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15-01-2010, 05:25 AM | #1 |
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HMT's '93 BG - Resurrection
Hi again,
just wanted to show you the story of my winter car. Bought it by accident in early 2007 - late night fooling around on ebay - for 21 EUR. As i found out later, it had at least 3 accidents in its life. That's what it looked like: Did some emergency fixup and drove it home... Put it into my tiny garage at the time and started collecting parts
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15-01-2010, 05:36 AM | #2 |
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Inspection of the damage
...and started working on the completely busted exhaust system Did some interiour changes:
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15-01-2010, 05:43 AM | #3 |
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Some alloys...
Speedo finished Some test fitting Ok, everything off! Now that's better: Fitted the GT wing and new suspension power window restauration new timing belt
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15-01-2010, 07:49 AM | #4 |
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Interiour decontamination:
New knob some color straightened front end music interiour K&N induction kit almost there
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15-01-2010, 07:57 AM | #5 |
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15-01-2010, 08:01 AM | #6 |
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rear speakers
front lip heated seats alloy refurb
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15-01-2010, 08:05 AM | #7 |
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Sometimes it's even clean ^^
Recent images
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15-01-2010, 08:11 AM | #8 |
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WOW what a nice restoration effort. Looks very nice.
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15-01-2010, 08:14 AM | #9 |
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omg that was an awesome restore from start to finish.
good work mate.
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15-01-2010, 05:34 PM | #10 |
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bloody brilliant mate, looks awesome with the snow sprayed up the back.
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20-01-2010, 04:00 AM | #11 |
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That looks good from start till now
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20-01-2010, 06:45 AM | #12 |
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Not really, no. Was thinking about swapping the engine but i actually like it as it is now. No need to change anything. All that's left to do is proper maintenance.
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20-01-2010, 03:04 PM | #13 |
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How long and how much much did all of this take?
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20-01-2010, 05:01 PM | #14 |
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Uh, well, most of it happened between April and August 2007 - when learning for graduation, i took half the days off to relax while working o the car
I spent about 1000€ for parts n stuff, so it's really a cheap thrill... The detail work happened later on...
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20-01-2010, 05:17 PM | #15 |
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Why you donīt turn filter just down, this extra hose what comes near radiator donīt work as you think. It donīt bring colder air because engine and radiator warms it up. If you donīt want turn filter down, move that black hose from oter side tat it wonīt be near radiator and engine. There is a holes where you can move thru. When I but filter then I had no bumper on car and wached that cold air can move thru filter. And if you direct air with this hose, then build wall between the engine and filter. If you turn filter down then donīt needed to build wall. Thatīs why I turned filter down. If you donīt understand tat I mean, I can but some pictures how I place the filter. Only let me know.
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21-03-2010, 11:30 PM | #16 |
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Fitted an oil temp gauge some time ago...
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22-03-2010, 06:59 AM | #17 |
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thats some intense footwell lighting there!
does that get distracting? i thought my blue ones would but that looks really intense
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22-03-2010, 08:48 AM | #18 |
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quick question, how did you get the aircon/fan controls completely evenly blue! i want to change mine from the green but dont want bright spots, yours is brilliant! well done! also love the dials
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22-03-2010, 03:48 PM | #19 |
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Cheers The heater control was easy since it's just a EL glow dial placed over the unit.
As for the light intensity, that's only a matter of photography - in real life not distracting at all!
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