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#676 Steve8274

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Posted 09 May 2019 - 05:55 AM

Sooooo close now. Looking good

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Posted 09 May 2019 - 06:40 PM

My nephew came round this evening and fired up his compressor and this happened

 

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He's going to give it a coat of applejack one evening next week, need to get the subframes built. Can't wait to drive it now



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Posted 09 May 2019 - 07:00 PM

Can't wait to see it in colour.  My only hope in this race is if you take about 10 years putting it back together!!  :lol:



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Posted 09 May 2019 - 07:39 PM

Can't wait to see it in colour.  My only hope in this race is if you take about 10 years putting it back together!!  :lol:

Haha. I forgot about the 'race'

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Posted 10 May 2019 - 05:57 AM

My nephew came round this evening and fired up his compressor and this happened

 

zqM7Veg.jpg

 

He's going to give it a coat of applejack one evening next week, need to get the subframes built. Can't wait to drive it now

wow this looks awesome mate! Cant wait to see some apple jack green on there to, it will be rolling in no time. I would suggest running the copper fuel and brake lines before fitting the subframes on, it will probably be easier to run these while its upside down mate 



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Posted 10 May 2019 - 06:42 AM

My nephew came round this evening and fired up his compressor and this happened

zqM7Veg.jpg

He's going to give it a coat of applejack one evening next week, need to get the subframes built. Can't wait to drive it now

wow this looks awesome mate! Cant wait to see some apple jack green on there to, it will be rolling in no time. I would suggest running the copper fuel and brake lines before fitting the subframes on, it will probably be easier to run these while its upside down mate
I think you're right about running brake and fuel lines mate. I'll have to google how it all fits

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Posted 10 May 2019 - 09:35 AM

Just makes life so much easier and the subframes are meant to go over the top of them. Think mini spares sell the set kits needed, so the right lengths and connections etc.



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Posted 10 May 2019 - 10:47 AM

I've looked on minispares and haven't a clue what kit I need. That will be a phone call one day next week I think

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Posted 10 May 2019 - 11:48 AM

I've looked on minispares and haven't a clue what kit I need. That will be a phone call one day next week I think

Yeah they will help out defo worth doing before subframes though mate



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Posted 14 May 2019 - 08:22 PM

While my Mrs is watching the qualification for Eurovision I'll put a couple of pics up. R kid came round for a couple of hours this morning and started rebuilding the front subframe. After I put the top arms on the wrong sides I thought it best to let him crack on with it

 

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I'll do the ball joints tomorrow after work and fit the swivel hubs



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Posted 15 May 2019 - 05:40 AM

Looks awesome can see them now against that lovely green paint



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Posted 17 May 2019 - 09:47 PM

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A torque wrench and an ugger dugger socket can only mean one thing... BALL JOINTS!!

 

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What a pain in the arse shimming them up but we got there in the end. Was getting late so we'll put em on the subframe tomorrow



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Posted 18 May 2019 - 08:50 PM

I'm not saying I'm a tight Northerner, but with the crappy quality wheel bearings on offer these days we thought we'd clean up the original Timken bearings and re pack them with fresh grease.

 

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I tied the matching bearings together to make sure they didn't get mixed up, not really sure if it matters. They seem to be smooth running so will refit them

 

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Plan for my day off this week is to get the underneath in applejack, weather pending



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Posted 19 May 2019 - 05:35 AM

That’s what I did with mine. Think they are the only things that are original on the car ?

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Posted 21 May 2019 - 05:42 AM

Yes get that applekjack on haha






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