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MarkSport

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13th Jan 10 at 14:07

I think them stands may start to give once the engine and that is in.with just a shell its obviously loads lighter....I bloody love this thread

sand-eel

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14th Jan 10 at 20:49

The sill stands will by fine, they are extremely common.

EDIT - just type "sill stands" into google, they mostly look the same.

[Edited on 14-01-2010 by sand-eel]

leon.

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17th Jan 10 at 00:51

i very much doubt he would put a car that he has spent countless amounts of money and time on just for it too fall off the stands so I'm guessing they do the job very well.

corsabsonny

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17th Jan 10 at 09:44

bloody minter this mate, what do you do with the holes afterwards though?

Graeme

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17th Jan 10 at 11:30

quote:
Originally posted by corsabsonny
bloody minter this mate, what do you do with the holes afterwards though?

leave them there, can get jacks that fit into them to lift the car and when u want to do any work underneath can put stands in there.

A few cars have them on the road and alot of rally/off road cars have them.

chrisritch

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17th Jan 10 at 16:41

my mums E36 has them

Daniel_Corsa

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31st Jan 10 at 18:58

Hamish. hasn't done much to it over the past few weeks due to working long hours, but did manage a little this week

Got the roof vent mounted which took a good while to get right as it didn't follow the profile of the roof at all well, there was about a 10mm gap down each side. So some time spent with a grinder and it was sorted. Mounted it on the same tape as I used for the windows to keep the water out:

Todays job was sorting the doors properly. He remade the steel plates for the hinge bolts out of alloy because well they look better! Then he made up a way to open the doors from the inside as some fool cut the old handle out! So its now a length of 2mm 316 grade stainless rigging wire with an electric terminal one end and and a loop the other:

So thats its for now, hoping to have the panels on and engine bits back in February so I can really get things moving!

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Robin

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26th Feb 10 at 22:49

Is that an update I see coming over the horizon?

Daniel_Corsa

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27th Feb 10 at 10:03

Been a while since an update so here goes.

He was going to bolt the driveshafts on but couldn't bring himself to use the old spreader plates that go behind the bolts. So He decided to make them out of stainless. No water jets or lasers used to cut them all done with a grinder, half the reason they took so bloody long to do! Drilling them was another epic as the drill bit kept wandering off even in the pillar drill, so into the laithe it was.

After they were finally done he moved onto the radiator scoop as it needed some protection from any debris. So he got some aliminium mesh and made that fit after a lot of persuasion, hopefully that will stop any large pieces holing the rad.

The best part of the update is the next bit! The panels are back from Daves and looking excellent. Everything is just thrown on for a first look, so a bit of tweeking will having it looking spot on! Also had the heated windscreen fitted by Daves mate Dan, who was amazing and had it done within 10 mins!

Amazing to see it all together for the first time! Realy starting to look like a car now! He is going to get the front end fitted properly this weekend, should get the headlights, indicators and front grills in. The bottom end of the engine has been balanced and is ready to pick up so the engine build will begin in march!

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K3 VMU

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27th Feb 10 at 10:20

what is he planning on using the car for? shows/track/rally?

Mattb

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27th Feb 10 at 14:35

absolutely shamazing imo....

Daniel_Corsa

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27th Feb 10 at 14:38

quote:
Originally posted by K3 VMU

what is he planning on using the car for? shows/track/rally?

Going to be used and abused. Hill climbs, time trials, track and will be taken to a show or two when it's done!

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Matt L

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27th Feb 10 at 16:37

thats looking sexy already

16vKarlos

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27th Feb 10 at 22:15

Sweet, coming together.. C'Mon more updates

cant wait.

this is great

Griffiths1991

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27th Feb 10 at 22:36

R1chard

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27th Feb 10 at 23:09

This is looking extremely nice, can't wait to see it on the road

Adam-D

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28th Feb 10 at 08:45

fuck-ing-hell

stunnin

Marc

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28th Feb 10 at 11:24

Big difference now!

Daniel_Corsa

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28th Feb 10 at 20:33

Hamish done a little bit of work this weekend whilst helping his old man change the big end bearings in the BMW.

Got the bonnet lined up nicely with the bonnet pins cut to length and at the right height.

Then got the headlights and indicators in with there smoked lenses.

Squib poped around tonight and dropped off the grills he had been cleaning up as the moulds were crap so placed them on to get an eye for what it will look like. The grill and bumper still arn't in position at all so ignore there fitment.