mk1 cosworth mexico rebuild UPDATE 11/11/07
Jun 27, 2005 | 07:32 PM
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mk1 cosworth mexico rebuild UPDATE 11/11/07
Jun 27, 2005 | 07:34 PM
Fucking superstar........
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Jun 27, 2005 | 07:35 PM
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the front is not set up yet i have a twincam rollbar to go on which will bring the front wheels forward more and the camber needs to be changed as its running a little postive camber at the moment
Jun 27, 2005 | 07:42 PM
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VERY Nice mate, lovely fabrication, loving the rolled tunnels as opposed to usual box type
Jun 27, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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Jun 27, 2005 | 08:09 PM
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From: Near Southampton
That is pure class
I want one
Jun 27, 2005 | 08:43 PM
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Lovely car mate, Awesome work and as damo says, love the transmission tunnel
Jun 27, 2005 | 08:49 PM
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From: south yorkshire
awesome
Jun 27, 2005 | 10:05 PM
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From: Reading, Berkshire
amazing work
Jun 28, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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From: Aberdeen / Glasgow
Looks awesome and it isn't even finished yet - love those rims, what are they?
Jun 28, 2005 | 02:05 PM
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From: SE London
wow my dream car conversion, even better than I would've imagined, v v nice mate!
Jun 28, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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From: ESSEX canvey island
Jun 28, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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From: Essex
looks hard as nail
cant wait for more pics
Jun 30, 2005 | 10:23 PM
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From: Cambridgeshire
top work fella!
did you make all the rear inner arches and turrets yourself?
what guage steel did you use??
love it i want!!
Jul 1, 2005 | 12:53 AM
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From: croydon
all the work on this car has been done by retro motorsport i belive
Jul 1, 2005 | 07:55 AM
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Fooking awesome, where did you get those wheels.
Jul 1, 2005 | 10:46 AM
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From: Essex/Middlesex
gonna look well hard when finished
drooling over your rims
Jul 1, 2005 | 10:57 AM
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Jul 1, 2005 | 11:13 AM
lovein that mate my first mota was a mk1 mexico with gold cross spoked alleycats car was mami blue man i miss it
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Jul 20, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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Jul 20, 2005 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by RETRO_AL
some more pictures
ganna try and convert you guys to oldskool
we can but try!!
top job as ever!
Jul 21, 2005 | 12:29 PM
I'm Finding My Feet Here Now
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From: Hertfordshire - under a viva.
That is looking absolutely stunning!
Jul 21, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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Jul 21, 2005 | 05:21 PM
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From: Bristol
Very nice, might re-think mine again
Jul 26, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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Jul 26, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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Absolutely awesome.
Is that the car used in this months 'how to fit bubble arches' feature in Retro Cars magazine?
Jul 26, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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Jul 26, 2005 | 04:32 PM
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Absolutely awesome.
Is that the car used in this months 'how to fit bubble arches' feature in Retro Cars magazine?
yes well spotted
Jul 26, 2005 | 04:36 PM
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STUNNING mate
Jul 27, 2005 | 10:07 AM
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Jul 27, 2005 | 03:13 PM
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Jul 28, 2005 | 09:10 PM
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Jul 28, 2005 | 09:15 PM
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nice one al....
Jul 28, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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From: South Shields
this car is simply awesome, the fabrication work as people have already said is just so good, fantastic quality
going to be one hell of a car when its completed
hurry, we need more pics
Jul 28, 2005 | 11:41 PM
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From: dunfermline, fife
respect on the fab work, that is wild
Jul 28, 2005 | 11:46 PM
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Aug 3, 2005 | 10:30 PM
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the watts linking on the rear is very good, my old mk2 had problems with the boot floor flexing and twisting when I put 9" wide rims on the rear and used a 4:6CWP, it was too much torque for a simple panhard rod 5 link set up, yours on the other hand could handle anything!
Good work!
Andy
Aug 4, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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ok the boot is finished
Aug 4, 2005 | 12:19 PM
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From: SE London
very nice mate!
mk1 cosworth mexico rebuild UPDATE 11/11/07
That looks tough as! 
not me coz i cant even use a soldering iron 
very nice mate!