Hi everyone, I'll give a quick intro as I imagine i will be on this site a lot begging for info and help over the next couple of years.
So the story goes, last September I bought a 126 on eBay UK, I live in Dubai (originally from Manchester). I got it shipped over and the first time I actually saw it in the flesh was last Saturday when it arrived on the boat.
The car itself used to be a rally car in Poland, it was then bought by a guy in the UK who used it for hill climbs and sprints. It has a CBR 600 engine, roll cage etc. It is fairly rough in places and is a bit of a red neck creation but it is tried and tested and has the potential to be really nice with a bit of elbow grease.
My background is in race car building, WRC, GP2, etc I now work in the engineering department at a university so have a full workshop to use which is handy. The plan for the car is to fully strip it down to bare metal and respray it, re-do all of the electrics, get it as low, wide and light as possible and generally tidy up all the rough areas. I then intend to use it for autocross, trackdays etc and hopefully embarrass some of these rich kids in there Porsche's and Ferrari's. Ultimately I want to go with a full space frame and bigger engine but that is way down the line.
Ill add some pictures when I get chance, Cheers