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... If I had described the Z300S before it was built you would have said it would never work.
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Having said that, I do occasionally get it wrong. The anchovies and Stilton sandwich I had last night after nine Duvals was not improved by adding caper berries.
Yes, I am grateful to you for getting the idea off the drawing board, seeing was believing and Chris's pricing the icing on the cake.
Good luck with the conversion- I have to admit I have often thought about chopping a Ford Escort Mk1 and an HB Vauxhall Viva in half and conjoining the opposite halves...
Well first I raised the front and stuck some concrete blocks under it so I could pop the wheels off to get to the struts.
Amazingly the first came off really easily. 3 bolts at the bottom, three at the top a slight tap with the persuading hammer and the rust welding broke free to release the strut. Clearly the new ones are shorter and smaller
Second side had bolts held in place by Gods own hand and even when I had all six bolts out it wouldn't come free. There is a little 'dimple' that helps locate the strut that seems to attract rust weld. Multiple hammers and a long persuading stick were employed.
Eventually the git was freed
Now I cannot get the sodding top off the old shock to transfer to the new shocks. they are staying like this tonight
The shocks are as they came with no compression in the spring. I will adjust once fitted.
I will start with 2cm as you suggest and see how it looks.
Just realised that as well as not having the right spanner for the top of the old shock, I don't have a hook spanner to adjust the new ones. Oh well, more tools to buy
I suspect that what you see is WCA's complete toolkit: hammer, three sockets, jack, screwdriver and scythe!
It does explain why some of the carpentery work we have seen was lacking in finesse, but a testament to ingenuity to be able to build a whole kit car without spending half the build cost on tools.
Good job. I should imagine a little more trimming of the splash guard will be needed to allow suspension travel. Talking of which, what's the ride quality like now?
The quick blast I went for first showed they rubbed but a rerun after the angle grinder showed a reasonable ride and no rubbing. I will stick it on the ramps in a few days and check everything is still tight and then have a proper play
Same as AndySharrock - I building up the parts ready for the build. Not as exciting as his
Some bonnet pins
and i am guessing this contains bonnet hinges
Beaulieu autojumble this weekend so need to think what else I will need.
Head lights
Indicators
Side repeaters
Grille - probably get one from Tribute if possible
Driving lights for in the grille
That's about it I think!
Do need to design a spare bonnet holder for the garage and some way to easily fit and remove the bonnets when swapping them over
