johns wedge rebuild

[Engineer1949]

following on from my nearly year long rebuild of a chimaera for my son now its my turn ,got a 350i in fairly reasonable condition good strong engine oil pressure still good when nice and hot but it has got some issues, body finish has gone off some interor work needs doing, new hood and targa recover, so this is the swop over one out and one in, first job up on the building blocks check the chassis with a fine tooth combe off with the suspensions out with the engine and see what we really have got, i have some ideas of things to upgrade the car some mild tuning plus sort some decent front suspension looking to fabricate a new double wishbone set up with coil overs so busy weekends and evenings especially as its getting warmer and lighter, wont be quite as quick or in depth as the chimaera but should be good fun none the less.



john

[swanny71]

Looking forward to this, the Chim build thread was great

[ElvisWedgely]

What a beautiful colour on that Chimaera. My dream is to own a Wedge that colour. Now that would be something!

Tony. TCB.

[dixiebabes]

I love that colour especially with the black wheels.

Dix

[Engineer1949]

well a start at last, sorted the workshop and the floor much better all round, car is in now the work starts in ernest.

john

[GV]

If only I had that space to work....

[chapperssx]

Hi Jhon im looking forward to seeing how you attack your wedge !! Looks as though you have a good base to start from with your 350i...Whats the first job on the list ??

[Wedg1e]

Engineer1949]well a start at last...[/url said:

We heard you the first time

[mrzigazaga]

This could be the start of a "Spot the difference" competition for wedges...Except there are none...
That orange was something i considered for the 280 when i first got it...Nice..

[portzi]

I think you have the best job in the world John.

Mark

[Engineer1949]

Not sure what happened there i only posted once honest first job jack onto building stands then wheels of suspension of engine out then see what we have got.


John

[Engineer1949]

got a little done today but busy with everyone wanting there boats ready now the weather has warmed up, but started getting ready to remove the engine header tank and its plumbing out ,maf and filter out ,some wiring removed and tagged still looking for the perfect system to mark wires tried tape with biro clip on numbers which seem to disappear any ideas out there, got the exhaust of nice stainless unit, hubs look really good recently replaced i feel, got some spax adjustables on the rear look good no leaks etc. so a bonus there.got the bonnet of which has new struts and found the drivers outrigger needs replacing very bad crack on the rear strut plus some rot in the centre someone has had go at it and made a real bodge i guess the drivers has gone due to it living in france most of its life.

john

[mrzigazaga]

Looking good mate.....Just checking gav!

Edited by mrzigazaga on Tuesday 16th April 21:17

[Solitude]

We heard you first and secont time !!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck John..........best colour for a wedge too !!

[chapperssx]

Hi John hows the 350i project going any progress on the beast !! I'm a fine one to talk 3 years down the line and i've very nearly finished the SX

[Engineer1949]

Sorry not a lot to report still busy with the boating side of things plus had the chim back for its first service and rolling road session to get the maps sorted still a bit to do there but all going the right way will be on the wedge saturday prior to chatswoorth visit..


John

[mrzigazaga]

Just doing my weekly check on FB and saw this link...All i can say is WOW!..I will be watching this thread with envy but praise at the same time..Cant wait to see the stunning wedge that emerges from this rebuild...Marvellous....Ziga

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=t...

Edited by mrzigazaga on Saturday 27th April 19:55

[Engineer1949]

got the front suspension out saturday morning and cut the majority of the parts out i dont want prior to building my own set up
plus had an intersting car in the car park a ronart vanwall copy sporting a v12 jag lump



john

[cornet]

Looking forward to seeing this

[Act Daft]

Book marked
Nice to meet you on Sunday John.