Shell in paint shop




needs flating and polish to be done when together as it will no doubt get marked during rebuild.

loomb back in


used a saff dash as mine was shocking and we all know how difficult it is to get a 3 door one


underside painted in ford grey(looks very white in the pics)


rear assembly back in almost


freshly skimmed fly wheel,ap 4 paddle and heavy duty plate and bearing .

Hopeing to have it all back together for national day,credit has to go to my mate Karl (king of bling)as i just hold spanners and the wallet.
Still a lot to do but living in hope

 

Are you going for concourse?

Looking good tho mate


I remember a Thread from you before, wasnt your old shell rotton??

 

looking nice mate is it going to be ready for national day

 

looks very well. good luck with it

 

absoloutly not mate ,would rather be smacked accross my bell end with nettles
Just want it to be nice and clean and useable
absoloutly shafted mate
Karl recons about a fortnight mate so it has a slight chance of showing up at the next meet mate on the 14th

 

not been funny - but the skimmed flywheel will be eaten by the padel clutch its much better to pay extra and have them surface ground instead as they will last then

 

and yeah - your car is stunning

 

clive knows all about been hit on the bell end with nettles dont you mate

 

PMSL, Good Good

I thought so , shame but glad to see this coming on

 

Got sme parts last night of a lad near newcastle ,who was busting his because he couldnt afford to rebuild his engine .Real shame as it was not a bad car,.
If i had of bust mine i could have used that, and the money i have now spent on another one .Though it is so difficult to get an honest car ,i thought i would take this route.

 

Gracy,never heard of surface ground but am allways open to advice .Where would this be done (machine shop ?)what is the procces

 

thought it would be moved eventualy
just you dont get as much reaction here
no prob

 

its done in a machine shop aye.

all they do is put your flywheel onto a big magnetic table that moves left to right and has a fixed grinding wheel above it.

they raise the table untill the grinding wheel touches the flywheel and then start the movement forwards and backwards.

while its doing this, the table also moves fore or aft to grind the whole surface leaving it mirror finish and super flat.


costs about 20 to 30 quid more and can be done in any good machine shop, and the best thing about grinding is it removes LESS material than skimming - skimming can remove about .5mm, whereas grinding will only be about .2mm

 

and if i was still working at Holset engineering, i'd be doing all my own machining and the like

 

Cheers for that explanation mate

 

Looking well bling mate Won't stay that clean underneath for long i reckon,good work Karl and Clive for keeping out of the way

 

I noticed that the picture of the flywheel had 2 sheared dowels, were these replaced before it went back together? i ask because i had a problem when i left 1 dowel sheared and put it all back together eventually it started vibrating at a certain rpm and when i took it all apart the flywheel and cover plate was burnt at the point where the dowel was missing

 

never gave it a thought to be honest,will have a word about it with my garage slave

 

 

hope you have a lot of old tooth brushes for cleaning that floor

 

no

 

so rear is all in and the front about done ,new fuel and brake lines ,.
engine and box to be put back in and running for the weekend.
still lots to do will do some more pics end of the week

 

Just found this post (yes i'm slow ) Looking good Clive I take it you'll be Mr show'N'shine for next year
I'll be over for the bushes M8

 

fair play too you m8 when you was selling it you changed your mind and said you was going too doo it up and sure enough you are top job

 

Great job you're doing there. Taking care of the underside and all..
Perfect

 

cant wait till its done another 3door in the convoy to natianal day its going to look mint with those wheels you have got. have you done out with the motor while its out

 

So got the engine and box ,propshaft and the front suspension ect in ,.
so time for a few pics








was hopeing to get it running this weekend but not going to happen as i need to get the turbo ,and get the zorst made up

 

No ,no need realy.
Just changed the turbo for a T34,and sorted a straight through side exhaust.Also got a decent breather done.
Should just be a better stage 3.
Could have done cams i suppose,but didnt want to mess around with something that has been good for the last 2 years

 

Side exit exhaust?? I guess you're not bothering putting the stereo back in then?

 

a loud one mate ,zorst has no boxes on it
may neeed to re think when we start it up

 

fuck it wear ear plugs and anoy the naighbours

 

re think needed ,i know its in the garage but fuck its loud

 

been done a while ,got it done night befor nat day









hope you like it ,stripes to come on the sides and it is coming back up to standard ride height on uprated springs,and a new zorst as i have lost the art of conversation

 

Now that is one NICEEEEEEEEE cossie!! stylin is quality mate wot rims r they ?? n do u av n e pics of the rear i like the rear lights

 

looks hard as nails

 

nice work

 

thanks for the kind words
Rims are" Allu star type Q" got em in germany about 4 years ago but had em painted and pollished a couple of months ago 50quid per rim

 

Great job you've done on it

 

Very nice mate....Looks really mean lol

 

looks absolutly stunning!