The Black Beauty

[graham John]

tidied up the engine bay a bit more - especially the wiring, its coming along












will see a big difference when i get the G'Box in, as then the head can go on, then the rad, and so much more


cheeRS

[GAZ W]

Looking good there ..keep it going mate

[hally]

getting there now GJ.......

[Mark M]

coming along nicely but....... should your drivers side bulkhead to chassis stiffener not have a curved shape cut into it to allow your manifold to pass between it and the steering column? looking at the size of your manifold it could be a tight squeeze.
(just an observation, cracking job your doing )

[Mark M]

like so................

[graham John]

coming along nicely but....... should your drivers side bulkhead to chassis stiffener not have a curved shape cut into it to allow your manifold to pass between it and the steering column? looking at the size of your manifold it could be a tight squeeze.
(just an observation, cracking job your doing )

amazingly, it all fits rather well, although i was anticipating the problem also, will post up a pic later,

cheeRS

[grum]

[Charlie Chisholm]

Excellent work graham, by far the best part of a restoration putting her together , enjoy

DPP 300T, rings a bell from early 90's , Was it featured in rallye news?

[graham John]

Excellent work graham, by far the best part of a restoration putting her together , enjoy

DPP 300T, rings a bell from early 90's , Was it featured in rallye news?

Hi charlie, yes it was featured in RN a couple of times, paul grinder put a pic up recently, it is also in Waltons book "RS the faster fords" and was also seen around a few track days before they were fashionable (in the early 80;s) - quite a few people have asked me if it was featured


cheeRS

[RS2000&MEXICO]

looks good MR G...

[graham John]

looks good MR G...

would look better with the engine from your blue stripe






cheeRS

[graham John]

despite huge "frustrations" with my new gearbox, today it was up bright and early to aim to get it in at last - not an easy job when you are doing it on your own, in a small garage with the car on axle stands !







I jacked the car as high as i (safely) dared, and then dropped the WCXM by an inch (hence the longer WCXM bolts fitted in the earlier thread) to assist in clearance, Whilst i was at it, thought id best fit a complete new clutch (CheeRS HaLLY) although the original was OK to be honest







Anyway, to cut a long story short, i lay on my back, slid the box / bellhousing onto my chest, and between a combination of knee / arm strength lifted it up and into position, and first time of offering it popped in nicely - however it would not quite slot home but i managed to hand tighten a couple of bolts from engine to gearbox and this brought it home.











pretty knackering stuff, however the "box" is now firmly in place and bolted up, this means i can now do so much more, the head, then exhaust, cables, rad, etc etc,


also managed to tidy up the engine bay a little more, its getting there slowly but surely






more pics later................



cheeRS

[graham John]

above pic was two years ago, may 2005 when the car was being stripped, therefore quite happy with the work done below, although this will be even better over the next few days as things get added,







cheeRS

[grum]

comin on then - a small flicker of light at the end of the tunnel !

[graham John]

comin on then - a small flicker of light at the end of the tunnel !

Yes, only this morning a neighbour commented that it is light at the end of the tunnel, though i did say sometimes it feels like its the headlight of a ****ing express train approaching at great speed, however, we are getting there,

Grum quite happy if you want to come up and paint its portrait !

cheeRS