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Hi Martynp. The reason I have started a new thread mate is because this is a new project, the original idea of poking the supercharged 5.0 gt mustang engine in the 75 is not dead, just on hold until 05 is completed, the beauty of rebuilding 05 from 577 is that I will have a spare v8 bodyshell (although damaged) to use as a floor pan/gearbox tunnel donor for a standard rover 75. I will return to that thread once I have completed 05.
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My best wishes in both of your endeavours! Looking forward to progress reports---- By the way, just been looking at ebay car breakers The one in Dorchester Tel.No 01305 266302, ebay name 2010dcs |
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It's good too see Tony and now yourself keeping the V8's alive.
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Hi to all, thanks for your support! I have posted some pics to show the progress so far. The first two are of 05 as it was when delivered to me, the next is of the engine bay stripped & thoroughly cleaned ready for paint, the next is the boot area now completely devoid of some pretty strange pondlife, vegetation and all manner of weird squiggly things, the interior floor area of the shell had similar beasties in it along with a ton of shattered glass, ah, vandals eh, bless'em! The last is the interior dried out and cleaned ready for stripping. Interestingly enough, the lower left corner of the spare wheel well is the ONLY place on the shell with any sign of corrosion, remarkable when you think that it has been sat outside, uncovered, full of water and in all weathers for an awfully long time! The rust was literally only on the surface (where the paint had gone a bit flaky) and has now been treated, awaiting paint.
I had a really interesting conversation with messenger this morning and he reliably informs me that a Mustang oil pick up pipe is not the same as a 260, but he has graciously offered to obtain one and all of the other sump parts for me. Tonybubble has also come forward with contact details of somewhere where I can obtain the pipe. That's the beauty of being on here, always plenty of willing people ready to help, thanks guys! I will post some more shots soon
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I think what you are doing is absolutely fantastic and I envy your determination with it. All the very best with it, I'll be watching with fascination.
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Next instalment then, Interior showing rotten wiring loom and heater, unfortunately all items unserviceable. Interior now stripped and thoroughly cleaned ready for installation of donor parts from 577. I have just noticed a difference, 05 being an early Pro Drive car has a different gearchange tunnel, a plate was obviously bolted on here, whereas 577 has a proper bespoke top plate formed as part of the tunnel, a quick mod required here then! I am now busy murdering 577 and removing plenty of pieces, the wiring harness is the last item to remove now, but one of the first parts to install. I will post some more as soon as re-assembly begins
Thanks for the heads up and your best wishes martynp I will give them a call, Dorchester is not too far away from me. I know that messenger has an awful lot of the parts that I am going to need, but it will be good to have a back-up for anything he hasn't got. cheers, John
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Good luck with it..... having seen the ZTT first hand, I think you've got your work cut out.....
The tourer had (from memory) Sat Nav fitted, and the loom is different to the saloon one at the boot end, as it's slightly longer and picks up the GPS and AM/FM signals from different locations.
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If the intention is to keep the OEM CD changer you can actually pull back the seven related wires as they go all the way up the loom to the dash and back again to the changer in the boot daft but that is the way they did it! There is or was a place selling some stuff up assemblies if you need them (built front and rear subframes etc) in Cheshire but I can't remember what they are called at the moment. |
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Thanks Greeners, I know it's a lot of work but I took on the project knowing what was involved, fortunately I'm used to this kind of work and I actually quite enjoy it. Thanks also for the info on the sat nav loom, i have measured it up and I can re-route it quite neatly, just got to chat up messenger now for a high line rear screen!
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