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Not a lot has happened the last few weeks its way to cold to do anything but
very soon i will proceed with the car
at this moment i am doing my research work and i am trying to get as much information
as i can find ( anything is welcome )
and i did take out the dash and all the wiring
next step is the engine i ll take it out of the car in hopefully a week or two
yes it's a bit warmer now so work is in progress
i took all sound proofing out of the car
boot interiour is taken out to
so now its time to take out the engine
than i did get a bit further in my search for more information on the car
i found out where to get the plastic body kit
for the people who want it yust contact me
06-06-2006
finaly i can start work again
after a bit of a medical problem
the car has moved to a new home and it's joined by a litlle xjs
that i am going to use for parts
like the engine and rear dif
i yust started stripping the xjs so i can get rid of the body shel as soon as posible
and than its chopping time
the floor , the inner and outer sills are going to be replaced
and all the other bad spots are going to be taken out and replaced by new
solid metal
other than that i am going to place a steel tube inside the sills so it will be stronger
something like the modifications used on a convertable
other than that the rollcage wil strengthen the body a lot to
the xjs is gone and engine gearbox rear and front axle have moved home
the rest has moved to the scrapyard
now it's the coupe's time to wake up
first i have taken out the front support beam
where the radiator is resting on
the bad parts are taken out and its well on its way to become a sollid frontend again
the left hand sill/ inner sill and floot plate have left the car and are on theyr way
to be scrapped
new parts are already here so they will be fitted soon
other than that the whole body ( almost whole body )
is being sanded down to get all the paint off
it turned out that the car had been in a crash in the past and also has a lot of body
parts replaced
all dodgy repairs so this time all will be done right
and yes the last news
yust in from the uk
i got an e mail back from the people at the JDHT museum
that the original car is in the workshop
where its having some work done
and with a bit of luck i am going over to see it in a few weeks
when i have my hollidays
so more from me in a few weeks and hopefully with a lot more news
also some pictures
25/26/27- 09- 2006
best day in ages
well 3 days actually
day one
i set off to catch the boat and round 8 in the evening i arived in the uk
well it felt like i was back home
stupid saying that because i dont have a lot of great memories
of the 2 years i lived in the uk
but still it feels like comming home every time i go back
music on and taking my time i drove to coventry
took me about 30 minutes to find brownslane because my map wasnt verry
clear
but i found it
time for some sleep
next morning i woke up got up en drove straight to the museum
where i arrived at 8:30 and no one was there yet
but no problem i came for only one car so to wait a litle was
no problem
15 minutes later i was taken to the workshop
there in the back of the workshop it was
the reason of all this crazyness
the rest of the day was spend looking at everything i didnt understand before ( but do understand
now )
things that where difrent changed or compleetly unoriginal
also i got loads of information and great racing stories
bij the person taking care of all these great cars
( thank you for the info and nice day Gary )
so all in all a chance of a lifetime and one i wouldn t want to have missed
and the last day
well mainly spend it sleeping and waiting for the boat but before that i quickly picked
up the body kit
and the car looks so difrent with it
great
it has been a while ago that i have updated
my site but i have been bussy and if i have nothing to tell it ll be boring to write about it
first of all i have cut out the floor and the inner and outer sill on the right
hand side
and replaced the bad metal with brand new panels
in the proces i also have made some alterations to the original inner sill
to make the air intake on the rear a working one so that the
rear brakes will be cooled while driving
there has also been a steel beam placed inside the sill to strengthen
the car and at the same time i have welded in some plates to mount the rollcage to
other than that i have been fitting the front spoiler and made
some alterations there so i can mount it propperly
in the right place and firmly in its place
also i am in the proces of fabricating the front air intakes
in the front main beam to cool the front brakes
the front fenders had to be cut to size to make this possible when i mounted the front spoiler i found out that the original grill will not fit
it is about a 10 cm to short
so i ll have to fabricate one myself
the rear spoiler is a story on its own
i have been looking oon the net for a year now
and i havent found one so i am fabricating one myself first
a patern than a master mold and out of this mold i am going to make the spoiler
a lot of work but if you want it like the original you
ll have to put some work in it
almost 2007
in the week prior to the new year i have been taking the v12 engine appart
and a big shock !!!
