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Fuel lines

Boot stay

upgraded the starter motor with a road runner item ditched the old Nissan single pots for wildwood 2 pots

Polycarb window in properly made up some alloy window supports and carbon wrapped them

A few photos before it goes back into the garage playing with Some test colours for the alan mann paint scheme

Its a Chassis Punch, I burrowed it from work. Was interested in getting one for home. Manual ones range from $50 to $150 each and the hydraulic set from work was about $600

Bracket and Brake Reservoirs Fitted Engine Back in Syntec Historic Linkage arrived and Fitted

Cheers Valiant I was undecided whether to run a single or twin on the standard engine im fitting I have decided to stay with the twin sidedraft setup so everthing is in place for when the race engine goes in as that will definitely be running the twin sidedrafts

Lightweight alloy flywheel fitted uprated exedy clutch and pressure plate strengthened and fitted clutch release arm and bearing almost ready to put back in

Cleaning up engine and painted it replacing gaskets and seals Fitting Oil Cooler setup

Dragged the Escort out Fitted new Fibreglass Boot and Bonnet Cut holes in bonnet for latches Fit boot springs and trial fitted the rear lexan window

Paperwork sorted and Logbook has arrived Had to trim the dash and refibreglass it as it fouled on the cage Made a strut brace at work and my battery clamps arrived

cage complete 2

Cage complete

Rear Diagonals , harness bar and Roofbar in

Cheers J-W-G Love the moredoor ! Keep on with the progress mate

Start of the cage

Cheers twisted and buzzy , just learning how to do it all as I go Next step is a good one with the rollcage , that I had to leave to the Pro's though

onto the trailer again next stop is the roll cage shop

^ Ive done soo many holes , Im just on auto pilot now

Handbrake and locking system test fit

Haha gclamp has since been replaced by 6 bolts CheeRS , yeah the filler surround has a drain plug and fuel line runs from there down the side of the fuel tank and thru a hole on the boot floor I purchased it from palmside and I think they import from ralloy in the UK

handbrake mount in line lock mount in made a surround for the gearlever battery tray fabricated and welded in seats in , back on the trailer to go home

Taken the car to work to do some welding seat mounts in eye bolt mounts for harnesses in

Machined up some threaded tophat inserts to weld into seat mounts cut some RHS and 3mm plate to attach to the shell and then welding time again