jollygreengiant
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| posted on 7/9/08 at 04:27 PM |
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JGG's Progress on mr Bumble.
Well its still going a bit slower than I would like, I have been trying to get the exhaust finished so that I can fit the bonnet before going to
Stafford this week ( too long a trip with an unfitted bonnet me thinks, even on a trailer). So I thought I would give you all a heads up on where
I've got to.
With the wonderful help of TrevD (thank you indeed Trev) I got some side finishers made to go between the wheel arches and the sides like this :-
Nearside
 
Nearside finisher
 
nearside finisher from front
 
nearside finisher better angle
and offside
 
Offside finisher
This has allowed me to fit the rear arches and wire in the light fittings
 
Rear arches fitted
Also for the past week I have been progressing with the exhaust manifold from this :-
 
Exhaust started
to this point
 
exhaust from back
 
exhaust from front
 
exhaust from side
and yes from a purist point the are not all EXACTLY the same length, however they have all ended up with about an inch or just over being the
difference in length and whilst perfect balance in length is desirable, it is not totally necessary and the difference in the bend angles will have an
effect albeit slight. so it should not be too bad when finished. It took me ages to get the joint faces tight and get all the pipes pointing in the
right direction. I now have to get the pipes seam welded and then I can fit the collector and pipe to exhaust box (and then polish).
So there you have it work goes on. I am now getting down to a finishing list.
Fit bonnet.
Fit ordered Seats (when they arrive, probably after next weekend)
Fit Seat belts
Fit cooling fan
Rear decking & boot lid.
Tyres & paint rims.
Front Grille
Possibly fit Speedo healer
Trim out for SVA
Put paper work in.
And its only been 4 years.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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austin man
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| posted on 7/9/08 at 09:48 PM |
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why do yo need a speedo healer are u using pinto to sierra box and diff ? if so what speedo ??
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CaptainJosh
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| posted on 7/9/08 at 10:49 PM |
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Good job with the exhaust 
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 7/9/08 at 10:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by austin man
why do yo need a speedo healer are u using pinto to sierra box and diff ? if so what speedo ??
Different size off tyres and slightly better diff ratio.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 06:56 AM |
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Looking good but i think you need to add to your list (at the end of course) clean car 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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oldtimer
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 07:05 AM |
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Nice safety boots! or is barefoot welding a macho Northampton thing??!...
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NeilP
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 07:27 PM |
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Looking good JPG.
Time for a push on and digging out those forms I'd say!
p.s. Last job - Fit carpets
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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