...its only going to be used for a bit of fun....I'm not chasing pots.........for now!
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A photo here of the interior. I had to cut up the mint carpet and there will be a bit more cutting when I get the roll cage back from paint. I was at Group 4 Fabrications today in Galway returning the M16 callipers vented discs and spacer kit as they didn't fit. They are genuine Ford reconditioned calipers and for now there is a a lot of head scratching going on.
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The boot is nearly there..just a couple of earth straps to bolt in
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Thanks Graham.
Just to follow up on an earlier post I got the gearbox moved over and now its about 3 mm from the tunnel...I'll leave it at that for now and see how it behaves when I drive the car.
The fire extinguisher I went to great pains to position behind the navigator's footrest is not legal here in Ireland for stage rallying. I'm going to put it behind the drivers seat and move the battery from there to the boot. The oil cooler had to be moved as well as the pipes were not long enough. So much for my dry build!Leave a comment:
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Thanks Miniliteman....I have that chassis tube kit fitted . Good call about the engine brackets...I will do thatLeave a comment:
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W.r.t. the engine crossmember: I wouldn't elongate the holes.
You could fit a crossmember chassis tube kit or (what I did) modify the engine mounts in such a way that the engine + gearbox fit the tunnel.
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Axle painted...drum brakes retained incase I decide to do historic events
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Axle painted...drum brakes retained incase I decide to do historic events
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Sorry for lack of updates...its been one step forward two steps back. I stripped the axle (except pinion) as I didn't like the rusty look after it had been standing for year and a half ...so got it blasted...got a specialist to reset the pinion and then hand painted the casing. The tramp bar brackets were double skinned and a breather put on the diff cover plate as the original breather hole was were the tramp bracket wanted to go.
I made a mistake by taking out the firewall after the dry build ....we learn! I sealed the rear firewall with fireproof sealer....but can somebody tell how does a scutineer know that the sealer is actually fireproof?
Anyway the painter decided not to seal inside the boot before because I "didn't tell him to". Anyway I decided to continue on with my new sealing skills to the boot area with the fireproof sealer......another mistake as it has silicon in it and you can't paint over it. To cut a long story short I re-sealer the whole area of the boot and hand painted it...I was dreading the what the boot was going to look like but it turned out alright thankfully. At last I got that area sorted ..next up engine/gearbox in......now I'm stuck again. The rear of the gearbox is touching the tunnel ...see photo. I have a World Cup crossmember/brackets from Group 4 Fabrications. What is the done thing here? I'm thinking drop the engine cross member and elongate the 4 holes to straighten things up? Any advice here appreciated.Attached FilesLeave a comment:
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The shell is now home ......I have most of the components here for building it and am realistically looking to have it running by next March.Leave a comment:
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