MrSpeedy
East Midlands
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May 11, 2011 20:13:41 GMT
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Made a couple of grills to fill the gaps in the front end; I'm not sure about the silver tho. Other options are black, or completely left-field and paint them green to match the wheels !
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
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May 12, 2011 19:08:26 GMT
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Didn't like the Silver, so painted them Black;
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Seth
South East
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May 12, 2011 19:31:42 GMT
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Love all the progress you've made with this. Arches work really well
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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sumpcracker
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May 12, 2011 19:39:09 GMT
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Very mean looking vitesse you have there.
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
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May 13, 2011 19:45:37 GMT
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Cheers Fellas. Well, tonights daily update consists mostly of an Oil Cooler !
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May 13, 2011 19:52:31 GMT
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The black on the grille looks great. It's all coming together very well!
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looking sweet but i think it would look better (if theres room) with the oil cooler behind that lower grill
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2001 Micra 998 - Daily
1986 Mini Mayfair 998 - Former Daily - Garaged
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tontoe
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life is just a game we play
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No room whatsoever behind a Vitesse grill....... rad lives right up against it and the engine lives right behind that....... but that is no place for an oil cooler IMO.
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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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
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Yh, I know what you all mean about the cooler, but I can't see anywhere else to put it for it to be effective. Might look at 'frenching' it into the lower grill but as said, there's very little room.
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
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Well, I can't see any room to put the oil cooler anywhere else and still have it functioning, so it'll have to stay there until I have a brainwave. (Could be some time !) Anyhooo, little update at last. Doorstep was found to be a bit grotty, so old rust cut out and new tin welded in. Whilst underneath the car on my one post lift, I treated the underside to a wirebrush, jetwash, rust cure and schutz all over; All in readiness for the ceremonial fitting of rustproof sill covers and centre rear valance; Got the valance from Honeybourne Mouldings. Very quick turn around (about a week from order) and seems to be good quality for the bargain price. A bit too good really, I woulnd't have minded it being half as thick and therefore half the weight !
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Last Edit: Jun 9, 2011 19:43:38 GMT by MrSpeedy
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Anglia68
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I'm loving this. If the oil cooler was longer and thinner,i.e number plate size,you could attach seperate letters to it so it doubled up as one,painted black first obviously. I also hope you leave one of the inner headlights out like some Japanese modded cars.
Looking forward to how it progresses no matter what.
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MrSpeedy
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Jun 15, 2011 19:37:40 GMT
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Right, following on from the schutzing (more of that will be done yet) I've now fitted the fibreglass sill covers and rear valance. Yay, no more rust there then !! I think I'll actually replace as much of the car as possible with 'glass. Honeybourne do bootlids but can't find anyone who does doors. Anyone know of any ?? I've also fitted a stiffer front anti roll bar off of a Spitfire 1500 and made up some rose joint connecting links for it. *Yes the front coilovers are screwed all the way down to the max, so expect to see some spring cutting to get it a little lower ! I've also replaced the main run of the old fuel pipe which sprung a leak on me last time I tried to start the old gal. The original was in 4 pieces, joined with varying degrees of suitable rubber/plastic hose. The whole run is now 1 piece of copper pipe, to have a short piece of braided hose either end to connect to the carbs and tank. The original lift pump will be removed and an electric one fitted in the boot along with a pressure regulator in the engine bay
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Jun 15, 2011 22:09:14 GMT
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Love the lift...is that with the engine in?
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Koos
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Top bracketry! Those Dzus fasteners should keep the bonnet in position!
If it's any consolation, I'm currently learning that steel bonnets are just as, er, "unique" too....!
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
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Got the old gal up on the 'ramp' again and thought I'd sort out the exhaust. When I removed the old rotten downpipe 2 of the 3 studs in the manifold sheared off. (Unsurpisingly) Anyhoooo, I figured this was the idea opportunity to fit the tubular manifold that was nestling on the awaiting replacement engine. Having wrestled it into place it became painfully clear that the new collector I made for it was gonna need some major mods as it was trying to route itself in the chassis. So, a little cutting and shutting later I had a nicely routed collector for the main run to connect to A couple of years ago I bought a bargain 2" stainless exhaust system from the spares day at stonleigh. It was marked up as GT6/Vitesse, but upon trying to fit it it was clearly not for a 6cyl car but for 4 banger as the front pipe was nowhere near where it should be, so it was time to break out the TiG set and do a little more cut and shut All I need now is the bloody weather to sort itself out so I can crack on wth the bodywork !!
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Jun 18, 2011 20:29:28 GMT
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How does it sound Speedy?
Yonks ago I used to run mine on just a single cherry bomb.... Sounded like a racing D type!
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Koos
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Jun 18, 2011 20:44:03 GMT
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Great work! I know what you mean about the weather - scuppers bodywork plans! I bet it sounds great.
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Jun 18, 2011 21:15:05 GMT
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Like the ARB links, but I think you might regret the thicker ARB. A Vitesse is a bit of a plough at the best of times and a thicker ARM makes it worse - much worse. This is the voice of experience speaking...... Keeping the original arb and lowering/stiffening the front works better in my experience. Also a bit of negative camber and tracking to parallel. 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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