Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby BigWallace » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:12 pm

On the jig...
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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby BigWallace » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:15 pm

You gotta roll with it..
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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby BigWallace » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:19 pm

The trailing arms & mud flaps are now off & last night, we Re-balanced the assembly & it now spins freely with two fingers... sounds a bit nasty with all the loose rust floating around inside the sills!!

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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby chrismc » Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:02 pm

Like the rotisserie. Seems nice and small and easy to store when your not using it. :goodideasign:

Did you make it yourself?
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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby BigWallace » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:59 pm

Hi Chris! It came from a company on eBay. £360 delivered with self loaders (which were a bit wimpy!). Folds away neatly too though :D

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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby BigWallace » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:43 pm

Hello everybody!! Nope, I didn't get lost in the States, but we did get stranded for a few more days due to a freak snow storm... with which Alabama is not fit to cope! Anyway how are you all? Good I hope! I've managed to get a few bits done to Valerie since we got back, but not too much due to the amount of work hours I normally do, although due to a downturn in the oil industry I now have a few more hours & weekends free. Still plenty of work for us welders (2 of) but not so much for the machinists (there were 8, but now there are 5). Anyhow, I'll shut up & let the pics do the talking!

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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby BigWallace » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:46 pm

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, have a yabbadabba...... etc, etc!!
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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby BigWallace » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:50 pm

New floor pans going in... Chassis also rot free!!
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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby BigWallace » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:55 pm

More floor work & painting inside the chassis rails... where I could reach! Will be Dinitrol'd to death after the shell is in paint!
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Re: Valerie the Cosworth Viva Resto.

Postby BigWallace » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:58 pm

New front l/h inner sill section & mod for the banded steels.
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