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Trim n Ting

So i had a few days off so i started work on finishing the center console and the rest of the interior bits. i do need some help with how to fit my wing mirror as ive lost all the clips/bits from the mirror so need some other ideas.   got a door card all together    got to finish the faceplate on it, smooth off where i have screwed it, paint it again, and then flock it before fitting.   nardi wheel without the wooden center, the horn is raised slig

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Carpets and that

So it finally happened, the car go driven home and it only had a small oil leak, which i have hoped ive fixed :s but only time will tell when i drive it again.   anyway so last weekend with the sun out i thought it would be a good time to tackle the carpets.     I ordered the carpet set from a gentleman in the UK who makes them from scratch, really good quality although it didnt come with any fitting instructions and at points was quite difficult to fit so had to m

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WaterTight-ish

Hi all,    another weekend passes and the closer i get to getting the car finished and roadworthy.    i managed to get the front windows in and the door seals in, however the doors are now proving difficult to close.. any ideas?     the front bumper needs some work before i can re-attach it, this requires me to put the car back up on stands AGAIN.. ill get to that this weekend as its been up and down more times than i can remember.   also i star

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Long time gone

Good day to you all!, sorry its been such a long time in between posting updates but ive just been working my hardest to try and get this finished now as my time in the garage is coming to a close, and i must be out before march.    ive been really bad with taking photos of everything that ive been doing but i have managed to get a few pictures for your delectation.   first off, i did treat myself to a new car, loving it      thats enough of that new rubb

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New Master Cylinder and Center Console

Havent actually posted in ages, not because i havent been working on the car, its the contrary, ive been there as much as possible evening and weekend and really working my socks off to get it finished before its just too cold to work on it. since my last post ive managed to install the new hardlines up front for the brakes, the new flexis to the calipers. fitted all the braking bits and got the system ready to receive the re-conditioned Master Cylinder.   i should have taken some befo

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Wheels are on

So i just got back from honeymoon, and the first call was to the tyre shop! got the tyres fitted and got them on the car, well i'll let you make up your own mind. what do you think??     also a chance to see the car out in the sunlight for the first time in a long time! the colour looks great and im super happy with the stance. might try and bring it down slightly more, but overall its probably low enough.   also can i get some opinions on spot light colours.

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Im Mr Brightwork

so another evening in the garage and another step closer to finishing the car, a few bits went on tonight, the grills and the wipers.     i also managed to wrap the new parcel shelf in a brown material i found, just to cover up the speakers.   might do this black if the brown doesnt fit in with the rest of the interior.    

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Door Cards

Another day closer to the end, i'm really pushing hard to try and get this finished now before winter, i want to get it back to my house before winter sets in.    so after my success with the arm rests i set about cleaning and painting the old door cards, i figure i couldnt make the look any worse than they already are!   The original dirty door cards, worked out that the burning came from the previous owner who welded in seat belt mounts without removing the door cards

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Arm Rest - Restoration

Hey all,   i had an issue in the past with my dirty old arm rests, they were brown, cracked and one was missing the support so it was really floppy and not much support for your arm. i was on the hunt for some black arm rests to go with the black interior, however these seem to be hard to come by in good condition, so i opted for a grey arm rest which i would clean up and paint with Rustoleum Direct to Vinyl Black Gloss Spray Paint.   The arm rests were particularly dirty and

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Center Console

Hopefully going to add to this as the build progresses but the plan is to make a smart custom center console to house all my bits and bobs.    To start off with, i got hold of a nice longer center console, i like these a lot more as they make the cockpit feel a bit more snug, i still have the original smaller one just incase this plan doesnt work.   This wouldnt fit my car as standard as i have a round gearstick and the hole on this is square, dont worry about this for

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Weekday Bits and Bobs

Had a delivery of a small tube of silicone so i shot over to the garage to get my aerial fitted.    from previous blog entries you may have seen that the old holes were in the wrong place for the new bracket so i had to modify the original bracket to fit the new aerial.    doesn't look to bad!   because of the original and the new bracket a slightly different shape, i used a small dab of silicone behind the plate just to keep the water from seeping in behind,

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WIndscreens and Wiring

Howdy all, i'm reaching the arse-end of this restoration now and it's driving me wild, im so close yet i feel so far away from finishing. the last few bits are the horrible bits which have been left and its causing me much distress.. so, i thought i would give my good friend martin a call (the man from autoglass) to get some screens in. whilst he was there i wired in the new amp and some new rca's for the rears.   first 30 minutes was spent trying to work out which rubber w

