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Apr 21, 2014 14:35:34 GMT
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Hello everyone, My names Luke and I'm based in the darkest depths of Lincolnshire at RAF Coningsby, thought I'd start a thread on here showing the last 6 months of my project. I bought the car as a bit of a barn find, it has been off the road for 30 years, spending only 8 on the road.    The outriggers were pretty rotten and the engine wouldn't start despite turning so at this point I went down the full body off restoration.  Here's the damage -  I spent a few weeks stripping it bare, replacing hue he outriggers and finally took it to be shot blasted, acid dipped and galvanized. Before-  After-  Much money has been spent cleaning & painting all the suspension, fitting poly bushes and fully adjustable Gaz shocks  Bought these second hand...couldn't resist...  And rebuilding to a stage to put the shell back on....    And here is how it sits currently -  The plan is to turn her into a wide JDM arches road/track car. Here is a little sneak peek into my plans -   There's lots more to do, but with all this being less than 6 months work, it should happen relatively quickly. Hope you've all enjoyed so far! Luke |
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Apr 21, 2014 14:37:06 GMT
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A little video clip for you of the engine starting.
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frodo
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Apr 21, 2014 14:47:04 GMT
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Looks good mate! I'll be dragging mine down from Lossie to Marham in a month or so to take the body off and finally get cracking  nice motor club at Coningsby too! |
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Last Edit: Apr 21, 2014 14:47:27 GMT by frodo
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Apr 21, 2014 15:04:38 GMT
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Nice one! These photos are all in the motor club at Marham, it's good. Better than the one at Coningsby anyway!
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Apr 21, 2014 15:24:37 GMT
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Lovely work on the chassis and your plans sound great! Can I ask where you sourced your wide-arches from? They look a little more subtle than others I've seen. Ta.
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Porsche
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Apr 21, 2014 15:58:12 GMT
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That is awesome...this thread is now book marked. I can't wait to see more.
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Last Edit: Apr 21, 2014 15:58:53 GMT by Porsche
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MK2VR6
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Apr 21, 2014 16:13:12 GMT
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Crazy how some people store cars for so long and do nothing with them. Amazing find and seriously liking your plans. Never really looked at Scimitars with much interest...until now. What did you have to do to get the engine up and running?
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Apr 21, 2014 16:27:11 GMT
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Thanks for the comments guys! The arches are an eBay special, so sorry, couldn't tell you where they were manufactured. And scimitars are very underrated!!! The owners forum is fantastic and the car is a joy to work on. The engine is as basic as they come, 3.0L V6 essex, set of new head gaskets and the heads got vapour blasted, carbs cleaned and rebuilt. It's just going to make do for now until I start building the track engine  |
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Apr 21, 2014 16:40:01 GMT
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Nice!
Havent seen a Scimitar in this style and it looks like it will work, really well.
bookmarked!
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Anglia68
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Apr 21, 2014 17:03:48 GMT
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What a great find and you've put some serious work into it and I love the direction you are going in, well done and I look forward to future updates.
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Apr 21, 2014 17:31:33 GMT
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Thanks all, I'll have some updates this weekend, sanding and high build priming the engine bay this weekend.
List of things to do include but not limited to -
-Connect handbrake
-Create a wiring loom using bus bars
-Fit the stainless steel 2 3/4" exhausts
-Fit hubcentric spacers and flar the arches
-start to prep the body for plasti dip
-Replace window seals
-custom dash to be machined
I could go on......
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Apr 21, 2014 17:32:43 GMT
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Also have a second original scimitar on it's way to an MOT!  |
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Last Edit: Apr 21, 2014 17:33:39 GMT by lukeyboy46
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oakesy
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Apr 21, 2014 21:31:10 GMT
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Apparently the work on that one is being done by a complete fool though...  |
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'66 Scimitar Coupe Straight Six in no Paint
'74 Scimitar GTE in Yellow
'71 Jaguar XJ6 in Blue
'76 Scimitar GTE
'87 Scimitar Turbo
Previous- '87 Scimitar SS1 Turbo, '75 Triumph Toledo, '86 VW Scirocco, '93 Scimitar Sabre, '85 Scimitar SS1, '76 Scimitar GTE, '71 Scimitar GTE
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Apr 21, 2014 21:39:43 GMT
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Wondered when you'd pipe up! And yea, cheap labour |
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Apr 21, 2014 23:56:59 GMT
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As with all things Scimitar - bookmarked!
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Cool...!!! Ruddy, ultra cool...
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scimjim
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Looks good mate! I'll be dragging mine down from Lossie to Marham in a month or so to take the body off and finally get cracking nice motor club at Coningsby too! Crickey - how many years is that Si? |
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Last Edit: Apr 22, 2014 8:29:26 GMT by scimjim
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frodo
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Apr 22, 2014 19:15:02 GMT
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Faaaaaar too long! Don't think I've even touched it in two plus years... Unfortunately 4x deployments to Afghanistan and buying/selling/buying another house happened... Should be finished in Afghanistan after this next time, then I'll have a lovely big double garage in which to work |
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Apr 22, 2014 19:35:39 GMT
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This looks like a very interesting project, and I hear that Coningsby is getting a new, rather larger toy soon too !
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Apr 24, 2014 18:11:08 GMT
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Oh right? What might that be?
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nice motor club at Coningsby too!
