this is impossible due to the fact she is now a Cat D. So a plan started to slowly form.

In exchange for some space while it was being stripped I was able to pick up a new shell for free :).

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF2250.jpg

Ill let the pictures do the talking now until we get to tonight :)

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF2336.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF2259.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF2333.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF2339.jpg

So basically now the shell is 99% stripped.

The grand plan is to strip the Super down and refurb/replace all parts and then rebuild it back onto the new shell.

As I dint have a lot of coin to throw at the project at the moment and the Super is still my daily until the end of the month I thought I would spend some time doing what I can do.

Stripping the woefully inadequate Sound proofing :(. What a pain of a job after a couple of hours spent tonight I got to this stage :(

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF3506.jpg

oh and the inside now looks like this

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF3499.jpg

I want to Dyna mat the whole inside when I build it up and also I am doing a complete colour change so the crappy sound stuff has to go.


Cheers

Don

[AncientOfMu]

Got to spend another couple of hours on the shell this evening. Made a start removing the seam sealer as well as the sound deadening.


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w9/AncientOfMu/Super/DSCF3508.jpg.

Its slow work but at the moment I cant afford to donate any money to the project really so my time is the only thing I can do :).

It is pretty therapeutic though :D

Cheers

Don

[Gtorque]

You did a great job on that Legnum!!Hope everything goes well putting it back together

[finald8ta]

keep us posted

[AncientOfMu]

You did a great job on that Legnum!!Hope everything goes well putting it back together

I havn't started stripping the Super yet. I want to get the Donor shell ready first so thats why im working on it.

I also need the Super at the moment to get to work and back ;)

Cheers

Don

[Stewi]

Nice. Nothing like starting from scratch

[qnz]

nice project. you can soon say you built your car by hand. good luck

[keith6110]

Wow, looking forward to watching this one progress. subscribed!

[AncientOfMu]

Nice. Nothing like starting from scratch


nice project. you can soon say you built your car by hand. good luck


Wow, looking forward to watching this one progress. subscribed!

Thanks guys :)

It will be nice to be able to do everything I want to it from the ground up and soo much easier starting from a bare shell obviously.

Even simple things like battery relocation to the boot will be easier :).

Can't wait till mid June when i can get the Super off the road and start stripping and refurbing parts alongside prepping the new shell.

Cheers

Don

[johnygezony]

Holy tits this is awesome

[ShiZnitH]

Can u take some proper pictures from underneath? Need to see how big the exaust tunnel is :)

[ADExternal]

I'm gonna love this thread.... subscribed! I always wanted to start from scratch with my G.
Your living my dreams man :D

[AncientOfMu]

Can u take some proper pictures from underneath? Need to see how big the exaust tunnel is :)

Once I get the rotisserie made up and start stripping the underneath back you'll get lots of photos :D.

Cheers

Don