The Statesman

[NOGEN 3]

Hey Matt, just wondering how hard it was to fab up an adapter plate for the VT booster on your car??
Top effort on the front lip btw- DejaVu from working on my glass front lip for the SS before finding a genuine one(So glad I got one for a reasonable price). I reckon I made the lip stronger where I repaired it then the rest of the lip itself,lol.
I've added Fibreglass repairs to my Resume'....

[VQ-Assault]

a suggestion for the chassis rail holes, make up a chrome dummy bolt and nut that can just sit on the top as a cap

[THE STATESMAN]

not sure if it has an adapter plate for the booster i think it all bolts up. i know the chrome bracket is off a different model as its bent the oppisite way around. And yes fiber glass is fun!

[NOGEN 3]

What about the flares on the piping? Have they needed the flare style changed, or are they both single flare?? Still looking into this- I don't even know if the 6 and 8 boosters capacities/master diameters are different or not yet..

[THE STATESMAN]

Yes apparently there flares are different and not "correct" but they still seal. Mine has been in there for a few years without any problems. But ring Pete my mechanic as he is the one who put it in for me.

[NOGEN 3]

Yeah, I was thinking of just hooking it up and testing it under load in the shed to see if the flares seal OK- It's not like they'll UNseal once you tighten them up...
If worse comes to worse and it doesn't pan out, Ill take it to Brighton brakes and get him to reflare the pipes...
Cars coming along gr8 again, btw...

[THE STATESMAN]

slowly getting there

[LUR-11D]

that nice job man really nice love it.

[THE STATESMAN]

Engine, few more chrome bits added



engine bay caps







atlas white walls




New headlights and indicators

[NickVR]

Looking good Matt. It's good to see some progress on this thing mate.

[spirto]

Looking great Matt, it's almost like watching "Pimpin your Ride" on free-to-air lol. ahahahaha. When do you think it will be done? ...or is that like the old question "How long is a piece of string"

[THE STATESMAN]

Pimp my ride the extended version over many years............. It will be done when the money and the time meet in the middle......And when i stop adding more things to do while its apart.

I have just about finished the repairs on the front lip ready for some primer then i stumbled across a genuine sv90 front lip new in the box. So that will be going on the car instead. It is a perfect fit i only had to file a bit off the sides to make it fit nice.

[HamaTime™]

Looks insane!!!!!!

[NickVR]

Good to see progress Matt.

[THE STATESMAN]

Got my stock rims back from the powder coaters just waiting on the centre caps to be painted. I re- painted the black on the badge since i had to take them off. Had the tyres fitted as well as the flappers






Finaly got around to fitting the mesh on the front door pods. before it was just the plastic grill.


Brakes have all been painted

[NickVR]

Good see some more pics Matt. The door pods look a lot better with the grilles on them.

[HamaTime™]

TUFF!!!!!

Looking ever so sweet!

[THE STATESMAN]

Did a little more work on the stato. started to fill in the exhaust cut out in my spare rear bar.



Also for a while i have wanted to change all the door moulds to ones off an exec and use D shaped alli as the chrome strip. This was a bit a had laying around work just gave it a bit of a polish. Im thinking ill fit this to the whole car then get them chromed.







Also picked up a billet battery tray


Centre caps all painted



Shold be getting some stuff back from the chromers this week too.

[HamaTime™]

please don't tell me that's a sunvisor on the front :/

[fuzzy2308]

how the #### did i miss this thread.
Pure ####ing class right there.

[jackvanlawick]

Looks very good mate. keen to see the finishing product

[pjdm1980]

how the #### did i miss this thread.
Pure ####ing class right there.

X2 for that!!!!!

[THE STATESMAN]

Been a while since my last update cars finally at my mechanics getting the wiring done. Have started on the air con lines too they will now all be hidden and run under the panel in front of the windscreen then down under the guard. a new air condenser was brought too.

Aircon lines



I made a cover plate at the top of the firewall but I have been convinced that I will need the do the whole wall instead. Hopefully I get a day off next week to start it.





Catch cans are made have may hours of sanding to do as I have smoothed all the welds.



Rear bumper is filled in too

[THE STATESMAN]

More chrome bits


VN Calais tail lights and garnish to suit also found a NOS badge for it too

[Jecs]

great work pal, keep us updated