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Oct 31, 2016 18:05:23 GMT
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A couple of other things that I did this year but failed to chronicle are the bonnet scoop and the roof rails. In a desperate and ill thought out attempt to help vent the oil fumes from under the bonnet I started looking around for a suitably rectangular but low level scoop and decided on a copy of an Isuzu Trooper scoop which fitted the bill perfectly. It was only when I was at The Gathering that I noticed how popular they are with Nova owners, amongst others. The other mod was more out of necessity as I needed to borrow a pair of ladders and had no way of transporting them so started to look around for squarish cars with roof bars and when a chap up the top of the road drove past in his Vauxhall Frontera I knew I had found a perfect match. A second hand pair from a scrappy soon arrived and although not perfect didn't fit too badly once I had drilled some bl**dy great bigs holes in the roof. A pair of generic cross bars soon made up a suitable roof rack which handled the ladders easily and I'm sure they come in useful again one day, maybe. I think they look pretty good anyway. Thanks for the likes and the kind comments and the boost to my mojo.
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Oct 31, 2016 17:52:25 GMT
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just perused from the start....love the evolution of the old thing. the grey is a huge improvement over the blue , the zetec will "frisky" it up but those headlights really are overdue some surrounds to keep up with the grill you created! Thanks for taking the time to read through and comment, much appreciated and yeah, the Zetec should give it a bit more get up and go. The headlight surrounds have been an area I've been meaning to do something with for years but have never quite got around to but I have recently made these bucks which is a start. My intention is to take moulds off them and then make the actual ribs which will be cut out to accept the headlights, or something like that. Wow, looked cool blue, amazing grey and then you pull out the zetec card!! Boom! This is absolutely awesome mate I love it, best thing I've seen for a long time. Thanks for your comments, I'm glad that you like it.
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Oct 30, 2016 18:17:01 GMT
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Yes, the guy I bought them off had three 7" wheels for the rear of his Anglia and three 6" for the front and I only wanted the tyres off the 7" rims so bought them, used the tyres and put the wheels into storage.
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Oct 30, 2016 18:07:38 GMT
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Looks very mean.
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Oct 30, 2016 16:18:00 GMT
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To be honest I just couldn't be arsed to rebuild the crossflow as I've been there and done that so it didn't take much persuasion for me to buy something a little bit newer and hopefully infinitely more reliable. Fingers crossed. It's a 1.8 130PS Zetec out of a '94 Escort SI with a documented 64,000 miles on it so should be ok. Having very little budget I spent a lot of time researching how to fit it on the cheap and only spending money where I absolutely had to. So far I have stripped it of everything I don't need or want, cleaned and painted it, fitted a modified sump at great expense but one I deemed necessary, spaced a set of R1 bike carbs that I already had and fitted them to an ST170 inlet manifold, made the first part of an exhaust manifold out of an old BDA one I had in the garage, made my own alternator bracket and fitted a pair of 2nd hand engine mounts. I also have the correct starter motor for it which will mount to a Type 9 5 speed box which I also had in the garage. I have yet to sort out the pipework but intend to keep the stat in the original position as I have room and may also keep the rad that I've got and just have the bottom inlet moved to the opposite side. I think that I have to re-make the exhaust manifold though as it is quite wide but as I can't afford to do much more until next year it will give me a fairly inexpensive project to do over the winter. Annoyingly I cannot locate the many photos that I know I took which is why there's more words than pics but here's a couple of it as it stands right now. This is the fan that I intend to use, a good old fashioned, cheap, water-pump driven one. Who knows whether it will work or not but I'm giving it a go.
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Oct 30, 2016 15:37:37 GMT
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After all that work I did last year I stupidly thought that Jeepything would be a joy to drive and a testament to my skilled mechanical ability but no such luck. Just like a rebellious teenager it took up smoking in the New Year, much to my annoyance, so I took away all of it's privileges and made it stand in the forgotten corner of the communal car park. Strangely this had no effect on it quitting smoking at all so I set about finding a cheap oil catch tank on eBay and converting it into an oil separator instead as I was embarrassed sitting in traffic with a sheen of oil smoke shrouding the front of the car every time I came to a halt. This is what I started with. I then added a couple of scrap pieces of s/s pipe that I drilled lots of holes into. Added some s/s pan scrubbers. And fitted in the engine bay along with a new vented rocker cover cap and lots of rubber hoses. I'll not lie, it all did help but didn't really solve the underlying problem which was oil blow back which meant that I really needed to rebuild the engine or get a new one.
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Oct 30, 2016 14:35:34 GMT
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I bought these wheels years ago but have never used them and they've just been gathering dust under my bench at work so it's time to move them on. They did have tyres fitted to them and have been on a car but only in a garage and have never seen any road use so are in as new condition. They are 7 x 13" ET5 and the pcd is 4 x 108mm, centre bore 67.1mm. RWD Ford fitting. Come with centre caps but no nuts. I'm based in Halesowen, West Mids and would like £150 ono if anybody's interested.
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Oct 26, 2016 22:06:45 GMT
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Bastards.
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Oct 26, 2016 21:49:55 GMT
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You're doing a cracking job of that, well done.
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Oct 14, 2016 17:55:03 GMT
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I am finding this to be interesting and informative, even though I doubt I'll ever install a stereo in my car, and I might even have a go at fitting sound deadening now that you've taken the trouble to show how it's done to a good standard.
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Great travelogue Grizz and I get as much of a buzz out of seeing the people and places you visit as I do the amazing cars.
Are you not tempted to stay there? I know I would be given half a chance, there's so much space.
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Love the sound of the engine and great to see a little bit of the show as you drove around looking for a prime spot to park.
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Impressive work by the pair of you, looking very good indeed.
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Cracking build, love what you are doing to it. I'm currently building up the same engine for my Rickman and could do with an end on shot of your alternator bracket if you don't mind so that I can see what clearances there to the block/sump. Thanks. These any good? I am using the xr2 bracket and slider along with the xr2 alternator but with the zetec pulley. I don't think there is a slimmer bracket to use as space is tight with the cvh in a mk2 but the 4mm I had machined off the pulley really does help making the belt run true. Those are excellent, thanks, I now have a much better idea of how my 3rd attempt at making an alternator bracket will be. Thanks again.
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Cracking build, love what you are doing to it.
I'm currently building up the same engine for my Rickman and could do with an end on shot of your alternator bracket if you don't mind so that I can see what clearances there to the block/sump.
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So errr... what's happened since May then? I added a starter button to the dash but that's it as I'm sorting out a Zetec conversion, very slowly, on my Rickman after the crossflow currently in it started smoking badly.
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Welcome to the forum.
I'ld call your 5 Doug because of the number plate but often a name will just happen.
My Rickman was christened Jeepything by kids in our street and it stuck. They were taking the p*ss when they said it and I don't blame them.
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Wow! some very nice cars there, thanks for sharing.
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That is pretty freaking amazing.
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Excellent job by the two of you. Looks really good and solid now and I'm not surprised your mate is buzzing, who wouldn't be? Good luck with the rest of the work and well done for helping to save another Anglia.
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