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[Richie83]

Looking excellent. Shame that rott was hiding in there.
 
Love the colour, engine etc! Love it.

I'm just glad I knocked money off when I bought it. It'll be well worth it in terms of strength, looks and resale should I ever want to sell.

[Richie83]

Some more progress today and there's a clear way forward with the loadbed:



Close up of some holes:



Basically this will be cut out, flutes made and a nice straight edge formed. This should be much stronger, look way better and provide a nice line when the raptor is laid down.

[Richie83]

Here's some progress:

Wide view:

Should provide a nice finished edge in the end.

[Richie83]

Here's the neat edge (or it will be after sealer)

I've also been shopping and bought a smaller Odyssey battery. It'll fit nicer, has a swanky cage and provide more cranking power. Granted it won't have the same amp hours - but who needs those in car like this?

[Richie83]

Luke cracked on with the underside today. The rear arches are pretty solid, albeit with some repair patches that need a good tidy:

Other side:

Thankfully the loadbed has no repairs or damage. So is in the process of being rubbed back:

Edited by Richie83, 25 August 2016 - 06:17 PM.

[Richie83]

Today was Raptor day on the underside. Pretty pleased with the look. They're going to wait until next week to let it garden before the beam goes back in:



Close up:

Another:

I'm taking this opportunity to reroute the fuel hose under the car. Along with relocating the pump and filter somewhere around the beam. I think this is a good idea, but would love to hear your thoughts (good or bad).

[Richie83]

One last coat of Raptor on and the beam went back on today as well. The whole lot will be treated to Bilt Hamber UBC and S50 too.


Front view:

[SAL 821X]

Whoop love it staying yeellooowww! 

[Richie83]

Whoop love it staying yeellooowww! 

Yep. Has to be yellow, I've become quite fond of it combined with the black.

[Richie83]

It's really coming along now. This is three bottles of Raptor. They'll be another coat to go on too(it'll be overkill to be honest but bullet), with the paint shop delivering more tomorrow.


Close up

Wide view

Edited by Richie83, 21 September 2016 - 04:34 PM.

[Richie83]

Things are progressing nicely. I've ordered some quality braided hose for the engine bay and the fuel lines are going back in tomorrow.

I've also bought a fresh oil relief plunger and spring, as I've a feeling the current one sticks (sometimes displays erratic oil pressure). I've also decided to install an oil temperature gauge, so DSN delivered me a few goodies today:

The oil filter head is tapped with a M10 thread, I've also got one of their 1/8th adapters to suit the gauge I've picked. It's a real work of art:

Edited by Richie83, 27 September 2016 - 09:43 PM.

[Richie83]

Here's the gauge I've picked. I probably wouldn't have gone for Stack if the car hadn't come with the ST700 dash.


I'm planning to plumb this in temporarily until I can get a Rokee style dash, but more on the plans for that later. The gauge comes with a solid state sensor and can be set to certain colours depending on different parameters. So blue for too cold and red for too hot is what I'm thinking.

This will mean water temp, oil pressure, oil temp, volts and revs are all sorted. I'm thinking perhaps fuel pressure and a clock to finish is all off. Unless I'm missing any other useful gauges?

Edited by Richie83, 01 October 2016 - 02:52 PM.

[Richie83]

I'm thrilled with progress this week. I dropped into the garage on the way home to find that the cover had been sprayed, fuel lines run and battery all back in. It's coming along nicely:

The edges have been sprayed black:

Fuel lines run: filter and pump now lives here:

I bought some neat Goodridge finishers for the fuel line:

Up top:

[Richie83]

I decided to have the raptor end along the seam line in the loadbed and am so glad I did. I almost didn't do this lip at all, but thought it would tie it all in nicely whilst giving added protection:

[RooBoonix]

I'm planning to plumb this in temporarily until I can get a Rokee style dash, but more on the plans for that later. The gauge comes with a solid state sensor and can be set to certain colours depending on different parameters. So blue for too cold and red for too hot is what I'm thinking.

This will mean water temp, oil pressure, oil temp, volts and revs are all sorted. I'm thinking perhaps fuel pressure and a clock to finish is all off. Unless I'm missing any other useful gauges?

 

Like the idea with the different colours for the oil temp. A vacuum gauge is good if you want a needle that moves a bit more than the others

 

Loving it!