Mars Red Tintop @ VAGE 2017

After seeing this car on Sunday again I don't blame you Hugh,this is a superb example attention to detail is breathtaking to say the least , the way prices have gone and seem still to be going it's better than money in the bank . Good catchin up again Hugh 
Jealous much of your new wheels  ..

RichardHall said

Looks great, I was tempted by some RM's recently but didn't quite think they looked good enough to justify the cost with standard trim. As soon as you ditch the black wheel arches they look fabulous. Only thing left to do in. My opinion is paint the uprights behind the grille black so they don't show through.

You could get a glass bonnet though to show off your perfect engine bay!

BTW love the new look plates.

Thanks Richard I know what you mean on the front uprights - yes the red makes it a bit more visible.

I've now got loads of wheels to sell…!

Its amazing how the new plates refresh the look to the front and the rear - not strictly road legal here so will wing it for a bit.

A glass bonnet now there's a thought.  

golfman16 said

After seeing this car on Sunday again I don't blame you Hugh,this is a superb example attention to detail is breathtaking to say the least , the way prices have gone and seem still to be going it's better than money in the bank . Good catchin up again Hugh 
Jealous much of your new wheels  ..

Thanks for your kind words golfman - good to catch up on sunday and hear a little on your new project too!  

A few wheel pics…

Love the new look Hugh

Looks great mate  

The new look looks great Hugh. Love the new wheels. Don't forget to turn the centre caps all the same way up when you show it !

richyhill said

Love the new look Hugh

Looks great mate  

Thanks Rich. It had a few admirers at Dubshed at the weekend.  

watson said

The new look looks great Hugh. Love the new wheels. Don't forget to turn the centre caps all the same way up when you show it !

Thanks Dave… you know me too well…  

Couple of pics I took at the weekend in front of Kilkenny Castle - this is where we hope to depart from for our drive during our mk1 weekend in late August.

The chap that trimmed my seats made the mats for me.

They are one off and very good quality.  

Shughy said

Hugh Shughy ,
Where did you buy the one use clamps from? Sometimes called ear clamps, stepless clamps or O clamps.

I've recently had all my vacuum system apart so using Jubillee style and to be fair, they don't look great.

I used this company https://www.hcl-clamping.co.uk/ for all my clips etc. I tried to replicate exactly as from an the original hose clips and a couple of newish engine picture I had.

Found them very good to deal with and cheap enough for small numbers of bits. Also when ordering I got the clips for the inlet manifold boot and metering head.

You need a clip tool to close the ear clamps. Looks well when complete.  

Some serious detail there.

There rest of us will have Park in the next field to avoid been shown up. 

Great work Hugh.

Ok not updated in a bit but have been busy doing little bits and pieces…

I had a little misfortune with the car while in storage I started it not realising it was in gear so it jumped forwards and hit another van parked in front of it. My heart was in my mouth… luckily no one got injured only my pride. I was gutted. Anyway it shattered the front bumper and dinged the bonnet. Grill managed to escape.

So I have had the bonnet repaired and painted along with a few other bits along the wings, pillars and arches. All in all it looks pretty good.



Looks pretty good.  

Since I rebuild the engine I was never quiet happy with the look of the splurious rad and fan I got and was always on the look out for the genuine ones. Low and behold I picked up one on facebook from a sub 30k mile car with both in really good condition.



So stripped it all down and cleaned the rad inside and out - sanded, etch primed and painted the cowl black. Then a coat of lacquer and fit with new rubbers flaps.

 

Here are a few pics of the painting process… but forgot to get one of the reassembly!

Also updated the injectors and braided hoses as I managed to source an OEM set which were never used and look the biz.

It is amazing the difference the new injector make on the car. It just wants to move…  

I took the car to a show last weekend at Oestuske in Avoca Co Wicklow and it won 'best engine' and a 'top 10' prize at the show.  

Here are a few pictures of it from there:

Looking great Hugh !!
Looking forward to a nose around at the end of July


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looking good Hugh, My bonnet stays firmly shut when your around.
Andy