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Old 15th July 2012, 08:51 PM
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Default very belated build thread

as noted by others the forum has been pretty quiet recently so i thought i'd do my bit and start a thread so all my daft questions are in one place and not scattered around the forum.

so. very close to having a fully welded chassis now and i'll be glad to put it away soon as it's getting very boring just welding stuff. but my wishbones arrived last week from Talon and they look great so i've been welding the suspension brackets on this past week and also making my pedal box. haven't been able to finish it as the jigsaw basically packed in which my dad won't be best pleased about when he finds out! and i need a new drill also.



also made some head way with the running gear and got the whole lot apart form the steering rack (which has to be a mk2 escort??) for £160. so going to pick it up on Tuesday





so it's all coming together! the only thing standing in my way is money as is usually the case

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Old 15th July 2012, 09:01 PM
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Just noticed your nearby Ben pm sent.

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Old 15th July 2012, 11:12 PM
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hi Rob, my messages have been playing up a bit i think but replied to your pm
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Old 21st July 2012, 10:47 PM
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spent the day taking apart the rear axle of the sierra. some very stubborn nuts and bolts but my dad's snap-on's did the trick!

http://s1056.photobucket.com/albums/...0721-00079.jpg

http://s1056.photobucket.com/albums/...0721-00078.jpg

more to do tomorrow with prepping/cleaning it all up

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Old 22nd July 2012, 09:45 PM
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Looking good, just remember to label EVERYTHING!

Took my donor apart almost a year ago and all the parts are stacked at the back of the shed, hoping my labeling has lasted!
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Old 22nd July 2012, 09:57 PM
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yep, cheers Oscar. everything is wrapped up in newspaper and labelled!
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Old 22nd July 2012, 10:11 PM
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I will be taking a load of gear to be blasted in the next few weeks if you want to make up a bundle of bits to be done give me a shout.

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Old 23rd July 2012, 08:56 PM
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Rob, cheers for the offer but I didn't think it would do the running gear much good to be blasted? I was going to attack it with a wire brush and electrolysis. What do you think?

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Old 1st August 2012, 04:48 PM
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Hi all,

I'm looking to get the rest of the running gear in and was wondering the best place to get all the ball joints from if anyone knows?

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Just call round a few or your local old fashioned motor factors and when the tell you the price ask is that the best you can do
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