turbo16n Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 What Calipers and Discs are you using on the front of your car ? Have you still got drums on the Back? Thanks Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 Still drums on back. Got 256mm audi 80 vented discs on front, with vauxhall calipers (used on mk3 cavaliers, older vectras and some astras) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantadoc Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I was referring to breaking the audi, not the manta!! Phew!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith1200 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Your getting there It's gon'na be close for the billing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantai200 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hey Shug, your car looks great. Don't listen to people who try to slag it off as not being shiny enough or try to pick faults with it. At the end of the day, you have done it all yourself and not wrote a cheque out and had some garage/professional do it for you. Anyone with enough money can get a showroom/concours car, but it's the grassroots enthusiast who will always get my vote and praise, for they are the ones who do the majority of the work themselves. I have done engine conversions and bodywork out on my drive in the past, so hat's off to you. You need to bring it to Billing, you and the manta deserve to be there and we can all have a beer or three as we laugh about the problems we have had doing our own cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 I swear the body on the manta is made from butter. Number of dents appearing is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monzta Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I swear the body on the manta is made from butter. Number of dents appearing is ridiculous. The only way to do it is to give the entire car bondo and grind it down with a long sandpaper board. My project involves this process too. Fortunatly my car is already black so i discovered all this early in the process Also i am doing a matte black paintjiob to finish it off and this will also (i hope) hide any inperfections missed during the work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 Slowly slowly catchee monkey.... Pretty much ready to be polished, then I can mount the bumper properly. Then, just antiroll bar spacers, new tyres, front seats in, bleed brakes, fine tune ignition timing, vacuum hose, grill trim, live wire to horn, licence plates, adjust bonnet boot and windows, rear fog light attached to rear bumper, clean down and a couple coats of wax then its off to the MOT station! (and it bloody better pass!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entwistlecymru Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I don't want to see you in a Eurobox at Billing again this year Shug! You're not far off the end, just that final push..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 I had a 2 grand budget in mind when I started. So far I'm on around 1600 quid. Oh well [] :lol: :lol: :lol: Ah, the innocence of youth...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierdave Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I know time is tight now but i'm sure your gonna make it to Billing in the "A". Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 That's that fucked then. This car will not see billing. Prob not even the summer. I'm wondering what in the hell possessed me to take on a project like this. Billing in my shitty audi again. I'll be drinking heavily that weekend. Just finished putting oil in gearbox and fitting cable and something went crack and clutch fork flopping about. Need to take box off car which will be fun with no lift on a dirt garage floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upk Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 From memory so I may be wrong! Is there a rubber bung on the opposite side to the fork entry? If so pop it out and look inside, it may have just come off the pivot point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantaray Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Was going to say the same thing. sounds like the fork may have uncliped from pivit, if so you should be able to reattach it with out removing the box. Heres hopeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 "I'm wondering what in the hell possessed me to take on a project like this." Because you have saved another `A` series Because you love the marque and styling Because you like many are a true enthusiast for the Manta Because you like many are part of this great car club O.M.O.C Because you knew within yur sel you could achieve what you have already done Because you know at some point you will be driving onto the plains owe Billing WITH GREAT SATISFACTION KNOWING ITS ALL MY OWN WORK Need add no more me thinks, hope yae git sorted shug, it will be worth all your hard effort. Regards. Rab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmanta Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Well said Rab, Shug, you have done it all, you have got a cracking car you made from a shell from the opposite side of the country, parts from a scrapper and bits you have found via ebay, here and Billing. It is the journey in life that is the fun not the final arrival, and you have had the fun of the hunt and the satisfaction you did it all. Pop the bloody release arm back on the pivot via the rubber bung holes, its fiddly but possible. Stop being a big jessie and we will see you at Billing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Now see if I didnt have an iPhone, I wouldnt be able to post stuff like that as I try to remove the breaker bar end from the wall. Unfortunately I still cant see it making billing (bar on the back of a trailer) still way to much to do and I can only get at it for another 3 days I reckons before billing. I could always turn up in a partially sanded unpolished manta I spose, with only the drivers seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 If I didn't live the other end of the country, I'd come and give you a hand. Hope it makes it to Billing under its own steam after all your hard work. I'm in the same boat with mine so I know how you feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiney_norman Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Shug, thanks for the idea. I may take the rest of the seats out of my car for Billing, gotta bring my fuel economy up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Clutch sorted surprisingly easy. Hope it doesnt fall off again! Now I just have to deal with the servo full of brake fluid and the engine that sounds like a tractor and I'm back on course. No convinced it'll see billing (unless I find a towbar and trailer and the manta crew fancy a challenge at billing!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glb8686 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stradacab Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I really hope you can do it, I don't want to have to wait to 2012 to see it unless I really have to. I'm wishing you good vibes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) Got next monday and tuesday off work. Just booked an MOT for tuesday! So, 16 hour days minimum working on sat, sun and mon then! Just insurance to sort now. Insured now! Just that darn MOT now. Edited June 20, 2011 by Shug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 Oh well, billing in an audi again. On the bright side it does have aircon for when I'm sitting in a traffic jam on the m6 in scorching sun. also smashed my iPhone. Wasn't even angry, just butter fingers. Oops!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantaray Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Whats gone wrong ? thought it was in for MOT on teusday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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