Whilst my Rallye is still on axles stands doing its best to look like a while Rallye, I've been busy in the background.
Funding is now in place to get the whole front end blasted and dealt with. I need to do a little more digging around regarding this small spot of rust on the bulkhead sorted. Whether it needs welding (probably....) and whether it gets done before/after the blasting work, I don't know yet. Id imagine before as once the front end is blasted, I won't want it sitting around bare. It will need something putting on it pretty quickly, if not immediately. I will probably couple that with having those rusty brackets replaced.
I better get on and find a local company who can do it. Need to ask questions on the welding first though. And before any of that, I need the snow to get lost now.
Aiming to really get back on with this this year. Hasn't really progressed much at all last 18 months and I'm missing the detail and the chance to escape and go and work on it for hours at a time!
I really now need to sit.l down and make a bit of a project plan with jobs to do, some sort of running order etc. If I don't, I'll just end up doing random bits well out of sequence....
The inlet manifold that came on the engine from the 6 that I broke has had the resonator removed and a plug inserted. Am I just better off getting another manifold with the resonator box or is it fairly easy to change back if I just find the missing box?
Funding is now in place to get the whole front end blasted and dealt with. I need to do a little more digging around regarding this small spot of rust on the bulkhead sorted. Whether it needs welding (probably....) and whether it gets done before/after the blasting work, I don't know yet. Id imagine before as once the front end is blasted, I won't want it sitting around bare. It will need something putting on it pretty quickly, if not immediately. I will probably couple that with having those rusty brackets replaced.
I better get on and find a local company who can do it. Need to ask questions on the welding first though. And before any of that, I need the snow to get lost now.
Aiming to really get back on with this this year. Hasn't really progressed much at all last 18 months and I'm missing the detail and the chance to escape and go and work on it for hours at a time!
I really now need to sit.l down and make a bit of a project plan with jobs to do, some sort of running order etc. If I don't, I'll just end up doing random bits well out of sequence....
The inlet manifold that came on the engine from the 6 that I broke has had the resonator removed and a plug inserted. Am I just better off getting another manifold with the resonator box or is it fairly easy to change back if I just find the missing box?
Cherry Red Rallye - Full on OEM resto.....