by lowtina » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:56 pm
Oooh, oooh, oooh!! News!! Oooh, oooh!
Mot ran out. I got it up on the ramps with my best torch. I spent a bit of time. I dropped it down. Gosh. I'm gonna be a busy boy!
Big chassis holes in a couple of places. Rotten outriggers. Exhaust, known dead. Front brakes NFG. Dodgy prop angle. Bit of this. Bit of that. Sigh. Oh well.......
First job, pop the replacement exhaust on. Fits like a glove of some kind. Downpipe gasket MIA so popped a new one in. She runs like a Chinese watch now! "Almost" quiet! That said, I quite liked the over run pop so there's a cherry bomb in the workshop with SPC written allllll over it!!
Anyhoo, I also fitted the capri engine mounts I found in the boot (it would seem this was Ginetta's secret plan!). The engine's dropped 20mm. Perfect for a air filter. Not so good for the cooling fan which now hits the bottom hose! Fkggguuug! Not to worry, off whipped the fan.
Then I got busy. Primer and satin black hairysoles purchased. Body prepped. Many rains. Balls.....it'll keep until I make room in the workshop....
Next!! Banded mondeo steels "stolen" from miffed mk3 project in afore mention workshop. Got all unnecessary and sent them for blasting and powder coating..... "A" colour.....
holes in chassis welded. Fibre glass extinguished in places.... Outriggers can wait.
Headlight motorising toyed with...... too much of a fanny for now so it'll keep. I like the "railway points" lever anyhoo....
Front brakes replaced. 260mm RS Turbo discs. Granada calipers, landrover master. "Fixed"!!
Seat belt soon to be replaced. Buckle bolt head has "disolved". Was this ginetta a Naval science project I wonder.... ???
Electrics. Poked. Fog lights are MIA. Could be a fuse, could be a lack of copper in some important wires. It's on the list!
Revelation!! From a distance, it looks like a mk1 Supra! Oooooh, happy days!! That's another "That looks like a......." to add to the list!!