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Offline lahi

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #105 on: Friday,November 04, 2022, 10:59:23 AM »
Picked up the Europa body and stuff from the painting guy. I'm very pleased with the result 😀

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #106 on: Friday,November 04, 2022, 12:08:11 PM »
Beautiful!
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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #107 on: Friday,November 04, 2022, 01:17:15 PM »
Very nice!

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #108 on: Friday,November 04, 2022, 01:29:14 PM »
 :I-agree:  She's going to be a real beauty!!

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #109 on: Monday,November 07, 2022, 08:36:23 AM »
Lovely paint. That's going to look great.
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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #110 on: Monday,November 07, 2022, 11:12:27 PM »
Thanks! It does look lovely even up close. The painter did a great job  :) Hopefully I will not scratch it but I think it's difficult not to during the assembly process... Nervous already.

There are a few hours of work still on the chassis but then the body goes on. This winter I also need to fix up the Elite so it's ready for next season and also tidy up the engine bay on my Elise now that I have done all the shakedowns with the supercharged Rover engine. But there will still be time spent on the Europa of course. The body might be on the chassis soon but as you all know the assembly process is not something done in a few hours  ;D So I guess that first test drive will be in late 2023/early 2024

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #111 on: Monday,November 21, 2022, 05:17:03 AM »
Hopefully the body will be lifted on to the chassis soon.
Just trying to figure out if I have forgotten anything...

Chassis is done including the padding. Steering rack is mounted but not master cylinder. It's a very early S2 and they had S1 brakes.
Engine and transmission is there as well but not manifold. No wire harness in the car. I have a new one and will fit that when the body is on the chassis. Clutch cable and speedometer cable will also be fitted afterwards. I guess that's possible. I think the chassis is in the same state now as it was when I lifted the body off the chassis  :-\
Trying to make sure I don't need to remove the body again...
Will clean up the threads for the bolts holding the body to the chassis. Not sure what else is needed before I put it together? New water pipes is in place as well as the smaller pipes to the heater. The rest of the heater stuff will be done later. Can't think of anything else. What do you think?

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #112 on: Monday,November 21, 2022, 05:39:35 AM »
New heater pipes as well?

They have a horrible habit of developing leaks AFTER you put the body on!

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #113 on: Monday,November 21, 2022, 06:10:08 AM »
New heater pipes as well?

They have a horrible habit of developing leaks AFTER you put the body on!

Yes. The small ones, about 1/2" going from the engine bay and to the cabin exiting just in front of the gear lever. Those are new. Old ones were completely clogged with rust

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #114 on: Monday,December 05, 2022, 03:49:12 AM »
Put on the body yesterday. More than happy with the result  :pirate:

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #115 on: Monday,December 05, 2022, 04:57:50 AM »
Sweet!

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #116 on: Monday,December 05, 2022, 07:42:38 AM »
Very nice! Another step in your journey!  :beerchug:

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #117 on: Monday,December 05, 2022, 12:40:47 PM »
Looks fantastic. What red is that?

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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #118 on: Monday,December 05, 2022, 01:00:52 PM »
 8)
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Re: Europa S2 540936 in Sweden
« Reply #119 on: Monday,December 05, 2022, 01:29:54 PM »
 
What a wonderful paint job, very impressive

Also love the Elite from a few posts backā€¦.the more I see the the more I love the shape