English Garage
- Thread starter Martin XJ
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Only just caught up with this thread. Hello from North Bucks
And most eexcellent it is too! Love the original pic of how it was.
Thats a nice decent sized spae you have there. Looking forward to more update
Thanks roger, I like your choice in cars, I have a Stag power steering rack somewhere in my pile of stuff if you,re interested.
I will be following your thread with interestHere are a few photos of the Corrado on the track.
The first pic was taken at Mallory Park, the others were at Castle Combe Circuit which is only 40 minutes from us, these are full road circuits which have left and right bends, not what I built the car for oval tracks. As I said in an earlier post it's in my shop to change the suspension mounts so it goes left as well as right.
Over the next few days we will sort some photos of it on the oval tracks, and I'll also give you all the specifications of the car.
Martin.
The first pic was taken at Mallory Park, the others were at Castle Combe Circuit which is only 40 minutes from us, these are full road circuits which have left and right bends, not what I built the car for oval tracks. As I said in an earlier post it's in my shop to change the suspension mounts so it goes left as well as right.
Over the next few days we will sort some photos of it on the oval tracks, and I'll also give you all the specifications of the car.
Martin.
A little while ago my compressor packed up, my fault it ran out of oil,
I borrowed a small one from a friend but it as not good enough to power some of my air tools, so I picked this one up, it was what we were using in my old business, my partner who took over bought a new one, so this was going spare. It will be more than adequate for my needs.
I borrowed a small one from a friend but it as not good enough to power some of my air tools, so I picked this one up, it was what we were using in my old business, my partner who took over bought a new one, so this was going spare. It will be more than adequate for my needs.
Zebedeewesty
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Thats a decent sized compressor.
Grizz1963
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Thanks MartinThanks Grizz, you have a good year too. When I started reading your post I thought you were going to mention the 100E in the last pic, seeing that your good lady Nicola used to own one. If you stay tuned I will be posting soon about the one in the pic , I did post a teaser pic earlier in my thread
I've been following your thread since I started on the GJ, I really admire your drive and ingenuity.
Good luck with the pickup.
Martin.
Ohhhhh I noticed the 100E
It may not be mentioned in our home anymore...... Serious heartbreak despite the fact she said sell it.
I had a 105E years ago too. Like them all.
Nicola's "Myrtle"
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Grizz1963
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Hey Grizz does this look similar ?
I'll post about the build some time soon.
Martin.
That was Nicola's dream. Ideally with a V8 or some naughty four cylinder.
Looks lovely.
Zebedeewesty
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Are they ****** corner bumpers on that?
Ruffgeezer
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Ooof! That is lovely Martin, I looked at one of those at auction a few years ago (there was a thread about the auction on here somewhere) and ever since I have wanted one to shoehorn MX5 underpinnings into.
Zebedeewesty
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Theres a lotus ***** engined 100e round here. Sounds mental on full song.
Not much done in the garage tidy up lately its been to cold and damp although I did have a day working on the Mustang on Saturday, made some progress,i'll post details of the resto at a later date.
I also finished the second car dolly, I had to bend some 1-1/4" by 1/4" bar for the tops of the stands so I improvised with my body jack and a V block.
I also finished the second car dolly, I had to bend some 1-1/4" by 1/4" bar for the tops of the stands so I improvised with my body jack and a V block.
80WTI_55_CHEV
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Thanks for stopping over on my thread Martin as it has given me an opportunity to visit your thread in return, and what can i say, i only wish to have a place with some history like yours one day. I love the old building and how you haven't changed it to much, looks like you are into major fabrication with building the race cars, so would love to see more of that.
Just wondering if you know what those chassis are from and are they future projects, you told me you are looking at building some signs so i am subscribing and looking forward to what you come up with, i look forward to future updates. Lee
Just wondering if you know what those chassis are from and are they future projects, you told me you are looking at building some signs so i am subscribing and looking forward to what you come up with, i look forward to future updates. Lee
Grizz1963
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Not much done in the garage tidy up lately its been to cold and damp although I did have a day working on the Mustang on Saturday, made some progress,i'll post details of the resto at a later date.
I also finished the second car dolly, I had to bend some 1-1/4" by 1/4" bar for the tops of the stands so I improvised with my body jack and a V block.
Now that's a tool I can use soon......
Need to make bolt on bumper brackets for the truck, to go with the tow bar I am busy with.
Thanks for subscribing Lee I must get some more pictures sorted and get posting something. Hey you have got a place with some history, your sheds are full of it. The chassis I guess are the ones you can see in posts 36 and 45 ,in post 36 the light brown one is a Ford GPW Jeep chassis,sold that one, the one in the foreground was a mid engine Mk 2 ****** Autograss race car I was building for myself, 3 Ltr Ford V6. More about my racing days later. The one in post 45 in my back shop is the chassis from my 1943 Ford GPW Jeep that I have owned since 1971, must get round to putting it back together.
Martin.