Mr.Mk1 Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Painting in the garage means cleaning outside. falcon diff for escort and H165 for 1200. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted January 8, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2019 Welds aren’t pretty but they are proper stuck. Gave them a quick grind and zinc sprayed. Stoked! again, one side had a bit of a gap from the side to the tub and was gay to weld but got there eventually.. was more important the other 3 edges lined up honestly 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2019 Cool, done! Just waiting for x member and some 2pot calipers from an NA 4 stud stagea, skyline etc to start mounting, mod tunnel and front panel, maybe area above diff. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 the PV skyline ones are big compared eh. unfortunately I found another car on Facebook that’s very similar in colour to what I had in mind for all these years. Essentially, I’ll have more stripes and gold pearl.. so will press on with plan, lol. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr.Mk1 Posted July 25, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2020 Still chipping away in the very, very background. Between the last post & now, it’s been decided this car won’t see the road again in my ownership. I haven’t even found a good set of black plates and tags in the 15 odd years I’ve had it! Im just going to build what I want and take it to hillclimbs, track days and car shows, take it to work once in a while. It can just be a LifeSize model that’s fully functional. The money I’d have to spend to get back on the road legally is equal to what I need to finish it. This way I’ll be enjoying it sooner for less. Minus the revin stress. I found an alternator and starter finally, a lead on sandwich plate too. I’d lost my skimmed flywheel from way back (I stashed it somewhere way too safe) so brought another and had it skimmed too. I do believe I forgot to mention before I left BNT I brought new bearings for each corner, caliper kits, pads, Uni joints, rotors etc. not knowing I was going into another parts job, I was able to score the bits I couldn’t get prior from the new place! I re-discovered another set of mint badges. And the build tag Despite having 2 boxes, I had no fork or carrier or springs. Springs new via Amayama. Split the Nissan calipers and cleaned up. Brake specialist thru work offered to blast them for me..I though that’s the last thing you’d want to do, but apparently no. I’ll save his generosity for a job I can’t do, and used my wee home kit to knock the crap off bodies and fully blasted outer shells.(body not fully, still paranoid). I filed off the casting marks too, kept me warm on a cold morning. Blew the hell out of them and brake cleaned, Flicked some of the leftover caliper paint (I was disappointed with on datsun wheels) to seal. Will be a darker gold when finished. 3 out of 4 pistons were shit and it’s an odd size of 40.4 I can’t get, so will use a common smaller 40mm and change the seal out of the Sieken kit I already brought + linish pad side to be same height as stock. The mrs sold her 302 so I got my engine stand back and hung the CA off it for motivation. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 I also got multiple ‘works escort’ Hillman imp front indicators and housings for something a bit different. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 Put the clutch fork together and pulled the starter apart to clean, paint and lube. Cleaned the outside of the alternator too, Years ago I tried pulling one apart to polish it (I know) and it went crunch and was ruined instantly. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 Trying to get more project time in recently, all pretty sporadic and spread between many projects but all forward progress! yes, it took ages and cooked my back feeding tape into the fins to retain the Look of wound Internals and stuff kitted the calipers. Couldn’t get correct pistons Cheaply so matched by size To a Renault one and machined off bits off each end until they were functional. the listing had a typo and it ended up measuring the exact diameter 40.4, chur. also scored a sandwich plate. unboxed all spares and sorted the best parts, doubles and rubbish (Some of my ‘New’ rubber gaskets was perishing) so now engine is basically packed for the machine shop. Made a pile to sandblast and paint ( hubs, backing plates, brackets etc) brought another timing belt, I’d sold mine a few years back when a mate was in a pinch after hours. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr.Mk1 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 I jumped in on some free powdercoating and had the Silvia and falcon (rear) covers done after I sandblasted them. came out great! Decided to chuck them together for a pine and realised they dont clear the calipers (need to trim back the curved edges but not a lot) and since it’s got larger discs, they sit hard up against them too! c.l.e.v.e.r. B.o.y Live and learn didn’t realise the discs were murdered out, it’s cool but was expecting nice clean raw look lol. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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