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page show what my mate Paul is building, a 32 Dooster. He bought a
rolling chassis with a body at the end of last year (2002) and has
been fairly busy with it since. He hopes to have it on the road this
year, although it will not be finished. |
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is how it looked when it arrived from Dooster, with Paul's two little
helpers (hinderers?) checking out the handling!!! |
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| Here
you can see how Paul has trimmed down the Cortina top suspension mount,
fitted smaller coilover shocks, and had the wishbones powder coated
silver. |
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The
front suspension and steering fitted and painted.
The car will be bright orange when finished. |
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engine (Rover V8) is trial fitted to make up engine mounts and gearbox
mounts. |
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A
close up of Rover engine fitted with
Edelbrock intake manifold, 390cfm
Holley carb, VERY ported heads (by Pauls brother) and stainless exhaust
manifolds. The whole exhaust system will be in polished stainless. |
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Stainless
steel steering column and column hanger fitted, (from Pop Brown's)
with custom home made ally lower column mount. Gearshift was originally
much longer, but Paul had a problem...... it hit (a) the steering
wheel, and (b) him!!! when in fifth or fourth gear, lol! (fat bugger-ha-ha!)
I'll get a smack for writing that ;o) |
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An
earlier shot when it was rolled out onto the driveway, Paul has now
got the firewall fully fitted, engine & box in, the brakes fully
plumbed except for the reservoirs and got some wider 5 spoke alloys
for it. Oh and some ENORMOUS polished stainless headlamps......nice!
As you can see Paul likes shiny things, so if you have any to sell,
just flash them in front of him and he is powerless to resist buying
them-Hee-Hee! |
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new photos of Pauls "Lowboy", it's coming on now,should
be out for wheels day! |
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Another
view,
showing those stainless headers. |
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UPDATED
20/11/03
An interior shot showing the work Paul
has now done,all the guages are now fitted as well as the steering
and heater (Mini), not shown is the clutch & brakes all now finished.
You can also see that Paul has now fitted a roof! ~ a bit more practical
for British weather!! |
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| Also
completed are the fitting of the front fenders & radiator, not
shown is the new grill insert and the new polished screen surround.
As you can see this car rides low!! It may have to come up a little
for those speed humps though! |
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UPDATED
20/01/04
Paul has now got the radiator fan fitted (Scorpio A/C fan) and the
headlamp posts fitted with those BIG!! stainless steel lamps *cool*.
More updates soon, eh Paul?
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UPDATED
16/12/06
Hurray!!!!
Paul has finally pulled his finger out, and the car has gone to Waynes
at "Odd Rods" to get the exhaust built. I think that some
more work will end up Wayne's way before Paul retrieves it, lets hope
so as Paul has lost his way on it this last two years, maybe it will
make it to the finish line now?
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