JohanP
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| posted on 21/9/06 at 08:10 PM |
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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
 
Body test mounted
//Johan
[Edited on 21/9/06 by JohanP]
I have fun Seven days a week!
Finished: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52344
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StevieB
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| posted on 21/9/06 at 08:41 PM |
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Looking good!
Where's that aeroscreen from - very nice!
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Johnmor
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| posted on 21/9/06 at 08:42 PM |
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Tidy build , looking good.
Looks too shiny for a real mechanics garage, lucky to see the floor in mine. 
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rjs
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| posted on 21/9/06 at 09:15 PM |
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Looking really good & what a good colour .
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JohanP
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 02:15 PM |
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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
I have fun Seven days a week!
Finished: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52344
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flak monkey
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 04:15 PM |
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Looking good
Keep up the good work!
Hoping to get my engine in tomorrow morning.
David
PS Nice colour choice
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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mickebo
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| posted on 23/9/06 at 12:41 AM |
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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
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| posted on 28/12/06 at 12:15 PM |
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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
//Johan
I have fun Seven days a week!
Finished: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52344
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JohanP
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| posted on 9/6/07 at 06:38 AM |
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Slowly, slowly...But I'm getting there!
First pictures of the car taken outside.
I like it, I hope you do to!
 
Rollout
 
Rollout
//Johan
I have fun Seven days a week!
Finished: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52344
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Macbeast
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| posted on 9/6/07 at 07:31 AM |
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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
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| posted on 9/6/07 at 07:58 AM |
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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.
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Macbeast
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| posted on 9/6/07 at 08:05 AM |
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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
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 03:19 PM |
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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
I have fun Seven days a week!
Finished: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52344
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Macbeast
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| posted on 10/6/07 at 04:54 PM |
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Thanks. Wish I had a brother
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JohanP
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| posted on 12/10/07 at 05:55 PM |
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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
I have fun Seven days a week!
Finished: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52344
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SyKaTurbo
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 12:10 PM |
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That looks like a really nice built car.
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JohanP
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| posted on 24/10/07 at 02:16 PM |
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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
I have fun Seven days a week!
Finished: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52344
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DarrenW
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| posted on 25/10/07 at 10:43 AM |
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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
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| posted on 8/6/08 at 09:33 AM |
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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_enginebay
//Johan
I have fun Seven days a week!
Finished: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52344
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flak monkey
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| posted on 8/6/08 at 02:22 PM |
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Congratulations! Great feeling isnt it?!
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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gosmart
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| posted on 18/6/08 at 09:31 AM |
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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
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| posted on 19/6/08 at 03:54 PM |
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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
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| posted on 20/6/08 at 07:54 AM |
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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
I have fun Seven days a week!
Finished: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=52344
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mickebo
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 posted on 28/6/08 at 02:48 AM |
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Hoppas vi träffas med bilar på Knutstorp 5-6/7
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damien
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| posted on 25/7/08 at 08:08 AM |
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where did you get that airbox from?
thanks
Topaz gti6-tb 205 Gti (ph1.5)
Sigma 2.0 8v 306 XSI (ph1)
Provence 1.9 8v dturbo (ph2)
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