New Arrivals

Went down to GD on Friday and got everything on the list apart from the oil cooler (on back order) and the handbrake cable (forgot to check in my box properly!). It was useful to spend a while picking Craig's brain and I came away with plenty of hints and tips. So without more ado here they are:

3 Row Radiator:

Twin Fan Kit:

Pair of used Chevy Headers - I say used but they were only on a car for as long as it took to take to the SVA test and back - the engine was then swapped. I could polish them.... but then they would only yellow again the first time they were used!

A do-it-yourself stainless steel exhaust system!:

I knew the exhaust system was 2.5 inch but didn't expect to find the back boxes had a bigger outlet to fit the 3 inch tail pipes:

Now that's what I call an exhaust! (pint glass for scaling purposes) - you could loose fair size animals down that!

Plus an assortment of brackets, exhaust clamps, engine loom and stainless steel header tank.

I also partly sorted my body order out - but not quite. I was going to go for RAL3020 - Traffic Red - but Paul and Craig reckoned that would end up looking a bit pink/orange. The reality is that the gel coats come out a shade or two lighter than the swatches. Now good fortune had it that there were some T70 body panels in the shop that I liked and also a MK4 body outside destined for Germany in the same colour - RAL3001 - Signal Red. Now I like the look of this - but when I got back and looked at my photos it seemed a bit pink - probably the camera? - and then depending on how your monitor is set up it'll look different again!!

To make matters worse, Andy had driven back that morning from the Connaught Show in London in a Red T70 - Now I liked that Red as well - forgot to take a photo, and to ask what colour it was!! I'm getting confused - I can see why black is a popular colour!

I had a look at some of the cars in the workshop and there was a nicely trimmed MK3 - although I don't like the blue body / cream interior that a lot of people seem to go for this one was nicely done. I think I'm sold on the diamond stitched tunnel top and rear bulkhead as opposed to carpet - more cost!

What next? Well three weeks until the engine lands but there's quite a few things to do now:

1. Some stainless steel polishing.
2. Fabricating a radiator frame to hold the fans (Craig recommended not using the zip-tie-through-the-radiator fixings as supplied by Pacet as they can damage the radiator).
3. Ordering up some header gaskets and bolts plus some RTV silicone.
4. Painting various brackets.
5. Sorting out and ordering coolant and fuel pipework
6. Sorting out and ordering fuel pressure regulator, filter and pump.
7. Anything else I've forgotten!