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It's changed a lot since I last saw it, looking good now. What pedal box are you using?

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It's changed a lot since I last saw it, looking good now. What pedal box are you using?

Hi Ems, Ye it sure has changed! The pedal box is an escort mk1 I think, might be a mk2. Caused me nothing but trouble to be fair infact its still needs some fiddling around with. Definitely wouldnt recommend it, just seems a really poor design to work on and do anything with.

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looks good what is the red fan under the bonnet does it feed cold air to the cabin or air feed to the heater matrix keep up the good work

Thats actually a very trimmed down austin metro bulkhead mounted heater fan, it blows cold air up to the custom made silver heater box (with a carlton heater matrix in - all i had on the shelf). The design works well, when I had it on the road last I used the same fan but the old manta matrix; it was an amazing heater; one of the best car heaters Ive ever had.

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nice job well worth the wait what is the front lip spoiler off?

Im not entirely sure about it, I think it's a copy of some aftermarket spoiler that was produced for the manta at some point.

This was an ebay item purchased years ago, It was cheap but was a hell of a lot of work to get it to what you see now, It was in 2 parts before, the finish was terrible (no gelcoat) with loads of holes, distorted and the ends were sticking out to much.

Not looking forward to speed bumps/ramps etc.

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Blimey Martyn...it has been a looooong time!!!! Glad to see you are finishing this epic build!!! Hope to catch up sometime!

It has been a long time Daz, got a few big jobs left to do, like sort a bonnet out and spray the 3 piece spoiler and doorcards, windows etc etc............lots of little things too.

It's a 4HA at the rear with a Jag LSD and astra mk4 discs and calipers.

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I can't help thinking of the Robot from Lost is Space when I see that engine bay :)

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But what an amazing turnaround you have made to that Manta ;)

What remote boosters did you use?

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I can't help thinking of the Robot from Lost is Space when I see that engine bay :)

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But what an amazing turnaround you have made to that Manta ;)

What remote boosters did you use?

Ye theres a striking similarity!

The remote servo's are Lockheed items, without rooting through the stack of paperwork/receipts I cant remember what they were for though, bit annoying that cos Ive made an extensive word document with all the parts Ive used from different vehicles, typically these aren't on it.

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Haha usually the way!

Was looking to relocate my battery to the boot and do something similar in that location with a couple of remote boosters as well, although may try and cover them in some kind of box to keep it looking factory (ish)

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I'll have to get some boot pics.

Battery in the boot's a good option, especially if you can do away with the huge heater construction as well; it frees up a lot of space.

Looking "factory" was not high on my list of priorities!

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