L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby l_jonez » Fri Mar 11, 2016 8:19 pm

Cheers guys.


I'm hoping for a pretty decent final finish. Sadly spare time is very limited so progress is slow.
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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby Geoff Butcher » Fri Mar 11, 2016 9:01 pm

Rich wrote:The underside of your car looks better than the topside of mine.


And mine! :(
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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby l_jonez » Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:28 pm

Well I've not had chance to do anything on the Midas other than turn it over and preped a small area but I'm sooooo bored of sanding etc now :(

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However I have started collecting more turbo parts, hopefully a new Toyota inlet manifold ( to mate with the micra one) and a small VW intercooler will be with me shortly :)

Just need to get this underside finished and I can move on to the fun stuff
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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby l_jonez » Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:59 pm

Intercooler turned up today :D
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The plan is to fit it at the front behind an unused cold air feed, although I'll probably enlarge it to get more air through.
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It will be rotated so that the tanks are top and bottom when it does get installed to give better pipe routing
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Also it will mounted further forward.
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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby trevor d » Wed Apr 06, 2016 10:17 am

Good luck with the rebuild i am starting mine soon hopefully
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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby l_jonez » Thu May 19, 2016 9:19 pm

After what seems like forever the other half of the floor is ready for stone chip :D

Also Ive cut out the fresh air duct to a more suitable size to allow air to the inter cooler

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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby l_jonez » Sat May 21, 2016 8:28 pm

Well that's the floor pan finished :)

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Only 99.8% of the project left
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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby l_jonez » Sun May 22, 2016 8:42 pm

Well the Midas is finally the right way around again :-)

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The paint has been removed from the rear beam and it fitted back on to the car, all be it temporarily as I have to fit brake and fuel lines at some point.

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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby kelvink » Sun May 22, 2016 9:32 pm

The galvanizing has done an excellent job there. I may well have to look into getting mine done as it makes so much sense really given these cars can last the test of time rather well by all accounts. It's excellent seeing so many people spending time and money restoring them
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Re: L_Jonez Mk2 rebuild

Postby l_jonez » Sun May 22, 2016 9:39 pm

Yep it's like new, mind you the beam has never seen the road although I have no doubt it will stand up well.
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