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Postby Neil » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:51 pm

stage 1 complete,brakes totally renewed and pipework new shocks on ,found some nice wolfrace centre caps ebay great innit,now for stage 2 :roll:
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Postby Tee from China » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:00 am

So, that's what a HUD looks like! :roll: :lol:
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Postby Granadadriver » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:58 am

Tee from China wrote:So, that's what a HUD looks like! :roll: :lol:


What do you mean by "HUD"? Head-up display? :?
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Postby Neil » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:49 pm

found the fuel pump seals drawin air so its being made redundant and goin to fit an electric one
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Postby madmark » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:03 pm

:? niel a ellectric pump would be much better! :wink:
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Postby Luke » Thu May 31, 2007 11:02 pm

few more pics 8) 1st is the V8

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2nd shows the replacement inner wing :D

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and here's where its going :lol:

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Postby Granadadriver » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:08 pm

Can't wait to see Nightmare in her former glory! 8)
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Postby Neil » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:16 pm

update :roll: inner wing now welded in place painted along with rest of the engine bay, mechanical fuel pump binned and blanked new electric pump fitted,and rear wheel arches mainly inner restored in fiberglass as they were built when customised, drivers step and cills renewed and front rigger section welded in she s lookin better :D
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Postby transitgeoff » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:57 pm

wheres your camera :roll:
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Postby Neil » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:00 pm

i ll take it next visit :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby shane » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:21 pm

hi neil, where did you get the inner wing from, thanks
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Postby Neil » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:09 pm

lucky find :!: you ve just got to keep searching and looking part of the fun :shock: i just found a new drivers side a post how rares that :!:
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Postby Neil » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm

floor plate in today ,throttle cable back in position power feed to fuel pump,fit battery pull choke turn key and vrooooooommmm sounds awesome :!: :!: now the fun bit select gear its been stood in park for 20 years :shock: and off she goes not far across the road to the ramp to give it a proper lookin at :D :D :D the undersides pretty good no more welding on the underside needed,flushed the rad now to select r yep we got it reverse lights as well :!: not a bad day today :D :D
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Postby Luke » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:02 pm

nice one neil 8)

send me some pics and i'll post em up for you - no trouble :wink: :lol:
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Postby Neil » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:59 pm

not too good today gearbox playing up in d and the verdict is one of the forward drive clutches has gone or goin according to the autobox man :cry: expect anything after being stood for so long :!: so its stands out remove the gearbox and send it for rebuild :roll:
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