07 Development Car - Not The End, Or.....

[Robson Rover Repair]

Hope you get this sorted lad.

BTW, Mk2 or MK1 front end?

[Platemaker]

Originally Posted by MacGyver

Hope you get this sorted lad.

BTW, Mk2 or MK1 front end?

Mk1 when it had one

[tonybubble]

Originally Posted by Ragman

Getting the engine and box in will only be the start of the challenge I think, there's a load of extra wiring under that bonnet - most of it green, god knows what it was for, and a compare and contrast of my underbonnet with that of 007 throws up a lot of 'what the hell is that' (for me at least)

Corin is planning to remove as much of the surplus test wiring as possible starting with wires that are not connected at either end! We also have a standard engine wiring harness. Interestingly, I understand that, the car's ECU memory is not read only, but can be written to - hopefully not intending to do too much of that though!

[Platemaker]

Well, this topic is well overdue for a reply and I want to bring people up to date on what has been a very interesting albeit slow project so far.
Poor Tony has had to field questions about the car for sometime and as he is not located near to where the car is based these have sometimes not been easy to answer.

The engine and transmission assembly is finally due to be lifted back up into position this week,following many a "small" hurdle with missing components and non standard wiring. This shall be followed by the rebuild of the front end including the bumper etc.
The car can then be lowered back onto it's wheels as a complete vehicle for the first time in many years.

Other work has included renovation of the boot area and corrosion repair to areas where test wiring had been passed through the floor, replacment of sound deadening, rear lights, some loom re-wiring, repainting of the boot area,renovation of the original boot plinth and refitting, replacement of the spoiler and bonnet, reffiting of fuel pumps, refitting of interior and many other jobs that have slipped my mind at the present time.

Following the engine refit the gear selector area will be tackled and suitable fabrications made to overcome the ( rather large) handcut hole left over from it's days as a test car.

I hope to be able to update you again very soon and with pictures.

With particular reference to Tony, there are few vehicle owners that would continuously attempt to return such vehicles to the road and whilst some in the past may not always work out it is the likes of Tony that enusre that an amount of history stays in the present time rathe than being recycled into washing machines, hats off to Tony.

[Jezzer 1]

Originally Posted by Messenger

Well, this topic is well overdue for a reply and I want to bring people up to date on what has been a very interesting albeit slow project so far.
Poor Tony has had to field questions about the car for sometime and as he is not located near to where the car is based these have sometimes not been easy to answer.

The engine and transmission assembly is finally due to be lifted back up into position this week,following many a "small" hurdle with missing components and non standard wiring. This shall be followed by the rebuild of the front end including the bumper etc.
The car can then be lowered back onto it's wheels as a complete vehicle for the first time in many years.

Other work has included renovation of the boot area and corrosion repair to areas where test wiring had been passed through the floor, replacment of sound deadening, rear lights, some loom re-wiring, repainting of the boot area,renovation of the original boot plinth and refitting, replacement of the spoiler and bonnet, reffiting of fuel pumps, refitting of interior and many other jobs that have slipped my mind at the present time.

Following the engine refit the gear selector area will be tackled and suitable fabrications made to overcome the ( rather large) handcut hole left over from it's days as a test car.

I hope to be able to update you again very soon and with pictures.

With particular reference to Tony, there are few vehicle owners that would continuously attempt to return such vehicles to the road and whilst some in the past may not always work out it is the likes of Tony that enusre that an amount of history stays in the present time rathe than being recycled into washing machines, hats off to Tony.

Hats off to both of you - even sane people appear mad sometimes.

[James.uk]

I think that door sill needs blending in a bit -----
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[Mel Dawson]

Hi,
So it should be ready for the Calne meeting on march 6th.

Cheers Mel.

[tonybubble]

Originally Posted by Mel Dawson

Hi,
So it should be ready for the Calne meeting on march 6th.

Cheers Mel.

Well there's a thought.

[tonybubble]

Originally Posted by tonybubble

...... even the beginning of the end, but perhaps the end of the beginning!!!

I have just heard that Corin (Messenger) has removed the front sub-frame from 07 in preparation to instal the new engine and auto box.

Onwards and upwards!

Well a year on from the above post and 007 has returned home for an interlude before the writing of the next chapter. Since it has has not been washed since 2005 and has been outside for at least the last six years, I thought I would start with a little autumn clean:









And a reminder of January 2010:





Once I can get the bonnet open, I will take a picture of the engine compartment.

[Greeners]

Tony

Silly question, wrong bumper, number plate or car??????