clairendave

Awesome work as usual Martin. Spotted an orange firenza whilst at a job this week and it reminded me to check back on this thread.

nuttynil

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Love the interior .but get them screwdrivers and scraper off the bonnet.lol

Garethw1986

wow what a car this is going to be, love the interior and seat belts, and the mirrors suit it perfect

boost monster

Awesome work. I wish I had the skill/time /money to do something like this. My favorite kind of project retro with some modernisation.
Can't wait for the next update.

Deltaone

Super nice work!

enzo_dj

this is great but please hurry up i need you to get the rx8 bits done so i can start my conversion lol

Mrparry1984

I'm a trimmer and I must say the interior is a credit to the bloke, very very nice job.

Glenn_

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Looks nice baby.

MrCapriScort

This is a wicked build, i'm a Ford man, but this has turned me

Martin-Hadland

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Bit more done...

Finally got around to starting the exhaust system, its tack welded upto just before the rear axle. I have made mounts for the two oval boxes, just need to make some for the rear silencers, make the up and over the axle pipes and weld in the lambda bosses and then weld it all up and the exhaust is done!















At last the exhaust is all tacked together and just needs to be TIG welded up but that will probably be after the new fuel tank is made.
One of my biggest potential problems was how to get the two back boxes/tail pipes parallel and the right distance apart, I did start off by measuring up against the rear chassis rails only to find that Vauxhall decided it was a good idea to position the LH side rail around 40mm further from the centre of the car than the RH side! So I ended up making a simple jig to set the silencers parallel and then used the original number plate fixing holes to gain the centre line.

alistairolsen

Exhaust looks good, liking the attention to detail on making them parallel and centred! Too many cars around with squint exhausts. Have you got a pic from the rear as you'd see it if you were following it?

The Underdog

very nice

gingerturbo

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Nice project looks like a bit of fun that

3drstretch

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exhaust looking good there martin where did ya get all ya pipe b ends from etc as i need something similar for my car. and do you know size of the 2 rear silencers offhand or do they do different ones as i need 2 small ones

Cragrat

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Should be quite nippy with that lot then...

M K

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Looks good Martin

I'm just making the exhaust for my car now,

With your v-bands, are they machined with a step to located into each other or with 2 smooth flat faces that just seal up against each other? I'm not sure which to use

Also who do you use for bends and pipe if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks
Marc

Rowe

if it sounds and goes anything like this:


It'll be awesome!!!!

Martin-Hadland

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My V bands are male/female type (ebay), I don't like the plain ones as you can get a surprising amount of misalignment with some of them. I get the bends and tube off a mate as he's a stainless stockholder, let me know the size and what you need and I will ask him for you. I bought the silencers from a place called Birchills, they are manufacturers. The tailpipes are off some new Land Rover which another mate donated.

xr2john

Martin that Firenza is going to be an absolute stunner. I've pics on my fb of a totally bogo standard Firenza that me and my bro in law detailed for a show last year. Will see if I can copy the pics onto photobucket and upload a couple

xr2john

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/v...02DA3F27F1.png

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/v...918DDAC152.png

http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/v...508FB4F9FC.png

This is the only way I seem to be able to upload the pics fae my poxy iPhone xx

Martin-Hadland

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A Droopsnoot, only around 200 of those were made.. I need to get one and mod it

nuttynil

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Is there another build thread for the Firenza .if there is can someone link it please.

Caddyshack

Neville Powell had some involvement with Baby and Big Bertha, he has a space framed baby bertha rep mothballed in his workshop just down the road from me, I think he might part with it.

lewisjackson96

I know it's been a few years since this post but how do wire your ST wing mirrors to work with a pre-facelift car? Please help!! 😁

stu21t

Did you ever finish this Martin?

Willka

Amazing car, I hope it did get finished

Chip

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Thread deffo needs updates

Caddyshack

My dad used to race with "Bill n Ben the Firenza men" one was killed when the car fell on him. Another chap worked on baby Bertha and has a space frame on a shelf in his workshop.

This car is lovely Martin.

Martin-Hadland

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Agreed! Cant believe its 5 years since it was painted

Will update soon!

Some may think its pony but its going on air!!

Glenn_

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Air suspension is cool on the right car.

xr2john

+1

Come on Martin we need a proper update

To busy playing in yer Lamborghini I bet

Chip

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Yeah, no car was ever acceptable on air without a V8, but thats fine as this project has one of those too

Martin-Hadland

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It now has a face

MONSTER

Looks mean as

Good job

COLEYST200

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About time you did some work on the old girl
mate

AJC

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Lovely job

rs_jim

did this ever get finished ?

Martin-Hadland

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Not yet, still chipping away at it.

Fudgey

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Bit dusty

Looks hard tho

Caddyshack

Great pic of the car, held up in the air by boxes of pagid brakes....ghetto axle stands