Very overdue project !!!

[Porters2]

Hi everyone,
Stumbled across this forum and thought maybe i would share my project, purchased a 1983 fb 15 years ago and now I have retired i reckon it’s time to get started on it lol, I dry stored it 15 yrs ago and did a bit of work on it such as buying a donor car and fitting full interior and most exterior panels, I have a plethora of spares such as two engines in bits and an Elford turbo engine in the car that needs a rebuild now. I have bumpers and gearboxes spare if anyone is in need?? Even a set of ultra rare early series 1 square bumpers. I have every intention of starting the resurrection this year so thought I might share the process with likeminded folks.
Cheers, Steve.

[ian65]

Hey, welcome along
We all love reading about a project on here, looking forward to seeing how it goes

cheers,
Ian

[Casey]

Hi Steve, welcome to the forum

I will be very interested to share your project journey on here, as will many others I suspect.

Also good to know you have a stash of spares should anyone find themselves in need

Whereabouts are you located?

[marksport]

You can't beat a good project...

[Porters2]

Hi Steve, welcome to the forum

I will be very interested to share your project journey on here, as will many others I suspect.

Also good to know you have a stash of spares should anyone find themselves in need

Whereabouts are you located?

Hello, I am in Essex near the Dartford crossing, and I will of course try to help out if anyone else is in need.

[A7RXY]

Good morning Steve and welcome to the forum, I'm in Upminster so just up the road from you.
Good luck
Dibs

[Porters2]

Hi Dibs,
I'm actually in Upminster road north Rainham, so really close lol.

[A7RXY]

Im in Corbets Tey Road, we also have a site on Facebook if you are on that.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/136934813 ... 465629047/

[Porters2]

Finally got round to making a start on the engine.

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[Porters2]

Well lots of fun and memories from the 80s while stripping the engine, last time I started it 12yrs ago it filled the street with smoke so I knew it was in need of a set of o-rings at the very least, as it turns out that was all it needed, I stripped and measured/ cleaned everything and reassembled with new o-rings (acquired from eBay for £100 , listed as for 86-2000 engine but took a chance as I seem to remember them being the same, only one that didn’t fit was the OMP one, could be due to my turbo OMP having 4 ports).
Anyway it’s now running on the test rig in the workshop, as you will see if I can attach a short video, and pleased to say that it doesn’t smoke .