Here we go - Restoration begins!
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thotfast said:
thotfast said: Nice one Matt! Remember when telling "she who must be obeyed" how much it is all costing , always take of one zero. IE £500 becomes £50! simple! and you stay alive! been using this technique for years. !
I bet your wife used the same technique when she told you how much a baby would cost to bring up.... so you're quits ;^)P.S. yes I know how ironic this statement is!!!
sthotfast said:
thotfast said: Nice one Matt! Remember when telling "she who must be obeyed" how much it is all costing , always take of one zero. IE £500 becomes £50! simple! and you stay alive! been using this technique for years. !
LeMans classic here we come!
haha! You have taught me well father! Especially when she hits the roof at the 'SWMBO PRICE'! LeMans classic here we come!
Started putting the bushes in and almost all are done except the ones for the upper front wishbones as they need pressing in so have given to a garage to put them in as they wernt cheap so don't want to to them wrong!
Finished the shocks - here are the fronts
Got all the replacement nuts and bolts for all parts:
So, decided to put the diff onto the carrier after I fitted the new bushes - that was THE most difficult part yet! Awkward doesn't come close....did it though! Small fight but I won...her are the scars!
Here it is upside down...
Chassis should be back this week and I've got a package turning up tomorrow with lots of shiny bits... Almost 60 pounds worth
Finished the shocks - here are the fronts
Got all the replacement nuts and bolts for all parts:
So, decided to put the diff onto the carrier after I fitted the new bushes - that was THE most difficult part yet! Awkward doesn't come close....did it though! Small fight but I won...her are the scars!
Here it is upside down...
Chassis should be back this week and I've got a package turning up tomorrow with lots of shiny bits... Almost 60 pounds worth
Edited by matt-man on Monday 23 September 21:31
beacon said:
Blimey Matt, you lost a thumb ...... a battle royal.... 
What about the loom, are you replacing that or sticking with the original?
Ha! Good spot! What about the loom, are you replacing that or sticking with the original?
All the electrics are staying the same...I'm really lucky with the car as everything works and drove as it should just needed a bit less rust!
Tasmin200 said:
That should do you another few years!
I see you had the chassis zinc coated, how does that work? Do they dip it?
Indeed it should! I didn't see the process take place but apparently it is fired at the car through an oxyacetylene gun so it pretty much sprays over the car. You can't dip it as firstly you need to drill holes in every section and also as its old metal it could just bend and twist! You don't actually need to powder coat over it but it makes it pretty!I see you had the chassis zinc coated, how does that work? Do they dip it?
Tasmin200 said:
That should do you another few years!
I see you had the chassis zinc coated, how does that work? Do they dip it?
Clicky for Wikipedia's version of itI see you had the chassis zinc coated, how does that work? Do they dip it?
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