heads and camshafts are perfect like the engine has yust been run in
but in the cooling chanels between the cilinders there is a big build up of
what they call over here kettle stone
it looks like there is formed a new piece of engine block inside and thats not
what i need if i want good cooling of the engine
a quick phone call to an engine workshop nearby gave me a bit of rest
they told me they can get it out without any problem
so lets hope they can
so now its cleaning the bits as good as i can
and yes sorry for the housewifes that may read this but the dish washer does the job
perfect hihihihihihihihih
after a clean with petrol and degreaser
what a messy job
but it has to be done and the parts look so much better afterwards
in a week or so i ll know what i need to rebuild the engine
bearings/gaskets/seals and other stuf
and than i ll have the engine block cleaned /rebushed and rebored (honed out)
and than the rebuild can start
i am rebuilding the engine to normal spec because it needs to pass the test at the registration
office
and with a fully tuned engine it may be a problem
but in the future
when my bank account will let it be
i ll see what i can do to boost perfomance
and to start off with a good sollid an reconditioned engine is a good start
rear axle parts are being degreased also and together with the engine parts i ll order
the bearings and seals for that to
so work enough in 2007
but slowly we'll get there
step by step
and bit by bit
2007
yes a new year new chances
and in the first week i already bought an spare v12 engine
its a HE out of a 1985 xj v.d. plas
it came with all the computers and cables so i can just build it in
the car for the ( sva ) test
this is because here in holland they need to retest the
car after you modify it
and i am going from a 6 cilinder to v12
so i ll need to have it retested so it ll say 12 cilinders on my registration
for the test i need to put the automatic gearbox and all original
standart stuff in it
after the test i can take it out again and do what ever i want
and thats where the pre HE engine comes in
all i need now is a manual gearbox
last weekend i started painting the rear axle parts
nice and clean in a gloss black finish
so yes it may seem that not much is getting done
i still am working till late at night and in every spare moment
i can find to get things sorted
and when its getting warmer i am going to start welding again
it has been a while but i haven't been sitting still
in the time that it was to cold to work on the body of the car
i have been searching for parts
doing some of the mechanical bits
and trying to find out more about the original cars
i have found a manual gearbox
ok its a 5 speed but for road use it ll be even better
lower revs higher speed and more fuel eficient
the progress on the rear spoiler is that i have the parts made
its a 3 piece spoiler and the 2 side bits where hard to get right
now i ll have to smoothen them out and pull molds of of them
so i can make a propper one and maybe more to sell
i have found seats for a mear 50 euro and they need some new fabric
put on them but they are the propper period 70s style
and inbetween all of this i bought a spare engine and automatic
gearbox to use for the test to get it registered
after that it ll fly out as fast as it will be put in and than
the pre HE engine will be put in with manual gearbox
but all that later
first the weather is turning to nice and time to start
welding again
lots to do so little time
as you can see i have been working on the car
it's been a while since i have been updating my site
but it has been a bussy time
but the car is progressing bit by bit
i have modified the wheel arches to make it wider so i can fit the
19 inch wheels
and also so the body kit will fit propper
other than that i have taken out a lot of rotten metal
for instance i had to make new edges where
the tankcovers are bolted on to
the wheel arches where very bad but i cut out a fair bit
to modify so most of the rot was taken out because of that
also i had to make a compleet new edge where the bootlid rubber sits
on this is all finished nicely
other than that
i have made the brake air intake in the sill
it may look big but it's the propper size and shape
all messured on the real car so it cant be wrong
also i am in the progress of moddeling and shaping the
rear spoiler
i am pulling negative molds of this mock up so i can make
more than one rear spoiler
anyone need one ?
the rear axle is looking great all painted
its like its new from the factory
the dif is getting new parts
new seals , new brake disks ,and the rear calipers are refurbished
with all new parts
all has to be done in litle spare minutes in stead of hours
because i have had a big change in my life
( kids )
3 of them at once
other than that am i figuring out how to get the getrag gearbox mounted
onto the v12
because a bellhousing is hard to find
it seams that i am not doing much right now to the
car
and basicaly that is true
but litle bits here and there are being done
so i am not worried
and litle bits to for instance a rear axle will be a big bit in the
end
because it ll be an hour work to fit a complete axle
and beautyfull it ll look when i have it mounted
and safe with all new parts
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