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Why in the hell ?
Posted by on December 8, 2010
Some times when working on a car that your unfamiliar with you notice things that the previous owner (or owners) has changed or modified.
Sometimes you think why in the hell would you do that! With this car there have been a lot of these moments.
To elaborate, half of the heating system removed to “reduce” weight, still left the core in; *whispers* thats the heaviest part. im sure that cutting off the rubber hoses really made a difference to the lap times. Rear seat belts removed, still left all the bolts in there and half the brackets that had been snapped off maybe the previous owner who did it thought the quicker he did these oh so important “mod” the faster it would make the car?
Anyway i really should stop whining because each time i look at the to-do list it is getting shorter and the car does have a lot of nice gear
and the body is in good nick and i got it for such a steal. Things ive done since last time.
Cusco Camber tops
40mm RCA’s
New Tie-Rods
Power Steering Arms
Lock Spacer’s
reffited most of the rear inter, as featured in a previous post.
Re-installed heater tap, controls and most of the hoses.
installed a Twin core Excel radiator9 not quite finished.
Still to do
needs a new sump (got a spare lucky :))
Proper accelerator cable
Fuel Surge tank setup
find a damn piece of front carpet
install the rest of the interior
get rid of gay issota steering wheel etc
Hook up the radiator and wire thermo’s
re wire indicators
new battery.
space out the front wheels another 20mm ( got that sussed)
*sigh* still a lot to do lolololo Catch ya next time 🙂
Back Inside! Back Inside!
Posted by on December 6, 2010
So while there was some good weather this weekend just gone, and with no one planning on hitting up Drifts on the 12th, we decided to hit the Red Rocket to get that closer to being back on the road. While Ash was sorting out sumps and tie rods, I went hammer and tong on the interior, ripping out the seats and seatbelts to fit in the acquired carpet and the boot trim.
After the interior was stripped out, the car and the carpet got a vacuum before installation.
So as I was installing, the steering component was finished (got some good lock now) and Ash moved on to the sump. Not too much later I hear much swearing and he goes and grabs a shovel. I’m sweating my ass off in the car (working in an uninsulated shed = no sunburn but more heat) bolting seats back in, so I just sorta ignore it until he comes back in with some dirt. Only he knows what truly happened, but there was a load of oil all under the car and a blown temper. Work was called off for the day…
I speedily finished putting the seats back in and voila! the entire interior look of the car looks different:
So if you’re looking to jazz up the look of your car, I can assure you that with a bit of spare time it is very easy to install carpet (especially molded) and it has really made the car look a lot neater.
On a side note, with Christmas just round the corner, and myself being away until just before New Years, there will only be sporadic updating simply as family stuff increases, which reduces the car shenanigans. Be sure to check back regularly though as there are some very exciting developments and mods happening very soon into the new year (I hope!)
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