Exige S1 Restoration (images changed).

[jonnyfox]

Cheers Kieran.

 

Wheels off for shot blasting and powder coating next week. 

 

Dan's making headway with the gearbox!

[Steve J]

Thought it looked closer than mine so went to check. Nope same clearance about 1mm.

Looking very nice Jon. It'll be a £36k car in no time

 

Now when are those TMRs arriving?

[jonnyfox]

Thank you for checking Steve, puts my mind at ease. The APs were 1/2 kilo heavier than the EPs if you're interested.

 

Lol it won't be something I'll find that easy to sell at any money :-)

 

Yep just waiting on the final decision from all concerned with regards the TMRs, I'm in no hurry as you can imagine.

[chris_h]

Looks great Jonny, coming on really well now.  Is the respray in the original colour or you going for something different?

[jonnyfox]

Thanks Chris, I'll keep it orange, it's the right thing to do.

 

[jonnyfox]

Shot blast and powder coated. Like new! 

 

 

 

 

 

[kieranexige]

Ooooooo nothing like a nice bit of fresh powder coat.

 

Very nice Jonny

 

 

 

 

Shot blast and powder coated. Like new!

 

[jonnyfox]

They do look nice but the TMRs are gonna look bloody awesome :-)

[Meister]

They look good Mr Fox!

Mark

[jody391]

Sex!

[jonnyfox]

If you Like :-)

[jody391]

Ha ha lol!

 

Here's my new ones..

 

[kieranexige]

Ha ha lol!

 

Here's my new ones..

 

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Love the colour Jode,

 

Very nice.

[jonnyfox]

They look very nice Jody

[jonnyfox]

The aluminium parts for the heater came in so it was time for a test fit before powder coating. After removing the AC I was left with an issue of how to get the air from the outlet in the crash structure to the heater. With the evaporator removed the route to the heater was compromised. There is also no recirculation now. Anyway in a similar fashion to the plastic housing I removed on clean up I drew a two part housing that sits behind the heater, actually the heater clamps it in once attached properly. It's shape gives me the room to accommodate the battery. Some ducting is attached which runs to an aluminium clamp which I will Velcro to the outlet (on the plastic housing) in the crash structure, it's a tight fit already, perfect in fact. The second part to securing the housing behind the heater involves the washer bottle bracket, this sits snugly next to it once bolted into place. There is also a riv-nut I can use behind the top part of the housing, so absolutely no movement whatsoever.

 

The battery bracket courtesy of George, I had to slightly reengineer but that too once attached to the washer bottle bracket will not move at all. Not shown is how I've modified the washer bottle bracket further, you'll have to wait for the finished image :-)

 

 

Back out again and off for powder coating. I will draft exclude inside the housing before properly installing btw and will post the finished images up later. Worked out well though hey....

And some more bits you may recognise.