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PROJECT COUPE
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- We bought this car from ebay with a few faults.( hooked
on ebay too much right now ! )
- Knowing the faults were: A damaged osr wheel arch (too
close to a post ) a broken spark plug in the cylinder head
and a stone chip in he front windscreen which instead of
being repaired quickly had grown into a full crack. The
car also had a key scratch on the bonnet.
- We went to Luton to collect the car, met a guy called
Nigel and sealed he deal.
- When the car was home, I instantly removed the cylinder
head to inspect for damage. The plug appeared to have seized
then sheared off in the cylinder head. The head was then
sent to Coventry Engine Boring in Earlsdon where they removed
all the spark plugs and debris and helicoiled two of the
spark plug threads.
- Rebuilt the cylinder head with all new gaskets and cam
belt.
- With the car now running OK it was time to turn my attention
to the other issues. I introduced Lates600.com’s body
guy to the poorly wheel arch where he said “that’s
a doddle, give me an hour” and sure enough the arch
was metal finished and in primer within the said hour.
- So now we had prevented any body corrosion problems we
sat down and thought what we could do with the paintwork.
We already knew it needed a bonnet and osr wheel arch respraying
so we thought , as you do, what the heck lets go none standard…
Again !
- I opted to stay with a standard Tahiti blue basecoat
as this saves many hours repainting door shuts and engine
bays etc, but what can we add mmmmm… Then it dawned
on me, lets buy some more Violet pearl from the House of
Kolor range.
- Body looks good now for something a little different.
A Twin cam Honda 1.6 engine with air con would be nice.
Off to the trusty ebay and although it took a while we found
a K 93 spec 216gti with air con full history and 11 months
mot.We bid and waited patiently, finally the deal came through
and for less than £300 I thought we had bought a donor
bargain. Collected the car from Slough and took it straight
home to strip it down.
- Now looking at the whole package I have yet to replace
the front screen and the finishing touch was a Brand spanking
set of Rover 1.8vvc coupe alloys , again courtesy of ebay,
shrouded in an Pirelli P6000’s, lowered slightly 30mm
on Apex springs as the 216 coupes do sit a bit too high.
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