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lsdweb

posted on 16/1/15 at 05:57 PM Reply With Quote
More progress :-)

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peter030371

posted on 17/1/15 at 01:55 PM Reply With Quote
Looks like you have to odd spot of rust on that Bet it cleans up fine though
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lsdweb

posted on 17/1/15 at 05:54 PM Reply With Quote
It's not that bad really! The black stuff is where the previous owner has covered where the powder coat had come off.

It's off to be blasted on Monday :-)



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Looks like you have to odd spot of rust on that Bet it cleans up fine though







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lsdweb

posted on 28/1/15 at 04:34 PM Reply With Quote
Picked it up form the blasters today.

It's now at (Endaf) Owens Fabrications for some chassis mods, side impact bar and to redo some of the original welding!

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peter030371

posted on 28/1/15 at 04:51 PM Reply With Quote
That looks better already
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lsdweb

posted on 10/2/15 at 03:32 PM Reply With Quote
Trying to do as much as I can when the car isn't here!

ECU wiring harness finished

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Dash all wired and tested (had to make up a new harness as the original had been chopped short

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alfas

posted on 13/2/15 at 06:44 PM Reply With Quote
and now galvanizing ...that would be the best and neatest rust-protection.....
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lsdweb

posted on 4/3/15 at 07:16 PM Reply With Quote
Chassis mods almost finished! Lots of cage enhancements, engine mounts done, new pedal box and exhaust sorted. Some more strengthening to go in at the front and some of the original welds to be redone.

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Rich J

posted on 4/3/15 at 07:37 PM Reply With Quote
Looks good Wyn Have you thought about a prop catcher while it's being altered??
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posted on 4/3/15 at 07:54 PM Reply With Quote
Looking good that Wyn
Perhaps I should keep mine

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lsdweb

posted on 4/3/15 at 08:18 PM Reply With Quote
It's on my list of things to do Rich- it'll go back to Endaf's once I've thrown it back together for final brackets, fuel tank etc so we'll do the prop catcher then. I think the gearbox is further back than it was originally!



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Looks good Wyn Have you thought about a prop catcher while it's being altered??







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bi22le

posted on 4/3/15 at 08:48 PM Reply With Quote
If you accodently make an extra set of prop catchers while your at it ill take them off of your hands!?!





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lsdweb

posted on 6/6/15 at 04:07 PM Reply With Quote
Some more progress at last! Chassis mods are now finished and the chassis is in the powder coaters

Rad mounts finished.
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Prop catchers and fuel tank brackets in.
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Front ARB fitted
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Rad brackets and ARB
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TimC has sort of set me a challenge so I'd better pull my finger out!

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TimC

posted on 6/6/15 at 06:16 PM Reply With Quote
Can't wait to see it!






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lsdweb

posted on 6/6/15 at 09:36 PM Reply With Quote
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Can't wait to see it!



I'm looking forward to seeing it powder coated Tim. He's made a template for the fuel tank and welded the mounting lugs to the chassis so that should be easy enough to sort out. Hopefully we managed to get the rest of the welding sorted!

I'm probably going to get the ali panels powder coated too. The sides are new but the floor and internal panels should clean up ok hopefully before coating.

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TimC

posted on 7/6/15 at 08:04 AM Reply With Quote
What colour powdercoat are you going with.

Just looking again at your cage - it looks serious! You're obviously planning to roll it!

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lsdweb

posted on 7/6/15 at 09:17 AM Reply With Quote
Black powder coat - plain and simple!

And yes there's a lot of effort gone into the cage but I'm not planning on testing it!!
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lsdweb

posted on 4/7/15 at 07:07 PM Reply With Quote
Powder coated :-)

Now time to rebuild it !! I've just realised I've not powder coated the floor panels yet so need to get those sorted before doing anything else really.

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Rich J

posted on 4/7/15 at 07:43 PM Reply With Quote
Happy days ahead
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lsdweb

posted on 4/7/15 at 10:29 PM Reply With Quote
Cheers Rich

If I can find some time away from the business I might get it finished! !

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lsdweb

posted on 5/8/15 at 09:45 PM Reply With Quote
Some progress.

Floor panels ready to go on but my Sikaflex on the shelf was rock hard! I decided to panel the bottom of the tunnel too - these panels aren't powder coated but they can't be seen anyway.

The gap in the paneling is for access to the gearbox mounting bolts. I may try and find a way to cover this area.
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[Edited on 5/8/15 by lsdweb]

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TimC

posted on 4/9/15 at 02:18 PM Reply With Quote
It's been a month...






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lsdweb

posted on 5/9/15 at 04:14 PM Reply With Quote
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It's been a month...


I've been on holidays, busy working, building decking at home and lots of other stuff.

October won't happen unfortunately so I'm going to plan to get it well sorted over the winter.....

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