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Well little update!! It's driving and running very well! Only running about 12 psi so far but feels very fast! Going on what's its as quick as and compared to the old grey cav I reckon it's ballpark figure of 300hp so looks promising as I run the turbo to 24-28 psi when fully mapped and setup!!! Dep...

Nice to see another coming back into active duty. Was it originally on the TOY plate? The dealer I worked for during the first half of that year was selling new cars with a registration run ending with TOY. I can't remember the range of numbers but it is possible I may have driven the car or possib...

No mark sold those off before Sam who I got it off bought it!

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So after 5 years the car is fully road legal once again!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/B6C2445D-3202-4259-ADEB-C8D08A4542B9-11354-000004CF04CE7225_zps7dc23c4a.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/BFDCC567-B416-4244-94A4-CED2C85F74...

started on the bumper, not quite straight yet, my fault i guess for buying such a large intercooler!! might drop it down slightly as it pokes out the top of the bumper right under the grill, however it will then stick out below the bumper slightly, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1...

Well it runs!! First Start http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/th_16ABDAAE-CA72-40B8-A499-C80C27454BF6-219-0000000F3E636135_zps3d1336a4.jpg Very tappy but oil hadn't worked its way into all the lifters at this point, and power steering fluid was low so pump was noisy, b...

Well had last week off work as did a load of mates, one of which owns a garage so we thought we'd take full advantage of the empty ramps!!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/5ECEF947-4D36-40AE-884A-79AECD32D0FC-1322-00000181CC0A2F3C.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albu...

Well had last week off work as did a load of mates, one of which owns a garage so we thought we'd take full advantage of the empty ramps!!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/5ECEF947-4D36-40AE-884A-79AECD32D0FC-1322-00000181CC0A2F3C.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albu...

Yep no fogs!! and yep quite enjoy cleaning!! Coilpack fitted http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/0DF23E1F-A786-4B30-BB46-90D8DAC6D835-19779-000017FB215E0693.jpg Engine loom being made http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/EE82DFFD-3DC6-4975-B...

realised i hadnt updated this for a long time, needless to say progress is slow but steady! ill let the pics to the talking! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/fa5740d2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/47d5670d.jpg http://img.photob...

not a massive update but bits are still going in slowly surely and all with a coat of paint http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/fa0f2a34.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/2ca15f26.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey...

"Cough Cough"

Engine bay gets fresh paint! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/ab29618e.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/cfb97942.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/85b10556.jpg and gearbox and transfer box get w...

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so started with wire brushing off all the crap and surface rust today http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image1166.jpg then once all back to good metal a coat of stoneguard! ready for overpainting at a later date! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/...

In between showers i got the rest of the major rust chopped out and nice fresh steel welded in today! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image1154.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image1156.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383...

While the sun is shining, and i have a week off some work is happenning on TOY!! small amount of rust need dealing with behind the bumper, prob made worse by the impact, so while its off its all getting sorted, little more welding tomorrow then the underside gets stripped and stonechip sheilded!! ht...

only a small update today, top of the dog leg needed tidying and patching slightly, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image0791.jpg so gound and wirebrushed away all the crap and paint, cut a small piece to fit in behind the missing metal and tacked on http://img.phot...

continued with the sill today, whilst it wasnt raining!! started by grinding and flapdiscing away the paint and primer to get nice clean metal to weld to, and clamped the cutdown sill into place http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image0784.jpg tacked that into place ht...

ok, once all the rust was dealt with i started on the welding, first i wanted to put a bit more metal in where the arch had been repaired before, as the old sill and the newer arch had stared to seperate, filled with some weld http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image07...

yeah, that sounds about right, dry day today so i started working on the other sill. looked like this to start http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image0726.jpg inner sill seemed faily solid, only the outer skin and the underside that had gone rotten, where the bottom o...

cracked on with the rest of the sills and dogleg today, trimmed down the dogleg, taking special care to separate the outer and inner skin of the arch so i could keep the arch looking as original as possible, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image0748.jpg once all mea...

cracked on with the sills today, cut and grinded out all the old rust and steel, inner and outer sill and the dog leg need replacing http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image0730.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/lem0nmonkey1981/L401%20TOY/Image0731.jpg http://...

can get full sills for £16 so gonne buy one for each side and replace what ever needs replaceing, otherwise the underside is very tidy, little bit of welding needed on the rear of the arch where it meets the boot, but otherwise about as solid is you can expect for a 17year old car, spent this evenin...