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Old 08-15-04, 10:19 PM   #121 (permalink)
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Re: GT40 Australia #48
Well Pete, I give credit where credit is due. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
I think it was very quick to see that much progress after my post. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Personally I think you will make your dead lines. You seem to have a great enthusiasm for doing the work. It goes quickly when you have that type of attitude.
NOW GET BACK IN THAT GARAGE AND GET TO WORK !!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Just crackin the whip a little .. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Old 08-16-04, 01:00 AM   #122 (permalink)
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Hersh, I would love to take the credit, but I'M not doing the work. Just taking pics of the work PR and his crew at GT40 Australia are doing for me. Of course I am a very good supervisor (AKA pain in the butt)and make "helpful" suggestions all the time. (AKA dumb ass suggestions)My job
is to make the $$$$$ to pay for it and decide what colours
to paint it.
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Old 08-16-04, 05:43 PM   #123 (permalink)
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And those are the hardest jobs of all!
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Old 08-16-04, 07:49 PM   #124 (permalink)
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Correct Pat, especially choosing the colour, I reckon the more colours I look at the more confused I get. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
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Old 08-29-04, 09:06 PM   #125 (permalink)
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Does a red horn make you go faster? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 08-29-04, 09:08 PM   #126 (permalink)
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Gear linkages fitted.
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Old 08-29-04, 09:23 PM   #127 (permalink)
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Pipes fit, don't worry about the look, they will come off
for beauty treatment.
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Old 08-30-04, 02:21 PM   #128 (permalink)
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Hi Pete,

could you send me a close-up picture of the gear linkage connections at the rear of the tranny?

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Old 08-30-04, 07:24 PM   #129 (permalink)
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Dave, I have sent you an email.
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Old 08-31-04, 06:07 AM   #130 (permalink)
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Re: GT40 Australia #48
Pete,
If its not too much trouble, I would like a set of pics and suggestions as well.
Thanks
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Old 09-01-04, 09:57 PM   #131 (permalink)
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Bill, on the way . [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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another shot of linkages
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A different view.
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Having a serious chat with Peter Ransom about how to lower
my car and get wider wheels. (See next pic)
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Old 09-01-04, 10:12 PM   #135 (permalink)
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next pic..needs lowering [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 09-02-04, 06:45 AM   #136 (permalink)
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Hi Pete - you're right, it could do with dropping an inch or 2 & wider wheels ! Backing off the damper settings might also help a bit !

In the gearbox pics, I trust that the red covering on the shift cable is some sort of heat shield material - I found out the hard way about not doing that (melted about a foot of the cable sheath). The CAT's I had to use were fairly large, & that meant that hot things got a bit too close to the cable.

I ended up running a sheet of semi-flexible heat shield over the top of the gearbox, & running the new shift cable horizontally along the side of the box, below the heat shield. The end of the cable fixes to a bracket on the outer end of the gearbox shaft rotation lever, & the lever is braced across the top to stop any fore & aft springiness.

So far so good - the feel of the shift is nice & positive, & there are no more puddles of melted plastic on the floor !!

Your car seems to be leaping ahead quickly - any idea on a completion date as yet ?

Kind Regards,

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Peter, that covering on the cable is heat resistant, P.R. has the same stuff on his car and he has clocked up quite a few clicks on his car now with no drama.Don't ask me what it is made of I have no idea.
Hope to have the beast finished before Christmas, but there is still heaps to do. Paint & preparation, seats made and fitted, carpets and upholstery, Dashboard and instruments.fire up the engine and tune. And the toughest and most time consuming, getting it registered [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
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A coil for each cylinder!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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Dash panel ready to fit.
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