Photo of the finished box in the scuttle for the wiper motor. Spent a bit of time cleaning up some of the recent welds. Here is the blanking plate over where the heater motor air inlet was. Next job is to modify the steering column support so that I can get the welding in this... Continue Reading →
Bit more progress today... Fabricated up a box for the scuttle. Test fitted Welded up Tacked in place after this it was ground down to fit. I thought that I'd taken some pictures of it all welded up, but seems not. Also put the bonnet back on to show the clearance...
With the Christmas festivities out of the way and with a few days before needing to be back to work, it has been an opportunity to press on with the project. Previously I had fitted a Citroen AX single wiper conversion to the car. The initial fitment had just made use of some of the... Continue Reading →
Well managed an hour tonight, looking forward to getting some quality time on this over the next few weeks. Seeing as I am going down the heated windscreen route and have stripped out the heater matrix and blower, there was another hole to fill in the bulkhead. Stitched the steering rack support whilst I was... Continue Reading →
Good bit progress today. Fitted the inlet manifold and throttle bodies to the head and mocked up the trumpets to show the lack of clearance. Measured up and then craned the engine out so I could get busy with the angle grinder. Whilst it was out thought that I would take a photo of the... Continue Reading →
Engine is back in (temporarily)
Quick rack finished except for one finishing touch to follow shortly Next job - engine and gearbox back in to work out where to cut the scuttle...
Took 3 coats of paint but casing is ready. JB Weld epoxy has arrived, but I took a guess when I was at work on the size of the domed nut that would be needed to seal off the end of the pinion and was a size out. Replacement and suitably sized unit on the... Continue Reading →
Started work again in the 16v again recently. The steering rack is completely stripped down. It just needs cleaning up and degreasing and then I will get the alloy casing painted up. After that put it all back together with the Quaife innards. Well said I would do this about a month ago, but just... Continue Reading →
Headed out to the heart of the Peak District for a weekend of Mountain Biking. Driving across the Cat and Fiddle early morning on a glorious sunny autumnal day. It just doesn't get much better... Car is going really well, didn't miss a beat. Few little things to take care of like a new rear... Continue Reading →
Had the 8v out for a clean today and it was left out while I reorganised some of the garage interior. Unfortunately it rained and when I went to bring the car back in I found the interior a bit wet. The source was the aerial on the roof which would explain why the interior... Continue Reading →
New compensator arrived on Tuesday with an adjustment screw. The new spring that the adjustment screw threads into is on a long back order from Peugeot. Painted the body of the compensator up to give it some rust protection and then took off the old one. The two M12 unions came off okay once the... Continue Reading →
Rallye Project 