ok, here goes again, with some commentary.
the car is currently at jodsport, ready for some massive action this coming weekend. in the meantime some things have happened.
some well overdue pics in sort of chronological order over the last couple of months:
before i took the car to jods i fitted the door rubbers, and after a couple of hours i had a break to admire glorias @rse:
...and then started sticking on some trim using black RTV silicone, until it ran out:
the car then went to jods and the engine n box along with all the interior came out. jod rescued the zorst manifold:
and the comedy started to flow:
...and kept flowing "how useful":
engine bay shots after a bit of cleaning up small traces of rust:
the interior came out along with the wiring loom. after i gave up trying to get all the dash bolts out, jod used a trusty method 'the force', then undid a few more bits:
i took the subframe home for some special dollyboy lovin. this is what it looked like at first:
notice the pressure washer in the bakground
dismantled half of it, painted a bit:
...then did a bit more:
...and a bit more:
...and a bit more:
...and painted the cups:
...and also painted pretty much everything else that might go rusty, including the camber shims, as well as found another use for wheelie bins - how useful:
oh yeah, one of the bottom balljoints had pretty much morphed itself onto the vertical link, but i have some skillz, i do, meet 'jack', well, in cb terms, thats his handle:
...so now we have an almost complete subbing frame. i've decided in spite of the fact the ball joints are all 'good', im gona get new ones. The TRE's are new, they went on when the new rack went in, however one of the rubber boots has a small split - not sure how that got there, but im not changing it now until it fails. rack mounts are poly too.
im waiting on bottom arm bushes from jigsaw - mark is a fat robbing b-stard, £60 for those, thats after £200 for a "full set" which doesnt include those, or the subframe mounts, so screw that, i bought rimmers ones which fat boy says dont fit - the jury's out on that one at the moment, but we'll find out next weekend at our peril. its actually rimmers peril, coz if they dont fit, theres gona be 3 very p1ssed off people, 2 more than the other one, but still, the resulting phone call the following morning wont be nice...
welcome to one of the most expensive tolos ever, still looking to be on target for 2k total without time and sundries.