blue oval 24v

under side looks really good

james kiely

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dont believe what pat says mate lol

it was waxoiled from new mate ,biggest job will be cleaning it off which is rare for a ford

MT-Motorsport

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Cant believe this is back on the road i should of scrapped it when i had the chance

Was probably the best Sapphire ive had just had the edge on the 1 i sold J1mbo, both had similar miles and originality, all the best with the rebuild James, rather you than me lol.

AJC

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Minter!

james kiely

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the way i look at it mark if you hadnt scrapped it ,i couldnt have bought it at the time

its a fablous car mark,and bar a couple of paint issues i cant fault it mate


cheers andy

................update 30/9/2012.....................

spent 4 hours at her today and stripped the front end including

lights
indicaters
washer bottle
horns
archliners [all mint underneath]
power steering pump and reservoir
altenater
inlet
other bits and bobs

tomorow the engine will be coming out if i can pick up a engine stand,and the front bumper as the usual shit with the bolts stopped it coming off today.

plan for next week is to get front crossmember,rear beam out and clean all the underside .

whats the best product for taking off waxoil guys?

Jim Green

Great Work James

james kiely

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cheers jim,thanks for all the waxoil it was a saviour mate

AJC

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Best thing to remove wax oil.

Get some dollys. Wheel it outside. Get some neat tfr, spray on and steam it of with a hot wash power washer,

If you can't get it outside I hear petrol is good, but have fun scrubbing with a wire brush.

I would do it my way. Great results in 30 minutes.

james kiely

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thanks andy ,i will have a look at both ways tomorow but the steam wash sounds a better plan to me

cheers for the info mate

AJC

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How we did the s1

james kiely

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cheers andy ,that looks like a plan mate

james kiely

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well the bonnet is off and the engine came out this morning,





im going to get the wiring sorted now while the engine is out

Rsmat

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Good progress so far guys.

R5COS

All looks to be in very good order James, Seriously clean saph shell this

Tarren

Hi James

Only just spotted this! This is great news you have started it mate!

Will be exspecting loads of updates and pics

Tarren

james kiely

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cheers matt,im gonna try get at least2 hours a day at it if possible


cheers pat ,a couple of small bits to do but nothing major mate

hi tarren

yep finally got it into the garage mate,updates will be sporadic though lol

Staffi

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DID HE FOOK...........

He trailored it back to me filthy the tart..

Awesome news mate, look forward to seeing this develop.

What's the final engine Spec going to be James??

Jim Green

Why the hell am I suddenly rushing home each evening to check this threat...... LOL.

Nothing better than a good photographic record of a restoration.

Keep it up James

james kiely

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cheers pete

its hard to believe it will be 4 years on the 29th november since i got it

pete a nice 350/380 bhp as the last thing i want to do is crack the block as i love having matching numbers on the v5 [sad i know ]
im not sure how the cams are going to work yet but the ported head should prevent any surge problems .turbo will be a t34 of some variant ,along with autronics ,quaiffe box and diff [3.9 ratio]
just a fast reliable stage 3 pete


hi jim ,i wll do my best to keep this updated as i go along jim and im sure you will apply just enough pressure on me to keep me moving along lol

with pics of course mate .

Jim Green

No....... I'd rather see somthing done properly, than rushed.

james kiely

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it will be jim ,trust me

ELFRANCO

Hey James nice project, will be wotchin this with interest as i have the same project sitting an same colour, but thats next years project...........good luck mate

james kiely

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cheers mate ,you cant beat a white saff lol.

next years project ,sounds like something i would say

james kiely

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att jim,pete max

their is a scorpion alarm on the passenger side where the battery goes ,would i be right in saying this was not in operation after the clifford was fitted

D-Sport

hey james, nice to see you attacking this, with your level of OCD i cant wait to see the finished product

Jay,

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blimey i thought it was buried in a cossie graveyard glad to see you finally remembered where it was james

james kiely

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cheers dave ,a bit of ocd can be refreshing at times dave

i was out walking in the garden one day jay and i found it lurking in the bushes

but its time has come mate to mingle with the other taxis

Jay,

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great stuff james ill watch with interest

james kiely

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cheers jay

Jim Green

James - Yes, the red scorpion alarm was disabled when the clifford system was fitted. Not sure of what wires were illiminated, but it was done by my local alarm company.

Jim

james kiely

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cheers jim,

i think i will take the dash out and take it out complety so i can get a look at the wiring

maxest

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As jim says the scorpion was inop when I had the car..

carlo

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Looks a tad rough from storage in the pics james i take it it was stored in the likes of a damp container ? obviously nothing that cant be sorted

james kiely

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cheers max

the container was a proper one mate with insulated roof etc ,the door was left open to keep it aired .most of the debris on the car is from a desertstorm outddoor carcover[Ł200] that was shit outside on my moonstone saff so i put it over g88 in the container .it just desintigrated

their is that much waxoil on the car carlo it could have been stored in the atlantic and i still reckon it would be ok mate lol

R5COS

Get that camera charged up... pics please

Tarren

+ 1

Come on James your slacking

Tarren

james kiely

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not a lot to report over the last couple of weeks chaps ,i have been busy trying to get my house build back on track after a few months of neglect

keep her indoors happy lol

will update tonight

Jim Green

Wake Up..................

AJC

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As jim says!

james kiely

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sorry chaps not a lot,done recentley ,but i will get a couple of pics up tomorow night

im actually busy at work for a change