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I was watching that myself.

I think you got a good deal.

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Looks good, but i do have a strange compulsion to paint an 01 on the side!

i saw that too and didnt think that it looked bad

Ah, was this on ebay then?

how much did it go for?

looks like a good base, solid shell, good paint, some good parts ect.

i thought it looked like a great project

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

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Was £1850 too much?

is that fuel pump plumbed in the right way round?

im not saying its not, just dont know myself so thought id ask...

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

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Dont know about the pump got the winning bid this morning.

hard to say with out some better pics and some info on whats on it.

These are th only pics i have untill I get it home. Here is a list of whats fitted:

fully painted in orange

1 x set of fibreglass doors

1 x set of painted steel doors

1 x fibreglass bonnet and boot painted and fitted.

1 x kirky alu bucket seat with six point harness

full safety devices cage. fitted

1 set of spax coil over suspension fitted.

1 x jax fuel cell mounted in boot. ( fill cap removed from shell)

1 x turbo fuel pump with braided hose to engine bay.

6 x starmag alloy wheels

4 pot vented discs and calipers fitted

adjustable rose jointed front arms.

well, if you add up the cost of those parts and the fact that the body has been sorted for you i don't think thats bad at all. I mean how much is a paint job these days!

plus its at the kind of stage where every thing can be seen and changed that bit easier if you don't like it.

for example, if it already had an engine in it, i'd be pulling it out to strip and check as a matter of course.

Thats what I thought. Got a turbo lump in the garage had the head worked out to 28/29cc off the top of my head pardon the pun
Exhaust port matched to gasket need drop gears x pin diff and may go for t2 turbo rather than t3 but cant decide

Hi,
Looks nice.
Joey .. Fuel pump correct way round
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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Thanks lads any info appreciated as im new to the turbo scene

Looks good, never been a fan of starmags though! Sounds reasonable money if its got a nice solid rust free shell with a decent coat of paint.

thats a good price, same sorta price i paid for my shell and it didnt have as much as yours does.

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I'd be tepmted to flog some stuff off it, like...

the coil overs, (and replace with REAL mini supsension), the servo, maybe the Kirkey (depending if its going on the road or not), the 13" wheels ( move to 10's)

that's just me, but the point is you could make some money back from some parts...

i personly like the starmags i do have a set of 10 and 13 inch revolution alloys in the garage would need to change brakes to fit the 10s tho dont you? Gonna flog the kirkey keep servo and coil overs its gonna be a road come track toy in the end

yes would probably need to change the brakes, I'd guess its had metro brakes put on, so by the time brakes were sourced for 10's that would ofset the money raised from the 13's...

but you get the general idea i meant,

look forward to some proper pics, hope its as good as it appears!

So do I if not is going back on e-bay lol

i saw that, if i had that space i'd have gone for it. Nice looking car, well done. :)

I saw this too. Thought it loked like a really good project. Seems a bit of a deal you got yourself there. nice one.

looks a nice shell & decent components for the money! + its a clubman!!!!! nice base to start from well done

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