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Well today was a bit of a screwed day. after finding last night all my test results came back clear for cancer I was happy. Then I still had to go to hospital today in relation to my hands. Bang more bad new. Looks like I have carpultunnel and nerve damage in my right hand but I will be going back in the not to distant future to find out when I will be going in for surgery to try get the bone in my hand back into a normal position.
But on the car front I did score a spoiler to play with. It was a genuine xr lip spoiler but had a little bit on damage under it from the loss of one of the bolts which then rusted. No get issue though as you will see in the pictures the ends have been chopped off and the whole thing is now only 98cm from end to end. It still requires a heap of work but once done will be yet another one off part on the exterior of the car   the spoiler is just sitting there with an old adaptor weighting it down |
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not meaning to seem rude or anything, but atm it looks absolutely nice. just cant wait to see how the rest turns out
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Nothing rude about your comment mate. I agree with people about the first attempt on the rear bar.
I tried something one off and new and failed but in doing so it helped me to find a better direction for the rear bar and at the end I will have something unique and to me thats the whole point to modifying cars, to make it mine and unique. |
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thats why if i did that i would use a spare bar and if it came up bad, throw it away and start again but you had the guts to do it to the standard ford one. that i congratulate you on
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nah man not guts, just no other option. only having a single parenting pension for most of the build of this car I have to make things for the cheapest possible price. This bar rear bar combined total has cost about $80. Once I am happy I will be getting a mould made of the rear bar so I can get a complete fibre glass replacement which woul hopefully weigh less although this bar doesnt weigh as much as you would think as alot of material has been removed
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yeah. and have you got any door handles i could have (plastic will do) as my old ones are all starting to show wear
Cheers. Tony
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If you had asked a couple of weeks ago I had a full set of internal and external I could have given you but not anymore sorry
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crap, always next time if it does come up again. and also i forgot to say that the news you got today is excellent but the bone in your hand isnt as big as cancer so lucky you
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been living with buggered hands for almost 5 years now. Just gos to show how quick QLD health is to respond to a GPs referral
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Ok people here it is, a full size mock up of the intake. It all fits perfect except for the area near the oil cap and 2 other areas which only need a dint for clearence. So now all I have to do is work out what material I am going to use.
Here are the pics     Note there will be a panel under this that will close the gaps on the side while helping to keep the filter in place  The intake is just sitting on top roughly. It is not in position nor is it mounted So what do peole think? |
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Today sore the remains of the xr boot lip get glued and screwed to the boot. With the bits remaining I played with the angel grinder and ended up with something I used to get the shape to make the spoiler look finished
     
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Are you going to use the rear bars and spoiler to get moulds made from to have new panels made in fibreglass?
The car must weigh a tonne with all the bog. Nice work but.
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Yes that is the ultimate plan and I am hoping that having moulds for the boot spoiler, rear bar, intake and maybe the rear flares could come in handy
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Well the car seems to be cursed at the moment. After reinstalling the gear box a couple of weeks ago the car would not start. Found that the starter was dead. So got ahold of another starter and try again. No luck. Appears that its the BCM. Now while trying to pack up/tidy up for the move this week I noticed a puddle under the car. After looking around it seems that the bottom of the passenger side end tank of the radiator is leaking. Have no idea why its leaking now but the car hasnt run in 2 weeks, hasnt been worked on for 6 days and hasnt been driven for almost a month. So now I am on the hunt a Black el wagon BCM and a decent second hand radiator for as little money as possible so I can drive it to the new place where it will all come back to pieces again
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{USERNAME} wrote: Well the car seems to be cursed at the moment. After reinstalling the gear box a couple of weeks ago the car would not start. Found that the starter was dead. So got ahold of another starter and try again. No luck. Appears that its the BCM. Now while trying to pack up/tidy up for the move this week I noticed a puddle under the car. After looking around it seems that the bottom of the passenger side end tank of the radiator is leaking. Have no idea why its leaking now but the car hasnt run in 2 weeks, hasnt been worked on for 6 days and hasnt been driven for almost a month. So now I am on the hunt a Black el wagon BCM and a decent second hand radiator for as little money as possible so I can drive it to the new place where it will all come back to pieces again i have a black working bcm from an EL GLi Wagon, you can have it for $15 or $20 and $5 for postage
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