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    danthecapriman reacted to vulgalour in 1972 Austin 1100 - SOLD   
    Previous owner popped up on ado16.info with this snapshot of the car getting its purple coat after the black paint had been removed. It's a Yamaha purple rather than a Kawasaki shade and the tin of paint is about 15 years old which would explain why the print on the label has completely faded away.  I love stuff like this popping up, I hope more of the many MANY previous owners pop up and add their little bits of history with the car.
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    danthecapriman reacted to vulgalour in 1972 Austin 1100 - SOLD   
    Daily update time!  I'll admit, I'm flagging a bit today so I might take tomorrow off from this to recover a bit.  We shall see.  First thing that arrived was a workshop manual donated to the cause by SpottedLaurel, thanking you.  Quite a few of the diagrams and details in here are clearer than the other books I've got so it's a useful additional bit of ammunition in the maintenance and repair arsenal.
    20170719-01 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr
     
    Then it was on to subframe mount replacement.  I very carefully cut out the old mount, being sure not to cut into the subframe itself.  The old piece came off in two parts, mostly cornflakes, it was just about stable enough to use as a template.
    20170719-02 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr
     
    After painting the back of the new plate and the subframe section it mounts to, I bolted it in place and massaged the surrounding remains of the inner wing so it all lined up before welding.  I may have gone a little overkill on the gauge of steel used.  My theory is that this will take longer to rust out.
    20170719-03 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr
     
    20170719-04 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr
     
    I still haven't found my spotweld cutter bits, I'll likely have to buy some new ones (at which point the old ones will turn up) so I couldn't really do anything about preparing the inner wing for the new pieces to go in.  Instead, I tackled the bulkhead section of the inner wing where it had holed.  This was all fiddly repairs and in a few places I was chasing holes which was a bit annoying.  Once it was all welded up it got the welds flattened back to smarten them but not make them disappear and then some seam sealer.
    20170719-05 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr
     
    After that, a coat of zinc primer and gloss black so I can see where I've been.  It was seriously hot in the unit again today and being bundled up in welding gear was just exhausting so that's as far as that got.
    20170719-06 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr
     
    Looking for other jobs I removed the door mirror and fitted the passenger wing mirror.  Not a mirror that photographs particularly well, it has to be said.  They look right on the car in person and it's great that they won't be in my stash taking up space now.
    20170719-07 by Angyl Roper, on Flickr
     
    If I'm feeling up to it tomorrow, I'll tackle the front subframe mount and the small bit of inner wing repair near to it.  If I can find my spotweld cutters I'll also unstitch the wing and trumpet remnants ready for the new stuff to go on once it arrives.
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    danthecapriman reacted to Stevebrookman in Ford Sierra-Another years MOT.   
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Coprolalia in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Moar engine bollocks! Nearly there now though, and I must admit I think it looks ace!
     
    I followed the great advice you lot gave about the rocker cover. The paint said oil resistant but who knows what could happen to it when it's getting hot oil flung at it? There's no way I'm going to risk blocking oil ways or the pick up pipe so I've stripped the blue off the inside of the rocker cover.
    I used a very potent chemical paint stripper, it smelt fucking awfull but it eat right through the enamel and the primer beneath within minutes. This then washed off with warm soapy water and a stiff nail brush. The outside survived untouched so no harm done. Better safe than sorry!
    After that had dried off I smeared the inside with engine oil to stop flash rusting since the engine will be sat unused for a few months yet.
    Then it got a new cork gasket and bolted in place on the engine. All the bolts were tightened and I've even replaced the two rubber seal washers on the front cam bearing end for new ones. Once it was all tight I painted the bolt heads and washers in the same blue enamel.
     
    Various other brackets etc have been put back in place. The cam belt cover got a new '1600' sticker, and I've painted the engine number, casting number etc in silver enamel. Same for the tiny timing marks on the bottom pulley. Finishing touches really, that stand out nicely against the black block and show a bit of attention to detail.
     
    IMG_0554 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0552 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0551 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0550 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0553 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Painting the engine number was a pain, the numbers are very faint and none are stamped in line either!
    Not much left now. Engine mounts need to dry properly before I bolt the rubber mounts (brand new) back on and the exhaust manifold. Not made my mind up yet on that. The cast original does look a bit shit tbh, so I might look at a tubular replacement. Any recommendations? It must look good though, no boy racer shit!
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from trigger in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Moar engine bollocks! Nearly there now though, and I must admit I think it looks ace!
     
