Spyda's Mk1

[WABIT]

from memory, they're the tyre size from a dihatsu copen! I lol'd.

no they arnet, the 165/50R15's are from a copen, these are 14's

[Jarred]

my bad, new something was from a copen :/

[Spyda]

Oright, so my mate f*ked up and is closing his panel shop where my car is at the moment, I have to get the car and all my tools out by Friday. So tomorrow, hopefully with the help of Stu, im going to fix the linkages, bleed the brakes and maby fix the carbie so that i can put it on a truck and take it to get the exhaust fitted on Wednesday morning then ill have to take it home....where i dont have a usable garage....and try and finish it off there.

As for the exhaust, the extractors need to be moddfied so that they dont touch the steering rack boot and i think the flange one them are a 1/4" bigger then standard so i might have to get the rest of the system matched. I work right next door to the guy, he usaly does hot rods and classics so his work should be tip top.

In the little time i had today i finished off the voltage, amp switch panel thing. Didnt come up too bad, i thought i would have stuffed it up for sure when it came to drilling a cutting but its oright. As i also re-skined the guage cluster with a similar to stock looking vynal i also did the panel so it wouldnt stand out to much.

[GeorgeMK1]

Thats unfortunate about your mates work shop. Looks like its race against the clock now.

I like the voltage meter dude lol looks pretty cool, you could fool someone silly and tell them its a 'turbo timer' ahahahha

[DubSteve]

Keep up the work bro, you will get there in the end.

[Jarred]

gauge/button panel looks real neat!

Home stretch now!

[Spyda]

Big ups to Stu for all the help today, we got the brakes bled and fiddled with the gear linkages and worked out there is not way around it without replacing the selector lever with the proper longer one. I have to either find someone whos parting out a 5speed cabrio or try and cut and weld the 4speed one to suit. Thanks Jarrad for the pic btw.

I didnt have enough time to organise a tow truck so itll have to wait till tomorrow.

[thestu]

Cheers dude!! We shall sort that linkage out!!!!!!!!

[Spyda]

Hit another speed bump.
I went to the shop today after work to pack everything up, put the car on the ground and get it ready to be towed.
As if it wasnt hard enough to put a car down that usaly sits a couple of centemeters off the ground, as soon as I did the control arm ball joint fell off the hub because I used the wrong size bolt to hold it in place.

I dont think im going to be able to get the exhaust done tomorrow

[GeorgeMK1]

Murphy's law. Something bound to go wrong dude, happens to us all.

[Spyda]

Well one late night and an angry tow truck driver later the car is at the exhaust shop. We had trouble getting it on to the 4post coz its so fully low bro . I also noticed that the tie rods need to be adjusted badly as when one wheel is straight the other is turning. Lucky for me the tyre joint is right next door. The exhaust shop is right next door to my work and right next door to that is the tyre place

Im not sure if i should get a full system done, is it realy going to be worth it for a whole 1/4"?

Heres the problem with the extractors, i bought them as i was told they where off a mk1. Must of been on of thosse magical mk1s with no steering rack where you just kindo use your hopes and dreams to steer. Steve the exhaust man will do what he can to moddify them so that they dont touch.

[Jace]

Good to see you got it there dude!
Nothing beats a conveniently placed workplace.

[koztek55]

Soooooo close bro, cant wait!!!!!

[Jarred]

good work, keep at it!

[GeorgeMK1]

I love the way the car sits on that stand thingo, looks tops!!