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[peterjh]

just spent the last couple of nights reading this thread,superb,job,absolutely top drawer,definately worthy of a magazine article and possible show winner.

some very nice touches.you should be very proud of yourselves.

[big-jay]

just spent the last couple of nights reading this thread,superb,job,absolutely top drawer,definately worthy of a magazine article and possible show winner.
some very nice touches.you should be very proud of yourselves.

Thanks for the kind words buddy, takes some effort to read through 39 pages !

It's came out better than I could ever have imagined, but I doubt it'll be a show winner. Maybe because I'm around the car near enough everyday I don't appreciate it as much as I really should. With that being said, when I pull the covers off after a few days of not seeing it, I can't help but smile like an idiot .

Anyway, that's enough of me waffling on, either way I'm more than happy with it and I know if I look after her right Ill have many happy years of motoring and memories to look forward too !

Jay.

Edited by big-jay, 23 February 2015 - 11:48 PM.

[Nicholson14]

I love this thread and to say it's your first build your extremely fast! I read through the whole thing last night and it looks like you've done ALL the repairs I need to do, but I've no idea where to start! Hah. looking forward to seeing your finished product

[big-jay]

I love this thread and to say it's your first build your extremely fast! I read through the whole thing last night and it looks like you've done ALL the repairs I need to do, but I've no idea where to start! Hah. looking forward to seeing your finished product

Cheers bud,

I'd recommend the floor and sills as a good starting point !

Jay.

[big-jay]

Update,

Not a huge one unfortunately as the loom has taken longer than expected to refurbish. I'll start with the purchased items, a few things needed for the loom -



My rear screen finally came into stock so I picked that up along with a new rubber and chrome filler -



And I also bought the boss for my steering wheel -





Now onto the loom, it's easily taken 20+ hours to refurb it due to the state it was in. I removed all of the old tape, cleaned and checked all of the wires and re-wrapped it with fabric loom tape. I've changed the fuse box for a new one and replaced almost all of the bullet connectors for spade terminals except for the ones that connect the front loom to the rear as these were fine. I've also changed all of the connector ends for new ones including the alternator plug as they were badly corroded and also cleaned up all of the relays.

Here's the overall loom now it's finished -



And a few close ups -











That's now been fitted back into the car and connected up. Next job was to plumb in the water pipes for the heater, here they are connected to the heater along with the heater valve -



Fitted the heater back into the car and plumbed the hoses into the engine -



Got the rear screen fitted -





And finally, fitted the steering wheel -



That's everything I've got done this weekend.

Jay.

[Rocket.]

Still cant get over how clean this build is !

 

Nice work on the loom looks new

[big-jay]

Still cant get over how clean this build is !
 
Nice work on the loom looks new

Cheers Rocket,

The loom was worth the effort, really happy with it !

[Steve220]

Great work on the loom, Jay!

[big-jay]

Great work on the loom, Jay!

Thanks Steve !

[1590gilbert]

Amazing work on the loom, love the attention to detail.

Looks all most like a finished car.

[big-jay]

Amazing work on the loom, love the attention to detail.
Looks all most like a finished car.

Cheers mate,

Not too far away now !

[Jared Mk3]

Great job as always Jay. That rear end view looks so clean now with the windscreen installed.

[big-jay]

Great job as always Jay. That rear end view looks so clean now with the windscreen installed.

Thanks Jared,

Just the opening rear quarter windows to refurb then that's all the glass sorted and ready for tinting !

Edited by big-jay, 02 March 2015 - 11:22 AM.

[phil hill]

You'll have no need of the gym with that tiny little steering wheel.

 

Like the look of your project, well done, keep it up !!

 

Phil.

[big-jay]

You'll have no need of the gym with that tiny little steering wheel.
 
Like the look of your project, well done, keep it up !!
 
Phil.

Cheers bud !