This is another project that had stalled due to life throwing a curve ball, but Id decided to make an effort to at least get it roadworthy.
As of my last posting on this project, the car needed some engine wiring doing to construct a better harness, Im still at that stage looking for a complete AAN ...

Wow been a few years since I passed this way!
Kinda went outa the scene and havent really posted on any websites to be honest, so heres a little look at a long term project thats sat waiting for years for me to do something to it.

After a hiatus of a tad over a quarter of a century, the little mk1 ...

Been a while since i updated this one, cars still not finished, going for the longest resto record.... :we:

Way back in 2014, after the paint was done, id started to install the engine bay components.
Id always hated the brake pipe routing so i relocated the brake bias valve to the left side of ...

Thanks for the nice comments guys, its looking tentatively as though I may just get the exterior painted this coming week, we have some nice weather predicted ( so itll probably hurricane) just need to address any remaining issues and go for broke on this ( and boy am I ever-broke.) :D

Pictures of ...

Have been a little delayed on this job due to other work needing to be done, like a new front door and frame prepping and painting for the house, but since thats all done now I'm almost free to get the final areas worked and I'm cautiously pencilling in a date of sometime in the coming week (weather ...

Update thingy.

Wednesday saw me out of bed at 4.30am and in the cave by 5.00, finishing off some masking up that I'd started the night before in readiness to get the insides of the doors apertures, the doors, the bootlid, wings, sunroof and bonnet in colour.
Dunno what the neighbours think they ...

Short video of some speeded up painting malarky, not entirely complete as I ran out of tape at one point and didnt get the second basecoat application on the left inner wheelwell on film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... CJ0GFrC9sk

Been a busy boy this week.

Its taken way too long to get together what I needed to get to the point where I could get some colour applied, but its finally started today.

I had to buy the necessary supplies to make it happen though and thats been an expensive road to go, although ultimately an ...

I could do this job.

The daily commute to and from the uk would be a bit of a drag though.

Little update time I think.

Since I've been doing all the work on this car right from the start and since I like testing myself out, I decided to bite the bullet and paint the thing myself.
Currently I'm typing this and waiting for a call back regarding the paint I've chosen, I decided I'd rather ...

Looking good but just a note of caution on the honing.

Flex hones are the bees knees i dont use anything else, initially getting it sized at the machine shop they use stones i always apply a flex hone afterwards, its pretty much impossible to cock it up and its unbeatable, however you absolutely ...

I try to use powdercoat where i can, harder than most any other paints.

Im with loxxrider.

Keep your product line relatively small and aimed at producing small easy to produce parts initially but also dont restrict yourself to a single marque if at all possible, you need a little diversity to keep you going when one line either fails or slows down.

I used to produce ...

Very nice but i think you need a "jet exhaust" and "jet intake" warnings on that turbo!

Looks good! Did you give any thought before to a DIY port n polish?

Yes, yes I did...
The idea was to fully disassemble, port and polish then send to the shop with parts for the decking, flauxing, wash, new guides & assembly...While I was disassembling I battled going +.05mm in my head, I took ...

Looks like its been blast cleaned?
Dry Soda perhaps?

If its been done with anything else make sure you check the oil galleries that run either side of the head and that feed the hydros- you dont want any media left in there i can tell you!
Blow them out with an air line (mind your eyes!) and see ...

Thats cool to see the 10 valvers still giving great performances!

I see what you mean now scubadave.

I found that most of the air was travelling (in your photo) towards the top left and top right of the ports, hugging the short side radius, and in the middle of the port and not much was happening elsewhere.
That far out on the injector area i never found any ...

I have a question. i have ported a select few heads and on each I have done just what you posted to make improvements except adding material which is much too difficult. i did not back cut the valves, and that is a fantastic pointer for those who can port their own. thanks for the great info.

My ...

Now theres something you dont see every day!

Thats really smart.

Dont know if these are are of any interest here, you guys out there in the states probably get it a sight better weatherwise than dreary old england so your Ur's might not suffer like ours do from this issue.
Stripping the bakes off my car i found the rear brake shields/dust/stone guards were ...

Thanks for all the comments fellas, its been a long hard road up until now thats cost a heck more than i expected but im sure itll be worth the effort the first time it rolls down the street under its own power and comes back on a towtruck. :rofl:

Maybe, just maybe ill get the colourcoats and ...

Thanks Ed, its currently under a couple of plastic layers waiting for the colour and clearcoats which ill spray on this summer, ran out of time last year when the weather went freezing and has only just warmed up.
Lhasa Green methinks.

18-10-12

Was up at 4 am today and out in the garage at 5.30 doing the prep on the doors, bootlid, drivers wing and sunroof panel.

Finally all done on the priming work, so next stop is block sanding ready for colour...thatll take a while as its all done by hand and just takes time to trudge through ...

18-09-12
Ok so with the backend in the best condition its been for some years i turned my focus to the engine bay.
Now, i could have gone two ways here, the hard way or the easy way, consisting of three options, none of which really attracted me, still, ya have to pick one of em!

So, 1) leave the ...