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Adrian Southgate's Blog – May 2012 Archive (3)

This evening I have been mostly...doing the Sierra

I have come to the conclusion that whoever designed the column, pedalbox bracket and U/J layout on the S2 Sierra's was loco or suffered from some odd physical deformity. Absolutely nothing lines up properly on mine so tomorrow the pedal box and column are coming out again and I am going to re glass the floor, possibly even put a sheet of metal in to act as a bracer plate.

Pedals have steel brackets welded to the chassis strut brace and strut riser which are two inches too far to the…

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Added by Adrian Southgate on May 22, 2012 at 0:29 — 7 Comments

Today I have been mostly...Rebuilding a Sierra

The first clear day on the Sierra rebuild has a pedal box back in (thanks Daryl) heater box semi fitted (needs a gasket and one bolt hole re-drilling), bonnet hinges removed and repaired and a partial repair on the body to stop the hinge twisting back into the car through the scuttle.

Nudge bar is back off again ready to crank an engine in, the question is ... what engine?

2l pinto with a choice of 4 or 5 speeds or a 1300 xflow  for which I have no gearbox :-(

Its a…

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Added by Adrian Southgate on May 12, 2012 at 23:37 — 9 Comments

Today I have mostly green hands...

After two years of slowly fading gelcoat I decided, before the lakes run, to polish the Legerra with a toy I found in the garage. The halfords polisher failed miserably on the last vehicle I tried to polish with it, seems I was using the wrong 'stuff' ... Tcut. 

I tried something else this time, G3 scratch remover, water in a spray bottle and this dirty great polisher. I'm pleased to say it worked a treat. Bit weird on the arms for a while afterwards but definitely took all the graft…

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Added by Adrian Southgate on May 2, 2012 at 22:49 — 3 Comments

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