    I followed the great advice you lot gave about the rocker cover. The paint said oil resistant but who knows what could happen to it when it's getting hot oil flung at it? There's no way I'm going to risk blocking oil ways or the pick up pipe so I've stripped the blue off the inside of the rocker cover.
    I used a very potent chemical paint stripper, it smelt fucking awfull but it eat right through the enamel and the primer beneath within minutes. This then washed off with warm soapy water and a stiff nail brush. The outside survived untouched so no harm done. Better safe than sorry!
    After that had dried off I smeared the inside with engine oil to stop flash rusting since the engine will be sat unused for a few months yet.
    Then it got a new cork gasket and bolted in place on the engine. All the bolts were tightened and I've even replaced the two rubber seal washers on the front cam bearing end for new ones. Once it was all tight I painted the bolt heads and washers in the same blue enamel.
     
    Various other brackets etc have been put back in place. The cam belt cover got a new '1600' sticker, and I've painted the engine number, casting number etc in silver enamel. Same for the tiny timing marks on the bottom pulley. Finishing touches really, that stand out nicely against the black block and show a bit of attention to detail.
     
    IMG_0554 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0552 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0551 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0550 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0553 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Painting the engine number was a pain, the numbers are very faint and none are stamped in line either!
    Not much left now. Engine mounts need to dry properly before I bolt the rubber mounts (brand new) back on and the exhaust manifold. Not made my mind up yet on that. The cast original does look a bit shit tbh, so I might look at a tubular replacement. Any recommendations? It must look good though, no boy racer shit!
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    danthecapriman reacted to The Reverend Bluejeans in Bird Twitchers   
    Unlike many, I don't really do early Mustangs. The 1970 is the ultimate for me, such a pretty car.
     
     
     

     
     
     
     

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    danthecapriman reacted to Bobthebeard in Bird Twitchers   
    Cherry Bombs....
    Oh yes.
    Just got one for the Oldsmobile. Makes a 3.1 V6 sound like.... Well, you know...
    SWEET!
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    danthecapriman reacted to adw1977 in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Worth the effort, though - looks great.
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Nyphur in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Moar engine bollocks! Nearly there now though, and I must admit I think it looks ace!
     
    I followed the great advice you lot gave about the rocker cover. The paint said oil resistant but who knows what could happen to it when it's getting hot oil flung at it? There's no way I'm going to risk blocking oil ways or the pick up pipe so I've stripped the blue off the inside of the rocker cover.
    I used a very potent chemical paint stripper, it smelt fucking awfull but it eat right through the enamel and the primer beneath within minutes. This then washed off with warm soapy water and a stiff nail brush. The outside survived untouched so no harm done. Better safe than sorry!
    After that had dried off I smeared the inside with engine oil to stop flash rusting since the engine will be sat unused for a few months yet.
    Then it got a new cork gasket and bolted in place on the engine. All the bolts were tightened and I've even replaced the two rubber seal washers on the front cam bearing end for new ones. Once it was all tight I painted the bolt heads and washers in the same blue enamel.
     
    Various other brackets etc have been put back in place. The cam belt cover got a new '1600' sticker, and I've painted the engine number, casting number etc in silver enamel. Same for the tiny timing marks on the bottom pulley. Finishing touches really, that stand out nicely against the black block and show a bit of attention to detail.
     
    IMG_0554 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0552 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0551 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0550 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0553 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Painting the engine number was a pain, the numbers are very faint and none are stamped in line either!
    Not much left now. Engine mounts need to dry properly before I bolt the rubber mounts (brand new) back on and the exhaust manifold. Not made my mind up yet on that. The cast original does look a bit shit tbh, so I might look at a tubular replacement. Any recommendations? It must look good though, no boy racer shit!
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from richardthestag in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Believe it or not this stuff https://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/products/solvents/125pq18
     
    It's a model making paint stripper I've used on my model trains! It's pretty strong stuff though, as I say it cut right through this enamel with ease. Just got to be careful where the stuff gets to as it will start dissolving any paint surface as soon as it touches it. Even a tiny bit flicked off the old toothbrush I was using and landed on one of my freshly painted engine mounts and it did mark it!
     
