CR3204 Progress Update

[Luke Gillett]

Hi all,
Thought it about time that I posted some progress shots.

For those of you that don't know, I started my build around April 06' and it is currently at the rolling chassis stage. I've still got a little work to do on the brake lines, but will probably wait until the body is back on to finish the connections onto the master cylinders. Although I've worked out the fuel tank mounting and have most of the bits for the fuel system, none of the fuel lines are run yet. That will be one of the next tasks.

This will be pretty much a stock CR build (at least until registration ). The only exception so far has been a front brake upgrade. One of my earlier concerns was the differing stud patterns between front and rear. At the recommendation of Aussie Mike, I contacted my new friends at Hoppers Stoppers who supplied me with the necessary bits and pieces to convert the front hubs to a Ford stud pattern as well as supplying me with new slotted rotors, pbr calipers etc.



To get my beast mobile , I now had to find some 15" rims to fit over my new brakes. I had trouble finding some temporary steel rims, hence the 15" alloy rims off a Fairlane (I think they're called snowflake's), which fit with millimetres to spare. I got this set pretty cheap and figured that I should be able to offload them when I'm done with them. I haven't made a final choice on rim type yet, but I'm leaning towards the Boyd Smoothies II. I've always liked these rims and have seen them on a few cobra's. Not sure about offsets etc. yet.





My biggest problem at the moment is finding quality time that I can spend in the shed
Anyway, hope you enjoy the pics.
Luke....

[slow 427]

Nice work what brakes are you using ??

[cameron02]

Looking good!

Brakes and suspension look great.

Must be good to be able to remove the body. Only problem with DRB. Not being able to remove the body makes the build more difficult and a lot squeezier (got to fit into thoose small spaces).

[Luke Gillett]

Hi Slow427,

The front rotors are 298mm, which is only slightly larger than the old Jag rotors (280 or 285mm???). The calipers are a 2 piston PBR caliper which looks very much like the ones used on the VZ Commodores. One of the benefits of this setup is that if I choose (and my wheel size choice lets me!), I can go up to a 330mm rotor with out too much heart ache. I will only need to fabricate a new caliper bracket.

One of the things which surprised me was the weight of the Jag calipers. The PBR calipers are about the same size but only half the weight.

I can dig out the models numbers etc. if you like.
Regards,
Luke.....

[Luke Gillett]

Thanks Cameron,
It’s amazing what a wire brush, a bit of elbow grease and a few coats of POR15 can do.

The removable body was actually one of the reasons I went with the CR. I’m almost at the stage where I’m ready to put the body back on so I make a start on some of the body work items (and so I can sit in it and make vroom vroom noises ).
Regards,
Luke……

[Beejay]

Lookin good Luke.

You have made a lot of progress!

Ben