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Just a few more photos as promised - The original sunroof had rather an alarming 2cm gap between the glass and the roof so a replacement was sort out - I managed to locate a 2nd hand Britax unit in a mk2 golf gti at a local breakers for a fiver, so a quick hack job with an angle grinder later (sacri...

Yeah deffo pics !!! Pictures will follow honest! Still in the 2 steps forward 4 steps back club sadly To bring the story up to date :- Having replaced the leaky core plug (one of those sneaky ones that hides under the exhaust manifold) I rather foolishly/naively refilled the rad with water thinking...

Well after her winter lay up and a lot more fiddling about the old girl is now running on all 6 cylinders again (not just 3 - turns out the rear inch and three quarter SU HS6 was gummed up with emulsified fuel :sheep:) - plus what I had feared was a failed clutch actuator lever turned out to be be a...

Nice Job Stuart that is clean to say the least wish i had 2k!

started to wire brush the subframe with the plan of getting some fresh hammerite on there (probably just black) but finding alot of the surface rust to be a pain to wire brush back? All the wire brush seems to be doing is giving the subframe a very good clean and a bit of a sanding to the current f...

Gooey wrote:I have Sportex exhausts and manifolds although I'm toying with the idea of a set if cherry bombs to replace the boxes LOL

Cherry Bombs it's got to be done - proper 70s old school

Hi and Welcome to BP

Looking good so far Mark. That will weigh about three tonnes when you've finished :D ONLY when I'm in it lol :biggrinjester: Nice work! There must be something in the air round these parts mate! I think its funny that youv`e spent your christmas break working under a car too.:D Good luck. Sadly it ...

Very best of British with the new business Stu - knowing you it will be the start of something big!

Super project Mark!:thumbs: I look forward to the updates.:) Your wish etc etc.... Once the stripping was done with it was time to re-seal the original bodywork and factory primer with metal paint,a first coat of stone chip followed by seam sealer and another coat of stone chip to provide a level o...