The rebuild begins......again.

[flyingdutchie]

I know the back of the body is the heaviest. The way you pulled it up, doesn't damage the body or cause cracks (interior was still in the car?)?? Good solution!

[markh1]

flyingdutchie said:

I know the back of the body is the heaviest. The way you pulled it up, doesn't damage the body or cause cracks (interior was still in the car?)?? Good solution!

The back of the body seemed fine, it was plsticman's clever idea to lift it up like that. The interior was not in the car everything but the carpets had coem out.

[QuiteQuietCerb]

Hi Mark, it seems its going well. have you fitted the screen yet? btw my car is also a GT, its probably the 98 cars that were stamped as such

[markh1]

Hi Kostas, no the screen is not in yet, it will be the last thing to go in after its resprayed.

[markh1]

We got all the wishbone on on Thursday and last night I fitted the handbrake and finished off the rear by putting the disks and calipers on.

[plumAJP]

looking good mark, its moving very quick now, it wont be long until its ready for fibreglass repair then back on the asphalt.

keep the pics coming as usual and invest in a cheapo camera with more than 0.5 megapixels. lol those pics are too grainy to complement your work and paint/powder finish

[markh1]

Yeah I am using my crappy 4 year old 2 mega pixel phone camera! I do need to buy a digi camera!

I am hoping that it will be ready for fibreglass in a week. I will trailer it up to plasticman's for him to do it up at his.

[plumAJP]

it will be in good hands then, are you keeping it yellow peril??

[markh1]

Yes it is staying the same colour which is Halycon Midas. I am just getting the front end respayed, the rest of the car does not need it.

[VPower]

Hi Mark

Looks like you left the top front shock mount extension bracket off?

I just had a look through my wheels and I'm sure I have these fitted.

Mine is an early (97 build) GT as well.

Be interesting if you notice any difference?

I suspect the geometry change should make it feel softer, being more angled than before.

I have tomorrow off so if you need an "older" helper, PM me.


Steve

[markh1]

Hi Steve,

The chassis that I have put on is off a 2002 car. This does not allow for the extension brackets to be fitted. The mounts on the new chassis pertrude 7 inches from the top chassis rail compared to the 5 on the old one. This will mean the shocks will sit more upright on the new chassis. The extensions that I had on the old chassis moved the shock mount an extra inch out giving roughly 6 inches from the top chassis rail if that makes sense?

Thanks for the kind offer of help, but tomorrow I have a young persons advanced driving course all day so working on the car will have to be left until sunday. The main jobs that I have to do before fibreglass are;

Bolting body down
wiring engine back up
plumbing oil pipes back in
putting fuel tank back
replacing parts of the interior

These are the main jobs I can think of but I am sure there are others!

There is not anything I need help with as such but you are more than welcome to pop round for a nosey on Sunday if you want. PM me if you do.

[d18mca]

Hi Mark.

Good to see the work progressing so swiftly.
Look forward to seeing and hearing the end result.
Cheers
Davy mac

[VPower]

I popped in on Sunday afternoon to give Mark some moral support.
He said it was always nice to hear an APJ again!

He (with a bit of help - well done lads) really has made good progress!
Won't be long before it comes back to life!!

Mark - You'll be pleased to know you inspired me to start on my front suspension bushes.
Off side lower front replaced and back on before tea-time!

Steve

[markh1]

Thanks for popping round steve! Yes it was great to hear an AJP again!

Glad I motivated you to tackle yours!

I have ordered a full set of carpets from D&C and I am going to send bits of the interior off to them so they can retrim them in alcantara. Steve has a really nice alcantara upper dash and I am going to get mine done like that.

[ridds]

Glad to hear it's running again Mark.

I though the other night did you and Dave have any grief putting the engine back in with the front cross-member back in place?

[markh1]

ridds said:

Glad to hear it's running again Mark.

I though the other night did you and Dave have any grief putting the engine back in with the front cross-member back in place?

I meant it was nice to hear Steve's lol! Mine is not running yet.

Yes it was a royal pain trying to get the engine back in! The non standard manifolds did not help matters.

[ridds]

markh1 said:

ridds said:

Glad to hear it's running again Mark.

I though the other night did you and Dave have any grief putting the engine back in with the front cross-member back in place?

I meant it was nice to hear Steve's lol! Mine is not running yet.

Yes it was a royal pain trying to get the engine back in! The non standard manifolds did not help matters.

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Ahhh! whoops.

[markh1]

Had the day off yesturday and my dad kindly trailed it up to Plasticman's.

I have the new set of wheels back, I have gone for a dark metalic anthracite. I don't have all of them on the car as yet as I don't want them damaged/marked.





You can't really see the metalic in this picture - must get a decent camera!!

[southendpier]

Be nice to see the metallic look, the black wheels only really work on the yellow or white cerbs...maybe balck but the actaul wheel detail gets lost IMHO- When I got my front wheels redone I went for the standard silver look.

Anyone got any other colours, I know there are yellow wheels and must be some white ones?

[southendpier]

Be nice to see the metallic look, the black wheels only really work on the yellow or white cerbs...maybe balck but the actaul wheel detail gets lost IMHO- When I got my front wheels redone I went for the standard silver look.

Anyone got any other colours, I know there are yellow wheels and must be some white ones?