My 16 valve interale is back on the road running sweet and run in :cool: I took it for a test run last night and after 1 mile I got out of the car shaking :eek: I have never done that before :o Here's the story of what happened:


[Edited by paulpalmer - 10/10/2003 9:27:27 AM]

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Thanks :D chuffed to bits that I built it myself :D

excellent news :D. I'll keep an eye out for you.

Steve

Well done mate!
If you want a job done proper do it yourself!

It took me 10 months to rebuild my old Saab after it melted a piston, very satisfying once it all back together and working though :cool:

Thanks :D I took less time to fix it than a guy that was "supposed" to know what he was doing :rolleyes: 5 months to do a re-build then it blew up that quickly [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] I didn't even get out second last night though because it was going so well!

That's feckin superb Paul!! :D

Now you just have to bring it over!! :D:D

blimey mate, nice one most would have given up long ago. have you had the car a long time, i had an 8v one of these & was bloody rapid

Nice one mate :D:D
One of the true iconic cars. Nice looking example :D:D

Iain

I hope to bring it into work one day soon :D

Met

This one's a 16 valve as you can see but should be pushing nearer 300 bhp :eek: it's a tad scarey :o

very nice motor and I imagine that doing the work yourself must be very satisfying.

NACRO

I couldn't stop smiling last night :D it has been alot of sleepless nights working out how to do things etc but it worked :D They are a nightmare to work on as you can see.

daiscooby

Thanks :D they do look a bit mental in my view

Paul :)

Looks like a true rally slag on the outside, like an old golf thats been pulled out of a canal on the inside :)

Rik

that's because I have a nice new carpet to go in there but didn't wnat to get it dirty while fixing it ;)

Paul

bootiful m8! You could of polished it tho', all that time spent off the road ;) ;)

good to hear its back on the road.

stu (fellow grale owner)

Paul, hope thats not the nearest i am going to see it ;) you bringing it thursday ?? by the way, someone stole most of the interior...

Cheers

Jim

Looks fantastic! :D You'll have to give me a ride in it at muppet camp 2 ;)

Well done! That's dedication!

:D

Respect mate. Just taken my Audi quattro off the road for a rebuild, could be sometime(and money) before it's back but I know it'll be worth it in the end...

Looking realy good mate.

Hope to se eit soon :D

Did you take this down to a pub meet in Wokingham a while back? (The Greyhound)

Well done for been persistent not giving up...Hat off to you m8, it looks a gem in the pics!

Nath

Thanks for the comments all :D

Zilch

I will bring it next thursday

Ian

You will see it soon

Crush

Of course I will take you out in it

Nath

No I have never taken it to Wokingham but heard there was one over that way.

Dome

You know it will be worth it ;)

Scrappy2

I hope to polish it toomorrow night :D

Ralf

Thanks. It felt like it would never be done

Stu

Thanks :D




[Edited by paulpalmer for muppety mistakes :o- 6/15/2003 12:10:36 PM]

[Edited by paulpalmer - 6/15/2003 12:14:03 PM]

Nice one mate! Good to see her back on the road. :cool:
I have seen this car in action and it is brutal. Its nice to know she aint gone yet :)
astraboy.

Nice one matey:cool: It makes me feel better about taking 18 months to put some wings and a bonnet on mine:D:D:D

Astraboy

It's undergone alot of mechanical changes and mods since you last saw it :eek: it's got about another 80 or so bhp and paddle clutch etc.

Bob

At least you got there in the end :D

Paul

Looking sweet mate!! Let me know when you bring it in to work...

Glad all the hard work has paid off!!

Ian

Top stuff Paul :D Look at it this way though, all the time its spent inside was preserving it from our nasty british weather ;)