Grelland's Ghia

[Grelland]

and the engine bay has received the same treatment

[Rune]

Great work Roy, can't wait to see the car in real life... As for the oil filter I like to have them mounted horizontaly. It makes for easier filter changes without getting oil on your hands..

[Grelland]

Thanks, Rune, I will hava a closer look at this when the car is back from paint.

Something tells me there will be a rush to get all these issues solved before SCC...

Back to the progress:

I have replaced the problem area on the RHS front fender, the area aroud where the fuel filler flap once was welded shut. Now, there is a genuine non-fuel-flap piece of steel here:

[Grelland]

Then I spent sonme evenings cleaning up the underside of the front fenders, and after grinding down the welds, removing surface rust and also some sand-blastingm the underside of the fenders got a layer of the 2-k epoxy primer:

[Grelland]

and after applying body sealant in all joints and welds, I applied a generous layer of s product called "Body 5000" from wurth. This becomes semi-hard and is over-paintable:

[Grelland]

Next thing now is a layer of paint before the car is sent off to the painter :-)

[Grelland]

but before i can paint, I also added a layer of the damping material to the luggage compartment in the front:

[Grelland]

And I screwed up by braking this molded piece that takes the heated air into the passenger cabin...

[Grelland]

Last night I mounted the shelves next to the rear seat, after finalising the heater tubes (I know some of you wonder why bother with all this heater stuff, but I live in Norway, and intend to use the car more than 3 weeks in the summer...)

[Grelland]

This area is almost ready for primer and paint now, and I am also prepping the front firewall in order to cover that area with the damping material also:

[roland]

MArathon resto! nice work grelland, as usual...

[Jon]

I know some of you wonder why bother with all this heater stuff

Even us just 25 km's to the south of you are wondering!! 

[Grelland]

but then your slogan cut from the top of this page is "- It’s a Cal Look thing – you wouldn’t understand”, so I am not going to try to explain it to you

 

[Jon]

True, I would never understand...

[Grelland]

Now for an update:

The inside and underside of the car is now painted:

[Grelland]

And the car is loaded on the trailer, and will be at the paintshop by 0700 tomorrow morning 

btw the pics are taken at about 10:00 PM tonight, and as you can see, the spring is here.

Life is good....

[Zach Gomulka]

You've got to be feeling good about that!

When did you start this project??

[Grelland]

Oh yes this is a good feeling, I started the project in 1998....  but I didnt start really working on it until about 3 years ago

[jamiep_jamiep]

looks great grelland, whens it coming back from the painters?

[Glauco]

congratiulations on the work
all the respect isn't good enough 
glauco

[empicolector]

nice work

[Grelland]

looks great grelland, whens it coming back from the painters?

Thank you all, but I am afraid I have some bad news....

The car is back in my garage, and will be there until August...

The painter underestimated the amuount of work his panel-beater had to do, so the panel-beater didnt have time to finish it up before his summer vacation...

So now I will have time to finish and install the engine, and hopefully even fire it up before it goes back to the paint-shop.

I was a TAD disaappointed and sick of the whole thing for a few days here, but now I am back with more inspiration :-)

SCC 2008 is out of the question, though  (unless some of you guys out there know of a GOOD painter that can do this now.

[Mags]

Roy,
You can ask Larvik Billakksenter,Hegdalsveien 76

Magne

[Jon]

This sucks Roy, I'll call you tomorrow...

[Grelland]

please do

and yes it sucks...








big time

[Grelland]

Now that I am waiting for the panel beater to find time in his schedule, I am working on all the other bits and pieces that need to be finished anyways, and the last few days i have accomplished the following
- Steering axle and wheel reconditioned and mounted
- Front brake calippers and brake hoses fitted
- Gearbox lowered about half an inch in the rear in order for the engine to fit the sealing perfectly
- Injector bungs welded in the other intake runner

I had set myself a target before the painter threw in the towel, and that was to attend the SCC event on August 15th. This may still happen, but if so, the car will be in primer and not paint, and it might actually be a good idea to trial mout everything before paint, as drilling and cutting a newly painted car is no fun...  And yes I have paid the starting fee for the drag-race...

Next on the list now is to finish up some the details in the engine, including a new fuel line, but I have to go to the UK for a business trip end of this week, so progress will be slow for a few days again...

[Grelland]

So I am finally back from my trip, and have startet on my long list aiming for the dragstrip at SCC.

The car will then be in primer, but that is the least of my worries at the moment.

I put the engine back in the car, and first of all, I mounted the runners to verify that the plenum now clears the firewall, and it does:

[Grelland]

then I needed to find a way to connect the right hand side pedal with the plenum, and came up with a solution using a wire-extention kit intended for dune buggies. I made a bracket, and I think this will work, I just need to check for clearance with the fan shroud

[Grelland]

I also made a holder fror the injectors, but forgot to take a picture...

Next on the list was to weld in the bung for the WB O2 sensor on the collector, and it is a tight fit, but it fits...

[Grelland]

And finally a shot of the engine height: I wolud still want the engine to sit a cm or so lower, but now the seal will work, so that is the main issue for now: