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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.....



Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Front Suspension and New Sump

A new shallow wet sump was ordered from Raceline in the UK and that went on while we were waiting for the bodywork to return. It's a beautifully engineered bit of kit which will mean less trouble from speed humps than the original casting.

We also got a new horizontal oil filter mount from them for similar reasons along with an 84 C bypass thermostat to replace the higher temperature Ford item.

And finally we're bolting bits on the chassis itself.  The anti roll bar was a tight fit and required a few tries and many unboltings of previoulsy bolted bits but we now have somewhere to put wheels (at the front at least.)
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