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Going to have to come rnd again soon and see how this is in the flesh carnt belive how much you have done matey.

No offence to anybody else but i think your car is one of the best on the site.

THIS IS MY VIEW BECASUE OF THE WORK THATS BEEN PUT INTO THE CAR BY THE OWNERS FROM A SHELL.

Nextyear i think you could be up for car of the year.

PS get yourself down the bbq even if you have to get the car towed.

lol, i'm come down on a recovery truck! car of ther year 2007...hmmmmmm (i say 2007 because i keep moving the completion date back! lets say it will be ready for next summer) ta, more than welcome to see it in the flesh.

only put the passanger one of these on so far, but all it needed was abit of trimming, and some hole cut in it and then ta-da



spent most of the weekend fabricating some bracket for the front coilovers. compared to the pic above it has moved the shock away from the body. it has also lower the car a wee bit, but with the engine in it should sit properly at the front. all that is left to do now is cut off the corner that protrudes out so it won't hit!

lookin good! I like the carbon door cards matey, they look very smart

cheers, forgot to mention that i will be replacing the poor door furniture. so far in my carbon bag is door mirrors and door cards, will be getting a carbon dash then i think that will do for the carbon side of things..........for now.....

It would still have yours

looks like i'm going the rust route then!

"Rust is lighter than carbon fibre!!"

latest purchase,new clock faces. but not any old faces electro luminescent ones! at day they look like this



at like this at night!



shall put these somewhere safe till i need them!

whooo they look amazing.

Good purchase

not much progress this weekend, been cutting back the paint to make it gleem with g3 and a wee bit of g10 (liquid compound) just need to polish it up and wax it, will get some pics next weekend. also bought some chrome outer door window seal strips. more to come soon

you should look at this

E-bay Link

right so far been doing small things getting it looking fab etc.



you may have noticed that in alot of the pics i only have 1 headlight, this is due to one accidently getting smashed! doh! so bought 2 new ones! also on the pic above you may be able to see the new chrome strip on the door. not really worth an update i know but i ani't got much else to say! took the wheels off to prevent them from getting damaged or corroding while the car isn't in use! also took off the grille for the same reason and too allow some access. have put new gaters and track rod end on the steering rack along with checking everything. the power plant is the next thing i will focus my attention on, and i'll start with a gearbox re-build............soon......ish

gearbox strip down part 1

right time to start on the gearbox. first i removed the diff. you will notice than it is a standard 2 pin diff, i will be throwing this away and going for the more stronger 4 pin diff, but i still need the ring gear off this one!



here is the box with the diff casing removed. and the above shot minus the laygears.





managed to remove the laygears and shaft. from the top down you have the laygears, roller bearings they run on, the shaft, the thrust washers which go either side, reverse gear and the shaft it sits on.



the layshaft has abnormal wear on it due to it being installe dincorrectly but i will be replacing that anyway, as it comes in the refurb kit.

Hey you! Don't want you slackin' I demand to see some progress! Hows the gearbox goin?