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« Reply #360 on: April 07, 2018, 15:19:23 pm »

Agreed, amazing job, fantastic dedication, almost needs to be on permanent display, but even better driven.
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« Reply #361 on: April 07, 2018, 15:52:56 pm »

 Cheesy thanks. I’ve always wanted to win bos at volksworld, that’s the reason I’ve pushed myself to do what I’ve done. I’ve just made every part to the best of my ability and if I thought it wasn’t good enough then it didn’t go on the car. Since the show there are a few things which I will redo but I’m happy how it’s turned out. I can understand why cars like this don’t come up very often, the money and time invested is toe curling and it took major commitment from me to stick to my original idea.  It’s great that people also seem to like it, projects can go horribly wrong, vision can wane and standards can drop , people can invest lots of money into something and it still can look like a dogs dinner through something simple like colour choice.

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« Reply #362 on: April 09, 2018, 09:40:15 am »

The front beam is a Limebug 3" narrower item. Really nice quality to be honest but I couldn't just paint it and bolt it on. I spent quite some time modifying it, first lopping off the ugly steering damper mount then setting to it with a die grinder and smoothing every weld down. This took many hours but it was worth it.

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I also drilled holes in the shock towers and then had to add strengthening supports up the sides because I had weakened it  Grin. I really prefer the look though. I primed it and blocked it many times to get the result.

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I painted it myself with 2K black

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Fitted up a billet mount. Much nicer.

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Fitted up the arms after many hours of smoothing and capping the ends. They took two attempts to chrome properly.

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Even trying to fine stainless lock nuts and finding a chrome cap took ages

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The shocks are spax adjustables that I made to look like red Konis  Smiley  They too took a shed load of work to smooth the mounting rings etc.

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Fitted up with ARP bolts and the spindles etc

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I was starting to enjoy watching come together at this point

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« Reply #363 on: April 09, 2018, 12:08:48 pm »

WOW (again)  Shocked
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« Reply #364 on: April 09, 2018, 14:12:54 pm »

The spindles took some smoothing, they were really rough castings.

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I had blasted these when I first restored the car.

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Bit of bling

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Chromed link pins

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« Reply #365 on: April 11, 2018, 08:35:50 am »

I really enjoyed making up the brake lines and fitting up the pedal assembly.

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Fitted up the throttle with its proper hinge

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« Reply #366 on: April 11, 2018, 08:52:44 am »

Steering box

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« Reply #367 on: April 12, 2018, 08:58:40 am »

When it came to the rear suspension I got worried that I would damage paint etc but to be honest it went together smoothly. I machined up some aluminium spacers that fit between the end plate and the adjusters and polished them. The spring plates took two attempts to chrome as I forgot to round off the ends the first time so I sent them back after I modified them .

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Gearbox fitting was a two man job

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I originally was going to fit a trapeze bar and had done a load of work to mock it up and polish it and smooth all the mountings etc but then had a change of heart because it looked fussy and complicated and I just wanted to try and keep it simple so after these shots I restored and painted up a standard gearbox mount and fitted that instead.

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« Reply #368 on: April 12, 2018, 09:06:32 am »

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Rounded spring plate edges

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« Reply #369 on: April 12, 2018, 09:11:00 am »

First parts to go on the body

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Seals n stuff

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Stainless bolt on release cable tube

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« Reply #370 on: July 22, 2018, 14:41:43 pm »

Top of the line  !!! Smiley
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« Reply #371 on: July 27, 2018, 21:33:07 pm »

nice
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« Reply #372 on: November 20, 2018, 09:40:25 am »

Got invited to be part of the Meguiars Showcase at the NEC Classic Car Show earlier this month. Amazing weekend , came home with the prestigious best of show trophy.

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« Reply #373 on: November 20, 2018, 10:07:04 am »

Got invited to be part of the Meguiars Showcase at the NEC Classic Car Show earlier this month. Amazing weekend , came home with the prestigious best of show trophy.

Youre just showing off now...  Grin Wink
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« Reply #374 on: November 20, 2018, 11:10:52 am »

Awesome achievement, well done  Grin
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« Reply #375 on: November 21, 2018, 07:59:05 am »

i can always drool over the pics in your thread, Lyndon......
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« Reply #376 on: November 23, 2018, 08:46:22 am »

Cheers. I must say lifting the car down with a fork lift isn't pleasant

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« Reply #377 on: November 23, 2018, 08:48:34 am »

I think I got the ride height right

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« Reply #378 on: November 23, 2018, 09:36:56 am »

Thank you very much f?r the Pictures! The attention to the details is incredible!
I guess I?ve mentioned before, but I?ve never seen such a high-Level build.
Hats off Sir!  Smiley
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