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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 11 11:10 pm
by LONGSHOT
and a few more...
the bits i blasted took bloomin ages....must have ben 5 layers of paint on top of rust....
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 11 11:51 am
by TW71
Very nice work , will be good to see it, well done !
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 1:10 pm
by LONGSHOT
fast forward a couple of months...........
4.10 gears are a bit of a shock compared to the 2.76 i did have ,
but overall pleased and it drives like a different car now
paint is a 20 footer but thats how i like it
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 1:16 pm
by Jeff
More pics Dave... Some of us won't get to see it!
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 1:27 pm
by LONGSHOT
more pics for ya...
3 inch exhaust is close but it works,
the rims are 10x15s with 275 drag radials
will post some pics of interior as it has a new headliner as well-which i fitted myself and was a right pain but looks great.
shame your not here to go out for spin Jeff
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 1:33 pm
by Dave-R
Love it.
I bet first time out with the 4:10 gears you kept checking to see if you were in top gear or not?
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 1:36 pm
by Jeff
It is a great little car. I would of loved to keep it. I bought it as a joint venture between me n Joe... But Joe just did not seem to have the spark for it.
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 1:37 pm
by LONGSHOT
thanks Dave-yeah gonna use twice as much fuel-but i call it fun money
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 1:39 pm
by Dave-R
Stick a GV overdrive in it.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 3:54 pm
by Cannonball
nice one great stance now that car..............
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 4:00 pm
by Jeff
Wonder what it will run now? Has to be mid to low 14's? I shoulda sold you the nitrous kit I had as well for it.
Have a great weekend with it Dave... You were grinning all weekend a couple of years ago... Should be better now eh?
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 4:31 pm
by Jon Connolly
Well done Dave
Looks good
What motor ??
thanks
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 5:16 pm
by LONGSHOT
cheers for the comments guys
especially Duncans-thats like a knighthood for me
as we all know its hard work doin the graft yourself and i have a nice scar on my hand to show for it !
but that first drive makes it all worth it-all the diy`ers on here take a bow.
engine by the way is a good ol anchor 318 with 360 heads-Jeff kindly gave me the lump with the car,so apart from checking the bottom end and new timing gears its a bit of an unknown-managed a low 15 at the 09 nats with 2.76 gears and 205 tyres so should be better now.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 5:20 pm
by DaveBishop
Looks the dogs nuggets Dave looking forward to seeing it at the weekend
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 11 5:25 pm
by Jeff
The motor came out of Roydon's Scamp... Joe Reynolds removed it when he tore the car down.
I once went for a blast down the A505, when the motor was in the scamp.. I was in the Coronet, Joe in the Scamp. I was really surprised how well the Scamp took off. I knew it was an OK motor, I had heard it run many times.
I bought Kev's old Holley from the Taxi.... And Joe kindly let me have the motor for free...
So I just passed them on to Dave when he bought the car. Together with some spares Steve (Latil) and Paul (Paulo) gave me.
And some parts I bought here in Canada.
Dave has done a great job on it... It just goes to show what you can do on a reasonable budget. This site helped a lot!