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Author: Subject: Making progress.
JohanP

posted on 21/9/06 at 08:10 PM Reply With Quote
Making progress.

Hi,

I thought that I'd show you some pictures of my build.
2 litre Pinto on Weber 40:s
Limited slip diff
Discbrakes all around
2.4 turn steering rack
ProTech shocks

And it's comming together nicely!

enginebay
enginebay

Body test mounted
Body test mounted


//Johan

[Edited on 21/9/06 by JohanP]





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StevieB

posted on 21/9/06 at 08:41 PM Reply With Quote
Looking good!

Where's that aeroscreen from - very nice!

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Johnmor

posted on 21/9/06 at 08:42 PM Reply With Quote
Tidy build , looking good.


Looks too shiny for a real mechanics garage, lucky to see the floor in mine.

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rjs

posted on 21/9/06 at 09:15 PM Reply With Quote
Looking really good & what a good colour .
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JohanP

posted on 22/9/06 at 02:15 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks for the kind words.
I'm glad you liked it.

StevieB:
The aeroscreen is from Darren at GTS.

Johnmor:
I've just moved into this garage so I haven't had the time to mess it up yet!
You should have seen my old place...what a mess!

//Johan





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flak monkey

posted on 22/9/06 at 04:15 PM Reply With Quote
Looking good

Keep up the good work!

Hoping to get my engine in tomorrow morning.

David

PS Nice colour choice





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mickebo

posted on 23/9/06 at 12:41 AM Reply With Quote
Snyggt

Visst kan man man svara på svenska?
Jag måste komma och kolla "garaget"

Well Swedish friends, and I´m going to that "clean" garage!
As Johan been to mine "dirty"

Spring?

[Edited on 2006/9/23 by mickebo]

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JohanP

posted on 28/12/06 at 12:15 PM Reply With Quote
I got bored doing all the small bits that nobody can see.

So I started making the interior. Now it at least looks like there is happening something!


Interior
Interior


//Johan





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JohanP

posted on 9/6/07 at 06:38 AM Reply With Quote
Slowly, slowly...But I'm getting there!
First pictures of the car taken outside.
I like it, I hope you do to!

Rollout
Rollout


Rollout
Rollout


//Johan





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Macbeast

posted on 9/6/07 at 07:31 AM Reply With Quote
Nice job - well done ! and good to see a positive post in here

2 questions -

does the oil filler cap fit under the bonnet without shortening ?


Have you used the original exhaust minifold ?

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flak monkey

posted on 9/6/07 at 07:58 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
Nice job - well done ! and good to see a positive post in here

2 questions -

does the oil filler cap fit under the bonnet without shortening ?


Have you used the original exhaust minifold ?


Pinto filler cap wouldnt fit under my bonnet, had to move it to the back of the rocker cover.





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Macbeast

posted on 9/6/07 at 08:05 AM Reply With Quote
That's what I thought, but one of his pics shows it at the front with the engine in - maybe an oops! moment ?
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JohanP

posted on 10/6/07 at 03:19 PM Reply With Quote
Not exactly a "oops!" moment. I knew that the filler cap would cause a problem. So I sketched a lower version of the filler cap that my brother fabricated. Almost a whole centimeter to spare! Nothing fancy, just a lower version.
To answer the question - no the original filler cap didn't fit under the bonnet without mods.

I planned to use the original manifold but it had to many exaust recirculation holes to block. So I visited the local scrapyard and I found that the Granada (MKII?) had a much more compact manifold that also didn't have recirculation holes in it.
I know this isn't the best manifold to be found but I'll make a proper exaust when the car has been on the road for a while. First on the upgrade list is a rebuilt engine to which I'm going to fit a very nice ported head that I stumbled across.

//Johan





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Macbeast

posted on 10/6/07 at 04:54 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks. Wish I had a brother
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JohanP

posted on 12/10/07 at 05:55 PM Reply With Quote
Update!

Electrics are done. Some small tweeks has to be done, but everything that's supposed to work works! I'm very pleased since I've never touched anything electrical in a car before.

First start is also done. And it actually started on the first attempt.
And both the dizzy with its amp and the twin Weber 40:s was set up based on advise found here on Locostbuilders! Thanks!

The picture shows the instrumentation. Just finished last weekend.

Image deleted by owner

And the build continues!

//Johan





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SyKaTurbo

posted on 24/10/07 at 12:10 PM Reply With Quote
That looks like a really nice built car.
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JohanP

posted on 24/10/07 at 02:16 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks!

This past weekend I torqued everything up, filled and bled the braking system and actually drove the car out of the garage! I think I drove for about ten minutes in the courtyard in front of the garage!
Then I ran out of petrol!

I actually built a car and it drives to!
What a fantastic feeling!

//Johan





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DarrenW

posted on 25/10/07 at 10:43 AM Reply With Quote
I love the way the aeroscreen is filled in and utilised for gauges - nice touch. Other side would make a good place to store goggles / glasses etc.






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JohanP

posted on 8/6/08 at 09:33 AM Reply With Quote
Finally it's finished!!!

Registration and Swedish "SVA" are done and now I'm just waiting for the numberplates to arrive.

finished_right_front
finished_right_front


Finished_enginebay
Finished_enginebay

//Johan





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flak monkey

posted on 8/6/08 at 02:22 PM Reply With Quote
Congratulations! Great feeling isnt it?!





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gosmart

posted on 18/6/08 at 09:31 AM Reply With Quote
Nice car!

Can you check would it be possible to move exhaust to left side? (with extended piping) There's some regulation in Croatia, that exhaust must not be on the right.

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Macbeast

posted on 19/6/08 at 03:54 PM Reply With Quote
Easiest is to chose engine with exhaust on the desired side . eg Pintos have it on the right, looking from driver, others are on the left.
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JohanP

posted on 20/6/08 at 07:54 AM Reply With Quote
As Macbeast says maybe you should go for a Zetec instead of the Pinto.
Or you can do as Mickebo has done and have the exhaust at the back. Have a look at his car here: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=81393

//Johan





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mickebo

posted on 28/6/08 at 02:48 AM Reply With Quote
Hoppas vi träffas med bilar på Knutstorp 5-6/7
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damien

posted on 25/7/08 at 08:08 AM Reply With Quote
where did you get that airbox from?

thanks





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