Moonlight Blue VR6

[Cressa 44]

An outstanding refurbishment,  which is only to be expected by you. Pushing it to the next level as always, looks fantastic 👌 

[ChrisL 18]

Made a start on sorting the engine. The last major job before the final re-assembly ready for next year.

[easypops 8]

Looking forward to seeing the results of this 😁

[_Matt_ 32]

Look forward to updates! Good to see you've managed to get photos working again. 

[ChrisL 18]

Thanks, might as well add photos while I can.

got the back cleaned ready to paint

[ChrisL 18]

Got the back of the block cleaned and painted and also got some of the aluminium parts blasted and painted.

[ChrisL 18]

Cleaned, rust removed and had some bolts, brackets, dipstick tube and manifold shield plated.

[easypops 8]

Looking great Chris, although that is the level I expect from you 😁

[Cressa 44]

Amazing attention to detail as always. I need to find someone that can do this near me

Edited January 1 by Cressa

[ChrisL 18]

6 hours ago, Cressa said:

Amazing attention to detail as always. I need tonfind someone that can do this near me

Thanks, I’ve got loads more to plate.

if you are stuck I can always sort it for you.

[ChrisL 18]

Much better now.

[Cressa 44]

An engine good enough to match your engine bay. Keep it going💪

[KIPVW 0]

Looking Fantastic Chris 🥰

[ChrisL 18]

23 hours ago, KIPVW said:

Looking Fantastic Chris 🥰

Cheers Kippy, in your expert opinion, am I over restoring the car should I ever decide to enter it at somewhere like Stanford?

[ChrisL 18]

On 1/1/2024 at 1:50 PM, Cressa said:

An engine good enough to match your engine bay. Keep it going💪

Cheers mate 

[KIPVW 0]

On 1/4/2024 at 6:51 PM, ChrisL said:

Cheers Kippy, in your expert opinion, am I over restoring the car should I ever decide to enter it at somewhere like Stanford?

Hi Mate,

It's a difficult balance isn't it. The work you are doing can be seen as a little excessive and being a little too much but in reality you are just presenting metalwork a lot closer to how it looked originally but with a better finish than it had at the time.

There will always be some that will say one thing or another but if the presentation is sympathetic to how it used to look I would personally prefer that.

Keep it up mate it's looking fantastic. 👍

[twinbeltg60 2]

On 9/21/2023 at 12:51 PM, ChrisL said:

Just to keep the updates coming.

heater matrix all sorted and dash back in along with the re-trimmed steering wheel and new gearknob.

Hi, 

Can I ask, what did you do about the dash area wiring where most of the harness sponge tubes had dis-integrated, did you re-loom with felt tape or what, to avoid potential noises inside the dash ?

 

[ChrisL 18]

I took all the foam off and wrapped it in wiring loom tape which is a bit like felt stuff. It’s all clipped in well so shouldn’t rattle

[twinbeltg60 2]

5 hours ago, ChrisL said:

I took all the foam off and wrapped it in wiring loom tape which is a bit like felt stuff. It’s all clipped in well so shouldn’t rattle

Right, thanks for that, just wondered.

[ChrisL 18]

Some more parts freshened up and chains all done.

[fla 9]

Wonderful progress, the pictures are fabulous

[ChrisL 18]

Started the re-assembly

[ChrisL 18]

Almost finished and ready to start on the gearbox.

[Cressa 44]

Better than factory New 👌. Very impressive work

[ChrisL 18]

NOS sump and genuine original fixings.