hi i thought i would put some pictures of my latest project as some of you know this has been rallied by simon crook untill he rolled it earlier this year he had stripped it for repair but the regs changed so wouldnt be eligible for next year.
ive bought the car,and have started to straighten the shell out, the damage is quite extensive and if it wasnt for the fact that it had been prepared by gerry johnson who founded safety devices and every single panel has been seam welded together with large tunnel and group 4 5 linked it probably would have been easier to reshell.
a brief list includes;roof badly kinked above windscreen rear roof pillar flattened one front pillar flattened o/s rear wing badly crushed and top edge rolled over o/s front inner wing rolled over n/s front inner wing bent down and when i measured the n/s front inner chassis rail there was a nearly a inch differance between the height
even the front suspension crossmember is badly twisted
first job was to put the full cage back in to keep the shell rigid especially as it ties in with the front suspension pick up points.
then cut off the entire front panel off back to the inner wings then i removed the front suspension and bolted a 6x2 lenght of box accross the front then welded another lenght of box to this which was also bolted to the rear suspension points this gave me a good point to jack up the front chassis once is was within a 1mm of its correct height i gave the kinks on the inner chassis rail some gentle smacks with a hammer they dissapeared with it under tension. released the jack and all remained within a 1mm.used the same rig to jack the inner wing back in place.
ive put a few pictures up after the crash and strip down and will post some more as the rebuild continues
thanks simon powell
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a few more mods to make life easier included. Power steering / gte brakes with Audi discs / hid headlights / quick shift / Ashley exhaust / remote locking / gas bonnet struts / stereo install with speakers to fill all the holes / 1 key lock set / and the clutch problem was a melted cable due to lack of earth cable ( big thanks to mantasrme 
) so here are some pics of it as it is now (some of my other cars pictured as well.
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