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It looks pretty sweet!

Love your work! And hope I can ask this question! Isn't the lower A frame mounts (frame side) more than a bit low??

Was this intentional for some reason I'm not seeing??? Not questioning your work! They just seem lower than I'd be comfortable with and curious what the angle works out to.

front or back,??????????

i guess i will answer that without a reply theres is no part of the frame that is lower than 5" of the floor.

got the engine mounts sorted today.




gearbox mounts next.

Originally Posted by chop top mk2

front or back,??????????

I was asking about the front. TIA

Looks killer, Tony!

cheers.

got a bit more done,got the steering rack in place and made a frame to support the weight of the turbo and got it mounted and started the exhaust.






just ordered a few more bits for the exhaust so should be able to get a bit more done this week.

got the body sat on the frame today.





more soon.

Nice ride attitude on the body mounting, great job!! Wish we would have that body here in the states, got to be a fun build!!!!

That's going to be one mean street machine when finished!

bit more progress. exhaust manifolds now done and remounted the turbo closer to the engine for a bit more room for the radiator.




moor soon.

I'm really enjoying watching the build come together, always like to watch the unique cars get some well deserved attention!!!! Never have played the turbo game, what size and what brand are you using???

Wow, I'm impressed with your build and like Dave, enjoy watching you bring it all together. You won't have a lot of room to run the exhaust back past the engine to the rear of the car will you ? I do so want the Mk2 Z car in the back ground in one of the photos as it is just begging to be tudorized and a V8 lovely planted between the rails.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

I do so want the Mk2 Z car in the back ground in one of the photos as it is just begging to be tudorized and a V8 lovely planted between the rails.

There's one here in NZ that I know of . . . Neill Moore from Waipawa.
Nice bloke; and a talented engineer.
It's a bloody gorgeous car . . . one of those cars that the more you look at the more there is to see.
Totally unprepossessing from a distance, ("Oh yes, another Mk 11 Zephyr . . . ") and then you notice it's two-door . . . and then you notice . . . and fifteen minutes later you're still 'noticing'!

cheers guys.

we have two mk2 consuls , one is to be restored as origanal the other is a rust bucket which is going to end up with a new chassis under it and a diesel turbo motor for go power and chopped into a pickup.

moor soon.