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Re: 1973 Europa Special restoration help
« Reply #15 on: Thursday,January 21, 2021, 08:34:04 AM »
Every picture where someone mounted the Lockheed boosters where the Girling boosters were looks pretty bad IMHO. I mounted them in the area behind the rear wheels so you don't even see them. Of course, I was building the car from the frame up so I could route the brake lines any way I wanted. Doing that on a running car would be a bit more difficult.

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Re: 1973 Europa Special restoration help
« Reply #16 on: Thursday,January 21, 2021, 11:56:47 PM »
Every picture where someone mounted the Lockheed boosters where the Girling boosters were looks pretty bad IMHO. I mounted them in the area behind the rear wheels so you don't even see them. Of course, I was building the car from the frame up so I could route the brake lines any way I wanted. Doing that on a running car would be a bit more difficult.
:I-agree: This seems to make sense BDA - do you happen to have a picture of that ?

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Re: 1973 Europa Special restoration help
« Reply #17 on: Friday,January 22, 2021, 07:31:20 AM »
Here you go.

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Re: 1973 Europa Special restoration help
« Reply #18 on: Friday,January 22, 2021, 09:20:33 AM »
That's a neat idea, do you have two servos for a dual circuit with a matching servo on the other side or are you on single circuit ?

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Re: 1973 Europa Special restoration help
« Reply #19 on: Friday,January 22, 2021, 01:38:49 PM »
Here you go.

I think that is where Else fitted them on the S2
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Re: 1973 Europa Special restoration help
« Reply #20 on: Friday,January 22, 2021, 02:14:01 PM »
That's a neat idea, do you have two servos for a dual circuit with a matching servo on the other side or are you on single circuit ?

Brian.
Thanks Brian!

Yeah. I have twin boosters. I kept the Federal brake circuit so of course I had to adapt it for the different locations for the boosters. The other is behind the other rear wheel. The plumbing didn't come out as neat as I wished but it is hidden by the trunk so I only care a little bit. Doing it this way allowed me to but a panel of electronic stuff where the boosters were. It holds a rev limiter, a fuel pump relay, a GPS antenna, some fuses and the emissions plaque  :) . The picture is old and I have a Pertronics rev limiter now and maybe another small change or two but you can get the idea.

I should note that just as the original boosters mounting points are backed up - originally there was a piece of sheet metal on the other side of the fiberglass where the boosters were mounted - I did the same thing.

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Re: 1973 Europa Special restoration help
« Reply #21 on: Sunday,January 02, 2022, 04:16:18 AM »
There are a multitude of photo's on this forum which will satisfy your requirements - just get comfortable and surf through it - you will learn so much on the way.

Not wishing to show favoritism in any way - the following may help you in appreciating what is ahead of you - as advised above, there are many other similar photographic records you can find on the forum     

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOF7peFDeR7jZ1MnMiV-2qiuefDwlLuCurNiAeMoWI5qnzmWu4Aoc3ebsGNKFGAWw?key=R3BVUElCcTVjZzVFYTVSTEczaV8tUk1UT3UtVThn

Hope it helps - get ready to be asked for photographs of your build - the forum loves photos.  :Welcome:

Wow, so much usefull pictures and videos. This will so much be of help for my retauration purposes :).