Recently acquired this ex-Boreham GpA car , its been a rallycar and then a Rally crosser in the hands of Phil collard who ran it with Mountune power in 2000 and 2001 , the engines been re-located further back and a few other mods have been made too , its my aim to sort some of its "issues " and return it to the race track where it belongs , thought this may interest a few people so hers the pics ....


So with everything stripped im left with this !

 

Goodluck....ps..tuck some 17" slicks to one side for me pls

 

fuck me tony you haven't been hanging about

good luck with it, is it still going to have 600bhp?

 

Lopped the bent front x-member off and the hard work begins......

 

Meanwhile the Fuel system is removed so i can get at the Grot in the back of the floorpans , the Tank and pumps is a well designed bit of kit , only one pump is connected tho so this give me a chance to re-pipe all that . im re-locating everything to the boot area, i prefer it all there and it adds weight to the driveline , quite important on 3drs in my experience .

 

New cross member fitted and primed

Stone chip and bit more primer and nearly ready to paint tomorrow .

 

Probably end up in my Race car but the choice is still there !

God knows what sort of noise this bloody thing will make , lol

 

that looks well 'ard in that first photo m8 good luck with the resto

 

Can i have it when its finished.........PLEASEEEEEEEE

 

Looks Mega matey.....

 

Looking good Tony

 

wow!!! waiting for updates!!! keep up good work!!!

 

looks proper mad

 

 

Is that Steve's old car Tony?

Gonna keep a watching eye on this thread, keep up the good work & the updates coming

 

good luck mate, keep ther updates coming

 

What's with the mirrors??

Looking good though fella!

 

more pics more pics more pics

 

should be intresting

 

bastid!


Looks good tony!

 

mirrors dont upset me so i'll leave well alone , dont you like them ??

Yes, this was Steve Fitz's car , i couldn't resist it
Final paint went on today under the bonnet, fitting up starts next week now .

 

that looks wicked mate

 

you dont hand around tony

looking very nice with its new paint.

 

well done tony, proper job mate, looks very good

 

Looking good tony

 

I dont liek them, no, think they need to be swapped back to the standard ones, the same as the car in the back ground of the first pic on this thread

 

Thanks for the kind suggestions on wing mirrors !
Meanwhile.... , i get asked about suspension set up a lot by people so
Heres a short essay on how to lower your car and correct the rollcentre .
take one std (or in this case an old GpA ) cross member

 

re-drill the mounting point above the original to suit your needs, in this case ive gone hole above hole for another 1/2" drop .

Cut the crossmember ends sqaure to allow the extra travel

re-weld thick washers over the new mounting holes and paint

 

looks at this rate it wont b long til u finished!!!

 

Thats the idea, i dont want this sitting about not being rented out or sold .


Take a healthy chunk out of the front part of the wings , the bodykit hides all this anyway and allows much better castor in fast corners .

 

You lucky lucky bastid!

That really is a stunning stunning car! Loved watching it run when Steve had it!

Doing a wicked job on it Tony, keep up the good work fella, looks beautiful!

 

hope you have fun with it dude... used to love going to track days with my dad (rsjp) and steve and watch these cars obliterate anything in there path..... hopefully might see it at donnington if ever you take it up there

 

Back on its wheels then , ...




looks quite high up , but ive lowered it more than 3 inches from when it came in , just waiting for the engine and box to go in to flatten the assister springs on the dampers now as ive gone very hard on the springs !

 

Nice work Tony

 

Looking good Tony

 

Tony,

How did you get that bumper on with that new front towing eye?

 

Everything was just hung on for pic purposes , but i dont see the tow eye being a problem , its nowhere near the bumper , anyway im going to make some new Bumper irons and push it further out and down for some better clearance on the front wheels .

 

I love that Tony, ive got happy chilhood memories watching them race, untouchable

 

Can you tell me what pumps etc are seen in that pic? I need to sort out the fueling side of my car and that looks like a purposeful setup.

 

this car is amazing! wish i owned one!