A Street Sleeper is reborn! THE END

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Something interesting if anyone on here cares,
I have done a bit of research on getting the head gasket sorted, and it will be nearly a year if I have want to put a upgraded/reworked head on it. Due to the specialist been fully booked to till then, and also who's to say what the story maybe next year. Also I do need this car back up and running, in case my mum needs a car for work.
I have spent a small fortune on the latest head gasket, which comes with the full works.
I do hope to Christ that this engine hasn't been bodged, other wise its game over and I will just put the cash to wards something else.
I may do some photos on the head gasket change, but we will have to play that one by ear.

i did install the GAZ dampers finally!! But again what should have been a hours work on both sides, turned into a pain in the arse!
The old dampers were practically plug in play, but with these GAZ dampers, caused a right head ache!
Installing was like for like, until doing the bottom nut and bolt up. The bush collar started thread and lock the bolt up, which locked the full lot up. So i ended up buying a new bolt and cutting the old one off! then pressing the old bolt out and repressing the bush back in. 
I had to spend a good 30mins or so, on filing the collar out, so that the replacement bolt would be go through with out any trouble.
After that all plug and play!

the old Pattern copy unit, ( oil filled thing)



the replacement GAZ damper



I took the car out for a quick run around the block to see what the story was, and I did run into electrical trouble, which turned out to be a slack earth.  Not good if you are going up a hill and the car wont rev and then just going dead! It decided to power up again after to mins. Went home and had a check, and sorted out the slack earth. Then took it out again, and all was well. The dampers are like night and day! the car seems not to be so rock solid . Its more like the 306 going over bumps, and handles nearly the same. I did keep an eye on things with the temp, due to the head gasket been f*cked or on its way.  So I think my love for the car is starting to be restored, well we will see when we get on with the head gasket side of things, That's going to be a challenge and half for me! I haven't done this before and its going to be the 1st time I have gone this far with an engine.
While I am at it, the front hose setups getting reworked too, and I did toy with a Oil cooler from the TF, but pluming it in would be tricky, due to the coil pack on this engine. ( I will have to have another look at it all again).
One more idea I have but that will have to wait, until the head gaskets done.
Got to say I forgot how fun it is to drive, and a fare few people a starting to look over and think, Christ that's a rare sight!

Things have really changed in the metro world now since I went back into metros in 2008, the value been one and what lot of people say about these now.  In fact things have changed massively since I started again with this car.
These have be come collectable now and have appeared in write-ups in papers and in classic car mags.