hi mate it was very nice to meet you to . hope to see you soon all the best with your projects

 

I'll be up today sometime after Lunch mate. Make sure the kettles on, got to spend abit of time cleaning up the car for next weekend

 

Now the car is near enough up and running again, it was time to give it a good clean as its been sat for the last few months gathering dust.
With the help of Me, Coley, Sam and Andy, we got to work on the car.

First job was to get it in the drive on Axle stands so we could give the underneath a good going over and also get the wheels off so the arches could be sorted....







Sam got to work on cleaning the wheels back/front whilst Andy got the Toothbrush in the hard to clean areas finishing off with some Peek Aluminium polish on the shiney bits...









Heres a few shots of he engine bay....









By the time we had the outside cleaned up it went dark! Hopefully by this weekend the interior will be finished off which means the car will be just about done in time for Central Day at the Pod

Unfortunately I wont be attending due to work commitments but Coley will be bringing his wife Tracey and a few others to meet up. Im sure he will get some good shots of the car once he's at the show!

Here's a quick shot of how the car sits at the momment and i'll get another quick update up before Sunday



Cheers

 

just found this, and what a mint resto thread! love it!, fantastic job, credit to you fellas!!

 

Awesome fella - hope your gonnna rag the shit out of it up the 1/4

 

Great work guys, hoping to get mine to pod but its gonna be tight.
Glad to see yours is ready to roll dude

 

well done

 

thanks lads for the replys . i must say im so happy the way its come out . its just a shame that i all ready now wot is next on the car to need to be done the gear gox is the only thing that has not been looked at and i no it will need to be sorted befor it gose back on the rollers O well thats why we love Cosworth,s as we all ways have some thing that we need to do to them

And i would just like to say a BIG THANKS to MATT LEWIS as we had a chat on the phone today and he got me out of a hole that i was in . which ment i could finish my mates escort cosworth motor rebuild off tonight .

So if you need any parts for your car give MATT a ring and trust me he will sort you out and at the right price

 

Hi mate where did you get your pin stripe ? car is looking great

 

my mate JUMBO got them for me send him a PM and he will help you out

 

Thanks mate

 

just read this from the start up 2 now top work and such a top caryou and your mates are brill gutted about the engine good luck hope my first cossy comes out close to this good luck hope to see it at one of the shows

 

thanks mate its been a lot of hard work but we are getting there just some small things to sort on it then i will 100% happy with it but its on the road so thats good in its self

 

Needs the door mouldings big time

Looked nice at the Pod

Steve

 

love it love it love it

 

Just a little up date for all you purists out there.....

Had a bargain ebay find yesterday morning. Been wanting one of these since the start of the rebuild but people want stupid money for them.....

After a drive to Peterborough to pick it up and 3 hours later, this is what i got...

Here is the before shot.....




Here is the after.......



Lots of wires....





A genuine dash board now sits proudly where it belongs...





Just got to give the inside a good clean now!!!

 

very nice mate

 

Just came back from Coley's. This car is coming on a treat now, letshope all goes well in getting the gearbox issue sorted

 

Tell me about it im learning that when you own a cosworth theres all ways some thing you have got to do . and i was hopping it was not going to be the gear box but its the only thing on the car that has not been rebuilt so its time for it to come out and be done .. i have had a chat to a very nice man today that can sort it for me

 

Car is looking stunning, looking forward to seeing it at brum meet.

I know how you feel with there always being something, getting fed up of mine constantly breaking!

 

Update time...

As said in the previous posts, the gearbox was the only thing to be over hauled. Thanks to Marco Polo on here Coley now has a very nice rebuilt T5 Gearbox courtesy of Bara Motorsport in Bromsgrove.
At the time Coley didn't think that too much would be wrong with the box but judging by the parts he was given back (sahown in the pics), Bara found quite alot wrong with it!

Here are some pictures of the faulty parts....





You can't really tell on this pic the damage, but their is a hair line crack around the inner edge which cannot be good



After the gearbox was fitted and the car ran round the block a few times, the car has been totally transformed. Thanks again to Marco and Bara for sorting this out, a top job

 

good work guys

 

Looks very clean, great work !

 

well you can have a good look at it on sunday if your coming to the birmingham meet that iv set up for all the brummies

 

right then i did a bit more to the car yesterday and im so pleased with the way the car now looks

BEFOR








AFTER

 

Much better with the door strips on mate!


Mart.

 

Thanks mate iv said it all along but my one mate that put a lot of time into this car said they are better with out . so i went over his head and did wot i wonted and put them on and gess wot he sore the car last night and said it dose look good with them on . i think he needs a slap.

 

They look wrong without the strips looks complete now mate

 

you will have to update your sig mate now

 

i no but the thing is a lad on here did it for me and i cannot remember his name

 

just spent about two hours reading your thread from start to finish what a minter looks even better in the flesh glad we followed you up to the meet yesterday couldnt stop looking at it on your drive cant belive how mint it is keep up the good work gives me the inspiration to get on with my project

zander

 

im glad you like it mate when its set up at Reyland i will take you for a spin

 

yea that would be great let me know when its done

cant belive how faultless it is im usually really bad for finding bad bits but yours hasnt got one everything is perfect

where did you get the trailer from to move it around may need one or a cheap recoverey

 

We have a very good mate of ours that shifts the cars round for us on the back of a Sprinter Beaver Tail, he could sort you out!

Coley - Did that part arrive for your car this week? If so , we'll get an update done this weekend if your about mate

 

NO mate its not come as yet : angry::a ngry:

 

Looks 100 times better with the stripes on dude but your pics are shite

Get some better pics taken.

Ps: If you don't have a new part to fit and have the urge to work on a cos come and take the diff, gearbox and engine out of mine as i cant be bothered, lol

 

looks nice with the strips on

 

thanks lads for the coments iv very happy with the car now but it just needs one last thing on the front of the car then my mate JUMBO is going to do a PHOTO shoot of the car . So to keep Mr Gav happy....

And gav if i had the time i would come over and do it for you but i work away all week and when i come home i have to go down to my sister in laws house as im nocking 2 walls down and put a new kitchen in repluming the hole house and doing her bathroom aswell so i dont have any spair time at the mo or me and REX AND JUMBO would be over to drink all your tea and beer

 

No worries dude.
Did you get my text Saturday?

Got the diff out today anyway bud, is leaking oil quite badly out the front so the seal is deffinatly gone, will have to get it over to Bara sometime this week to asess the damage i cant see.

 

yes mate got your tex thanks

and Bara is a good lad he did my gear box just after we last spoke

allso if the oil is coming out the front seal it could just be the crush shim which has gone and the nut has come loos .PS its a left hand fred and we have a sockit that will fit it and we all so no were to get all the bearings and seals from that stuff i could help you out with just thinking of the pennys and theres 2 sizes of front seal .