Cossie Capri.....THE BUILD SO FAR.Update 21/06/08

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Cossie Capri.....THE BUILD SO FAR.Update 21/06/08

Post by IanD »

Ok,this is my Build from the old site......

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Now with added Suspension,Headlamp Bowl and Front Valance.....

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Halfshafts Removed for the Fitting of Rear Disc Conversion....

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Rear Calipers Painted Ready...

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Bodywork Prepping

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For This...MK II X-Pack Arch

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Hmmm....Looks a bit Empty

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Add Some Steering...

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The Best Bit to Come...;)

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And now With Bottom End in, Nice n Snug :) ........Now the Fun Begins !!! :D

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Engine Put in Provisonally so I can sort out lengths of hoses and stuff that is needed.

Hope you guys like the pics so far :) :D

Ok, here's a few more pics.....

Modded Halfshafts Fitted and Caliper mounting Brackets :)

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Rear Sierra Calipers Fitted and Peugeot 405 Discs

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Intercooler fitted...

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Front Valance refitted.....Intercooler just fits nice n snug behind it :)

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Ok, slight update with more pics ! Done some work fitting a modified cross member for the gearbox....

Had to make up plates to weld on the original cross member to put new holes in it for the bolts to line up....

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Slap a bit of paint on....

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Ta Da ! finished article, now the gearbox won't fall off, time to see about a slightly shorter and uprated Propshaft to take the 300 Bhp :D

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Also had to make the tunnel slightly bigger for the gearlever....

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Slapped a bit of paint on the Front Calipers too

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Head gasket Fitted with home made locating tool.....

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Oh, and this lil beauty going on tomorow :D

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Hope you guys like the update

:D

Ok here's a nice little update, with a few pics.... Painted fuel tank
now fitted....
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Passenger door also now fitted....
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Bonnet fitted for lining up of the wings ( not the bonnet i'm using on
the final car)....
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And here's the main man himself who's doing most of the bodywork on the
car for me ( apart from fitting the X-Pack arches, thats my job cos he
hates fibreglass panels :lol: :lol: ), the dog's danglies panel beater
... cheers Dan .....
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He's removed the sound deadening on the bulk head in the engine bay cos
A: It's horrid to paint and B: it'll look much nicer....
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Sadly, the quality of pattern wings is somewhat....naff sometimes to
say the least :? sorry Dan :oops: and at £60 odd quid a pop for pattern
stuff :shock:, you'd think they'd be a better fit and yes I could get
my finger between the wing and the door edge, and nope you can't
get Genuine Ford MK III wings new for love nor money these days....
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The wing would fit great in one way,then too short in other areas, so
with a bit of jiggery pokery and cutting, Dan's sorted it ....
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And now the pics that i've been waiting to put on here for a while....
Ta Da !!
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Now for my fav Pic ....
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Now don't that look much better with wings on :D :D Hope you guys like
the update and many many thanks for all your words of encouragement,
cheers guys

Ello peeps,righto, time for an update..... Nice load of pics for you guys to oggle over....

Here's a few of the engine in the engine bay before it was taken back out. It was initially fitted so I could get all the hoses,parts and holes drilled before the engine bay was sprayed.....

Before the cam belt was fitted ( and what a bit of a nightmare that was ! )

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Now with Rad and Intercooler fitted....

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Here's the modified front hubs....

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Nice new set of wheel bearings for them....

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Ta Da ! Bearings fitted....

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And now the modified Hubs on the car, sadly no caliper fitting yet, as I was supplied the wrong fitting kit....

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Engine bay, Primed and ready for topcoat :D

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And now, are you ready ....

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Drum roll please....
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Ta Da !!!!!..... The Pics don't do Dan's spray work justice....

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Now's the daunting task of slowly and VERY carefully putting the bits in the engine bay as the paint,this time of the year is still soft and will take a while to go hard.

