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@@kingdavid1000 I think it was just eBay or similar... I tried to look up the listing but can't see it anymore 🤷🏻

Yes! Lots has been going on - struggling to find the time to work on the car + day job + edit videos! Promise I'll upload again soon! - you can find me on Instagram @hexytech for more up to date posts!

Thanks, glad you like em! I paid a little more, but not that much more for mine!

Hi, I did weld these holes also - I didn't film it but I think you can see around 6:44 that these holes have been plug welded 👍

I do have a scimitar 4ha axle in my parts pile but I won't be using it on this build! I am using a ford 8.8 from a mid 90s Mustang. They have the same triangulated 4 link design as the Firenza also the parts availability for them is fantastic

Cheers Neil - if the weld is inside a section like the sill I'd rather just clean it up than grind it back and risk weakening the metal around it!

To be mentioned in the same sentence as Fitzee is one hell of an honour! He's a total legend & I've picked up many a trick from his videos. Thanks and hope you manage to get back to your project sooooon!

Should be ready in a couple of weeks 😉

Necessity is the mother of invention for sure!

Yep patience is key, though it's always sooo tempting to try and do it in as few whacks as possible... Which is not the best of ideas! Managing to form a complete bellmouth is no small feat!

Very cool, would that have been aluminium? I can see it working great with ally! Beech would make for a fantastically durable former - the MDF is ok for a one or two time use but that's all I needed and it's comparatively cheap!

@@HexyTech yes aluminium. It has to be heat treated to make it workable and again to restore the properties post-work. Best wishes, Dean.

Thanks Gary!

Hello Dave! (and thanks, glad you enjoyed it!)

Cheers! Don't look too close eh 😉

@@HexyTech 😁

Cheers Piet!

Cheers Steven!

I've had enough bits of metal in my eyes and my hearing is bad enough from years playing in bands so I always gear up these days!

Yeah I guess MDF costs would add up!! You just gotta start with the biggest parts you need to make then cut the MDF into smaller and smaller parts as you go 🤣 - would definitely work even easier with thinner sheet, I like to use 1.2mm on the floor n bits like this but 1mm would do for most body panels..

Agreed, the Vauxhall axle would snap like a twig!! I have a ford 8.8 from a mid 90s Mustang to go under this 👍

Hi! Yes I have thought about some things like this - there is potential in the future if I want to make the car lighter that I may make a full tubular front subframe, this would likely be lighter and stronger than the factory item - but a lot of design and fabrication work also! The car was under 1000kg from factory and now with 4x the power, adding a little weight shouldn't be too much of a problem..

Thanks Andrew! It's a Milwaukee one, great for cuts in fiddly areas if you use the right discs 👍

Cheers! Glad you like em!

Cheers!

Yeah I think 15" is about the biggest you can go on a Firenza before it starts to look weird! Everything today is rolling around on 18/19/20" rims!

Wouldn't want to do this kinda job without one!

Hey Daniel - trying to be consistent with the uploads so should be up in 2 weeks :)

Cheers Stormcloudgrey! I'm very grateful for all the positive feedback, certainly helps with the motivation on the less-than-great days 🙂

Cheers Toni 👍

Cheers! Btw your picture and name is hilarious 😂 Airplane! is a classic

@@HexyTech I guess you picked the wrong week to quit widening arches!

Cheers William glad you like em!

Hi Gary, I'll be running 8s in the fronts and probably would have done the same in the rear if the rear arches weren't already butchered! Do you know what happened to yours after you moved it on? Yes, making the larger tubs is the next video incoming 😉

@@HexyTech Unfortunately I couldn't get any interest in buying the project (embarrassing to be another 'unfinished project), so scrapped the shell and sold off all the parts. The shell had Capri Zakspeed arches and a perfect copy droopsnoot nose cone that was taken from an original. When I think about it, it would probably cost me a small fortune to get a shell, nosecone and arches to try and build it again. The engine was a smallblock Ford 302 V8 mated to a T5 5 speed gearbox (from a Sierra Cosworth). Wish I had your skills back then as my work looks very amateurish in comparison. Can't wait to see your progress on this as it really takes me back.

@@garyl5128 oh that sounds like one hell of a build! I do like a zakspeed Capri - that must have looked cool! You're right, probably would cost a small fortune now! Skills are something that's always improving, no shame in looking back at old work and wanting to improve it! At some point I'll be revisiting some bits of my turbodiesel Magnum for exactly that reason!

@@HexyTech It was a lot of fun which is why I'm enjoying what you're doing here (only much better). The bellhousing for the 302 to T5 was cast by a company in Australia, and it was the first they made (after a few failed attempts), They specialised in mating Japanese gearboxes to various engines up till then. Mine would have had an internal hydraulic piston as a clutch release bearing (think I still have that somewhere) as there was no room for a clutch fork (would interfere with the exhaust down pipes). Finding problems and working out how to get round them, what to fabricate etc, hugely enjoyable. Makes me have an itch to do something though I don't have a garage, just a drive which puts me off a bit. Plus I'm now the same age as old people which is scary lol.

Thanks glad you're enjoying the vids! That's definitely a "one that got away" story - an original HP was rare from day 1 🥲

Cheers! Yeah I didn't want anything too "modern" looking so I thought a simple 5 spoke design worked! It was a toss up between these and a Minilite/Watanabe style and I already have those on my magnum...

I'm usually of that opinion too, but with a choice between black or chrome, I'm gonna go with black!

It sure is, I'd be making a biiiig mistake if I was doing it to make a profit 😆

Cheers Steve! Bit cold out in the garage at the moment but trying to keep at it!

All that's coming soon! Can confirm the shock mounts are rotten! They were on my magnum too (they rotted out on my mum's magnum within 10 years of it being new!)

Yes I've got the coburn and blydenstein book on tuning Vivas and firenzas, the chassis strengthening plates I've applied on this car are based off those in this book!