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GHurn
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   23rd Apr 05 at 13:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
car is in body shop having full respray, smoothed arches and side skirts modifacations to both bumpers, single wiper conversion modified clour coded scuttle panel angel eyes, but the best bit is the c20xe or redtop that i am rebuilding in work to put into it, just got the head back to day from being skimmed and the seats and valves recut and reground, awaiting on the gaskests, and new main and shells coming on monday along with new rings, so as soon as car comes back engine goes in ready hopefull by pv show, would post pics but cant dont have a premium account
James R
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23rd Apr 05 at 14:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
www.imageshack.us to upload pics

Gonna be a hard drive on the motorway trying to run an engine in

sure you'll enjoy the cross country route instead
GHurn
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23rd Apr 05 at 14:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
like i said will try i get it done asap but the cars in the bodyshop for 4-5weeks, will have to do it in my lunch breaks in work so 5 hours in the week and saturday so will take a bit of time but will try.
GHurn
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GHurn
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cylinder head just had skim
GHurn
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short motor on engine hoist
James R
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lookign good, any with a better camera??

James
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pic of car before bodyshop
James R
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lookign good, any with a better camera??

James

[Edited on 23-04-2005 by j1400]
GHurn
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nah soory the best i got cheers
GHurn
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23rd Apr 05 at 15:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
conversion kit all that is missing is cv's coming on tuesday though
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GHurn
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should be when body work is done and engine is in bit more poke then my 1.4 16v
GHurn
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27th Apr 05 at 20:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
engine is rebuilt apart from the sump is still off as waiting for big ends and mains, picking them up tomoz, but cars still in bodyshop
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bumper looks like its falling off on the one side under the front wing mate - or is that just the picture?
GHurn
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i wasnt happy with the way the kit was fitted the last time so i have booked it in again to get the bumper squared up so the gap is smaller, but the picture does exagerat things a bit, will me class when its back
GHurn
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cars back from bodyshop this afternoon so will post pics of the work done and post pics of the colour coded c20xe!
GHurn
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this is the redtop that i will be putting in soon all colour coded

GHurn
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this is the o/s/f view with the new angel eyes new smoothed bumper and arches and skirts

GHurn
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this is the n/s/f wing you can see the smooth arches and skirts not a blemish

GHurn
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this shot is of the n/s/r i had the smooth boot redone and the rear bumper smoothed as well

GHurn
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this is just to show the door shuts to show that they are smooth aswell

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GHurn
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and the single wiper with the modified and smoothed scuttle panel
James R
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when's the engine going in though??
GHurn
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this shows the gap between the wing and the bumper, as the last lot a while a go on this post the bumper wasnt sitting right now its as tight as a camels arse in a sand storm


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