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912uk
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Post by 912uk »

looking good Paul so you popping in that Ford engine in as well in the front :shock: :wink:
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Post by Ferry Man »

912uk wrote:looking good Paul so you popping in that Ford engine in as well in the front :shock: :wink:
:lol:

Nice idea Mark, some sort of hybrid. Now I understand what they're on about. :lol:
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Post by Ferry Man »

Nige wrote:I reckon this car is already finished and you just keep drip feeding images as a tease.
No, not finished, all this is happening in real time. :wink:
At 9.00am the engine was finished, and by 10.30 we've got the gearbox on... :lol:

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Post by Ferry Man »

Right, where does this go? :roll:

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Post by Ferry Man »

11.00am. Engine's in. :)

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Post by fourteener »

Paul, can we expect a video of the fire-up? Have you gone for one of those drilled light weight engine bars as shown on the front cover of Wayne Dempsey's book?
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Post by fourteener »

Just answered my own question - spotted the end of something drilled in one of the pictures above :)
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Shite the bed
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Post by Ferry Man »

jamie wrote:I'm in awe, very impressive
Thanks Jamie, I've translated for you. I think. :? :lol:
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Post by abash914 »

Pure Porn!
That shot with the tubing thrusting through the..... oh! Stop It!!
You're loving this, Paul!! Good on yer!!

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Post by sladey »

Shouldn't the plug leads be kept apart?
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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