Hope you guys like the update, sorry it's been a while

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Post by IanD »

Ok, small update since the last time,not done much,it's too bloomin cold still !!!! :cry:

Yup,this is the engine bay wiring loom and it's longer than the car ! :shock: .....:lol:
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Brand new Wiring clips for the engine bay,courtesy of E-bay ! :D .....
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Wiring Loom now fitted :D .....
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And at last,bought this Bad Boy ! AP Racing Fast Road Clutch .....
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Post by Coops »

hi mate,
glad you joined the new forum,
car looking real good now, keep the updates coming.....
Regards Tony C (COOPS)
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Post by IanD »

Thanks mate, she's gettin there....slowly :D
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Post by demo2 »

Thats the best bit now, fitting up after painting :D

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Post by IanD »

Hehe yeah,that and sweating I don't catch the paint :oops: :lol:
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Ok folks time fer a little update....

Arch prepped for fitting of the arch liner....

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Arch liner cut and fitted....

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Had to weld in a bridging plate to meet the arch liner....

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Then skimmed over with chopped strand filler....

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Then sanded down and refillered in places....

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Waiting for the last bit to dry off....

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Sadly the Brake Servo had some rust comming through again....

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So stripped down,rust treated and filler primered....

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And now repainted....

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Well, thats about it folks for now, still waiting for my brake parts to come through, so can't really do much with the enigne bay yet :roll:

Hope you guys like the update :wink:

Sorry there ain't much to it, but it's all time consuming stuff and I only get to work on her on Saturdays
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Post by demo2 »

Bet sanding that filler down got in ya throat workin under there, lookin 4wards 2 seeing this car done :D

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Post by IanD »

demo2 wrote:Bet sanding that filler down got in ya throat workin under there, lookin 4wards 2 seeing this car done :D
Wasn't too bad really as I had goggles on and a face mask :wink:

I'm hoping if nothing else to have her start this year....cross fingers !
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Ok time fer an update....

Got the Master Cylinder come through for the Brakes :D ....

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Now fitted in the Engine bay ....

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Sierra Bias valve fitted to stop the rear discs locking up ....

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New Brake pipes fitted ....

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Now if I catch the numpty who thought it was a great idea to paint the boot in Emulsion paint i'll do more than have a sturn word with them :evil:

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Took me the best part of 4 hours to get this crap off ....

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Had to paint the wheel well with some rust inhibitor to kill some mild rust off....

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And thats all i've done for now, got some different rear lights to sort out next and save up to have the gearbox rebuilt and a new shorter propshaft to be made :wink:
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Post by r2d2hp »

Thats looking great.

The only thing I would say is redo the brake pipes and try and keep the bends uniform and the lengths straight. I know its not easy to do but it will improve the finished look under the bonnet.

Hope you dont mind the comment, everthing else looking really good.

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Post by IanD »

r2d2hp wrote:Thats looking great.

The only thing I would say is redo the brake pipes and try and keep the bends uniform and the lengths straight. I know its not easy to do but it will improve the finished look under the bonnet.

Hope you dont mind the comment, everthing else looking really good.
Don't mind the comment at all, I hate 'wonky' brake lines, i'm going to have another little go at straightening them up when I get to work on her again, but at the moment it's come to a bit of a halt, as last week I pulled a muscle in my chest, for the life of me I don't know how i've done it, wasn't doing any work on the car :cry:
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Post by mfw898y »

Outstanding work mate. I admire your determination and patience to be able to pull this off! Wish I had the space and time to do it myself...and a spare car..lol.

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Post by IanD »

mfw898y wrote:Outstanding work mate. I admire your determination and patience to be able to pull this off! Wish I had the space and time to do it myself...and a spare car..lol.
Hehe thank you very much mate :wink:

Yeah, it's been a labour of love if you like, for years. That and a few other reasons i'm still building her, lol only taken 12 years so far :shock: :lol:
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cosworth capri

Post by chadcapriman »

hello mate bernie here,your build looks good,just restoring my 280 at moment which is cosworth powered as well.

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