Novasportc550 Posted April 29, 2013 Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Hi all I am new to the manta scene, I am going to be building a manta 400 rep in white, with a 2.0 redtop engine, from this 1988 car. I have only purchased the car on sunday past and will get her home in the next week or so, I will probably need a lot of advice along the way. This is my motor... ??? Edited May 11, 2013 by Novasportc550 2 Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Posted May 1, 2013 Nice one mate! Keep it red 400 redtop Not a red fan sorry. Whites the colour for me.. Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 5, 2013 Author Posted May 5, 2013 Pic the car up yesterday, spend all of today stripping her. Need a bit of welding, front floor pans and front chassis legs along with the front a pillars and round sun roof is the main parts.. 1 Quote
robah Posted May 6, 2013 Posted May 6, 2013 Pic the car up yesterday, spend all of today stripping her. Need a bit of welding, front floor pans and front chassis legs along with the front a pillars and round sun roof is the main parts.. Typical Manta repairs then. 1 Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 6, 2013 Author Posted May 6, 2013 Typical Manta repairs then. Yea lots of work ahead of me. Lol In the progress of getting some panel from a member on here tjm, also ordered the body kit tonight too.. :-) 1 Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 11, 2013 Author Posted May 11, 2013 Got a few hours at the project today, though I would tackle the roof first, want to keep a sunroof in it, have made the patch for the rear of the sunroof, still to make a patch for the front section, hoping to get that done tomorrow and maybe tack welded Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Posted May 12, 2013 Started welding today, set the sunroof in to make sure it still fits.. Quote
bris jas Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 Looks like you've made a good start, where have you ordered your wheels and 400 body kit from? Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Posted May 12, 2013 Looks like you've made a good start, where have you ordered your wheels and 400 body kit from? Getting the wheels from retro power from this site and kit from a guy called Martin who does the best kit I have been told.. 1 Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Posted May 12, 2013 Only got the back section or the roof finished today, lot of work involved to make it right.. Hope to get the front section sorted next weekend.. 1 Quote
Kevin Abbott Posted May 13, 2013 Posted May 13, 2013 Great work. Good luck with it and thanks for joining the club :-) 1 Quote
Paul Barrett Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 good work on the roof, mine needs doing pretty sharpish now! 1 Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 18, 2013 Author Posted May 18, 2013 Small up date, floor pans arrived yesterday.. Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 18, 2013 Author Posted May 18, 2013 Started on the front section of the roof tonight, a bit more playing about and it will be ready to weld in tomorrow.. . . 1 Quote
Aggressor Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 good luck with your project mate but can i ask how did you get the heater box out of the bulk head? cheers rob Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 19, 2013 Author Posted May 19, 2013 It was just a few screws and it fell out...!!! Are they hard to remove..!!!!!! Quote
Aggressor Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 for me.... yes ok mate thanks I'll take another look. Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 19, 2013 Author Posted May 19, 2013 It bolt inside the car as well, if that helps.. Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 19, 2013 Author Posted May 19, 2013 Got the front section welded in today... Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 24, 2013 Author Posted May 24, 2013 Got the roof into filler tonight, plus been busy making a roll over jig all week. What you's think.. Lol Quote
garymanc Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 nice job, don't forget to make the sunroof drain tubes longer so the don't go into the sills again 1 Quote
Novasportc550 Posted May 26, 2013 Author Posted May 26, 2013 Got the old floor pan cut out yesterday and the new one screwed in place. 1 Quote
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