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May 10, 2021 12:54:52 GMT
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Been working on the driver's door hinges. Once they're fully painted, and the door's had a polish, I can try it on! 😀
Made myself a temp spray booth 😉 bare metal'd the hinges, etch primed, and now in normal primer.
Hoping to get them into white gloss later tonight.
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smith4
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May 23, 2021 19:46:15 GMT
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Got the hinges into white and wanted to try the door. First time fitting - needs a little more adjustment. Needs a polish with some G3 compound and then should be fine for a daily.    The back/bottom of the wing/bonnet needs some bending to get better panel gap with the front of the door and top of the sill, and then hopefully good panel gaps this side!  |
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smith4
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May 23, 2021 19:51:56 GMT
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Getting closer to being yellow!   Still more to do on the bonnet before I can paint it. Would like to do it all at once. |
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v8ian
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May 23, 2021 21:20:47 GMT
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I still love this build, nutty as a box of frogs  |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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smith4
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May 29, 2021 19:25:52 GMT
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Bought a polisher and had a go. Door looks shinier - needs another paint I think! A few night times shots:   |
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Aug 25, 2021 21:12:54 GMT
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Cool build. Good to see more Triumph Spit/GT6 builds. These cars are brilliant.
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Jan 11, 2022 21:50:37 GMT
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We need and update on this one!
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smith4
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Jan 15, 2022 13:14:23 GMT
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Hi everyone, sorry for no updates recently. Mostly been little bits here and there. Also, been collecting more parts for the build, so not lots to show. Some bits done on mocking up the roll cage, been amending/trimming the seats to get them to fit closer in to the gearbox tunnel, and cleaned up/painted/mocked up a later Spitfire accelerator pedal as the V8 doesn't allow for the MK1 GT6 pedal to be used.    Aiming to get some more works done soon! |
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Last Edit: Jan 15, 2022 13:23:20 GMT by smith4
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stealthstylz
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1967 Triumph GT6 (Smith4)stealthstylz
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Jan 15, 2022 13:33:58 GMT
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Make sure you are very thorough cleaning those, especially the front cover/oil pump. Vapour blasting is great for packing grit into corners. Pay particular attention to any threaded holes, and try and leave the parts on a radiator or something warm to dry any grit out.
Easiest way to tell if it's clean I've found is to blast it with a air line then stick your face infront of the blowback and see if you can feel the grit hitting your face.
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smith4
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Jan 15, 2022 13:49:39 GMT
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Rotoflex uprights and MGF hubs acquired. Subaru LSD and joints acquired. A number of axles/drive/shafts have also been acquired to play with for length once all mocked up.  The roto uprights were dis-mantled and cleaned up, but one bolt was so stuck in, it is being send off to be drilled out.   With the LSD, CV conversion, bigger MGF bearings etc, the rear end should be able to cope with daily V8 driving |
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smith4
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Jan 15, 2022 13:58:41 GMT
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Make sure you are very thorough cleaning those, especially the front cover/oil pump. Vapour blasting is great for packing grit into corners. Pay particular attention to any threaded holes, and try and leave the parts on a radiator or something warm to dry any grit out. Easiest way to tell if it's clean I've found is to blast it with a air line then stick your face infront of the blowback and see if you can feel the grit hitting your face. Brill, thanks for that - not good to have anything bad stuck in parts! Cheers. |
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Jan 15, 2022 17:37:14 GMT
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Only 1 bolt stuck…… You should buy a lottery ticket….
It’s almost unknown for the radius arm bolts to come out on IK cars and the wishbone bolts aren’t much better.
That looks like a Vitesse roto set, so the radius arms will be wrong for GT6.
Nick
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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smith4
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Only 1 bolt stuck…… You should buy a lottery ticket…. It’s almost unknown for the radius arm bolts to come out on IK cars and the wishbone bolts aren’t much better. That looks like a Vitesse roto set, so the radius arms will be wrong for GT6. Nick Ha ha, lottery ticket lucky! 🤣 It took me pretty much 2x days to seperate everything, as some of the bolts didn't come out easily. All I using from the parts in the photo are the uprights, as going for a adjustable rear wishbones (similar to your son's, but joined together for extra strength), so if re-conditionable, the radius arms, roto wishbones etc. will probably go onto Ebay at some point The rear end needs to be over-engineered to the point that the Subaru LSD, CV conversion, uprights and leafspring connections all have minimal twist movement. The rear wheels are close to the arches and the Mk1 fixed spring rear suspension sadly twists far too much. |
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smith4
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Only 1 bolt stuck…… You should buy a lottery ticket…. It’s almost unknown for the radius arm bolts to come out on IK cars and the wishbone bolts aren’t much better. That looks like a Vitesse roto set, so the radius arms will be wrong for GT6. Nick Oh, I plan on using the roto brake drums too, so not quite everything else going on Ebay! |
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If you are planning on using Rover 100 driveshafts directly into the Subaru CVs, be warned that not all Subaru CVs have the right spline. In fact in my experience, most don’t. So check the ones you have do have the right spline. If yours do have the right spline to match the Rover shaft I’d really like to know exactly what the donor vehicle was as I’m bored with getting the wrong ones!
Nick
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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That looks like a Vitesse roto set, so the radius arms will be wrong for GT6. Nick How can you tell Nick? |
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Koos
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That looks like a Vitesse roto set, so the radius arms will be wrong for GT6. Nick How can you tell Nick? The lever arm dampers mostly. The radius arms are different too, though the pic isn’t quite clear enough to be definite. |
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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