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  • 4 weeks later...

just a bit of an up-date, ive not been out much as my wife's 9 mths pregnant and as im writing this shes having contractions, so im off work.

as i cleaned the garage last week she walked past the car and said the baulk head where i'd modified it to fit the manta wings was a mess, soooo cut it off

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then it looked like this

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so while deciding what to do with the bloody gorge (any ideas are welcome, oh and not an extra fuel tank kev, lol) i seam welded the sills

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time to go, contractions getting closer together..

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How have I missed this thread?? :D I'm a huge fan of Imprezas and Mantas so this is going to be my dream car when finished. Hat off to you mate thats an amazing bit of home engineering. Good luck with your new arrival too, hope all goes well for you :)

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  • 1 month later...

next, i thought i best try fitting the front incase this was all in vain

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i lined it up using metal wings instead of the fibre glass ones

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i was amazed how well it all fitted

then i thought i'd best try the fibre glass front... it would be rude not too......

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the next, round peg square hole moment

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a work in progress

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  • 5 weeks later...

not much done lately, the front panel etc is on and welded up, ive made wing mounts, just need a bit of tidying

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nothing gonna be done now for at least 6 weeks, had an op on my hand and they've put a metal pin down inside my thumb and a bit of slicing and diceing of my hand...

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then in work one day, a guy i work with said he bought an intercooler for his subaru, but was selling the car with the std cooler on it and wanted to know if i'd like to try it on mine... ....... this is what it looks like now.........

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i thought i better support the bumper and made this from a std manta bumper support bracket

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ive now stripped the inlet manifold etc off, a few oil and air leaks to be sorted, i nowneed to turn the car around (take the fuel tank out, ha ha) and start making a boot, then sill, not looking forward to that bit.

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