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Thanks Stevie. Me too. It's taking a lot longer than expected.
Maybachman. Rollering was a cheap test. It didn't cost much and and I was curious. If it hadn't worked I could still have rubbed it back and sent it for a spray-job.
Truth is I like doing as much as possible to my car myself. Then it is MY car.
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I've been fitting more of the loom. Fitting a loom from one car into another car for which it wasn't designed requires a bit of thought if you want to do it tidily  The Omega loom has a couple of multi-plugs in the left footwell. As it happens, the Scimitar has a hole in the same place. Usually the blower motor sits there, but I'm not using it. Bingo. But I needed to make a box to fit the plugs onto. What to use as a mould??? IDEA!   So this means I can tuck this away and put a trim piece over it later.  I've now run the most of the rest of the loom into the car. That'll let me connect it up loosely to see what life is in the car. That's the general direction I'm heading in, but still have a few things to do before I can thinking of sending some electrons around. I've also bodged up the first pieces of radiator ducting.   |
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Oct 27, 2013 20:42:30 GMT
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Nice bit of fibreglassery there, it's coming along nicely, keep up the good work.
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Your a dab hand with the fiberglass bud nice work  |
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Oct 31, 2013 19:22:06 GMT
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I try not to pop on without an update, as folks might check in for a progress report, and just see me offering thanks but...
Thanks Anglia-dude. It's not a patch on your gel-coated grill. I've not had a successful go with female moulds and gel-coat yet.
Cheers, Stevie. I appreciate your constant enthusiasm.
For an update, of sorts, I went to Pirtek and got a hose made up for the hydraulic clutch this week. The gearbox had to come out again to measure up for it. I know it seems the wrong way around, but the drive-train went in with the body off, so at the time I didn't know what my plan would be with the clutch pedal and master cylinder. Luckily the gearbox is reasonably light and I got it out from underneath quite easily. Getting the hose onto the gearbox and putting the gearbox back in is the main aim this weekend.
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stevietuck
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Excuse me mr but no update since October!!!! people like me that like to sit on our bums reading about other peoples hard work are getting fed up lol! |
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rolling chassis is a work of art and with the same attention to detail going into the body it'll be awesome. Looking forward to an update
[is this the same omega-scimitar that graced PPC £999 challenge in 2009? if so it's a shame they flunked the timing results for the sprint as i will never know if my car was quicker than yours!]
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Jan 24, 2014 11:47:55 GMT
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Thanks for checking up on me, chaps. Major indoor DIY distracted me these past months. Work on the car resumes very shortly.
The PPC challenge car belongs to another RR'er (Burtle?), and has inspired mine and a few other Scimitar conversions.
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Jan 24, 2014 12:31:34 GMT
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DWDarkWheels - thanks to you I'm looking at a LHD Scimitar SE5s. They're not common but are still reasonable Looking forward to your next update.
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Last Edit: Jan 24, 2014 12:31:51 GMT by sonus
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Thanks, man, but I think you already had that Scimitar bee-in-your-bonnet Spooky. Out of the blue, 2 other folks asked me about progress today. |
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Feb 16, 2014 17:08:01 GMT
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Ye gads. An Update! The chopped Omega loom is in the car, but in need of tidying. However, some electrons are zipping around now.  Omega manifolds exit towards the back of the engine, which is no good in this car. The trick is to use a pair of rear manifolds from the V6 as found in FWD Vauxhalls. I've fallen out with my old welder, so bought a new one on Friday. Piece-of-cake knocking up the downpipes.    |
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Nice! Do keep going!
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stevietuck
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Feb 17, 2014 10:11:37 GMT
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Woo hoo! an update keep up the good work bud, we want more |
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I've sloshed some petrol into the tank, and tried firing her up. Well it wasn't going to be that easy, was it? Cranking. Check. Sparking. Check. Actually this really pleases me after all the loom-stripping. Fuel : no. For 2 reasons. I've dropped the tank out and found the Omega fuel pump is not working. Also, I'm only getting a supply to the pump if I bypass the fuel pump relay. I wonder is there some fail-safe system triggered by the various warnings on the Omega information display? It's complaining about Coolant level, auto transmission, and more. The next step is to get a replacement pump and give it another shot with some direct feed to the pump. And for a little pictorial progress, I got Dee's Exhausts to tickle up some flared ends to complete the downpipes. I'm waiting for gaskets to arrive so I can nail these on.   |
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Sublime! Really enjoying seeing this come to life, those manifolds look ace!
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Hurrah! |
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Congratulations are in order! |
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1968 TVR VIXEN S1 V8 Prototype
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2017 BMW 340i
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BMW 325d E91LCI - sold
Alfa Romeo GTV - sold
Citroen AX GT - at the breakers
Ford Puma 1.7 - sold
Volvo V50 2.0d - sold
MGB GT - wrecked by fire
MG ZT 1.8T - sold
VW E-golf Electric - sold
Mini Countryman 1.6D -sold
Land Rover Discovery TD5 - sold
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broom broom noises woo hoo!!! |
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Thanks chaps. Electrics was always going to be my major challenge on this car, so I've crossed the major hurdle now |
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