wide ka

Yeah, ran it n/a at 180bhp for a while was great

Then for some reason wanted a turbo so it ended up with 620bhp per ton which is savage to say the least

zippyka80

One of the many ka that made me do mine along with joeys ka my own ka had joeys old rad and gearbox nearly got finished but instead sold everything to get married and buy a house you my shell is in Liverpool and is a track car somewhere gearbox is now in a mk 1 fiesta and rear rad is with one of joeys customers and Perspex windows are back with joeys car keep going loving the evolution

jonny s2

iTrader: (12)

Bloody hell somebodys restoring a Ka

Awesome project mate, cant beat a naughty Ka

keep the good progress up

McCloud 85

Sounds awesome!

Shame you never finished the project but we all have to grow up I guess. Haven't spoken to Joey in a few years now, was unsure whether he still had the Ka but couldn't really see him getting rid of it after all the work!


Yes I know sad really!!

jammy86

Even sadder is I've paid for someone to restore mine! You don't want to know the bill.... Due back in a week or two.

McCloud 85

Well this is a long over due update and unfortunately there has not been much progress but there is a reason, but here is what I managed to get done..

So after mounting the engine box and I moved onto the gear linkage, a relatively simple task

Cables connected


Hole cut and cables brought through the bulkhead/floor - made a slight cock up and thought I could bring the cables through higher but after cutting that hole realised this was not going to happen and its probably turned out for the better anyway


Old gear linkage hole patched and riv nuts fitted for new gear lever


Then set about repairing the inner wing panels to accept the new wings




Wanted to make the new wings bolt on for maintenance and ease of accessing mechanical parts so set about doing so and getting both fitted in place



Quickly fitted the bumper to check the alignment was ok

McCloud 85

Once I knew the wings were on ok I set about cutting away the rest of the slam panel and old fabrication work to gain more space in the front


Brace bar welded in to stop the legs moving as I had the weight of the engine in


With it all cut away I could then test fit the new rad and intercooler set up and realise just how little space I actually had! Both items are the Pace cosworth setup




At that point decided to move onto getting the chassis legs prepped for a new bolt on front 'hoop' that would tie the legs back together and support the intercooler/rad/bumper and headlights

McCloud 85

This is where things really started to slow down a bit. I needed a little more storage space to the workshop so made a small addition on the side a a store room and garden shed.. In doing so a familiar sight appeared to many projects that take a while to complete


Having completed the store room I got myself back into it again and bought the vibra technics mount for the engine and cleared the space around the car to get some progress achieved



With this is the headlights would fit back again and I could have a second attempt at working out how to fit the intercooler and rad in with a little bit more luck this time





Knowing that I was on the right path I started making more progress on prepping the chassis legs to accept the new bolt on plates - first up was to make a better repair of some old crash damage






I then started to make some plates to allow the front bar to be removable


Unfortunately it was at this stage that progress has stopped, this was nearly a year ago now and the car has remained in its same place waiting for me to get going again. I have no intention of getting rid of it and the more time goes by the more ideas I am having.

The reason this all happened was because I made the decision to buy a car that I had always wanted to build myself but never had the time and this particular car has the base from which I can build the car I want without the huge time outlay in the beginning.

So in October last year this arrived on my drive way





Some of you may recognise the car as it was owned by a member on here, but this is what has been taking up my time recently and has kept me far busier than I had thought! I will start a new thread on the progress on this soon but for the now the Ka is waiting for me to get to a stage with the puma that I'm happy with so I can then turn my attention back to the Ka.

Watch this space..

Many thanks for looking

Vacuman

Amazing work. Can you imagine trying to do that with the car the right way up?

McCloud 85

Wouldn't even try! I've repaired sills and arches in the past with the car sat up on axle stands and now having done it this way I would never bother to do it any other way. It's so much easier and you can achieve much better results.

Hobomassiv

Its good to see this car again!

Nice one buying the puma too.

RoscoST

iTrader: (1)

Cracking read that mate , commitment ! What a little beast this will be ,

Beastly puma too

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Is that Warrens old car? Ive always liked this puma.

The progress on the KA is good.

Ebonycossie4x4

iTrader: (4)

wow didn't even realise warren sold his car.

McCloud 85

That's right. Warren talked about selling it on here last September I think now, I noticed his post as I had always followed the car on the forums and so sent a pm to see if we could sort something out. As you can see all went well and I'm now the new owner.


Thanks for looking all

McCloud 85

So unfortunately a sad update..

The time has come to admit defeat on this one and move on. With the arrival of the Puma, the amount of work that has had over the last year and the looming large house project planned I am simply not going to have time to complete this in any realistic timescale.

So as of now the car is looking for someone who would be willing to take it on and give it a new lease of life.

It can be available with as many parts or as few as required, but the shell needs to be one of the first to go.

If some of you that followed this thread are interested then please send me a pm and see if it's something you could work with. Would be a shame to see it go to the scrapers!

Many thanks for all your comments.

jammy86

Only just spotted that this is being retired. Sorry to hear that buddy. Your gearbox mounts will at least live on in my Ka, which is getting there as slowly as yours was It will run in 2016 though or I'm torching it!

McCloud 85

Yeah bit if a sad decision.. Had the car so long it's makes it difficult. I still have it at present, it's back as a rolling shell so I could make room for the puma in the garage. Glad to hear the mounts from the old conversion are being put to good use. Don't buy another car and see it through!