embraboy
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| posted on 17/4/11 at 09:24 PM |
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Busy Day in the Sunshine - First Start!!
Spent a good day out on the driveway today - great to be in the sunshine and space after a winter in the garage.
Managed to get the car to start for the first time today - no first start video as the camera crew (my son!) had little faith and didn't come
out to film until it was too late.
Anyway - third start video is available here - You Tube Linky
Sounds a bit rough but that's probably becasue there's no exhaust - only the manifold - and I haven't adjsuted the carb or timing
since putting it all back together. But boy is it a good feeling when it kicks into life....
So good that I dropped the body back on and spent some time mocking up my dash panels, seats and steering wheel even thought there's still miles
to go. Just the major boost I needed after a few frustrating months of little progress.
Body is still fouling on the chassis so is sitting high at the front, and making the scuttle sit about 30mm too high at the moment but the
photo's give the general idea of what I'm aiming for. Next task is to list all trim materials for the Stoneleigh Shopping List......
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 17/4/11 at 09:54 PM |
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Very nice.
That is going to be nice, I like the colour.
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TimC
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| posted on 18/4/11 at 07:43 AM |
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Great stuff!!
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omega0684
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| posted on 18/4/11 at 08:00 AM |
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well done, sound good, idle needs tweaking though
i think the colour is very nice too!
[Edited on 18/4/11 by omega0684]
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 18/4/11 at 08:47 AM |
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that steering wheel will look lovely (after the IVA one has fallen off).
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