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M Sutton
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20th Feb 12 at 18:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks great as always mate.what other plans do you have for the car?
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Putting in a spare engine for this year then when I have my new house I will strip it all down and redo everything 100% so it's a show worthy car and then the air will go on!
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20th Feb 12 at 20:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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20th Feb 12 at 20:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers Graeme.

Amazing
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6th Mar 12 at 17:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Don't fancy selling up?
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6th Mar 12 at 19:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£6k
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£2k?
Gary
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6th Mar 12 at 23:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Worth 6 k all day long
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Tbh I don't think it is but I'm not selling unless someone came along with that kind of money!
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I was only messing. Looks lovely though! I've been looking for an old Vaux.

Where did you buy yours Graeme? I can't find any kind I Vaux anywhere
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7th Mar 12 at 08:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If u read retro cars you will find out!


Not long till new issue is out do be quick to go buy it.
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7th Mar 12 at 08:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thought jakey was me for a minute

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Will do Graeme. I'll have a look for it!

Nah you'll never be anything like me Tom
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What is he offering a free bare metal respray aswell Tom?



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PMSL

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Jakey
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Do want though
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So this hasent been updated in a long time.

Well I was in the process of buying a new house so didnt touch this whilst I saved up etc.

It didnt run right for a long time so I tried a few things, new points, plugs, coil, condenser, leads etc. and nothing

Did a compression test and was majorly down on one cylinder. I decided I was gona do something with the engine bay at some point anyway so I stripped it all down which took only a couple of hours. Then after a few months the car was moved to my new house away from my mums house.

Didnt touch it over the winter but recently decided I would crack on with it again.

Took the cover off and have it a good wash first to get rid off all the crap:



First off removed the gearbox. Not so easy on the floor with sod all room.

Then the engine came out:







Over the past week I have been stripping down the old engine:



And transferring all the bits to the fully rebuilt head and block I found a while back which is a slightly bigger engine cc.







Putting new bits along the lines. New fuel pump, rebuilt oil pump new can chain and tensioner, new water pump.



Spent a bit of time last night timing it all up so should hopefully be all good when it goes back in.

BenC1985
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Ive never seen this thread. Such a cool car tbh. Id love a classic Vauxhall or Opel to have as a weekend car. Are they BMW BBS wheels your running???
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Also why I was at it tried the front for the airbags. They fit great but can't fit a shock in there so am going to have to try something different.

All old stuff removed: (only pic I can find)



And tried the new bag in for placement:



Shame really as these were very cheap and fits really well. Just a shame can't get a shock in there.

Looking at shockwaves for the front now.
Ian W
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Very cool car
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http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
Graeme
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Just a standard BBS RM Ben. Want to change them in the future to a BBS RS when I do the full resto.
M Sutton
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This is a cool project Greame. Remember it from a few years ago and it looked lush, would be great to see it all restored etc!
kedowan
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This is awesome
Sean
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I love this car!! 100% will be having one of these as a next project!

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