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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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Congratulations on your new home! I believe you and your family will like it there. The way it is built differs from how we in Norway build, we use a lot more wood and less bricks, it is also uncommon to use tiles on the floor in your living room in Norway. The house has got a lot of potential, and shouldn't be too difficult to make into your own home the way you want it. The back yard was lovely! I didn't see any photos of the most important room however, the garage. Will your car fit there?
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As usual you have a very long thread. My boss would probably appreciate if you split it in several shorter ones, so I would spend less time reading it :-) This water cooled IC, how is it constructed? A separate radiator for the cooling fluid and a IC with water jackets? Impressive work! This mumford setup looks nice and advanced, but what are really the advantages compared to other setups? Your front subframe looks rock solid, although a bit heavy, should cope with the horsepower I guess! I am not certain I approve of your aluminium wheel valve covers. they look smart, but aluminium tends to corrode when in contact with the valve. A guy on another forum had to remove the tire and change the complete valve because he had used aluminium covers. just a hint. Keep up the good work! Really loving this thread so it would be great to have more and shorter updates.
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Good luck, really hoping you get your new house!
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I was almost expecting a picture of a burnt out shell of a Granada when I saw your update title. Fortunately it is only a minor starting issue :-) With a dead battery I would have expected the starter to at least try to turn the engine, give a clicking sound or something. Well time will tell, and we all hope you have your car up and running again! Here is a thread about another level of Granada "restoration / resurrection" www.fordclubnorway.no/forum/topic/79992-oops-i-did-it-again-23-granada-mk1-coupéSome of the pictures are not working, but from page 3 on you get the idea of the state of this car :-)
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WOW, this is really a project worth following. Amazing how you made your own trigger wheels, the must have taken forever. I relly liked your exhaust system and the downpipipe, a real work of art! To make a shortcut to the clutch slave sylinder was indeed a wise decision. hope you get a job soon to pay for all your car parts!
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Sept 26, 2017 10:47:39 GMT
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I was wondering if I had linked to this guy in England who is restoring a Granada coupe, but I couldn't find any links in my posts so here it is: autoshite.com/topic/25964-1975-ford-granada-coupe-now-up-to-425-hours-of-welding/page-1It is not a coke bottle Granada but it is still a coupé, and it is undergoing an extensive body repair. Thought you might like to see that others also had to deal with rust and time consuming repairs. He is also using Por-15 on his build, but to another extent, and another product category.
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Sept 14, 2017 4:41:48 GMT
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Sad to read about your swelling, hope you will feel better soon.
I am sure your organ donor wouldn't want you to feel bad. He registered as a donor to help people even after his passing. Now his family will know that his death will keep others alive. There is some comfort in that I guess.
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Sept 13, 2017 8:30:08 GMT
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WOW, impressive work as always. This heat shield/reservoir is very well engineered! I love that your speedometer is going all the way to 300km/h! That shows commitment to the cause! I am impressed that you can tackle all the electrical and instrument issues. I would have given up before even starting. This car i epic!
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Sept 12, 2017 5:12:14 GMT
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Your neighbors must think you are insane, dancing around with a fuel tank at all hours. But hey, it is still better than dancing with the stars :-) I hope the POR 15 product delivers as promised, it is an expensive treatment and not to forge, time consuming.
The temp gauge you use as a fuel gauge, are you sure they are identical when it comes to Ohms and reading? I am no car electrician and don't know how these gauges work besides having a needle and a coil. I just thought about how the different temperature senders with their color coding affect the temperature reader differently. Will the temperature gauge read the fuel sender signals correctly?
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Good to hear that your vacation was a success even if it wasn't spent in a Granada. A total rebuild will, as you have noticed, reveal unknown challenges and problems you couldn't have thought of when you started. Hopefully you will solve the rest of the minor issues during winter and tha car will be ready to take on every event and meeting you have planned for next year. My vacation was also nice, spent it with the family and haven't gotten to do anything to my car. So that is a bit disappointing. But I am optimistic, and next year will be a better car year!
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Important to use a matt colour as this will not clog the sand paper as much as the shiny ones. I learned this the hard way.
