Cossy sold and Jag bought - the hard work begins next week

[magpies]

phillpot said:

go on then Mike - how?

[magpies]

Rear end partly rebuilt

[phillpot]

Magic !



black's looking better than that wishy washy blue colour

[magpies]

Bilstein Dampers now painted and threads cleaned and lubed. Handbrake cables next.

[Alan Whitaker]

Just open in paint and rotate. Looking good

[magpies]

Also redesigned the dashboard

[magpies]

Shortened the Jaguar external gear linkage by 10 inches. Checked operation and all good. Will remove and dress the welds and paint before refitting.
can't upload images for some reason - says failed.

Edited by magpies on Thursday 2nd May 22:56

[magpies]

Started to weld on the chassis engine mounts after removing the antiroll bar brackets. Relocated the antiroll bar brackets to infront of the radiator once the rad mounts were moved to make room.



there is near 15mm clearance between the rad and roll bar brackets

Edited by magpies on Wednesday 8th May 19:36

[magpies]

Front suspension tower partly fabbed up and tacked in place to check position.

[magpies]

[Alan Whitaker]

Change of shocks then

[magpies]

Alan Whitaker said:

Change of shocks then

nope - re-using the ones I fitted 6 years ago, only making the top mountings more pleasing to the eye

[magpies]

Chassis work completed and colour change to black. All suspension refitted and colour change to white. Mmm black and white my favourite team. Steering rack sent to Kiley Clinton for overhaul.


Engine almost ready for degrease and painting.

[magpies]

Oh and spent the best part of £900 on an Emerald K6+ ecu and wiring harness.

[GreenV8S]

[magpies]

Today I completed the brake lines. All now in stainless braided hoses.


Also started to paint the engine and gearbox in high temp silver

[Penelope Stopit]

Very nice
It's only just clicked that magpies are black and white
You're clever and I like clever

[phillpot]

Penelope Stopit said:

You're clever and I like clever

Penelope Stopit said:

It's only just clicked that magpies are black and white

Nothing to add

[magpies]

Today I fitted the propshaft, mounted the alternator and fitted the remote oil filter and hoses. It's coming along but maybe a little slower than I need it to be.

[GreenV8S]

It's really satisfying to see a job being done well.