Old cars, DIY and other stuff…
When I bought the car the washer stalk on the steering column was broken off and it also had the old windscreen washer system that uses pressure from the spare tire to spray water on the windshield. To fix both these problems in one blow I got a washer and indicator stalk from a Porsche...
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I got a question from one of the readers (yes, there are actual people reading this, who knew?) on what things I have changed or will be changing from the orginal to something else so…here’s a list. Body: Reinforced front sway bar mounts. Reinforced rear suspension mounting points. Filled in the gaps between the front...
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If 2014 was the year of bodywork and paint, then 2015 will be all about this! As the rest of the car gets rebuilt I will also turn my attention to the engine and start getting it ready for a bit of upgrading. The main upgrades will be the ITB’s and the new aftermarket ECU...
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1 Year 365 Days 8760 Hours or some 31,5 million seconds… That’s what has passed since late december 2013. It has also meant that this: Has been turned into this: So even though I’m not as far as along as I would like to have been I think I need to give myself a small...
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Ok…its not liket the Top Gear christmas special, more like a catchup post with some miscellaneous pictures from the last month and a half. Well first off I collected all the rest of the parts from the painters, such as the hoods, roof, sideskirts, rear valance, headlightscovers etc. Some parts has dropped in from overseas...
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I’ve started to put the car back together again, lots of parts have been ordered from both Europe and USA. First on was the front crossmember with the steering rack, the steering rack has been moved up with spacers to counter bumpsteer. Left A-arm with the Polybronze bushings from Elephant racing. When I was mounting...
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A big thank you to Micke at Tådene Billackering for a great job!
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So the summer vacation of 2014 is nearing its end but its been a lovely summer so going back to work still feels ok. Got all the hood hinges mediablasted and primered. ..and painted. Headlight lids were scraped, had 2-3 layers of paint and primer on them, then mediablasted and primered. Picked up two 15×8″...
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Finally some REAL progress, this took me about 4 days to get done with allowing drying times etc. The paint is two coats of Sikkens waterbased Autowave followed by one layer of clear coat. I’ve painted all the areas that more or less will be covered up later on by interor and such. The paint...
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Finally got around to spraying the last of the CA-primer, cabin side of the firewall done. Dashpanel area done. Rear trunk done. And the sill covers and rear valance also got a coat.
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