1982 lido green resto

Im not going to write a load of old cobblers about how i struggled with this bolt and how i sanded that etc etc  il just let the pictures do the talking.

 since looking at the pics again I'm wondering…. what mind altering drugs was i on to even think about handing over actual real english pounds for what can only be described as an oversized airfix kit!!!














































tbc

Some very good work gone into this car, now it's time to finish it and get it on the road so we can all see it….  

Challenges and results like this just underline how a strategic approach to completing one task at a time, rather than being overwhelmed by the enormity of the overall task wins through in the end.

Anyone undertaking a restoration needs to see this before they start.

Now bloody hurry up and finish it!  

Theres nothing i would like more right now than just getting on and finishing it but being a full time dad to a 1 year old and a 5 year old and  finding everything takes 5 times longer than it should as I'm sifting through boxes to find parts when i have absolutely no idea what they look like or how they came off are making it a slow process  never mind trying to run a wrap/graphics business in my spare spare time.

If i had been the one to strip it it would have been finished a long time ago but I'm finding the images in a haynes manual aren't exactly "high res"    simple tasks like setting the timing with no info on which marks to use and connecting wires under the bonnet when there are no references as to where anything goes are little hurdles i need to overcome.

On the plus side i had a couple of hours on it this week so far and managed to build the passenger door including fitting the ridiculously annoying door rubber. and i also got time in my paint booth to blow a couple of bits in.

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Had a spare couple of hours today, managed to cut and fit new windscreen pillar vinyl, fit the screen back in and fit the drivers door rubber.
  Gave her a bit of a wash off this evening to see how the bodywork has faired over the winter whilst outside under a cover.

Might just be the angle of the photo, but are your brake pipes not running quite low to the ground?  They look a bit vulnerable.



 

Pistol said

Might just be the angle of the photo, but are your brake pipes not running quite low to the ground?  They look a bit vulnerable.

   

They aren't fitted in that pic, they were just hanging after running them down the car. 

 You missed the nails being used to hold the pads in tho 😉

Brake lines not right, they need to go up,.

On the subject of brake calipers and pads, you are also missing the anti rattle clip?

  your cooking with gas now    
rest assured after the mock up it was assembled correctly  

soooooo  attempting to get the engine bolted piped and wired up.  
 Thanks to Roach who sent me out the last lot of missing parts for the car, bit of a legend  

 kinda fallen at the first hurdle. According to the manual and all the info i can find online the pipe id the right one for my engine but…. as the you can see from the photo's theres no water inlet on the bottom of the manifold.   il have to get a bit of pipe and blank it off as the rest of the pipework is spot on.

Hey bud! Looking good!

Yeah just blank off that outlet I guess, earlier cars had a water fed inlet mani.

Spent pretty much the whole afternoon swapping bits of loom over and referencing both the haynes manual and pictures on google trying to suss the wiring, i think i have managed to get most wires roughly in the right places but il have to look at and re run them to find the neatest positions.
 Realised both the coil and the horn are the wrong ones, i can work around them for now.with a bit of wiring bodgery until i find the right ones.

 The one thing that has me puzzled is the rad fan as it has a direct feed to the battery for both the live and earth (via the thermo switch) and no fuse, im wondering if someone has at some point bypassed a fuse or relay or if its standard.

 anyhoo… pics…  the year stood outside hasn't done the bare ally surfaces any favours.

Great pics and resto. I bet many hours have gone into this.