kamikaze cabby's latest ebay purchace..... hehehe

Beeno said

Wow that carb looks great. Well done          

that's nuffink mate…. today I gold plated the top cover screws and fuel unions….. hehehehe schweeeet!

  Awesome   As long as you keep the pics coming…..

Beeno said

  Awesome   As long as you keep the pics coming…..

will hopefully have some more updates after the weekend!

so this avo me and ma bruv made a few more steps closer in the correct direction!

started by installing the rear beam…

shortly followed by the rear dampers and springs (supplied courtesy of mr funk star )

still can't quite believe how much I lucked out with ma cabby being as solid on the underside as it is considering I paid so little for it!





once I spent three days under it with a scrubbing brush to remove all the groute it was almost like factory fresh!! (weird colour tho… now waxoiled!)

Hey I helped with holding and watching

Looks great under there mate

a little more progress in between the rain but still spose I am gunna have the rear end all buttoned up very soon

got my home made stub axle spacers on as well... expertly fashioned from a pair of stub axles which were blagged from a guy who was chucking a mk2 rear beam and promptly chopped by myself with mr disc cutter!

Looking very tidy  

Hairyarse said

Looking very tidy  

cheers man… like to get it done right the first time so won't have to be mucking about for a while once it's all back together!

just noticed that other than myself posting the odd update there only seems to be like two peeps that are posting on my build thread that I have not met as yet… beeno and hairyarse, whats up with the rest of the O.C. ?
I don't expect everyone to be looking at what I am upto but would be nice if a little interest was shown from time to time and maybe some encouragement seeing as this is my first build of any car ever! hehehe
 

It seems to happen sometimes mate, I think people like looking at the pics and forget to post!!

It's a cracking job, especially for your first. There's nothing better than bolting new bits back on a car, looks cracking

Come-on folks, share your comments  

Rear beam set up is looking shiny and like new, nice job  

Matt

pazwaa said

Rear beam set up is looking shiny and like new, nice job  

Matt

cheers man…. wasn't even gunna bother taking it off only reason I did was because I needed a new filler neck and thought I may as well re-paint the tank…. didn't do that either and just bought a new one…. hahaha!

At least you know it's all sound now  

pazwaa said

At least you know it's all sound now  

yup…. as are all bushes, bearings and brakes coz it'll all be new that is when I get around to installing it all… hahaha

got a little more done today…. got the rear flexi hoses on and the new rear hard lines installed…. would have got the rear drums and wheels on as well if I hadn't of lost the damn hub nuts

Looking great so far mate. Haven't been on here for a while. got busy at work. What did the carbs end up looking like?    

Beeno said

Looking great so far mate. Haven't been on here for a while. got busy at work. What did the carbs end up looking like?    

carbs came up a treat…




but I sold 'em on ebay last week as I have been told by quite a few different people who deal with carbs that that particular type are difficult to tune as they are very type specific and were developed for rootes group cars (Talbot sunbeam) so I have bought a pair of dcoe 40 type 151 weber's from a trader on ebay and he's gunna je-jet them to my car's spec!