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Hi, Just a couple more photos now the thing is on the road.
Still trying to sort out the suspension and geometry, but have done about 80miles all very close to home 

[Gary]

Nice

[Peter]

Is that candy apple red metallic? I love it! it's chunky, clean and well put together. well done.

[scooby]

Wow, doz!

I'm trying to think what you can add to it to make it more noticeable...

All your own work? Niiiiice.

Electronic dash? How did you go about that little task?!

What kind of suspension geometry issues are you having - a bit light and 'wandering' on the road?

Really nice job. (I can't seem to find a 'green-with-' smiley...)

[Peter]

Just for you Scooby

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some of these digital dash setups are getting quite affordable now. I came across the following company at last years classic car show at the NEC ... www.digital-speedos.co.uk/

some interesting stuff there

Brett

[terryrob]

I've seen these guys too, there a few out there and you can get a combined unit with loads of funktions for a lot less than a set of separate instruments.

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Hi, thanks for your kind comments.
Mostly my work.
I have only ever seen candy apple on TV so don't really know. This is a 3 part system that the paint shop tried desperately not to sell me
You lay a silver metallic and then the red is a tinted lacquer and then you have your tough clear coat on top. This is the second car I have sprayed and the first time with metallic, and 2 pack, the shop were very concerned as the colour is set by the number of coats of red and so you end up looking like a zebra if you get it wrong. I learnt a lot about how to do it and have been really pleased with the colour and metallic but the clear coat is not great - I will probably redo it at some point.

The suspension is adjustable coil overs front and back on home made mounts, and I have put on poly bushes. The rear is sierra instead of the original Cortina so there is a lot of unknowns. It does go light above 70, but at the moment I think that I am struggling with the rear spring rate and anti-roll. It is a bit harsh on the ride and tends to over steer but then I have to remember it is a Jeep and heavy at that.
During the MOT it weighed in at 1300KG, I have put a lot of extra metal in the chassis, but the nice thing was that it is 48/52 in weight distribution. With the original Cortina setup (2.3v6 and rear axle) it was very front heavy and would spin the rear wheels far too easily.

The dash is also not as nice as I was hoping for, it is an ACEWELL ACE-7859. It is ok, but the rev counter is too small so accelerating in 1st and second is a bit of guess work.
Putting it in was fairly easy in the main as I am using secondary sensors for oil and water temp (originals used for ecu only). the biggest issue was making a convertor to take the signal pulse from the gearbox and putting that in to the dash (although you can just use the hall sensor with the dash). I have seen some very cheap ones on ebay recently, which I like the look of, and are very cheap, but I suspect that they are not great. I am going to try and fit a second analogue rev counter. I would stay with separate dials if I were to do it again.

[Peter]

Yep, that's Candy Apple Red, did a Lambretta SX200 in it in 1965, sod of a job, then he pranged it and expected us to touch it up, nope, complete re-spray.
Know what you mean about the speedo, I have a MG Maestro dash which is totally analogue so no ECU needed and had to make an eight pulse sensor for it, of course now days one can just buy an eight pulse transducer off Ebay for £25 but not in 1995! I had to use a Smith-s speedo frame and double the metal blocks and then check it against a motor with a speed controller and a tacho.