weird I thought I posted a load of pics earlier tonight...perhaps I only posted the preview

 

I'll save the draft this time...doh.

Chris came round again last week and he removed all the fibreglass filler and added some mesh reinforcement and started again...thanks Chris Shame the damn thing cracked again, think I'll have to admit defeat and send it to a body shop


Sourced a 22mm rear ARB; normal sound Whiteline build and shocking finish so I made it pretty...


After a short period of air die grinder assisted neighbour annoying...


After a blast of straight to rust Hammerite...might have to do the front one too now


Final job before bottom end build can commence, one I've been putting off tbh...I hate masking stuff; almost two hours later


Finished with silver engine enamel, roll on the build

 

well the good news is that it was incorrectly labelled hose and not me messing up for a change, returned and correct size en route. Rad and fmic now sprayed black with radiator specific paint.




started cleaning up the sump ready for assembly...liquid gasket is horrible stuff to remove Just need to clean the sump itself and loctite the baffle in place.



24mm arb off and all the associated gubbins removed to be cleaned and painted. I'm going to get a plate welded on the arb supports; not as pretty as the Whiteline or Perrin stout mounts but just as effective and way cheaper

 

You still not finished this yet

The only way you'll stop your vent from cracking is to plastic weld some plastic into the spaces I'm afraid, it'll keep cracking otherwise. Shame you're so far away from me.......
Will look smart when its done though

 

I've always wondered if the rust on the whiteline products affects the strength of them?

 

Black radiator and FMIC core looking good


Nice work Ian



Jura

 

Looking good mate,

 

cheers Trev...picked the heads up and dropped them at SMG today so getting there

I'll rip out what's there are try and borrow a plastic weld kit, I've still got the butchered pieces so will give it ago. Ta for the advice

think the rust is pretty cosmetic SD69, although my rose joint front drop links do look a bit fooked...guess it depends on the component...

thanks Jura, way better than the nasty shiny ally finish i think

thanks Frayz, hope you had a good break...I'll drop you a line later this week about that last piece

 

Have you got your wheels back from JP's yet Ian ?

 

decided to leave them be for now Stu; don't wanna scratch them as I've no tyres and want to leave as much cash available in case I run into a show stopper. Priority is to get it running SOON

 

a few more bits done and some more pics...hald the AVCS loom complete, I need to source some shielded wire to link up with the rest of the loom...not quite sure where from yet though, I'll try Maplin


Some more rust dealt with, this time ARB bracket and foglamp cover brackets...



core back on


ARB supports before clean up with rough cut reinforcement plates


Preped and ready to be welded...thanks Gav; pics Monday night when I get them back


Picked up the last induction trumpet from Frayz yesterday, thanks matie

 

Nice one Ian, but all these updates lately is getting a bit too much

 

Really nice one Ian,induction trumpet looking nice




Jura

 

I'm just trying to mess with your head Ian

Cheers Jura, just gotta trim it without ruining it now

 

Core looks so much better black mate, nice work

 

+1

 

cheers chaps...way better than the faded grey

 

I was going to wait until tomorrow to save Mr Mitchell from heart failure but I'll risk it with another update

sorted the induction trumpet; marked, trimmed and fixed in place with tigerSeal, just need the hose and then I can slap my wing back on


Minor hammer based persuasion required for a flat bonding surface...never straight forward these things



Unwrapped my rad and attached the fan and replaced the broken drain plug with a nice brass one


Engine gunk and jet wash to clean up the sump, baffle and fixings


masked off the body of the sump and painted the wire brush ravaged edges with hi-temp black...


Swapped the now rusty black allen head bolts back to stainless




got a new wiper blade and finally fitted the wiper arm to the GL boot


While I was looking for the wiper arm I stumbled across my thermostat housing...far too messy to go on a nice clean engine.


wire brush and some rubbing down cleaned it up and removed all the cast markings.


a bit of filler primer before paint...black i think

 

So productive mate.... im getting jealous lol

 

I'm going for a lay down

 

got some catching up to do Frayz

Ian best bet at your age isn't it...a bit of a nap

 

I would do but you keep waking me up with all these updates

 

Coming along nicely

 

Lucky the hole was already in the inner wing eh

 

were did you get the new bolts from for the header tank?

Looking good

 

you love the attention Iain

Thanks Clive, slowly but surely

lol me too Trev wouldn't do making a hash of cutting one there

Cheers shane, got them on e-bay; I brought a bag of about 50 ages ago

 

Do you know what size there are buddy

 

99% sure they are M8

 

cheers

 

Header tank bolts are M6 mate