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I was actually thinking about weight saving in our VW Eup! the other day. It is an electric car with very limited range, and I guess I could squeeze some more kilometers from the batteries if the car was lighter. I was using your car as an example in my head as I was contemplating where to loose the weight. The obvious would be to bin the glass roof and exchange it and the bonnet for carbon fiber items, but that is beyond my skills for the moment :-) Keep up the good work, you are inspiring the rest of us.
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I am really enjoying reading your thread. My parents had the estate version of these cars when I was a kid so I have fond memories of these VW cars. My first car was also a 71 VW Variant, but it burned up, the motor caught fire and as they are a magnesium alloy, the don't put out easily! I am amazed of the amount of rust you have tackeld. I think I would have found a better example to begin with, but the thread wouldn't have been as interesting if you did :-)
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Good work on the Cortina! It is looking very nice. I have googled cortinas and found that many have plastic and chrome mouldings along the side below the door handle. I prefer the ones without. It is a curvy car and a straight line looks a bit out of place in my opinion. I think the car will look its best with clean sides and a black roof. Keep up the good work.
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That steering wheel looks right at home together with the dials and sports seats. Really looking forward to seeing photos of the car in use.
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I'll say you have gotten a lot done in three weeks. Everything takes more time than you think at startup :-) I believed that my four weeks of summer vacation would allow me time to change the planking on one of the walls on my house, but in the end I managed to exchange two windows and the planking in between them. I also managed to lay down some tiles in my pavilion. not much done on any of the cars though. Life and more important family/house matters always interfere with my hobby. Hopefully you will get your Granada home in the end and get around to fixing the last little niggles.
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Looking good. The bracket fitted nicely to the seat frame. I bet the door cards will look quite nice with faux suede and dyed black. I believe that any passengers in the backseat will struggle getting in and out.
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Are you going to put curtains in your car, or will thy be used for something else carwise? LED headlights? Are they replacement for H4 bulbs or a complete rebuild of the front lights?
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Sept 17, 2018 7:19:35 GMT
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I have seen a lot of Granada seats with similar cracks in both the back and seat frames. I wonder about the type of steel Ford used is unfit to be used in seats, since the tend to crack. Impressive work on the seats, adjustable sport seats, thumbs up!
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Sept 14, 2018 7:09:25 GMT
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Nooooo. This car will not give you a break. I really hope the coil pack is the reason for the odd behavior and that you can get your car MOTed and ready. It seems that everything is a struggle with this rebuild,really hope you solve the issues and finally can get to use your car as intended.
Fingers crossed.
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Nice to read that you have had a good summer vacation. Having a lot of stuff to do both at work and at home over an extended period of time will wear down even the strongest man, so not spending your vacation working hard was well earned and sensible. I had a lot of plans for this summer, but very little got done due to vacation and relaxation. I don't regret that.
The picture is upside down, and was very disturbing for me when I read your thread.
I really hope you get your car home and MOTed. You both deserve it :-)
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You are a brave man to take on this extensive project, I'll give you that. Really looking forward to seeing the transformation from rustbucket to sporty classic! This last photo was a bit amusing. It looks a bit like someone put a Porsche 911 between some really big front and rear wings from another car.
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So, wow,you are a brave man, I'll give you that. I thought this would be a long thread full of cutting, welding grinding and little less. But here you are, the car is painted and looking stunning. Will be interesting to see the continued thread how the engine and all the mechanical parts are coming along. How long was this car in the sea? How long have you had it and worked on it?
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I have a camshaft for a ford V6 engine laying around. It was taken from a turbocharged 2.8i which had suffered from a melted piston. The camshaft is a Sweedish ENEM 276/109/10.6/2.0. I don't know anything about this camshaft other than that a Norwegian engine builder wasn't surprised when I told him about the melted piston. (Not my engine build) Does anyone know what the specs on the cam meen besides 276 deg. duration 109 deg overlap and valve lift of 10.6 Is this a turbo cam or for NA engines? What kind of power gain can be expected?
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This has really turned out to be a real jigsaw puzzle, with un-matching pieces. I once tried to fit an aftermarket front panel to a Granada and the shape was really off. It was impossible to get it to fit without major modifications. In the end the car was scrapped so I didn't finish the job. Very interesting to see the amount of work and the way you compare the different parts, modify and finally install each bit. Is there a special reason for using this copper primer? Are there any advantages compared to zinc primer besides the nice color?
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Apr 16, 2018 10:45:31 GMT
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These seats surprise me a bit. I would have thought that they should be taller and that they would be mounted on a sort of frame, not sit directly on the floor. The seat cushin seems to be close to the floor, like in a modern car, not an old van. How would these seats act in a collision? Would the fold up or are they attached to the floor in the rear? I guess that in't an interesting question as there are no seat belts and everyone in the car would be thrown around anyway. Sort of sad to see the end of the project, but I guess you have several new ones in the pipeline. It really have been interesting to follow this rebuild!
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I missed this update, or else I would have given a comment! As usual your attention to detail is amazing. I really enjoy this thread and your photobomb updates will be missed if you leave. As I have stated earlier, shorter posts and more frequent updates would be nice, and would probably generate more comments. But seriously would you really like to have 1000 comments with people agreeing with what you have done between each post. The thread would be 100 pages with only 10% build stuff and the rest just chatter. I hope you keep posting as it would be fun to see this unusual project on the road. I really liked the way you made the instrument pod, it almost looks like it was factory made to sit there.
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Mar 14, 2018 12:49:16 GMT
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I have been following this project and I am, as the rest of the gang, impressed of your skills and knowledge. As I have read the thread I have noted down some of the products you use, as I might be using the myself on my project, and I have read thoroughly about the panel preparation process. I will never reach your level of expertise, but I really enjoy reading about these Jowett restorations, and I also pick up a trick or two when it comes to metalwork. Thanks for sharing your work, it is inspirational for the rest of us.
I was wondering about one thing. How is the paint finish before you start with the flattening and polishing? I was looking at a photo of the engine room side panel. The paint looked a bit like orange skin on some parts where you hadn't flattened it back. On other pictures the paint look immaculate before you even start on the flattening and polishing.
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Congratulations on selling your house, and at good price even! Really hope the buyer gets her finances on order so you don't have to re-list it. I see your street is named Bergen op Zoomstraat, has bergen a special meaning or is it a name? I live in a city called Bergen in Norway, so it was a bit amusing to see a street named the same.
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Jan 18, 2018 10:56:53 GMT
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Ubercool car! I believe you have a minor corrosion problem around the strut tops, might want to address that before driving it. I must say you are a brave man to undertake this project, really hope it resurrects as a usable classic. Keep the photos coming, this will be interesting.
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It is starting to look like a car again, nice work. The seats really suit your theme! I have wondered if there was any progress on this project. Keep up the good work!
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