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Old 15-01-2010, 05:25 AM   #1
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HMT's '93 BG - Resurrection

Hi again,

just wanted to show you the story of my winter car.
Bought it by accident in early 2007 - late night fooling around on ebay - for 21 EUR.
As i found out later, it had at least 3 accidents in its life. That's what it looked like:












Did some emergency fixup and drove it home...




Put it into my tiny garage at the time and started collecting parts

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Old 15-01-2010, 05:36 AM   #2
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Inspection of the damage






...and started working on the completely busted exhaust system








Did some interiour changes:







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Old 15-01-2010, 05:43 AM   #3
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Some alloys...



Speedo finished


Some test fitting


Ok, everything off!


Now that's better:




Fitted the GT wing


and new suspension


power window restauration


new timing belt
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Old 15-01-2010, 07:49 AM   #4
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Interiour decontamination:




New knob


some color


straightened front end




music




interiour




K&N induction kit


almost there
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Old 15-01-2010, 07:57 AM   #5
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New clutch









some electrics









strut brace


detail work






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Old 15-01-2010, 08:01 AM   #6
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rear speakers


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heated seats



alloy refurb



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Old 15-01-2010, 08:05 AM   #7
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Sometimes it's even clean ^^



Recent images



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Old 15-01-2010, 08:11 AM   #8
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WOW what a nice restoration effort. Looks very nice.
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Old 15-01-2010, 08:14 AM   #9
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omg that was an awesome restore from start to finish.
good work mate.
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Old 15-01-2010, 05:34 PM   #10
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bloody brilliant mate, looks awesome with the snow sprayed up the back.
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Old 20-01-2010, 04:00 AM   #11
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That looks good from start till now
Anything else planned for it
Wish mine was that clean!
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Old 20-01-2010, 06:45 AM   #12
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Not really, no. Was thinking about swapping the engine but i actually like it as it is now. No need to change anything. All that's left to do is proper maintenance.
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Old 20-01-2010, 03:04 PM   #13
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How long and how much much did all of this take?

Awesome job.

Heated seats!!!
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Old 20-01-2010, 05:01 PM   #14
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Uh, well, most of it happened between April and August 2007 - when learning for graduation, i took half the days off to relax while working o the car
I spent about 1000€ for parts n stuff, so it's really a cheap thrill...
The detail work happened later on...
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Old 20-01-2010, 05:17 PM   #15
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Why you donīt turn filter just down, this extra hose what comes near radiator donīt work as you think. It donīt bring colder air because engine and radiator warms it up. If you donīt want turn filter down, move that black hose from oter side tat it wonīt be near radiator and engine. There is a holes where you can move thru. When I but filter then I had no bumper on car and wached that cold air can move thru filter. And if you direct air with this hose, then build wall between the engine and filter. If you turn filter down then donīt needed to build wall. Thatīs why I turned filter down. If you donīt understand tat I mean, I can but some pictures how I place the filter. Only let me know.
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Old 21-03-2010, 11:30 PM   #16
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Fitted an oil temp gauge some time ago...
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Old 22-03-2010, 06:59 AM   #17
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thats some intense footwell lighting there!
does that get distracting?

i thought my blue ones would but that looks really intense
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Old 22-03-2010, 08:48 AM   #18
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quick question, how did you get the aircon/fan controls completely evenly blue! i want to change mine from the green but dont want bright spots, yours is brilliant! well done! also love the dials
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Old 22-03-2010, 03:48 PM   #19
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Cheers The heater control was easy since it's just a EL glow dial placed over the unit.
As for the light intensity, that's only a matter of photography - in real life not distracting at all!
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where the heck did you get that! looks sweet! very envious of it all lol
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