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Bumper Mounts and Spaghetti Wiring

so this weekend i started finalizing the wiring for the aftermarket sound system, i really didnt want it to go to all this effort for it not to sound as good as possible, so i actually ordered a much nicer focal amp (Still waiting for delivery) but for now just used an old lanzar amp i had knocking about to check the signal and wiring was correct.  a real tangle of all sorts of speaker,power,earth,rca's and remote wires all in one area and all over sized at the moment, will defo cut t

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Brakes

been a while since i've been to the garage, i've been preparing things for my wedding next week so the car had to take a backseat for a bit.. until yesterday!   got a few brake bits off at the front and my new complete kit from https://www.wallothnesch.com/ (probably only useful for the EU/UK guys) but i'm very happy with the quality of the pre cut to length brake lines and all fittings.   anyway, i only managed to get one photo, but youre in luck! im going to head back down

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Refitting and Refinishing

sorry again that ive really not documented the work very well, ive really just been getting on with it and forgetting to take photos of things! anyway i got a few shots at the weekend for your delectation.    the steering is complete now, new track rods, center section, refurbished steering box, new steering coupler and all put back together. never knew how much of a puzzle it would be to get it all back together in the correct way. the wiring for the ignition switch and the stalk

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Wheeeeeels

I just had to throw a picture of these up for you guys. im chuffed with how they have come out, just a little polish with some autosol, i will get a bit more serious with some other polish and then seal these suckers up! tyres next     everyone knows the germans make the best porn 

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Rack City B*tch

The car is getting closer and closer to being able to be driven, but the closer i get the more i see there is to do! this weekend i managed to fit some important bits and address some of the questionable wiring from the previous owners.   quick pic of it up on the stands, really nice to have the car in the garage and i can work on it in the dry!   so the first job was to replace the horrible track rods and center section. i didnt get a picture of the before but i remove

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Pose with your Project

So, ive been quiet recently, ive had my head down in the garage working on bits that arent very interesting.. lots of cleaning and painting underneath. removing bits and refitting bits.   got a few snaps from last night when i test fitted the wheels   posing with the project   Porsche BBS E32's - Harder to get to fit but will be worth it  

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Spring Cleaning

Hi All,    after my recent trip to NYC and a very busy few weeks organising my upcoming wedding, i was left with little time to get to the garage to work on the car. the other issue was the state of the garage after a few months of neglect and never putting tools/parts back where i found them.. so i decided it was time for a spring clean!!    i was having to pull the car out of the garage to work on it as there was no spare space in there (due to rubbish, parts, shelves) so,

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Make Do and Mend

Gooooood morning all!    Im going to keep this concise as i am re-writing it for the second time.. forgot to save and clicked off and lost it! ahhhh nightmare!  anyway see the photos of the weekends work, including some fuel tanks, some fluid reservoirs and a pedal box of doom!!!   t tank back from having the inside coated with POR15, looking good sitting in paint, waiting to be fittd. i kept the original brass label from the first repair job.must have be

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Dash-in and Bits

Morning all! didnt get a chance to post up the weekends progress yesterday, but have a little look at the photos from the weekend below. had a really productive saturday and actually allowed myself a sunday off (well nearly). starting to really take shape   had to wait for some extra bits of sound deadening to turn up as i wanted to lay a few pieces on the boot floor sections, just to take some vibration out of the wood stuck quite nicely to the rough surface, still fit nice

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Booty Call

only had a few hours of dry weather on saturday so made the most and got the boot fitted! well, almost   pretty happy with how it sits (left to right and the height) wasnt very easy to get it super close, i spent a while in the boot haha   i dont think i can get it much better than that little side shot, just a slight issue with some paint which has lifted on the boot (needs to be re-sprayed)   James. tick that mother f**ker off!  

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I get by with a little help from my friends

Another Saturday, another afternoon at the garage sorting stuff out. James arrived along with his dad who is a bit handy with cars and offered to lend a hand with some electrical issues.   he also took some photos of the car (will put these at the bottom of the blog) can you see his super cool merc infront of the bmw, air'd out    the rest of the deadening materials turned up, however im still not finished yet and need to order some more of the silver stuff to complete

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Spring Evenings

with the weather looking slightly better for a few days, we grabbed a few hours in the garage yesterday evening, jobs were;   Get some glass in Measure up the boot for the sub box Write a list of remaining jobs   Soo it took longer than i thought to get only one of the rear quater windows in, wanted to make sure we did it perfectly so took our time and squished that rubber in there   lucky that james has lady fingers and helped massage the rub

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Rear Sound Deadening

Another weekend, more cold weather but the work continues!    Goals for the weekend were to; Address the rear loom issues start on the sound deadening  get some lights working   Saturday   So i fixed the wiring loom which had been cut by the body shop, simple case of stripping the wires back and re-soldering them and applying some heat shrink     had a full squad at the car, everyone chipping in and helping with various bit

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