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Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:29 pm
by Mad Mart
Carledo wrote:Wow Mart, just been looking at your pix and I reckon mines better than that, at least from the waist up! Steve
Could be Steve, from the window line upwards at least. Good luck with yours though, looks like a lot of welding ahead. I will follow your resto closely.
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:34 pm
by Mad Mart
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:34 pm
by DoloWIGHTY
Here we go folks....hang onto your hats it's another Mad Mart resto topic.
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:49 pm
by DazasDolly
DoloWIGHTY wrote:Here we go folks....hang onto your hats it's another Mad Mart resto topic.
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:04 pm
by Mad Mart
I took the DA to the whole car today. Got all the glue off the roof...
Found another hole in the front passenger door...
Not sure if I'm going to do any more to it tomorrow, I'll see what I feel like.
Jon the sprayer will hopefully be picking it up early next week.
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:11 pm
by DF
you could do with some carbon
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:12 pm
by soe8m
No panels left is still lighter than carbon.
Jeroen
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:30 pm
by Mad Mart
I wish.
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:24 pm
by Mad Mart
Jon the sprayer's transporter has been waiting for an MoT so he had to borrow something else to pick the track Sprint up just now...
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 4:57 pm
by DoloWIGHTY
Be seeing you....
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 8:52 pm
by xvivalve
Wow Mart, just been looking at your pix and I reckon mines better than that, at least from the waist up! Steve
Strewth, I thought the topic was still centred around Mary for a moment there!
Can I sell this early shell to someone else now then?
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:40 pm
by Mad Mart
Yes, sorry Alun, I should have said something.
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 7:21 pm
by Oli_88
I bet your neighbours loved you when that transporter turned up.
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 9:39 pm
by xvivalve
No worries, I've been hawking it to anyone who'd listen anyway
Re: Track Sprint Resto
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 12:27 am
by Mad Mart
After stripping the engine down on Saturday I made a start on rebuilding the head this evening.
Lapped all the valves in...
Valves all cleaned up...
New valve springs!
As you can see the new springs (right) are a couple of mil longer than the old ones, no surprise there. Then as I went to fit the first one & orient it the right way up I noticed there wasn't a right way up. ie. it doesn't have the closer coils at one end. These springs were given me a few years ago and on the box they are labelled for a Sprint & Stag. Question is, should they be ok to use?
