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Posted: **Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:15 pm**

50 quid for that front suspention!! makes me want to cry!

ive lost over 50 quids worth in sweat this weekend cleaning the 30 years of cack off mine for a strip down and rebuild! thats without the new shocks / bushes / springs!!

grats on some shrewd purchases

I guess you deserve it after the state the shell was in! at least my magnum's bodywork is pretty sound!

Posted: **Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:10 pm**

Watts linkage on the diff should keep it solid. Just like a Rover SD1.

Boyd

Posted: **Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:00 pm**

£20 for a Scimiter axle with powerlok :shock:

Good find

What rear disc setup do you plan on using :?:

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:13 am**

Im thinking Rover 800/400 ? as i have a set off calipers sitting around ,they have the hand brake built into the caliper and hold the disc unlike some other cars that have seperate small shoes for the hand brake

Posted: **Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:55 pm**

ade wrote:Im thinking Rover 800/400 ? as i have a set off calipers sitting around ,they have the hand brake built into the caliper and hold the disc unlike some other cars that have seperate small shoes for the hand brake

Yeah I have read somewhere that Rover 800 ones are the way to go

what discs do they use with those?

Whatever you do take loads of pics along the way as I will be watching with intrest :wink:

I am currently planning to take Scimiter/powerlok route myself. I will probably be using some alloy MK4 Golf rear calipers that I have already, but fitting the rover ones should be a simular process.

Al

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:12 pm**

Good snaffling skills there

Be interesting to see how good a fit those glass wings are Ade , haven't heard of that firm before - are they local to you ?

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:30 pm**

Yes not to far away in worstershire I hope they fit to :?:

Posted: **Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:04 pm**

Ade,

Does that fibreglass firm make any other panels? I'm looking for a bonnet for my Firenza.
Some nice bargains youve bought there by the way.

Phil

Posted: **Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:17 am**

No unfortunatley not

Posted: **Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:51 am**

Top notch ade! welldone on the bargain finds

iam on the prowl for a cheap scimiter axle that i havn't got to drive to lands end for :lol:

but finding one thats allready got jag gutts? unbelievabley lucky :shock:

theres a cheap scimitar rolling chassis cheap not far from me with jag irs fitted, worth trying for or would you stick with the solid axle?

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