I'm going 1JZ

[Russell]

Interior still out but that’s not a huge job to put back in.

Starting to get some panels back on now and getting on with the exhaust!

 

[Russell]

Exhaust a bit closer. Mostly tacked together and will be finished over the weekend.

Carrying on with general wiring bits and bobs that don’t picture well and currently a bit of a birds nest.
Will get a few pics once it’s all taped up neatly.

 

[Ian]

Looking well.

 

[Russell]

Exhaust done and really happy with the sound.
Took a couple of days to get exactly right as the factory mounts were all long gone.

Here are some of the fabricated brackets.
This one is right at the back of the backbox -

This one a bit further forward -


This one is a modified gearbox mount bolt -


Here are a few pics of the exhaust in its final location. Wideband installed ready to wire up, heat wrap on the down pipe.

 

[jonbills]

Is that a valved unsilenced outlet Russell?

 

[Russell]

Is that a valved unsilenced outlet Russell?

It is, only for leaving traffic lights and driving through small villages of course.

 

[Russell]

This week I have been focussing on getting the interior ready.
Have wrestled all the pipe work for the heater back together and tackled the mess of wiring that accumulated in the footwells.
A before and a couple of afters. Took me nearly a day to get it all where I wanted it.

 

[Russell]

Refurbished the inspection light. It was pretty crusty and although it didn’t stand out before, now the engine bay is nice it looked terrible.

I took it apart, sand blasted and got it coated.

Salvaged the original wire inside as well as the lens. Even the original switch cleaned up.

Would have taken a before photo if I know it was going to come out this well!

 

[Russell]

Today I got the headlights and indicators working on the front then tidied the wiring up.

Started putting the interior back together starting with the headlining and some vinyl round the edges.
Then to the back to put some panels back.
Takes a lot longer to clean 7 years of grime off than it does to actually fit them!

 

[Russell]

Started back at the bottom again. Only had a couple of hours this evening.

Bit of sound deadening, rolled on by the boy (who has featured a few times and his rate of growth shows how long it’s taken us to build this thing)


Started cutting and gluing the underlay.


Laid some of the carpet parts out so I can get an idea of the final look.

 

[moggy240]

Do you think you will have it on the road this year

 

[Russell]

Do you think you will have it on the road this year

I am expecting to have it back on the road in a matter of days, depending how much evening time I can give it.

The only things stopping me driving it right now are;
- Air filter - Should have that done in a couple of evenings.
- Panel modified for some relays for the lights and fans (changed my mind on initial design).
- Bolt the front panels on.
- Finish the carpet - This is cosmetic though and could just bolt the seat in and go

I need to come up with a decent plan to wash it though. The doors dont really fit so spraying it with a hose will result in water getting inside. It also has 7 years of various dust, debri, metal shavings etc. all over it.

 

[Russell]

Underlay all down and driver side carpet done. Passenger side will be less fiddly as I won’t have to negotiate the pedals etc.
Had to cut it a bit as the carpet set wasn’t quite right for the floor pan. It also doesn’t join behind the centre console which was a bit annoying.

 

[Russell]

Made a nicer oil pressure and engine light. This 3d printed panel replaces one of the blanking plates in the centre console. Orange and red leds behind them diffuse nicely so the whole white area lights up uniformly.

 

[Russell]

Forgot to get the bonnet catch plated with the other side and inspection light.
Only realised when we put the bonnet on and the catch wasn’t on it.
Found it in a box and looks like I dragged it out of a swamp….. great!….


Got tagged in this pic so printed out and framed next to my desk to keep the motivation up!

 

[MCBladeRun]

Forgot to get the bonnet catch plated with the other side and inspection light.
Only realised when we put the bonnet on and the catch wasn’t on it.
Found it in a box and looks like I dragged it out of a swamp….. great!….
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Got tagged in this pic so printed out and framed next to my desk to keep the motivation up!
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God I love that Simpsons episode, I've got a video of someone cosplaying as Scorpio:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/11rtk4e
Don't know if the link will work

 

[Russell]

God I love that Simpsons episode, I've got a video of someone cosplaying as Scorpio:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/11rtk4e
Don't know if the link will work

It did, great costume!

 

[Russell]

I can’t take the credit for anything really nice on this car. Other than 3D printed stuff and electronics Iain is the brains of the operation.

He is physically unable to do something unless it’s perfect.
Here is a visible example. Most of the really cool bits on the car are hidden or simply not noticeable.

The grill was a little bit scabby but a quick wire wheel and rattle can over would have “been fine”

Unless you give it to Iain who proceeds to paint strip, completely strip down, straighten it out, sand blast it, whatever else he did and now it’s good as new.

 

[Russell]

Here is the man and legend himself! Tirelessly finishing the car off while I’m away for the weekend.


Waxoiling everything on the outside


ACF50 everything on the inside. The inspection panel made many years ago serving its purpose allowing access to the inside of the panel and down the air tubes.


Adding some generic eBay seal so the wing doesn’t rub.
Keeping the weather out is pointless as the doors don’t actually fit (the originals were too far gone when I painted it last).


Bolt the wings and bonnet on and get them as aligned as possible.


Then realise that I put the wiper linkage in wrong so it goes backwards so looking forward to taking that apart again!

 

[Russell]

Not seen this face in a long time. Forgot how great it looks and painting the splitter body colour was a great decision!