Small update just the last of the suspension parts at the front to sort as the rear is complete, the lower arms stuck out too far and pushed the wheels past the arch so the subframe was re drilled to bring the arms in, once that was done the the tension arms were bolted on and brackets made (yet to be welded ) the bulkhead has been cut to allow steering column to pass through and the lower mount for it sorted just the middle and top brackets to fix
Trademark get Kev in the pics
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Tension arm brackets welded on this week
The correct bolts haven’t turned up from eBay but you get the idea
Also got the universal heater matrix that was bought a while ago mounted on the back of the bubble under dash
And a pic of steering column lower mount
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With the steering all fitted positioning of the rails was done to get the seats bolted in place
Next job was to get the custom made tank fitted Kieran brought this over as he is thankfully storing loads of parts for the build in his garage, so we (Kev) made a seat/bracket to sit tank on also had to cut a flap in the boot floor to allow the built in swirl pot to sit down
A couple more brackets today to hold tank and firewall which will go either side of it
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Awesome build man! how did i not see this sooner
good to see progress,new tank looks nice
Good update, nice to see it coming along
Now just a man!
Update time we had to cut out the boot floor to allow the swirl pot in the fuel tank to sit down so we went about making a cover for it
Also we have to make a lower back panel so hung the exhaust to see where it exits has to pull toward the front of the car but you get the picture
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Right this week we had to take our brave pills and set about cutting up the new steel rear bubble arches as we have spoke about before not a fan of the shoulder then the arch going flat so out came the angle grinder again
Then we got to shaping and welding back up anyway they fell into place easier then I imagined an I’m really happy with the shape now there isn’t a flat part obviously still have the filler work to do but very happy
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good progress, I like the reshaped rear bubbles good idea that
It's a good read this thread. Nice to see progress continuing.
Just back from another good day
We decided to cut lower rear panel and replace but with prices almost £100 for a replacement once again we made our own
We wanted to give it some shape so welded on a temporary round bar to shape panel around
Ratchet straps to help pull panel round bar
Shaped and tacked in place ready to go back on spit
It drops down a little more than the original but will help hide the massive exhaust
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Another update
Finished the rear panel and even added in a jacking point for ease
And made a start on the firewall that will go round the fuel tank first of 3 panels complete
Cracking on with this now
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Looking good, excellent work.
Ok been reminded that I’ve not updated in a while even though we’ve not stopped lots has happened even if if doesn’t look like it
Door aligned with big hammer and heat so body lines match up and they close nicely now
Wings at front cut off to carry out repairs on upper bulkhead then found rust a ton of filler and patch on patch on patch etc on inner wings rather than slightly repair or pay £500 each for inner wings yep made our own again,
I showed Kev pics of a flat smooth engine bay
He agreed we’d give it a go nervously
Before
During
After
Need to finish off and passenger side then remount wings on custom made rain gutters and either make or buy God forbid upper bulkhead corners
Then Kev’s favourite thing wiring
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