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Old 13-01-2009, 03:14 PM
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looks the dogs knob with the escort cossie wheels , nice car.
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right some progress actually pick up the fez engine now gonna start gettin everything cleaned and ready for the conversion

heres the engine block




exhaust will be welded up and re polished
sump powder coated
rocker cover powder coated
new oil and water pump while its out

so hopefully progress from here on in
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Old 28-04-2009, 05:12 AM
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Old 28-04-2009, 11:29 AM
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Old 28-04-2009, 11:56 AM
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nice mate love the block colour
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Old 28-04-2009, 05:46 PM
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Loving the wheels mate, nice and wide!
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Old 13-06-2009, 10:33 PM
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right wheels are for sale as i dont need them now.........need tyres for the cossie wheels lol

finally finished off the block as well (rocker cover will be 90's spec and powder coated orange)



once i buy a new car the conversion as finally start need to take the old engine out and rob some bits from it first then i can build this one up properly
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Old 29-11-2009, 10:25 PM
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well the old girl had finally been retired from daily duties so the strip down can commence, plans are to do the engine conversion, replaint engine bay and under side resto/weld/tidy up should be fun.....more to come
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Old 30-11-2009, 08:42 PM
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looks well smart your motor mate
will be good with turbo power
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Old 30-11-2009, 08:47 PM
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yer mate hopefully i'll make a start on it soon
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Old 30-11-2009, 09:43 PM
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looking good mate, good luck with the rest of the project.
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Old 21-12-2009, 10:01 PM
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just read this one too, reminds me of my old white mk4
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cheers peeps now its off the road i might get the spanners out if its not to cold, wish it was at my workshop lol
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Any more updates Marky G or has the snow put your plans to bed

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Old 16-01-2010, 01:28 AM
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yer mate snows stopped play for a while now gonna get the exhuast welded up next month and start stripping it all down just gotta get my airtec cooler rad and pre rad
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Old 28-03-2010, 06:27 PM
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right now its not so cold and i had a free weekend, started stripping the car today all ancillaries off, rad exhaust and manifolds off, fluids drained just gotta work out what parts i need now

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Old 29-03-2010, 02:33 PM
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keep it going, been waiting for too long
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Old 29-03-2010, 08:27 PM
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if the weather good and i can get all the bits together might have a go over the long weekend
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Old 29-03-2010, 09:21 PM
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dont fancy sellin the cossie wheels ell marko do ya?
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Old 29-03-2010, 09:25 PM
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nope there goin no where mate plus ive curbed them and your miles away lol

just ordered new inlet and exhuast studs, valve stem seals and all the gaskets i'll need, goin to get some bits polished soon hopefully
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Old 03-04-2010, 01:44 PM
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few bits i went and got fitted new valve seals to the engine yesterday ans been trying to get 10 years of different colour paints off my rocker cover lol

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Old 05-04-2010, 06:02 PM
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few bits cleaned and painted up

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Old 11-04-2010, 05:49 PM
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engine and box out today, also stripped some of the front end to paint up









one for comedy value

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Old 21-04-2010, 08:20 PM
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been collecting all the necessary parts for the conversion, also another fuel tank, all paint and prep tools and some polly bushes to replaced tired ones

removed an old alarm (bloody scotched locked in!!!!)

and generaly prepped the bay

more to come
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Old 21-04-2010, 08:54 PM
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Old 24-04-2010, 06:14 PM
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been painting my replacment tank today also degreased a few bits


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Old 01-05-2010, 02:34 PM
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bit of progress today started sand blasting to get bay ready for paint but weathers shitty

sandblasted 90% of the engine/suspension parts to go back on aswell

new boot decal



hopefully have some pics up by monday of a painted engine bay
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Old 01-05-2010, 07:26 PM
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dicided sod it id paint the bay today give it a chance to dry and maybe eng the engine in monday





bay shots





found this which is pretty bad but only patch on the car


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Old 01-05-2010, 07:56 PM
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bits to rebuild the front end arrived this week



gonna pop down to see jano and get the remaining parts during the week and hopfuly get the engine in
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Old 11-05-2010, 04:00 PM
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productive day today!!!!











more progress tommrow hopefully
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quality mate
im lovin the boot decal
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bite more done yesterday





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no updates for a while peeps been havin mega electrical probs with me daily driver, as soon as thats fixed i can crack back on with this
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right done a few more bits today got it all wired up all pip work i have fitted just got to modify my oil return pipe and get some pil pipe work and a rad and im done



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Old 07-06-2010, 12:46 PM
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love it mate, looking sweet.
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Muito bom o Trabalho feito
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