Jersey E30 rally car rebuild

[kyleduratec]

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i love e30's and thats awesome

[Benzo]

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Photos look great, the back drop looks alot like Donegal in Ireland, only that the sun is shining!

[anguz]

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love that top bend at L'Étacq

[4parajon]

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Top drawer mate, good to see it finished after all the hassle

[exboyracer]

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Shame about the issue with the PAS system, but you've got to expect teething problems the first time out!

The car looks fantastic, all credit to you

[mexicotait]

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That looks brilliant !!

[martinpallot]

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Happy and sad past week. Happy as the car was finished last minute Thursday - logbooked at 7pm and scrutineered successfully for a rally I had entered on Saturday. All going well for 3 quarters through the first stage. Then after a long straight coming into a chicane the power steering died and left me wrestling to get the car through the damn thing. After limping to service and expecting to be greeted by a red engine bay covered in pas fluid I was surprised to see nothing wrong and the reservoir full. On closer inspection in turned out that the shaft in the PAS pump had sheered and come out about half an inch, taking the serpentine belt with it onto the last 2 grooves. After running round service and to the cafe trying to unsuccessfully find a tray to bleed the system into in the hope we could continue with it dry, we decided it would be safer to call it a day in case the pump broke up further and left us stranded.

On the plus side the car felt like it had a lot of potential, handled very predictably, brakes were awesome and the box transforms the experience completely when flat out.

entry will be going in for a single venue event on 13th July. have ordered an Merc A class power steering pump so will change the mechanical out for that and hopefully that will enable us to finish an event second time lucky!

Some pictures from Saturday

[david_white]

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Stunning

[exboyracer]

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looks great!

[martinpallot]

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Thanks - definitely makes it seem worth it now that it has colour on it. The last shell never made it this far so I suppose I can now officially say that after 2 steps forward and three back, I've caught up with myself and moved forward from where I was 2 years ago!

[Paul C]

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That looks fantastic Martin. You've done an amazing job. I take my hat off to you, especially for having to do it twice, and keeping the momentum going.

[martinpallot]

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Tubing is 31.75mm 2.9mm wall. The rose joint is 16mm

Got use of the bodyshop Last night so wheeled the car in after some last minute flatting down - by 2 AM the body was in paint. Priming the panels tomorrow and hoping to get the rest painted next weekend.

[dudu53]

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Hello Mr. PALLOT, I apologize for my English but I am Italian.
Should I do the lower arms for a BMW 2002 used for historic races, I therefore ask politely if you could give me the dimensions (thickness and diameter) pipes, and the size of the uniball (rod end).

Thank you in advance

Dudu53

[PaulAlex]

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Lovely looking machine

[martinpallot]

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Update time

Have got the car painted underneath and inside. Fuel system is finished and the suspension is in. Narrow rear 2 way shocks to clear the big CV joints from AVO have arrived but not yet fitted as they forgot to include the upper spring seats. Have bolted on all the bits to get it rolling and made the brackets for the brake calipers front and rear.

Currently prepping the bodywork for paint. Hoping to get the main body done next weekend so that I can basically get the car built minus the exterior panels and move enough parts out of the way to allow me to prep the things like wings bonnet, boot and doors.