    The silver enamel I used for the numbers is also model paint! A Humbrol tin. Does the job.
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    danthecapriman reacted to egg in The new news 24 thread   
    At least my new DMB plate arrived today
     

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    danthecapriman reacted to Stevebrookman in Ford Sierra-Another years MOT.   
    MOT time today-failed on
     
    Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded Inner sill (front to rear) (5.2.6)
     
    No advisories-quoted £120 for welding - so being done next week.
     
    and mot was only £29
     
    So another cheap year!
     
    Royale next!
     
    Steve
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    danthecapriman reacted to eddyramrod in Bird Twitchers   
    No, that's Firebirds!  Mustangs are for leaping the San Francisco hills!
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from egg in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Moar engine bollocks! Nearly there now though, and I must admit I think it looks ace!
     
    I followed the great advice you lot gave about the rocker cover. The paint said oil resistant but who knows what could happen to it when it's getting hot oil flung at it? There's no way I'm going to risk blocking oil ways or the pick up pipe so I've stripped the blue off the inside of the rocker cover.
    I used a very potent chemical paint stripper, it smelt fucking awfull but it eat right through the enamel and the primer beneath within minutes. This then washed off with warm soapy water and a stiff nail brush. The outside survived untouched so no harm done. Better safe than sorry!
    After that had dried off I smeared the inside with engine oil to stop flash rusting since the engine will be sat unused for a few months yet.
    Then it got a new cork gasket and bolted in place on the engine. All the bolts were tightened and I've even replaced the two rubber seal washers on the front cam bearing end for new ones. Once it was all tight I painted the bolt heads and washers in the same blue enamel.
     
    Various other brackets etc have been put back in place. The cam belt cover got a new '1600' sticker, and I've painted the engine number, casting number etc in silver enamel. Same for the tiny timing marks on the bottom pulley. Finishing touches really, that stand out nicely against the black block and show a bit of attention to detail.
     
    IMG_0554 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0552 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0551 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0550 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0553 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Painting the engine number was a pain, the numbers are very faint and none are stamped in line either!
    Not much left now. Engine mounts need to dry properly before I bolt the rubber mounts (brand new) back on and the exhaust manifold. Not made my mind up yet on that. The cast original does look a bit shit tbh, so I might look at a tubular replacement. Any recommendations? It must look good though, no boy racer shit!
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Shep Shepherd in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Moar engine bollocks! Nearly there now though, and I must admit I think it looks ace!
     
    I followed the great advice you lot gave about the rocker cover. The paint said oil resistant but who knows what could happen to it when it's getting hot oil flung at it? There's no way I'm going to risk blocking oil ways or the pick up pipe so I've stripped the blue off the inside of the rocker cover.
    I used a very potent chemical paint stripper, it smelt fucking awfull but it eat right through the enamel and the primer beneath within minutes. This then washed off with warm soapy water and a stiff nail brush. The outside survived untouched so no harm done. Better safe than sorry!
    After that had dried off I smeared the inside with engine oil to stop flash rusting since the engine will be sat unused for a few months yet.
    Then it got a new cork gasket and bolted in place on the engine. All the bolts were tightened and I've even replaced the two rubber seal washers on the front cam bearing end for new ones. Once it was all tight I painted the bolt heads and washers in the same blue enamel.
     
    Various other brackets etc have been put back in place. The cam belt cover got a new '1600' sticker, and I've painted the engine number, casting number etc in silver enamel. Same for the tiny timing marks on the bottom pulley. Finishing touches really, that stand out nicely against the black block and show a bit of attention to detail.
     
    IMG_0554 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0552 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0551 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0550 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0553 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Painting the engine number was a pain, the numbers are very faint and none are stamped in line either!
    Not much left now. Engine mounts need to dry properly before I bolt the rubber mounts (brand new) back on and the exhaust manifold. Not made my mind up yet on that. The cast original does look a bit shit tbh, so I might look at a tubular replacement. Any recommendations? It must look good though, no boy racer shit!
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from johngarty in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    More painting done. It's starting to get boring now!
     
    Most of what's left is little bits, brackets and odds and ends.
     