I am impressed at the workmanship in this thread. I have been trying to make some small weld-in parts for my Granada, and it is not as easy as it seems in this thread. Understanding how metal behaves when you try to form it takes a lot of time to learn.
My hat is off!
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Nice update! Good to see the car in use, as it should be. Restoring the confidence in the car after several unfortunate breakdowns and near breakdowns takes its time. I am sure you will get there. I am not a big fan of hydraulic lifters and tensioners as they tend to make a bit of noise on startup. My old Fords never had such modern features, I am old fashioned that way.
I really enjoyed your photos, your car looks right at home there. What is that building? A hidden UFO?
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The rear light cluster looks right at home in your car, as others have written, it doesn't look out of place even it is from a newer car. Light will, as you know, spread out in all directions, even through the headlining. I think this is a minor issue, the most important thing is that it works well. The original lamp also let light shine above the headlining, so nothing new there. Building interior bits reveal all sorts of small problems and niggles. I never thought that the hinge could be a problem, but of course you need some that keeps the lid from hitting the interior trim panels. I tried to google hinges but could mainly find the piano-type or bulky ones. The cupboard type hinge could fit if you cut away the section that is protruding into the cupboard door. That bit is manly there to stabilize and hold the door. you don't need that on your small lids. If you bond them in place with strong glue it might work.
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Jun 26, 2017 10:06:05 GMT
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Nice Retro project! I never really liked these Datsuns when they were around, but now that they are retro I Think the are cool. Strange how ones opinion change over time. A sleeper retro is never wrong, and this really has potential. The box shape, the chrome trim, few will expect it to be a racer. These braided fuel hoses that you connect to the injectors with jubilee clips, are they safe? Will the clip hold against the fuel pressure?
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Jun 20, 2017 18:09:35 GMT
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My problem when trying to solve this light issue was that if you only use two lamps, they will both be lit if you turn on either one. It had to do with the third switch and both lamps using the same grounding point. That will be fine if you open the door and want both lamps it, but not if you want only one lit as a reading light. Adding a third light only for the door switch eliminates that problem.
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The original lights in the Granada are working the way SamJ explains. You have a permanent live leading to the bulb, and the switch dictates which ground you use, either directly to the chassis close to the lamp or via the door switches which again are interconnected.
I tried looking into this SPDT switch, but I was unable to work out a solution where both lamp will work independently and also together with the door switch.
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The car looks better in the pictures than in real life unfortunately. I guess that is common for many cars on this site. The car has had its roof exchanged for a roof with an original sliding sunroof, and that job was not very successful. There are a lot of rust damage around the edges of the sunroof. At some point, parts of the car was resprayed, and it was not a very good job. The clear coat has started to let go and there are parts with a lot of imperfections and dust in the paint. The rear corners seems to be ok, but there are some rust on the wheel arches, and I am in the progress of exchanging the rear jacking point on the driver side. It all takes a lot of time, and time is something I do not have a lot of. The C-pillars on the Sedan is different from the coupe in several ways. The vents are open so rain will enter. The inner part of the C-pillar has a profile that is supposed to guide water out through the bottom vent. This profile has a rubber band attached that presses toward the inside of the outer part of the C-pillar. As time passes, the rubber will vibrate against the outer panel, water will protrude, and rust occurs from the inside out. One will not notice the rust before it is too late.
My 2.6 engine is low on power, with worn bearings and low oil pressure. I am uncertain what to do about this engine, I will not throw it away, but it might get some attention in the near future, bearings, gasket etc. I am also planning to completely rebuild a 2.8 engine with K-jetronic injection and install that. The problem is to get the car approved with the engine swap. It is difficult here in Norway.
Progress on the car is as it is on the pictures. It has been in the garage for several years neglected due to family commitments, but it seems that I will be able to work on it more now, fingers crossed. This is my only project, the beige Granada. I had another one earlier but it was way too rusty, that was the green one. I will post some pictures of it. That was my best Granada and I really loved it, Signal green 76 model, 2.8i engine and Spax lowering kit. It is tho one on the right in my profile picture.
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