johns wedge rebuild

[Engineer1949]

and so it continues started with top coating the sills then top coated the bonnet catch which has now been fitted and adjusted,i have started on the wiring for the power steering the supply is in and neutral return with a nice marine type inline fuse easily accessible just above the battery,i have rebuilt the mirrors all the fixings where appropriate are stainless and have rebuilt the doors all the locks and window winders have been overhauled window stops adjusted etc.switch panel is now built up ready for fitment i may have an issue with the fan switch fan works fine with external power but only on full fan when attached to the switch,also cleaned up and painted the door hinge brackets ready for hanging the doors once the trimmers have finished.tomorrows job cleaning and recolouring the door cards and sundry internal panels.


john


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[Engineer1949]

track day with my sons at brands yesterday so no work done but got back at it today mostly wiring sorting so not very interesting pic wise but also have coloured the door cards and the armrest/inner handle section all looks well plus some more good graffiti.



john

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[Engineer1949]

fair bit more done latterly this week started by putting the trimming round the front panel i have scribed the panel into the bodywork so nearly a perfect joint then applied a thin run of marine sealant in black to finish the job so much neater than the original cover all trim, then welded the bonnet pull bracket in place as it had to be moved to miss the electric power steering motor, then removed the old rear roof section from the roll hoop and the rear fixing and cleaned them both up and recoloured the rear fixing and painted the hoop mounting brackets, also recoloured the last internal panel, i burnt off all the old powder coating from the roof holding stays and repainted them in matching orange plus i had a seat belt mounting bolt snapped off on the inboard side of the driver that has been drilled out and retapped ready for the harness mount.


john

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[Engineer1949]

got a fair amount done in the last couple of days filled in the drivers side hole in the rear bulkhead made good round the roll bar fixings to the chassis behind the seats, finished the wiring to the new electric power steering refitted the gearstick and its rubber gaiter refitted the heater controls and i have run a bigger negative for the general electrical equipment particularly for the windows, fitted the number plates and the tvr logo to the front and the secondary 350i lettering plus cut back and polished the front half of the car,also fitted the harness mounts to both sides.


john

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[KKson]

Looking fabulous. 10 days to BBWF. Are you going to surprise us?

[mrzigazaga]

Coming together nicely by the look of it...

[Engineer1949]

i am going to try but to be honest looks a bit tight


john

[Engineer1949]

all sorts of smaller stuff done got the new bolts fitted for the door hinges finished the wiring for the power steering except the adjusting pot which goes in the nacel around the stalks roughly fitted the door catches after cleaning them up modified the trim pieces where the roll bar goes down behind the seats and the trimmers have completly trimmed the cabin and the boot so not to far away now


john

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[mk1fan]

Zender spoilers popping up everywhere at the moment.

should be ready for Brands on the 18th.

[Engineer1949]

cant make it land yachting with my new to me blocart at weston not back till the 19th plus will hardly be run in thats if everything goes to plan.


john

[wedgeman]

Shame you can't make it to the fest this time.

Look forward to seeing the car when its finished

[Engineer1949]

lots achieved this week lights all now work hazards indicators etc. sorted the slow speed on the heater motor got the door and boot seals round,had to change the fuel pump was fine when i took it off the road but had siezed in the mean time ,so now its just fit the doors the trimmers are back next week to pattern the roof ,i have set the front suspension camber castor etc. so wheels can go on and i have had it running again seems so long ago but not long now plus the dash is now all back in.


john

[Engineer1949]

had a couple of issues to sort after fitting the dash indicators wouldnt work tuned out to be the switch itself but after stripping it down and cleaning and regreasing it all well now plus dash lights wouldnt come on but managed to sort that as well after taking the dash out again but first harness fitted with its seat steering wheel on all good the chim seats are a good fit well pleased with the result,


john

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[Engineer1949]

probably the penultimate post all the interior is now complete second door fitted and all working trimmers should be back early next week to finish the roof so wheels on sort the tracking and get her mot`d hopefully weather improves.


john

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[boxer456]

Looks great John, incredible progress since I last saw the car! Just in time for the heatwave

[adam quantrill]

That is one very distinctive-looking car! Nice job.

[mrzigazaga]

Looks good enough to eat...

[gruffalo]

Most impressive!

[rev-erend]

Engineer1949 said:

been busy today lousy weather so got on with the cars, made a new sc belt adjuster wheel for nicks chim as belt sizes has always been an issue got a handle on it now,and more or less fitted my new front suspension to the wedge all looks to actually fit as intended bit of a surprise there some pics follow.

john

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You coil over conversion looks fantastic.

What are the driving impressions.

Better than standard ?

Guess getting the spring / damper rates right would take some time to get right.

[Engineer1949]

the conversion is grand now i have a handle on the settings it is so easy to change from compliant road car to full on track car or as near as a wedge gets it has done several sprints one at woodfood which is very testing lots of surface changes bumps etc. as its an old airfield but i thought the rose jointing and spherical bearing mods to the rear would make it very noisey road noise wise but in truth cant really tell the difference car has done quite a few miles now and all seems well.


john