Lude Generation

Vacuumed out the Gen3 thoroughly today, and put in the Gen4 mats that Sam supplied with it. Gave them a good pressure wash & shampoo last weekend and they've come up alright actually. Not sure they look quite right in there though, but fine for now.

Put a few pics up of what it looked like after I waxed it too for good measure, and look at the angle on that rear wheel! Special.

Also a few pics of when our Latvian friends @Ailfenergy and @Jonja (JDM Mafia) came down to collect the LSD Gearbox, in Jonja's 4th. A couple of @Dbo's 4th there too..you know how he likes the photos!

Can't wait to get this project underway! It's going to be awesome.





















Not the most exciting, but nice to see the inside of a 3rd for those who haven't seen many.

I'll post some better ones once I've got the outside looking mint..

Looking good mate

Absolutely stunningly elegant. Scrubs up brilliantly, considering its age.

I'd prefer a bit less wheel, personally (the bonnet line is spectacularly low) to restore the critical ratio, but hey...

Supermarine Blues wrote:Absolutely stunningly elegant. Scrubs up brilliantly, considering its age.

I'd prefer a bit less wheel, personally (the bonnet line is spectacularly low) to restore the critical ratio, but hey...

Lol, I was actually contemplating a bit more wheel! but hey..

Once I've really gone to town on that paintwork it's gonna gleam. Hope to get it done before Japshow. All weather depending next weekend though.

Not a fan of the 3rd to be honest but it looks really smart and clean! Will be even better when she's got a H22 dropped in there! The other 4ths look very nice too. Nice one mate!

Looking sweet mate. Great work. Is Jonga local to southamton then Andy? Oh you need to change the title. Made me think something went wrong when cleaning it.

honda-hardy wrote:Looking sweet mate. Great work. Is Jonga local to southamton then Andy? Oh you need to change the title. Made me think something went wrong when cleaning it.

Na, Jonja (Deniss) & Ailfenergy (Andrey) are from Wolverhampton unfortunately. They just drove a long way for that M2B4 I had, to go in Andrey's 5th with his new H22A engine. He should have that done pretty soon actually.

And I've changed the title for you Sam. I hope this puts your mind at rest.

kris_aka_edu wrote:Not a fan of the 3rd to be honest but it looks really smart and clean! Will be even better when she's got a H22 dropped in there! The other 4ths look very nice too. Nice one mate!

Yes mate, it's going to be epic once the 2.2 is in there! Starting to get quite excited about it now actually. Tramroadmotors has confirmed that he can do the conversion for me, so all I've got to do is get saving & find the parts I need.

Shame you're not a fan of the 3rd. Hopefully you'll change your mind once it's had a few bits done to it.

So, got most of the Manual Gen3 parts through that I need..but some of the bits were missing!

I wanted all 3 pedals, not just one.

And no driveshafts! How you can forget those I do not know.

So I'll just have to hope he responds kindly, otherwise I'll have to travel over to Ireland and bring out the persuaders!



Yay! Manual clocks.

@tramroadmotors, can you think of anything else 3rd Gen, that's not in the above picture that we may need (other than the two pedals & driveshafts)?

Cos I want to close the book on that particular chapter.

Cheers.