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Of the many options and kits available we have chosen the South African Birkin - a kit which faithfully reproduces the beauty of Colin Chapman's original car and which you build up with component parts from the factory, adding in your choice of engine and transmission.



This holds true to the tradition of garden shed mechanics without requiring quite the level of welding skill, or CAD programming, that some of the amazing, home built clubman cars require. Or at least we hope not, as neither of us have done anything like this before.....



Monday, March 8, 2010

The Engine arrives

We decided on the 2.0L Ford duratec - there's a large pool of knowledge in the community on making these run outside of their donor cars now, so hopefully we'll be reaping the benefits of its all alloy block and not cursing its mental electrics.

Ours came from Allfords Auto Wreckers in Braeside, VIC and we can't speak highly enough of their services. They made sure we got everything we needed and were helpful and friendly throughout.

After arrival we got down to mounting it on its stand, stripping the ancillaries and cleaning it.
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