Introducing 'ETHEL'

[Slammed 66]

Quite a good day on Ethel today.

Handbrake is now sorted
Drive shafts fitted
Engine mainly wired up and close to the point of running
Gearbox is full of oil now for the first time in over 10 years and it felt like it took ten years to fill through the small breather on the top.


Again a huge thanks to dan (R5beatty) for all his help and thanks to Chris, without his constant whinging and moaning, I'd've been tempted to grumble myself

[Nad-5GTT]

Well done your getting closer now, why didn't you fill the gearbox through the nut at the front

[gtmatt]

Nice one mate , where did you get your rear qtr inside plastic from

[Slammed 66]

why didn't you fill the gearbox through the nut at the front

Do you ever have one of those moments where something stupid seems to make perfect sense at the time?



Thanks Matt, I had to get the trims from cgb as I couldn't get hold of mike at the time

[gtmatt]

Do you ever have one of those moments where something stupid seems to make perfect sense at the time?



Thanks Matt, I had to get the trims from cgb as I couldn't get hold of mike at the time

Thank s mate

[Slammed 66]

Had a brilliant day on Ethel today


Coilovers fitted up (modelled by dan )




but mad camber on the front. Probably because it's too low but it is all phase 1 set up which I think is meant to have more camber anyway.

New wishbones fitted

Fuel sender and uprated pump fitted

And best of all, the engine fired straight up first time and sounds real nice. The carb is going to want some fettling to get rid of a slight miss on the uptake of throttle and to get a nice, even, low tickover but it's all good

http://youtu.be/z4UxdqtHJYg



Once again, insane thanks to all involved

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Sorry to burst your bubble mate but I can see why you got mad camber

You have phase 2 shocks with phase 1 top mounts

Engine sounds good too!

[Slammed 66]

Sorry to burst your bubble mate but I can see why you got mad camber

You have phase 2 shocks with phase 1 top mounts

Engine sounds good too!

Bugger

I bought them as suspected phase 1 coilovers from matt@codered.

Guess I'll have to swap for phase 2 top mounts and run it as phase 2 spec. Will it just be the top mount that wants swapping mark?


As for engine, yeah it sounds sweet mate. Thanks for doing the rebuild mate, should hopefully prove to be a nice reliable motor

[Markey Mark (BD)]

You can tell they are phase 2 as the bolt holes are angled compared to the body of the shock, phase 1 sit parallel

Yeah you can just swap the top mounting plate or if you want to keep it phase 1 I know of some phase 1 coilovers for sale

[r5beatty]

Ha ha brilliant Ross forgot about this..yeah good work done today fooked now tho..I've sorted the carb out for you Ross got it ticking over nicely now around 1000rpm..as for the new wishbones and new steering rack ends mine have disappeard you haven't seen them have you also thanks for that big whopper meal to keep me going..see you soon Ross

[TopCat]

thanks for that big whopper meal to keep me going..see you soon

I got a text saying that from Chris's mum about an hour ago

[r5beatty]

I got a text saying that from Chris's mum about an hour ago

she also had my whopper too ha ha

[TopCat]

she also had my whopper too ha ha

Bahahaha ha.

Glad the cars getting there Ross. Even more surprised Chris built the ngine properly

[r5beatty]

Bahahaha ha.

Glad the cars getting there Ross. Even more surprised Chris built the ngine properly

Guided by me Chris just did all the moaning ha ha

[TopCat]

Guided by me Chris just did all the moaning ha ha

Ha, He gets the from his mum lol.

[chris]

Mark built the engine I just put it in with dan.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Mark built the engine I just put it in with dan.

That was fun building that engine, never seen pistons seized in the liners like that before!
Thankfully they were very good condition once removed

Glad its fired up nicely and sounds sweet

[chris]

That was fun building that engine, never seen pistons seized in the liners like that before!
Thankfully they were very good condition once removed

Glad its fired up nicely and sounds sweet

When ever ross is involved you know it's going to be a nightmare

[Slammed 66]

When ever ross is involved you know it's going to be a nightmare

You're learning

[Slammed 66]

More progress pics. None of which I've had any dealings with unfortunately as I've not been able to get over to Chris' gaff this month. So again, big thanks to Chris and the Shrewsbury Renault fairies







Hover car!!!!










Hopefully more to come soon with decals fitted

[r5beatty]

I loved putting the same rack on twice stickers tomoro..finally got all gears due to Chris gayboy didn't do the clutch cable right just Aswel I'm team leader can't get the staff these days hurry up and send rest of the parts

[Slammed 66]

just Aswel I'm team leader can't get the staff these days

A well deserved promotion dan I might have to put Chris on a final written warning though for being a massive bender.

Parts:

Markey Mark has sent bits so they should be there soon
Rear calipers, I've still to send these
Steering rack, I'll have to ring mike on Monday.

Thanks again fellas

[Slammed 66]

Interior is in and is 95% complete now






And best of all. The first ever reproduction phase 1 graphics for an electric blue are fitted

Bit of a dodgy pic but fresh pics will be up at the weekend

[r5beatty]

Thanks for all your help Ross

[Slammed 66]

What can I say?

I'm a grafter mate

[Slammed 66]

Oi oi!

What's this starting to look like then?

[Thundercat]

Phase 1 beauty!

[Slammed 66]

Time for more pics as the car nears the end of its resto.


Just a quick one of the scorpion fitted up the other week.








Today was all about lowering the arse end and trial fitting of the refurbed cup wheels.

As per usual I wasn't around to laugh at Chris struggling and swearing which is a great shame as it's usually piss funny watching him suffer

Ignore the gap on the front bumper as it's not properly fitted here, just on for the purpose of the photo.











If you look closely you can just about see the lesser spotted 'R5beatty' in its natural habitat.... Stood around swearing

Can't thank these guys enough.


Mot as soon as it's home and hopefully down to national day in her

[phase i 16 v turbo]

Looking good Ross, not taking to long either.

[Goobie]

Ride hight looks spot on.

[Jonny5]

Stunner
Cup wheels go well with leccy blue

[TopCat]

Looks a real beaut. Wheels look great bud and the seat

[Brigsy]

Looks awesome on the coupe rims. Needs orange front indicators though!

[chris]

Looks awesome on the coupe rims. Needs orange front indicators though!

The smoked ones are broken there just there so I could line everything up. Ross is sorting some orange ones for the front to match the side ones.

[Slammed 66]

Thanks guys.

Yeah orange indicators are going to be ordered this week. Chris just lent me those as my originals were knackered.

Next step after it's all legal is to move on to the interior. It's all complete now but I'm going to have the bolsters replaced and the black outer cloth replaced too. Does anyone know if the black cloth is still available anywhere or is it a case of just trying to find a close match?

[TopCat]

Thanks guys.

Yeah orange indicators are going to be ordered this week. Chris just lent me those as my originals were knackered.

Next step after it's all legal is to move on to the interior. It's all complete now but I'm going to have the bolsters replaced and the black outer cloth replaced too. Does anyone know if the black cloth is still available anywhere or is it a case of just trying to find a close match?

My retrimmer has the original material. Ring me later and I'll give u his number

[Slammed 66]

Another small update for you.

Got a spare hour today so did a few little jobs on Ethel.

Fitted the genuine renault bumper strips, new indicators and a used gearstick surround.

Nothing groundbreaking but it all adds up.




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