trevCOSS

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yes thats the bit im looking forward to as well

Thankyou, im really pleased with how its looking

Right this afternoon / evenings work was to get the front half of the floor in silver and finish the welding on the rear nearside corner.






tomorrows first job is to seam seal all the welding then get all the painting finished.

Puss2

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Superb work there comming along a treat

Richie.

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Good days work there mate

trevCOSS

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half of it was spent helping you!!!

Richie.

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And eating bacon sandwiches and drinking tea

trevCOSS

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sorry I dont recall any tea passing my lips? fooking pikey

trevCOSS

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Well another day of working on the bottom of the car now has the seam sealing completed and the whole rear end in top coat. I also managed to give the prop a coat of paint and undercoat the fuel tank, next is get the beam sorted and then it can start to go back together

hitchwest

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lookin good trev

Nash

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Nice work mate

Richie.

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Slacker, what have you done today ???????





Floor looking good Told you silver would be better than black

trevCOSS

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Today I gave the prop a second coat of paint, gave the fuel tank its first coat, took my beam and arms up to your house, stripped the hubs off the arms and left it all with you to get blasted tomorrow you didnt even make us a cup of tea though

Richie.

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What colour do you want the beam??I forgot already


No tea for you, too much work to do

trevCOSS

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Gloss black, but dont worry to much if its cheeper to just get it blasted then just do that as i'll be having a new beam at some point just want this one tarted up a little.

hitchwest

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no brew the tight git

McGoo 69

looking sweet, top thread! love it

trevCOSS

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Thanks for all the positive comments

Right first of all some pics of my bitch stripping the rear arms for me last night







Rich also kindly took the beam and arms to the powder coaters today for me and hopefully is going to pick them up tomorrow

as for tonight i painted all the bits we pulled of the arms and also gave my petrol tank a second coat of black.





hopefully the car will be back on its wheels this weekend

hitchwest

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things are happening very quickly
can i book you and richie to come to cheshire and do mine
nice work trev

trevCOSS

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All systems go to hopefully get the car back on its wheels this weekend

Top of fuel tank has now got the first coat of paint



rear arms back from powdercoating



beam back from powdercoaters



going to give the diff and shafts and fuel tank a coat of paint tomorrow and then hopefully get the beam on for saturday

Sticky.

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Great work guys

Nash

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Good work Trev, whats left to sort out after it back on its wheels?

mk2rstaff

awesome work mate, i am planning to do something similar as in resto part to my 3 dr this winter, but god it looks like a lot of work

fezzajsy

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looking good

trevCOSS

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new braded brake lines front to back. Then I need to get the cam put back in the cam belt on, setup the cam trigger get the rad in, intercooler in, all water pipes need connecting header tank needs fitting thermostat housing needs to go on. Im still waiting for the inlet manifold to come back from porting and then it needs powdercoating also want to aeroquip all the fuel lines.

Thanks its lots of work but at least I know all the rust is gone from back there and also its easy to keep an eye on if any comes back

Thanks mate


Right update time again.

Beam ready to go back on





shock fitted



beam fitted with its nice solid beam mounts





Im still waiting for a load of stuff to come back from stove enameling but hopefully the car will be on its wheels tomorrow so I can get on with some of the stuff at the front end that I dont need to wait for or pay for.

Rippers

Nice work mate

trevCOSS

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thanks Paul, is yours finished yet?

Rippers

Is it fuck

trevCOSS

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Just come in after what felt like a good days work on the car. I started early this moring well early ish, got the car back on its wheels which just required fitting the brake disks bolting the wheels on and lowering it down to the ground, once this was done I was able to push it out of the garage and get to the engine for the first time in over a month. First job was to fit my cam trigger to the freshly drilled and tapped cam, get the cam back in the engine and fit the cam belt, This all went well, I was partucularly nervous about tourquing up the cam tensioner as last time I was at this stage the stud pulled out of the head, this time it was ok.Few!!





the next series of jobs was get the cam cover on, fit the thermostat housing, fit the water pipe running from the housing to the heater





I think it went in quite well. The next job was re fit the radiator intercooler and turbo cooler, had to trim the new bit i had welded on the cooler but its all good.



then it was get the header tank in and the swirl pot and make up the pipe for this





last but not least was to start making a template for my air filter heat shield.





next is purchase a few new murry clamps for the different size hoses, collect my inlet manifold from being ported and get it powder coated and many other things i cant remember.

Big thanks today to rich for supplying me with an m4 bolt and my friend Domonic for his endless assistance putting the car together and supplying the tea.

Nash

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Nice work Trev, getting there now mate.

Sticky.

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Loving the work Trev....Well done mate

Richie.

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Good work Trev


Sorry i didnt stay too long, just had enough of Cossie's this week



Giving you a bolt isn't a problem You can have my nuts if you want

TimC

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Good effort Trev

fezzajsy

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getting there,well done

hai07222

Coming together nicely, great work!

trevCOSS

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Another small update, This evening i received the rest of my parts back that where away being blasted and stove enameled.



re assembled the fuel pump cradel and re fitted it, I may yet replace the link hose from the pump to the filter with a nice new braded item.



also got the diff back on, still lots to do front and back

Twins

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Coming along very nicely

Sticky.

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Dont rush it mate....take your time, you're doing a great job

trevCOSS

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I spent a bit more time on the car yesterday, got the fuel tank fitted, the support brackets for the beam mounts fitted and also the rear ARB, then as it was such a nice day I thought i should get the car out of the garage for the first time this year.



and a few pics of the front now I can stand more than a few feet away from it.





got the car dusted off when it was outside and also took the fuel and brake lines off from underneath ready for replacement.

Sticky.

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Great work Trev....engine bay is coming along nicely

trevCOSS

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thanks Paul, I only need my inlet manifold back from porting and I can get the bay finished. Bloody thing was due to be ready on friday but now I have been told next wednesday, should have done it myself

Sticky.

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Be worth the wait thou mate.