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#46 Down&Out

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Posted 20 February 2015 - 09:13 PM

Thank you both very much!



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Posted 21 February 2015 - 07:47 PM

Well I've been recently working towards getting the car rolling. With that, I've painted and started on the subframe
 
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I needed to re-drill the trunnion holes as most of them had vanished when I welded all the new steel in, so I gave it a quick test fit...
 
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Sits where it needs to, so not a bad result at all i think!
 
Then I set about sprucing up the engine bay.
 
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More paint tomorrow with any luck...

Edited by Down&Out, 11 June 2024 - 06:02 PM.


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Posted 25 February 2015 - 06:24 PM

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A bit of real progress - this car is now waxoyled underneath, and on its front and rear frames. 
 
Engine in on the weekend, if all goes to plan...

Edited by Down&Out, 11 June 2024 - 06:04 PM.


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Posted 25 February 2015 - 07:16 PM

 
Engine in on the weekend, if all goes to plan...

 

 

Course it will, I'm helping!



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Posted 26 February 2015 - 08:08 PM

 

 
Engine in on the weekend, if all goes to plan...

 

 

Course it will, I'm helping!

 

You didn't help me with mine  >_<



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Posted 26 February 2015 - 09:28 PM

You live in the middle of the sea.



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Posted 28 February 2015 - 09:29 AM

You will get this done before mine haha! 



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Posted 28 February 2015 - 11:06 AM

You will get this done before mine haha! 

Pull your finger out jon ;) 

Race ya....



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Posted 28 February 2015 - 07:35 PM

Well today was the day!
 
With that, we scooted the newly painted engine into the shed.
 
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Always useful to have a Ross to guide it in
 
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Edited by Down&Out, 11 June 2024 - 06:06 PM.


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Posted 28 February 2015 - 07:41 PM

 

 
Always useful to have a Ross to guide it in
 


Oi oi 😮

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Posted 28 February 2015 - 07:50 PM

It's nice to see a yellow 998. ;D  :gimme:



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Posted 28 February 2015 - 08:50 PM

 

 

 
Always useful to have a Ross to guide it in
 


Oi oi

 

I wont sit down for weeks



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Posted 15 March 2015 - 09:22 PM

Work continues.
 
Rear offside suspension is pretty much there. 
 
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Main task this weekend was to paint the inside so i can start bolting things up (like pedals, column etc.) 
 
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Next suspension task, the other rear radius arm - check out this beauty  (this is your usual mini starting point...)
 
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When i did get the pin free, it looked like this:
 
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I've ordered a refurbishment kit so when that arrives i will have this arm back in shape again. Once thats done, and it's painted, the car should be rolling on its back wheels!

Edited by Down&Out, 11 June 2024 - 06:09 PM.


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Posted 04 April 2015 - 08:55 PM

Well a milestone has been reached!
 
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Its finally rolling on all four wheels. 
 
With that done, i started fitting the 7.5" brakes. 
 
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Edited by Down&Out, 11 June 2024 - 06:10 PM.


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Posted 23 May 2015 - 09:21 PM

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