series 1 4x4 cossy

[Adie]

looksgood mate who done the coating for you

[jimmyson]

NICE

[cutch]

ESP in stronend st? Possil. Trevor.

[cutch]

Alright then, started with my driveshafts, finally got the CV's all sorted!



Then made a start on the Gearbox





But that got boring! Had to get other stuff ready for tomorrow anyway, got about half of it buffed up though.

Heres the nice new gearbox mount.



Made a start on the steering rack, had real problems getting the old track rod ends off but I soaked them in brake fluid over night and it loosened off, woohoo!







new and old;




Buffed the column up and primed/paint, sorry forgot to turn the pic before photobucket!





Refurbed with new boots from mr Matt Lewis!



New ends on, but did I put them the right way round???



Front diff before





Cleaned





And the finished article



Onto the brakes.

Before








Buffed and cleaned



Black on, didn’t get time before it got too late for masking up the grey…



Hangin!!!



Decided to quickly get the rack in before bed.

Empty


And in..



Went in got cleaned up and the missus told me she made me something..



I give you some rubber-duckin' quality Banoffee pie!




There you go guys, we are off to get the tank fitted tomorrow and hopefully engine and box in Friday. Cant rubber-duckin' wait!

[gibby]

Looking good cutch

Won't be long now till its finished if the running gear goes in this week

[pernickety]

lookin good ...... track rod ends are correct

[Goafer]

Looks great

If you ever get bored I'm sure I could give you more parts to refurb

[boeb]

looking good mate...........but ah mean the pie


car looking well good tae

[cutch]

Right today the postie delivered my boot struts, couldn’t get rs tuebo ones anywhere then I got told the Mk1 mondeo ones hold the weight of the boot with spoiler.



And finally my boot stays open by itself!



Got my driveshafts in.



Put the steering wheel/column and brake master cylinder in but forgot to take a pic, well its been a while but the car now has steering.



Got it loaded onto the trailer and took it to Alys for the tank to get fitted.



Came home and finished buffing the gearbox





And small prop



And the finished articles,







Tomorrow taking the engine and box over to get fitted and the tanks should be done too! Woohoo





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[SHIFTY]

Looking very well Cutch and that pie looks dam tasty tae!

[cutch]

Started getting the engine and box in while the boys were doing the fuel tank


Engine off stand and onto the crane.



Empty engine bay soon to be filled.



Flywheel cleaned up and on,



Clutch on,



Gearbox test fitted.



Meanwhile the boys had fitted the tank,



And they measured everything perfectly months ago!!!





Right, I was going to take a pic of it when it was in the bay but I thought I’ll leave that till the end once its sitting right and I forgot! Sorry.


Well heres one from under looking at the clutch,



And we managed to get the Diff in and the gearbox, forgot to get a pic of that too! Oops



Tomorrow I will get the pics, and we are going to sort out a couple of other wee bits. Fitting a new bonnet and hopefully the bumpers, brakes and front driveshafts if theres time.

[cutch]

Gearbox mounted with the new mount, prop fitted too.



The view from the top!








Spent a wee bit of time sorting the suspension ride height out. Think it looks excellent myself, might have difficulty getting over the speed bumps outside the house.



Refurbished the front driveshafts and fitted them. No pics though!



Boys were busy today with other cars so didn’t manage to get the tank finished but took some more underside pics.











And some more of the top, just for the hell of it!







And my favourite!

[davie 3 door]

Lookin good mate, not far too go now. Good to see a projecting coming along and nearing a end!!

[Stu/RS]

This is fair moving along mate, and lookin' very nice
Cant see it taking long now, at this pace

PS- any Banoffee Pie left??? YUM!!

[gibby]

looks great cutch ,

[Stevie8ball]

Looks fookin mint bud

[cutch]

Thanks guys, getting there, boys down at Mj racing have been helping alot, really appreciate it. Cant wait to get it going next time I am home.

[turbochargedjjmclure]

the cars coming along really well fella, i take it the bonnet you got from me was no use?

[cutch]

yeah it was fine mate, its on the car right now. The donor car i have had a mint bonnet on it and it was an original ford one, the one you gave me was a pattern part and was fine but the other was a bit more solid. You can have it back now if you want, nice and painted too!

[rs200boy]

looking crackin bud