    IMG_0546 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    The little tank type thing in this pic is the crankcase breather catch tank. It plugs into a hole in the top of the crankcase and any pressure and oily gas/residue is vented up through it and then back into the engines induction system to be burnt. The tank simply catches any solids or oil before it can clog up the induction system. This has also been sitting immersed in degreaser for ages to clean it out.
    This had a rubber hose attached to it which was held on by a really really old and rusty hose clamp. I ended up forcing a screwdriver into it to get it off, which didn't work but it did slip off with my full force pushing on it and sliced the palm of my hand open! Not very nice!
    The two U shaped channel sections are the rear leaf spring clamps. They've been blasted and now painted in the same chassis paint as the new springs.
     
    IMG_0547 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Also got the ally alternator mount plate cleaned up. I soaked it in degreaser for a week, agitating it with a stiff brush every day. It was absolutely filthy before. Cleaned up using the same method as the inlet manifold.
    You'll barely be able to see this once the engines back in the car but that's not the point is it!?
     
    IMG_0548 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Finally for now...
     
    IMG_0549 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Front end fully assembled with that lovely yellow fan the dishwasher did such a good job of cleaning.
    I've picked out the fan bolts heads in blue, and also been around the engine touching in any other bolt heads and exposed metal, mostly in black.
    It's not actually that far from being finished now.
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from eddyramrod in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Believe it or not this stuff https://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/products/solvents/125pq18
     
    It's a model making paint stripper I've used on my model trains! It's pretty strong stuff though, as I say it cut right through this enamel with ease. Just got to be careful where the stuff gets to as it will start dissolving any paint surface as soon as it touches it. Even a tiny bit flicked off the old toothbrush I was using and landed on one of my freshly painted engine mounts and it did mark it!
     
    The silver enamel I used for the numbers is also model paint! A Humbrol tin. Does the job.
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from paulscavalier in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Moar engine bollocks! Nearly there now though, and I must admit I think it looks ace!
     
    I followed the great advice you lot gave about the rocker cover. The paint said oil resistant but who knows what could happen to it when it's getting hot oil flung at it? There's no way I'm going to risk blocking oil ways or the pick up pipe so I've stripped the blue off the inside of the rocker cover.
    I used a very potent chemical paint stripper, it smelt fucking awfull but it eat right through the enamel and the primer beneath within minutes. This then washed off with warm soapy water and a stiff nail brush. The outside survived untouched so no harm done. Better safe than sorry!
    After that had dried off I smeared the inside with engine oil to stop flash rusting since the engine will be sat unused for a few months yet.
    Then it got a new cork gasket and bolted in place on the engine. All the bolts were tightened and I've even replaced the two rubber seal washers on the front cam bearing end for new ones. Once it was all tight I painted the bolt heads and washers in the same blue enamel.
     
    Various other brackets etc have been put back in place. The cam belt cover got a new '1600' sticker, and I've painted the engine number, casting number etc in silver enamel. Same for the tiny timing marks on the bottom pulley. Finishing touches really, that stand out nicely against the black block and show a bit of attention to detail.
     
    IMG_0554 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0552 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0551 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0550 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0553 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Painting the engine number was a pain, the numbers are very faint and none are stamped in line either!
    Not much left now. Engine mounts need to dry properly before I bolt the rubber mounts (brand new) back on and the exhaust manifold. Not made my mind up yet on that. The cast original does look a bit shit tbh, so I might look at a tubular replacement. Any recommendations? It must look good though, no boy racer shit!
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Low Horatio gearbox in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    It's funny really. It's not necessarily the cost of sorting the car out so much. If this Capri was something else, say for arguments sake a Rover 213, and I'd wanted one and had the same long term ownership because I loved the car then it's kind of irrelevant to a point. The owner loves the car/has sentimental attachment blah blah whatever the reason so it's done for the love not what the car might or might not be worth. I'd still do it, put it that way!
     
