Recent content by Guy Engelsman

Really quite envious of you! My 64 2000 (called Jezabel because she is an untrustworthy tart of a thing, but I still love her :wink: ) turned up on a trailer for my 16th birthday. It had the engine dismatled in a box where the back seats should have been, the gearbox was in the passenger...

Thanks for the responses! I will trim the spoiler a little and with the new oil cooler requiring the front scoop to be extended the intention was to fair in the bottom of the cross member anyway. We are actually looking at re-doing the cross member in tubular steel as well in order to give a...

Progress! Sorted out the wiring for the new dash (everything works :o ), sorted out the wiring for the centre console (everything works :shock: ), still to sort out why my indicators will only flash together no matter how the switches are positioned :? Mocked up the oil cooler mount in...

Mangaged to get some more work done on the car. The new centre console has everything that I need and fills the odd shaped hole caused by the repositioned gear shift quite well. Just need to get the old finger out over the christmas leave period and get the car off to have the new exhaust...

Managed to get some work done on the car despite work giving me money and the kids spending it! Mocked up the dash and centre console in MDF as it is a lot easier to work with, not to mention cheaper if you stuff it up :wink: Half way through bashing the new centre console out of alloy...

OK will give this a bash and see if it works. There should be some photos after this bit. The first should be the new prop shaft next to the old one, and the second the mockup of the new gauges. See if this works Cheers Guy :? PS the old 3.9 is waiting for a fuel injection kit and a...

Well the system will not let me keep posting photos, something about the "Board quota filled" or some other such rubbish. For those new to my madness regarding my (long running) saga of buying a complete dog over the internet and replacing every damn part except the shell. I am now in the...

I have been away for a bit with work but have now returned and hopefully something will happen with Pooh. He has been sitting in the garage while I have been away and has been slowly gathering dust, but now things will kick off again. New bits! :D My new race seat has arrived from New Zealand...

Managed to dig out some more photos of the Jag diff setup in the orange car. By tying the bottom mounts to the front cross member the diff is anchored in the fore/aft direction, and by using the factory mounts (alloy bushes) the dif is prevented in rocking due to torque. A tidy setup but you...

Right, a quick explanation of the mods. One. The coil has been replaced with a coilover that now runs through the bulkhead and is tied into the rollcage. The standard shock is left in place as a droop stop to prevent the coilover unseating as the wheel is lifted off the ground. Not sure of...

Right After having to move garage at short notice and then work being kind enough to send me away for nearly 5 months I am at last at home (and in the same country as the car). During my travels I managed to spend some time in New Zealand, and specifically in Auckland where I had the pleasure...

I am also contemplating putting a Jag LSD in my car "Pooh". I have replaced and modified everything else so the diff is the last thing needing doing (350ish horsepower is likely to be a bit much for the standard diff :wink: ). I intend to keep the De Dion setup however, but the way you are...

Right. More progress on Pooh, with lots of time spent reading the Rocket Industries catalog. Spent a wonderful hour at Rocket out at Eastern Creek (Huge race track for those who are not Australian), and came home with MORE shiney bits. Photos included this time. New fuel cell sort of half...

I wish I no longer had to work to keep food on the table! It takes valuable time away from messing with old cars :wink: I have connected the battery (VERY carefully) and the car failed to burst into flames! The hazard lights worked, and one park light and that was it. Even the ignition was...

Ron Correct on all counts! The silver pins are to secure the bonnet at the huge :wink: speeds that the car will be capable of, and will be the main method of keeping it closed. The normal catch is also still in use, as it stops unsavoury characters just opening my bonnet and stealing my...