My MK2 Rally car

[JonSegger]

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So how far away are you from being ready to rally...? Will you come and join us at the Richard Burns Memorial Rally in August..?

[Paul C]

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Thanks guys. I think it best to just get finished!

Jon, i doubt i'll be competing unless anyone needs a co driver?! There is quite a few TS members going, do you know who is confirmed yet? Hows your car going?

[JonSegger]

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Jon, i doubt i'll be competing unless anyone needs a co driver?! There is quite a few TS members going, do you know who is confirmed yet? Hows your car going?

My co-driver Mark isn't 100% sure yet whether he can do it (or to be more accurate he's not 100% sure his missus will let him do it...) so I'll give you a shout if there's a vacancy I think he's confident it should be OK though, but I'm not so sure...

I don't know which big names have been confirmed yet. I think Richard Burns' dad might be competing though...?

My car should be OK for it. I had a bit of an oil leak from the oil pressure gauge sensor, which I've hopefully fixed now, and I put a new windscreen in it last night as the old one had a stone chip that had grown into a foot-long crack.

I'm doing a track day at Woodbridge on the 7th August as a final test before the Richard Burns the weekend after.

[jon jkd]

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Very nice car,im liking it a lot.

[cossie matt]

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Hi Paul

I got your PM mate I'll see if I have any pics but basically it's a 16 row Setrab I think, mounted right in the middle with brackets coming off the rad mounts, I wouldn't mind moving the fan to the engine side and making room for a larger one as I have seen 120 Degrees of oil temp on long stages.

Matt

[Paul C]

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Nice one thanks Matt, have you mounted it vertically or horizontally?

[cossie matt]

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Nice one thanks Matt, have you mounted it vertically or horizontally?

Cooler is mounted horizontally mate but I may well turn it on it's end if I get a bigger one as I'm not sure how much air I get in through the front even though I've got 5 large swaged holes in the front panel.

Matt

[Retromotorsport]

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Shouldnt there be some new pictures on this one ?

[Paul C]

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Shouldnt there be some new pictures on this one ?

There are apparently some on Facebook - what ever that is??! I have got some on my phone but they are all a bit wobbly! I will get some in a few weeks time.

[PaulAlex]

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A few weeks time?!?! I hope we're talking action shots then Paul

[Retromotorsport]

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I havnt seen any on Facebook .. ?

[Paul C]

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A few weeks time?!?! I hope we're talking action shots then Paul

I think we'll be lucky to even have an action shot of me working on it, let alone driving it!! Its so cold out there!!

[Paul C]

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I havnt seen any on Facebook .. ?

I've been given duff info then, hopefully Shaun will get some up soon then. :-)

[Paul C]

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Shouldnt there be some new pictures on this one ?

Its been one step forward and several back.

I did get the car running and drivable but i was never happy with the interior paint job. So i booked it in with Shaun of SP Paint back in october/ november time. He has done a fantastic job and now the paint work complements Garys fabrication as it should have done in the first place.

I cannot recommend Gary and Shauns work highly enough. Both of them are true perfectionists and are experts at what they do. For any of you thinking about getting any fabrication or paint work done give them a call and get it booked in.

So here are the very belated pictures which are long over due.









I hope to get the car back on the road in time for the summer so i can start to enjoy the car out on the road on days like today.

[105Ian]

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Looking very impressive and like you say Gary and Shaun are both very skilled in what they do as can be see in your pics