In the past I have done a number of large jobs the the Suicidal saph, usually to simply keep it running and ensure I dont have to worry about it not stopping before it hit a movable object or something like that…. At the time I was doing relatively little modifications and spending a few hours working on the thing here and there and never really got the car running 100%. I got myself a reputation as a bodge artist over the forum due to the number of engines blown up etc etc etc and dont think I will ever live it down to be totally honest with you.
However since then I have spent a long time stripping the car down, cleaning off all of the underseal to provide a proper inspection of the state of the cars chassis, am getting the front wing replaced and the ful car repainted. It is getting a totally different Engine which will require a completely different under bonnet configuration, the gearbox is being cleaned up ready for going back in as is the prop shaft. The Rear differential is being upgraded to a better one for the purposes I have in mind, and the exhaust will need to be replaced.
In terms of the suspension, over the past 18 months I have been collecting new hubs, new bearings, new anti-roll bars and new bearings, add onto this the 4 pot calipers and bigger brakes, vented on the rear and the car is going to be pretty well specified when it is complete.
Sure I could have thrown another £20 engine under the bonnet and had it on the road running again very quickly – but that was getting monotonous and instead I decided to build the car I want rather than the car I had got together over time.