SPD 200 project restarted.
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SPD 200 project restarted.
https://passionford.com/forum/restor...18-7-07-a.html
Well following on from that - I'm the new owner (well not so new but you get the drift). I've always loved the look of the 200's but there's no way on this planet I'll ever be able to afford a real one so this is the next best thing. Realistically I'm hoping it'll also be less hassle than a real one since there will be less unique parts that I might have to find. I've also been told that the originals aren't really a nice road car since they were quite definitely designed purely as a competition winner and I'd like to get some use out of this.
I'm reversing a lot of the changes Dave made and going back to what SPD intended so it will retain the Sierra drivetrain. My donor car is a GT4x4 which is apparently a bit of a rare beasty in it's own right but it's been partially imersed in salt water at some point with fairly predictable results to the lower portion of the body. It came at the right price and would otherwise have gone to the scrapyard so I don't feel so bad about chopping up an unusual car. It does mean that I'll be using the I4 lump as motive power so I'm definitely not going to have the go to match the looks. The transmission however is the same as a 4x4 Cosworth and brakes can easily be upgraded without big dismantling jobs at a later date so that's the way it'll be built and registered. This will be my fourth kit-car so I like to think I know what I've let myself in for - time will tell.
Some things I've learned are
Plans need to be flexible - if the right bits appear at the right price then they'll be fitted and f not I'll make do with what I've got/can afford.
Keep it simple - by doing that I can hopefuly get the thing on the road and start enjoying it. If I then want to pull it apart and change something I can do it over the following winter - lots of people start with ambitious plans and lose patience/interest or run out of money and there's another part-built project for sale (I'm at least the third owner of this thing).
Keep plugging away at it. Start missing weekends and suddenly six months have gone past where you haven't laid a spanner on it. I'm pushing myself to spend at least a few hours on it every week - even if it's just tidying up ready for the next job.
More hopefully as I make progress but for now a couple of piccies.
The day it arrived at our club's unit.
How it looks now that work has started.
Bet you guys with the three doors wish you had a whale-tail like this.
Iain
Well following on from that - I'm the new owner (well not so new but you get the drift). I've always loved the look of the 200's but there's no way on this planet I'll ever be able to afford a real one so this is the next best thing. Realistically I'm hoping it'll also be less hassle than a real one since there will be less unique parts that I might have to find. I've also been told that the originals aren't really a nice road car since they were quite definitely designed purely as a competition winner and I'd like to get some use out of this.
I'm reversing a lot of the changes Dave made and going back to what SPD intended so it will retain the Sierra drivetrain. My donor car is a GT4x4 which is apparently a bit of a rare beasty in it's own right but it's been partially imersed in salt water at some point with fairly predictable results to the lower portion of the body. It came at the right price and would otherwise have gone to the scrapyard so I don't feel so bad about chopping up an unusual car. It does mean that I'll be using the I4 lump as motive power so I'm definitely not going to have the go to match the looks. The transmission however is the same as a 4x4 Cosworth and brakes can easily be upgraded without big dismantling jobs at a later date so that's the way it'll be built and registered. This will be my fourth kit-car so I like to think I know what I've let myself in for - time will tell.
Some things I've learned are
Plans need to be flexible - if the right bits appear at the right price then they'll be fitted and f not I'll make do with what I've got/can afford.
Keep it simple - by doing that I can hopefuly get the thing on the road and start enjoying it. If I then want to pull it apart and change something I can do it over the following winter - lots of people start with ambitious plans and lose patience/interest or run out of money and there's another part-built project for sale (I'm at least the third owner of this thing).
Keep plugging away at it. Start missing weekends and suddenly six months have gone past where you haven't laid a spanner on it. I'm pushing myself to spend at least a few hours on it every week - even if it's just tidying up ready for the next job.
More hopefully as I make progress but for now a couple of piccies.
The day it arrived at our club's unit.
How it looks now that work has started.
Bet you guys with the three doors wish you had a whale-tail like this.
Iain
Last edited by ibrooks; Apr 30, 2009 at 07:41 PM.
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Err - yeah. I decided I don't have the enthusiasm for a build that will likely take several years and then need to go through IVA so there's a chap coming to look at it this weekend. It all kind of went pear shaped when the landlord decided that he wasn't going to renew the lease on the unit. We did find somewhere else but it's not a nice place to work so it's been neglected.
I'm looking at options for a different shell to stick all the mechanical bits into which will hopefully be a simpler undertaking and only need to satisfy me and the MOT man. I understand the reasons behind SVA/IVA and it was definitely needed but it's not been done well/sensibly.
Iain
I'm looking at options for a different shell to stick all the mechanical bits into which will hopefully be a simpler undertaking and only need to satisfy me and the MOT man. I understand the reasons behind SVA/IVA and it was definitely needed but it's not been done well/sensibly.
Iain
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