onwards with Southpaw
this was the rust concern that I had, spoke to the owner and had permission to treat the car as if it were my own.
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2 days later £1000 worth of new parts
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Refurbed RHD power steering box
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Axle being built up with used old stock rhd swivel housings, new bearings and CV joints
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The car came with a 2" lift, relatively new springs, the customer wanted it low
found these 1" lowered springs through Famousfour.
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Because of missing spacers and other crap we opted to reinstall the axle with new blue (comfort) polybush, new monroe standard dampers and lowered springs
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This car being 1990 GA suffix puts it in the same region as the CSK Range Rovers, so the loom has a 91 and onwards fusebox but 89 and prior connectors. the loom was only fitted to cars over about a 10 month production range, I have struggled to find a used solution, so the LHD loom with all the melted wires is off to Autosparks to see if they can make a pattern for me for RHD. Watch this space
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This is all that rot now cut out, rather than recreate the mud trap I opted for a cleaner and stronger solution that I use on my own car
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A couple of hours bashing steel and using the sparkly torch and it is very solid again, need a zinc coat and then seal seal the fuck out of it
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meanwhile pedal box is now installed to the correct side of the car. Interestingly on the LHD pedal box all pedals are bent over to the right to allow for a clutch foot rest. This box will NOT fit onto the rhd side. Luckily Tim Hammond has a barn full of parts that have allowed me to get this project to move forwards
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and there's more
"The Dark Wob. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."