    What does piss me off and turn me off it though is when someone who your using to do a job on said car takes the piss!
    The up side to me doing this car is however that it is a now desirable car. Not that it matters because I'll never be selling it. I suppose it doesn't really matter what the car is if it's done for non financial reasons.
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Low Horatio gearbox in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    I'm lucky really as I bought this one for £100 in 2001, taxed and MOT'd! Obviously that was before the prices went mad.
    I've been a life long Capri lover though. As a school kid everyone else liked Ferraris or Lamborghinis, Astons that sort of stuff. I wanted a Capri! I was laughed at a lot for that as they were seen as old and unfashionable then but they can all do one! I got this one as soon as I possibly could after leaving school when I was 16, spotted it roadside for sale and went straight to the bank and withdrew my savings to buy it. My dad came with me to actually buy it and he drove it home for me as I didn't even have a licence.
    Even then though, this car was not short of problems but none the less I was over the moon with it! I'd done well too as not only did I get the car I wanted but I got an early one in superb 70's spec and look. Exactly what I'd wanted.
    Now of course £100 wouldn't get you much of a Capri at all let alone one that's road legal.
     
    It's sad in a way that values have gone the way they have. These cars were always the working mans hero. It's what normal people could have and be proud to own. But now it's not those same people generally that can have one. The vast majority of these cars biggest fans are now priced out of the market with them.
    The same is true of Cortina's, Granada's, Escort's and loads of other cars, Ford or other makes. I'm just glad I did manage to get one and had the bloody mindedness to keep it despite what people said at the time.
    This particular car has a lot of sentimental value to me too so it's always going to be special to me, beyond what most other people would see it as. Not sure everyone would understand tbh, but some things are more important than money, this car being one of them for me.
     
    Anyway, the work has now begun on the body! So watch this space...
    From what I've been told progress should be fairly swift now, obviously unless there's any unforeseen issues but I doubt there will be at this point. Everything that needs to be taken into consideration is now fully visible.
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    danthecapriman reacted to Zantimisfit in eBay tat volume 3.   
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-CORTINA-MK1-NEW-VEHICLE-NEVER-REGISTERED-/232289554190?hash=item3615894f0e:g:~kIAAOSwzgBY32cp
     

     
    Question.
     
    If you have a 'never registered' car from 1964, like this delightful Cortina above, woud you actually be able to register it for the road, or would it not be possible because it would not comply with all the current type approvals etc?
     
    ...and if you could register it, would it be a 64 "B" reg, or a 17 "17" reg...or something else??
     
    I only ask cos a load of old 'new' cars came up for auction in Denmark a couple of years back (from a Fiat dealership that closed in 1981), but none of the unregistered cars could be registered
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    danthecapriman reacted to Zantimisfit in eBay tat volume 3.   
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1962-FORD-CONSUL-CLASSIC-315-/162590997032?hash=item25db2dba28:g:miYAAOSwvihY~NON
     

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    danthecapriman reacted to Zantimisfit in eBay tat volume 3.   
    For banger racing..
     

     
    Call..
     

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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Cavcraft in Project Capri. Back on the road! New earths.   
    Moar engine bollocks! Nearly there now though, and I must admit I think it looks ace!
     
    I followed the great advice you lot gave about the rocker cover. The paint said oil resistant but who knows what could happen to it when it's getting hot oil flung at it? There's no way I'm going to risk blocking oil ways or the pick up pipe so I've stripped the blue off the inside of the rocker cover.
    I used a very potent chemical paint stripper, it smelt fucking awfull but it eat right through the enamel and the primer beneath within minutes. This then washed off with warm soapy water and a stiff nail brush. The outside survived untouched so no harm done. Better safe than sorry!
    After that had dried off I smeared the inside with engine oil to stop flash rusting since the engine will be sat unused for a few months yet.
    Then it got a new cork gasket and bolted in place on the engine. All the bolts were tightened and I've even replaced the two rubber seal washers on the front cam bearing end for new ones. Once it was all tight I painted the bolt heads and washers in the same blue enamel.
     
    Various other brackets etc have been put back in place. The cam belt cover got a new '1600' sticker, and I've painted the engine number, casting number etc in silver enamel. Same for the tiny timing marks on the bottom pulley. Finishing touches really, that stand out nicely against the black block and show a bit of attention to detail.
     
    IMG_0554 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0552 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0551 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0550 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    IMG_0553 by Dan Clark, on Flickr
     
    Painting the engine number was a pain, the numbers are very faint and none are stamped in line either!
    Not much left now. Engine mounts need to dry properly before I bolt the rubber mounts (brand new) back on and the exhaust manifold. Not made my mind up yet on that. The cast original does look a bit shit tbh, so I might look at a tubular replacement. Any recommendations? It must look good though, no boy racer shit!
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