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michael92 14th April 2011 04:13 PM

fly like a v6!!
 
yooo!
thaught id have some fun this morning and decided to see what the v6 would look like in my bay .....


Well ... :D







Oh and the cylinder heads are the wrong way round! ;-)

michael92 8th May 2011 06:11 PM

slowly!
 
hey all thought id post up some pics!

its been a lil slow lately with getting my gearbox trying get my head round on what to do etc haha! :p

surely its melted my brain







hope to mock my block up so i can decide how the gearbox is going to sit!

Just need some £££ :-) to get the gear remote ect !!!

michael

michael92 9th May 2011 10:04 PM

Even more piccies!!
 
You can never have enough pics eh!!!

spent a fair time grinding welds down and tacking up my rear cage today !

can say im chuffed!

having a whale of a time building can honestly say its one fun challenge!

So if your reading this and thinking of building.... DO IT! ;-)

been ont phone to Andy talking about chassis's and iva related stuff!! getting some insperation/motivation haha
can say that my build should start to accelerate a bit more now! so watch this space!! :-P









more to come soon id guess ;-)

Michael

HandyAndy 9th May 2011 10:25 PM

Your chassis is looking great Michael :cool:

Its really coming to life now, looking more & more like a car now, get your CP plates tacked into position & it,ll be on wheels in next to no time :cool:


Nice work mate......don,t forget CP24 ;) :D

cheers
andy

michael92 11th May 2011 09:58 PM

photo spamming!
 
not ground breaking but nice to look at :) all welds are nearly done!! :D

thank..... ! haha feels as tho ive been welding for agggges!

just a few more things to weld on and plates to put in a wala! i guess it will be nearly rolling :cool:


michael92 12th May 2011 09:04 PM

banter!!
 
:D managed to do a bit of bantering and got myself both front uprights+calipers+disks, propshaft, diff and half shafts and the drum brakes for guess how much!......



£100!!!

Bargain! :eek:

Rather chuffed!

wylliezx9r 12th May 2011 10:00 PM

Nice workshop by the way :-)

michael92 12th May 2011 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wylliezx9r (Post 58701)
Nice workshop by the way :-)

Thanks :)

I owe that one to me old man :p

He has kindly (without a choice) given half of the garage up for my kit car haha ;)

On the conditions he can drive it too haha :cool:

michael92 16th May 2011 06:36 PM

2 nice photos!
 
How do!

2 nice little photos! decided to take my chassis outside.... because i can really and just wanted to sit in it haha!
here are 2 photos of the chassis and then 2 photos of me and my poor girlfriend having to take a pretend drive!! ;-)




My dog bobby looks intrested!



as you can see from the last one im doing no hands and my girlfriend (sam) is frankly scared haha! :-P holding on for dear life too!

oh simple minds eh! :-D

michael92 10th June 2011 06:36 PM

quick show off!
 
howdy! just updating with some pics as everyone loves pictures!!
got myself a set of escort turbo wheels for 40 spondoolies mind you there getting rare and they have excellent tyres!!!! need a spray obviously as you can see i've been sanding them down ;-) with center caps too!!

painted my wishbones British racing green my fav color!!
and primed the uppers!

modified my old fiat Brava fan too! absolute perfect fit couldn't ask for better to be honest sits nice and flush!

well enough of the story! have a looksie!









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