Picked these beauties up over the weekend
Already on to GAZ to see about new springs and re-valve as the rears are only 190lb.
What spring rate would you recommend? Bearing in mind that this is a race/track car and won't be used on the road (or at least very rarely on the road). I was thinking 300lb front and 400lb rear. I won't be running a front ARB.
2 weeks and I'll be getting started on all of these properly when I have my workshop. Can't wait
Nice work mate
Just got in contact with GAZ, and they recommend using 400lb front springs and 450lb rears with the tyres I will be using. Think I'll trust what they say and go with that.
Quite surprised they also said my shocks don't need re-valving as they have a large enough range already. Happy days!
Just out of interest: was this car advertised on Gumtree and sold in the UK, or did you pick her up in le douce France? Over the past years I've been searching for a new shell in Spain (coches.net) and Portugal, and later on in France (leboncoin.fr) as well. That is, until a mate pointed me towards a solid shell in Germany which I bought straightaway. Anyways always nice to read some background information/useless trivia.
One day I'll start a build thread. One day...
I picked it up from a guy in Wales, who's friend had brought it over from France with another one. It's the only way to get a decent original shell for reasonable money. I will be doing a LHD-RHD how-to guide once I have successfully completed this one for anyone else hoping to do the same.
So is nearly June which means time to get the workshop. Started the clear up operation today.
Excellent! Spacious and light!
One day I'll start a build thread. One day...
Workshop is all cleared out now, French one is off for MOT today so I can get it UK registered. It's still 'MOT'd in France for another year! Let the rebuild commence
Todays progress. Aim is to get everything off the doner GTE that is possible then get it gone.
Gave the underneath of the french car a deep clean before it came into the workshop too.
Been busy again today...
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