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17. First Fire-Up: The Moment Every Build Pivots Around

18 June 2026

16. Centre Tub preparation, Coolant plumbing, Air Con plumbing, Ignition

02 January 2025

15. Drive shafts and tail pipes

29 August 2024

14. Brakes, Inlet plenum, Rocker covers, Throttle cable and Air Filter

09 November 2021

13. Gearbox clean and fit. Home Powder Coating. Engine loom. Inlet Plenum Mods. Making the Fuel Tank, Cooling plumbing.

24 August 2021

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    7. Continuing with body mods

    7. Continuing with body mods

    In this blog post, author Neil Foreman chronicles his return to a long-paused car kit project after an eight-year hiatus. After tidying up his workshop and rigging custom dust-extraction attachments...

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    6. Hubs and Uprights

    6. Hubs and Uprights

    A step-by-step update on assembling the suspension for the P4 Replica. This post covers prepping Ford Granada/Scorpio donor hubs with POR15 rust prevention, custom machining LM25 aluminum uprights, and hand-polishing...

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    5. Gear lever housing modifications

    5. Gear lever housing modifications

    Upgrading a bulky Porsche gear lever housing for a Ferrari P4 replica. Discover how to strip away cheap factory plastic, fabricate custom adjustable aluminum bearing housings, and TIG weld a...

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    2. More engine and body stuff

    2. More engine and body stuff

    This log entry details dropping the tall Ford engine and transmission into the chassis to fabricate custom engine mounts. It explores the challenges of lowering the engine's center of gravity,...

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    4. Continuing the roof and tail chop

    I've finally found a few spare hours to continue with the body mods and write a little about it. In a previous thrilling episode I cut and reshaped the roof and upper mid bulkhead panels to a more pleasing shape and profile. Time now to glue all the pieces back together. My trusty Powerfile was the weapon of choice for this job...

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