Slide86 id love to do a ke17 be a cool little project.

well starting to fit it back together.

here it is polished and on the trailer ready to go meet its chassis

 

 

 

 

In love so far.

so more updates. this colour changes so dramatically. each different time of day really alters its look. It'll be dark. then super light. then pastel looking then kinda olive/army. its pretty cool exactly what i thought itd be and was hoping for.

suits the period of the car well while still having that modern flare.

 

 

got some doors on. both tail lights and rear bar. rear bar ive straightened as much as i felt comfortable. really needs new ones.

Started laying the ping jing. Also on the roof. Also wil be laying their acoustic layer foam. Meant to be a luxury car so lets help it along abit. or maybe alot!!

 

also got the booster, pedal box, and master cylinder bolted up. Booster is Surf and Master is Landcruiser

 

motor on its mounts. awaiting rear main and loom

This thing is looking so " COOOOL " :2thumbs: Keep the great work up its is fantastic :yes: . Cheers :- Stuart :wave:

Thanks mate.

 

just a couple more.

 

So last night we got dry ice. used that to remove remaining sound deadener from the floor. mate also made some sneaky bombs. loud bang for sure.

then we started reassembling the motor. Pulled the crank pulley off replaced timing bearings front crank seal and cam seal and timing belt.

only to find that the kit didnt have the hydraulic tensioner. which it was supposed to. but progress is progress. Also new water pump is on.

What is the colour?, by the way the car look fantastic.

 

Excellent job

The colour has no name it is a custom mix

bit more painted.

 

 

and to get en idea of how tightly packed some of the motor bits are heres a pic of the crown manifolds and oil plate. plus the engine mount.

will put up a pic tomorrow of the clearances all around the motor. shes tight.

 

so last night. we got the rear main carrier a new seal back on. flex plate up. trans on. motor back in the car. driveshaft in.

Also manifolds bolted down for good. one cam cover bolted down with new gasket and spark plug tube seals. Front of motor is 90 complete again.

also fitted the front brake line back onto the chassis.

Sump dent repaired and refitted as well.

Tonight will consist of mounting the power steering pump. alt. aircon. remaining cam cover, spark plugs and leads, coils, starter, water cross over pipes leaving only the inlet manifold off as to run the loom it has to remain off.

And i'm waiting on the loom atm.

By end of business sunday i'm hooping to have the dash all fitted back together and the fuel system finished.

Must be so good to have not only the tools n space but resources to do this build, very jealous, looking forward to this outcome loving the updates....

so heres some pics. front of motor pretty much done. front brake lines in. tidied up alot of loose ends bolting wise. motor looking rather large now haha. inlet manifold is just mocked as i'm awaiting the loom.

but you can see how tight everything is.

 

 

Feral 4k.. it takes time alot of time. ive been toying with motors and painting cars for 10 yrs its only the last 5 or so that its been stepped up. Take it easy have a go and slowly build your skills and tooling.

Also i'm not alone. i have my spray shop business and a mate o mine has a shop he uses for personal fab and odd jobs.

Damn that motor's a tight fit! Can't wait to hear this thing come to life!!

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