360 project- "The Black Death"

[filthyjohn]

Okay then, the tax runs out at the end of the month, so it's time for major work on the black GLT. I have big plans for the old girl, including some rust repairs, suspension, brakes, and an engine swap.
I thought I'd keep track of the work in here and since I've had so much help from this very friendly forum, see if I can be any help to other folk doing similar jobs. I'll be taking lots of pictures and I can write 'how-to' articles on specific things if anyone wants.

Here's how she looked when I got my grubby paws on her:


First modification :


Added a towbar from a saloon (far too long)


Towing missions:




Then I decided it needed nicer wheels:


Anyway, enough waffle and on with the first job.

Spax adjustable dampers, courtesy of the nice Mr. Dai (classicswede).

Before:


After:


Found some rust on the driver's side top mount which will need to be dealt with:


There's a lot more to come and hopefully I'll be updating regularly

Cheers Guys,
John.

[classicswede]

I cant see the pics as I'm at home but I will look later.

Glad you are posting all the work you are doing on here.

If we get the project car forum up and going would be good to transfer this thread there

[filthyjohn]

Will do mate, this one should be a bit special

[trabitom99]

Been looking forward to this project thread, John! It'll be good to see how you're progressing ...

Tom

[filthyjohn]

Cheers Tom, should be a good 'un

I forgot to mention my Hella grille:



Just finished fitting my strut brace, courtesy of Ali (whose fabricating is really top notch ):




More to come, little bits at first and then more when the tax runs out this month.

[SteveP]

Nice work... excellent wheel choice, amazing what a nice set of alloys can do

[meintag]

I like it man !! Good components choice !!!

Have you noticed the rear strut bar ? ( less body roll, more stiffness, more tendency to oversteer, etc )

Thanks a lot !!

Regards

[kaos]

nice.

i still need to find proper alloy wheel nuts for mine.

[classicswede]

That does look good.

I will once again point out that rear strut bars (well sort of as the 300 does not have struts) will not help handling or suspension alighnment as the tower is only for the dampers and nothing else. However they do look good and can make a good point for fixing race harnesses to.

Its also good to see a 360 towing

[filthyjohn]

Thanks for the positive comments guys! There really is a lot more to come a.s.a.p if I can iron out a few engineering/fabricating headaches.
Lets just say the B200 has outstayed its welcome...

Its also good to see a 360 towing

She tows like a train, you'd hardly know there was a car on the back (even if one were to 'exceed' the stated towing capacity of 1200kg ) The way I see it, anything a b200 240 can tow, I can tow faster

[classicswede]

My brother once towed a 245 with spare engine in the back using his old works GLS

It did not tow so great but got the job done. The big problem was not enough nose weight on the trailor