My ivory project

looking nice stu, slowely but sure you'll get there

Not a happy chappy today

Took my wheels to get the rubber put on, first place tried but couldn't fit the tyres because the wheels have to be upside down to fit them. And they had lost the clamps.

Get to second place and the first tyre they fit has a fucking hole in the side wall :-( scrap!
I go home and pick another tyre up I had spare and the wall is a different size :-(

So now I have 4 wheels and only 3 tyres :-( gonna search ebay for another yoko.

damn that is a shit stu thats why probs best off buying brand new

@richpulsar wrote:damn that is a shit stu thats why probs best off buying brand new

I would normaly Rich. but i havent the money to atm

does this mean you have four tyres now!
car will be amazing once is painted, hats off to you mate

Thanks mate.

No still only 3 tyres lol

Picked a windscreen up this morning

gonna fit it in the week. If the weather stays like it is today i should get my rear brakes on and then its just a tire holding me back

Stu I have the two large rad hoses in blue if you want them? SFS Silicone ones . . Was Gunna stick em on eBay tonight but they are yours if u want em

How much Tom? Thanks mate.

Ive just finished cutting out the screen what a fooking nightmare that was lol
I have placed the new screen in and secured it down until tomorrow when ive bought some bonding stuff

How did you cut it out stu ? i did mine from the inside with a cheapie flexi stanley blade the old one that was in there i just kicked the fook out of it from the inside best fun bit of the job worst bit was clearing it up lol

nomad29 wrote:How did you cut it out stu ? i did mine from the inside with a cheapie flexi stanley blade the old one that was in there i just kicked the fook out of it from the inside best fun bit of the job worst bit was clearing it up lol

iv had to cut a windscreen out before and it was a nightmare i just used a cheese wire thing.

but a bonded windscreen can crack so easily when your doing it, and they usually do it when there about 2 cm of sealant left to cut through lol

I used a craft knife and a huge kitchen knife oh and a screwdriver to crack it along the way to relieve the presure took little over an hour to do and I only cut myself once

sounds good stu good work with the screen thats somethign i prob wouldnt do one slight crack and you would be fucked

yeah we had a guy who wanted a screen and was gonna pay us £80 for it, had 2 shells with screens in...decided to use .6mm mig wire with me on inside and lee on the outer sawing it back and forth, got to the last corner and the fucker broke......how annoying so i kicked the shit out the shell threw a hammer in a tantrum and that bounced off the car hit and smashed the screen in the other shell next to it lol.

never ever again will i attempt to do one of those again, if people want them then they can try take them out themselves.

fair play to you stu your a better man than me lol

I was lucky then. I have a customer who used to be a car window fitter. She, yes she, took the nearly new screen out of my grey shell in about 20mins with no damage!

Eddy

Bob you menace my mate tried to do one the other week for me with weld wire and did exactly the same Bob :(He didnt throw a hammer at another car tho

Edd, ive had one replaced by an expert before and they only took about 20 mins with the right tools too mate.

mine was cracked so i didnt care how it came out! there was about 300 cracks by the time i was done

good luck with the build stu shes looking well

yeah a pro makes it look so easy with the right clobber

big bosher and some wire dont quite cut the mustard somehow lol

gtirus wrote:yeah a pro makes it look so easy with the right clobber

big bosher and some wire dont quite cut the mustard somehow lol

angry bob thats what happens for throwing the hammer in rage

cb82 wrote:good luck with the build stu shes looking well

Thanks mate.

I bonded in my screen the other day
got hold of a tyre and had it fit yesterday
i just need to fit my rear brakes and paint the wings and bumper then this wont be a project anymore

Ive nearly finished my mates engine rebuild, should hopefully have the car off my drive this weekend so i can move my pulsar and get the brakes fit

Hopefully next weekend i can get mine mot'd

Little update.

After getting pissed off with my mates rebuild its now complete. Just fluids to put in it.

I was going to sell mine but I've decided to keep it, just looking at it brings a smile to my face lol

It won't be on the road anytime soon tho!
Cash flow is dry!

I'm going on holiday monday , so hopefully the break away from everyday shit will revive me

It looks like I have to drop my gearbox back out as I have a leak When I removed the casing to check the gearing etc I forgot that I hadn't resealed it bummer!

So I have another big job to add to my small list of things to do.

List is as follows.

Swap engine mounts.
Take gearbox out.
Fit rear brakes.
Swap exhaust.
Paint wings and bumper.
Swap suspension.
Fit plastic inner arches.

Then its wash and polish and vallet the interior

have a break stu, the holiday will do you a world of good fella ; )
you just need to walk away from things sometimes as they all begin to get on top of you then you end up being a miserable fooker like moi lol

Thanks Bob, yeah the break will hopefully do me well!
Its been one thing after another this last few weeks mate, then I get a msg off my mom saying the doctor has requested some scans for my Dad as he thinks the cancer has come back just what I needed to hear after being on a downer for the last few weeks!

I'm gonna get wasted every day while on holiday! Park the car up and crack open a bottle of vodka and a bottle of coke