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taylorboosh
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22nd Aug 11 at 19:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cage is deffo happening in future mate
taylorboosh
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boom another update

the front end is totally stripped now and the rear not far off..
still to remove is:
some more of the wiring harness
various small brackets and trims
windows
rear panel and bumper
rear lamps

this will leave the shell in a bare state with only the the axles and mechanicals left in.. these however i will be getting a bit help removing due to my inexperiance/not wanting to fuck anything

anyway some pics and as always a slight time line:

so first i stripped the front end
















my pile of bits



found a place for my reg



had a friendly visitor




opened and tried the bonnet and boot before storing them







as you can see the bonnet fits very well, however the boot doesnt
this isnt due to the boot itself but the driver side hinge...

how the bad one looks


its supposed to be like this


ohhhh and who can see where my intercooler could fit with a little cutting lol
taylorboosh
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not a huge update but some new bits... unsure what to do with most like

new fuel cap/filler neck... plan is to have this in the scuttle panel so i dont have to open the bonnet to fill up



aquired a lot of freebies



sorted out they are:

a small compressor


various attachments (its probs not powerful enough for some of them)


listen to the beast in action
http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/bb271/corsabadboy/Hillman%20Imp/?action=view&current=VIDEO0025.mp4

i also got an intercooler and loads of boost pipes of an mr2 (most is useless to me so will go on ebay, dont think turbo will even happen, fancy a differant route, more on that later)




made a lying down mat too


and was given a cool fluid draining jug


and finally borrowed this


with the heat gun i went from this

to this

to this


stripped some more of the car, windows, harness, bits and bobs






broke my moleys


a mate came round and we had a small measure up, roughly... this it a rough rough plan of the cage

the engine will come out after the cage is welded in, the doors will be re-fitted while we make it also... hoping a cage will brace the body up nicely for when the sills ect come off (thats not the final plan btw, just working out how much steel we need)

bit bad news aswell, was planning to rub the car down by hand but after this turned up im feeling blasting will be benifitial


ohhh another visitor





so to sum it up:

stripped some more
waiting for pipe and my mate to make cage (after my hols)
the car will then be finished stripping and blasted i think (pennies allowing)
3CorsaMeal
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i always have a hedgehog walk into my garage when i'm working on car in there.

lose count of the amount of times i've had to get gloves on and move him outside again

taylorboosh
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i just leave the random animal alone/feed them.. brightens the day up
Tomnova16
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5th Sep 11 at 16:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shotblast it, will save you alot of time and hassle now and later on

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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taylorboosh
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yes will deffo be happening as im sick of removing sealant ect already and thats just so we can weld the cage in...

im going to remove the sills, front wings and the dodgy qaurter before blasting tbh
Steve
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5th Sep 11 at 18:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
heat gun deffo helps removing that stuff
taylorboosh
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5th Sep 11 at 18:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fuck yea does it, so glad i looked at your thread
Chris F
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5th Sep 11 at 18:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Your making the cage?

How much is 14m of CDS going to be?
taylorboosh
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5th Sep 11 at 18:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not sure yet, mate gets it trade and is a fabricator... only need 4 bends and can be done on pipe bender at his work...

will be buying 3 x 6m lengths so have spare and its 38mm with 2mm wall
Alex_Rally
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2mm wall is that it .... whats the normal thickness of a cage ?? surley must be mor than that
taylorboosh
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2 mm wall will be ample imo... How heavy do you want the cage to be?
Marc
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Quite impressed about the mole grips!
taylorboosh
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I was very unimpressed...
micra_pete
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love imps, look forward to the updates john
taylorboosh
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Will benothing till im back from hols so about 3 weeks time and we will officially start the cage..

Just been on the horn to mate price for tubes coming tomorow.... Seamless of course

Thanks for comments people
Jambo
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Excellent thread John. Good work.

Not tempted to leave it Jewish Racing gold?
Tomnova16
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jewish racing gold
what was that from

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Jambo
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27th Sep 11 at 14:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Jamie walby said it the other day and I spat my tea out. Brilliant description
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that was it, was talking about a range rover

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waters
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looking good so far john, mmmm got me thinking that I should build a cage for the simca and possibly a coouple of bucket seats
N7 THD
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this is gonna be epic!
taylorboosh
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cheers everyone, nah not staying jewish racing gold its horrid, maybe a biege/gold like my golf was would look ok though

waters a cage is deffo needed in that

bit of an up date, just got back from hol at the weekend and had a chat with my mate and he tells me it will be 4-5 weeks before he can make the cage as hes having to work loads of hours at the min.. bit of shitter as i want the cge in before removing the engine, gear box, axles, quarter, sills, wings and front panel - mainly due to wanting the cage to act as a brace whilst its blasted

had a short mess about yesterday and drained the brakes and removed the pedal box along with the brake and clutch master cylenders. these are fucked so a new seal kit is ordered.. plan is to remove the front axle and suspension and strip it down to be coated - this i hope will keep me busy till hes ready and it will simply bolt back on for making the cage
TimC909
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Have you decided what route your going down engine wise yet?

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