1971 Coupe resto-mod

[mustaguar]

Good progress on the preparation. Engine bay and underneath being prepared, primed, sealed and protected. More in the New Year and will be able to get the engine, gearbox and axles fitted...

 

[computercarguy]

You must be getting excited! Looking great. ::thumb::

 

[mach71351c]

Nice work.

 

[mustaguar]

Thanks! Very excited and looking forward to seeing it progress next year!

You must be getting excited! Looking great. ::thumb::

 

[mustaguar]

More progress and the underside now primed, prepared and sealed. Next job is to refurbish the axles and get the car back to a rolling shell and get the engine and gearbox in to fabricate exhaust manifolds and intake.

The Jaguar engine is supercharged with an Eaton M90 pushing 10psi, looking into and considering going for some compound boost. I know tricky and many people fail when adding a turbo to a super charger but if sized and cooled correctly it can be very effective. Lots more to come regarding the engine install.

Nice work.

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[mustaguar]

Has been a while.... again!! Rear axle fully rebuilt and installed and now finalising engine bay, exhaust and turbo install before paint. Then need to refurbish front axle and rebuild it all!

 

[computercarguy]

Looking good! Keep those pictures coming. Very interesting  build.

 

[OzCoupe72]

Starting to come along well. Love that rear end set up and will be interesting to see how it handles the road

 

[mustaguar]

Still ongoing.... hope everyone is safe and well during strange times and hope people have been able to make progress with their projects!

A few updates as body prep continues. Using the Jaguar inner wings with fibreglass Mustang wings coupled with a totally different bonnet hinge has made it tricky but Scott has been working away getting new doors hung and the front end lined up neatly. Lots of work to make the wings/fenders match and fit as well as bonnet/hood alignment.

A few recent pics of smoothing the front panels and getting it lined up neatly.

I have sent the cylinder head for the Jag away to be improved and will have this back in February. Apart from continued body prep I still need to remove and rebuild the GM4L80 transmission, rebuild front suspension assembly and re-conditioned steering rack. exhaust manifold fabrication for the 2 turbos and associated pipework routing through the intercooler and into the plenum.

Accumulating parts but still a long way to go!!

 

[computercarguy]

Great to see your progress again. Thanks for the update.

 

[timachone]

Good to hear you are still on there, hope to hear from you soon again  :thumb: