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Category Archives: Engine Bay fit out

Preparation of the engine bay

Battery Tray

30/04/2016by John Housego 2 Comments

I had been waiting for along time for Gerry to get me a batter tray. It finally arrived and I was able to install. I needed to bend the legs […]

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Engine Bay fit out

Heater installation

30/08/2015by John Housego Leave a comment

The next job I decided to take on was installation of the heater. I had taken deliver from Gerry some time ago but never got around to installing it. The […]

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Heater Matrix

Radiator fixing part two!

17/05/2015by John Housego Leave a comment

I have decided to fix the radiator without first fitting the fans. I figured I could measure the space available once fitted which may determine where the fans go, on […]

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Radiator

Oil Cooler

17/05/2015by John Housego Leave a comment

The FIA was fitted with a oil cooler that its infant of the radiator in the lower opening. The kits comes with all the pipes and auxiliaries to fit, including […]

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Oil Cooler

Throttle pedal

19/04/2015by John Housego 2 Comments

There are couple of options for the throttle pedal. The Hawk can use either a mini pedal and cable or as I have Gerry supplies an original throttle pedal. This […]

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Pedal Box

Radiator

05/04/2015by John Housego Leave a comment

There are a few options for the radiator in the Hawk. Many will fit the MGB rad from the donor car or if fitting the Rover V8 may use the […]

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Radiator

Engine Bay

26/01/2015by John Housego Leave a comment

Now the body is back on I can see how it looks next to the engine! Quite pleased with the result but if I was to do it again I […]

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Body Back on, Engine Bay fit out

Heat Shields

02/01/2015by John Housego Leave a comment

In truth I was in two minds about the heat shields and the final result shows it! Initially I was going to fully line both foot boxes as I have […]

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Bodywork, Engine Bay fit out

Competing the engine bay

02/01/2015by John Housego Leave a comment

I have read a good deal on the web about lining the engine bay. I had decided not to line the wheel arches but I still needed to have heat […]

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Bodywork, Engine Bay fit out

Engine Bay Preparation

08/09/2014by John Housego Leave a comment

The original AC Cobras all had white foot boxes….I took a while to decide what I would do in preparation of the engine bay. Should i paint the foot boxes, […]

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Bodywork, Engine Bay fit out

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Stripe car ready for painting20/12/2017
I need to remove all the items that make sense to help speed the preparation and painting of the car body.

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