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Article on top 16 cars at the show and Mark Blythe supra made it coming in chronological order at number 16 Woohoo! https://www.classicandsportscar.com/gallery/15-eye-catching-cars-2024s-nec-classic-motor-show Jackie

Not been very active here as I am now semi retired, but still doing some Supra work as time permits. Still have bespoke stuff going all over the world. India yesterday for example. I may sell my stock of used Supra parts in 2025, if so I will let you know on here. In retirement I am throwing myself into my other love away from cars and racing. DOGS! With the current kennels here holding 16 of mine I thought I'd do a little video with some semi risque backing for you lot. There's at least four of the whatsists missing in the video, done on my ancient phone, but Happy Christmas to you all Too big to attach, go here: http://www.chriswilson.tv/happy-christmas.mp4 Maybe the audio is not work safe if you have sad bosses

I have also stripped the original fuel tank straps and re painted them. replacements are pretty expensive for a couple of strips of metal. Miner only had surface rust so scrubbed up pretty well. I then received a mesage from the powdercoaters telling me my parts are ready so i have been to collect those. So now these are back i can start poly bushing everything. thats as far as ive got at the min but progress is progress.

Slowly coming together again , lots of wiring in progress , fitting new head unit , removing the old greddy boost control display , ECU , and race logic RLTC , this leaves holes in the dash , so all getting filled and the dash then painted in body colour . The doors took a bit of time and patience …refitting all the seals and aligning and adjusting glass ,locks etc is quite a task ,getting it all spot on . Some delays waiting on little rubber items and clips and screws - each you have to get the part number and then wait on delivery . The chargecooler needs a radiator fitting and space is so limited up front ..so I’m looking at using underbody fuel coolers about 4 in series each about 18 inches long . They only sit 8 cm from the floor so can be hidden away but still may need a very small rad - testing will tell . This week clearcoat polishing - down to 3000 grit , should come up like a mirror - many hours Labour there !!!! The end is in sight ! I made a thermal blanket for the battery to keep it warm ,basically cut one from another car in half and sewed in together as the battery is half normal size ,it also has a flap over the battery top to prevent shorts - all worked out well as you wouldn’t know the battery is in the back and it sits solid just behind the rear seat

Been quite busy so updates have been slow. the engine build is coming along with Paul Cheshire, as we all know he does a great job & having had dealings with Paul before we knew he was the guy for the engine build. Some pictures below of progress so far on that front. The rear spoiler finally arrived from Canada, which was a relief as it felt like the money was paid & no spoiler was ever going to arrive but thankfully it is here! Most of the shell has been taken back to metal, some modifications have been made to the bonnet & bumper to get them sitting a bit better. Dan at Wheel Unique has also done a great job on the wheels, a couple of pics to show.

The irony is, this thread is so old,.. and I'm now so decrepit and faulty, I couldn't reach under the seat to find the dam lever if I needed too. Happy Christmas Alex x Happy Christmas everyone x

Try some 2k black paint. I use that on my engine bays and even an idiot painter like myself get good results, dont have to worry about laquer etc.

You can say that again Dunk, it's spread over the day to make it less of a chore if it's persisting down. Do you still have that lovely restored Range Rover?Was it your sister who had the historic racing Alfa?

Thanks Dunk! Good to see you are still around on here, all the best.

I think the older members like us were just lucky to have them and enjoy them before prices went crazy for these things. I wouldn’t pay some of the prices people are asking for them, especially when you see some NA’s up for £20/£25k

Radiator is back in , plenty still to do . Looking back …..if anyone thinks a total respray is easy …..think again ,it’s a massive amount of work ! I did mine as I had a small hole on one sill and a tiny amount of bubbling on the roof - both could have been sorted in a couple of days ! But there could have been more ……there wasn’t ! would I do it again ? no , use any and all inspection means ,bore scopes and access all areas - way way easier and cheaper ! Then add corrosion inhibitor . just getting new seals ,clips ,rubbers ,bolts , bungs ,and so on is a nightmare .

Rad ready to fit , and engine bay clean up starts ! It’s going take some time !

I’ve been the same but with my record of buying and selling it wouldn’t last long probably lol. Maybe they come down in price then I’ll be more serious about it

I've contemplated it but can't bring myself to pay the prices being asked for them now Good luck

Just bought another, in the summer - and starting it all over again ...

Small update - Engine bay now painted.. This was supposed to be a quick engine and gearbox swap and job done, alas here we are.. Also - Santa delivered a few bits too!

So I've started by putting the original filter mount through the blast cabinet and have painted it up. I have stretched out the clamp to accommodate the new size fuel filter from sytec which now fits like the factory filter under the car.

Recently popped back in , still have the supra after all these years , and soon to be back on the road . I am now old enough to have owned over 40 Jaguars ,hence the name …and witnessed the total downfall of Jaguar ….the latest “exuberant modernism “ idea of Jaguar has left me bewildered!! The next generation are truly mental and they are in charge now . So one last effort to go loud and fast ,with the supra and then hang up my spanners. Soon we will all be driving milk floats …..

They're still here, somewhere. How much would you pay for them....? Happy Christmas, l'll dig`em out in the New Year, no worries

Hey Chris, looks like a few old faces are popping back on during Christmas this year

First Chris and now Ed, what's going on!? Perfect post, just as we would all expect.

Lovely dogs, have a good one.

Just popping back on to give this a good old bump

@SPG ive sent you my details

After braving the storm this weekend, managed to pick up a few bits. Firstly R154 Gearbox, Clutch, Prop etc. Believe it's got the drift motion hydraulic release bearing kit so will prob leave that for now to match with the AP Racing twin clutch. Also managed to pick up a 4" ETS FMIC and a set of Black Recaros with Harnesses. Also Also got a few other goodies but will leave those for now until i know what i'm doing with the car further.

Stock bottom end if good for 500-600bhp which is good fun power, i totally know how you feel, it took me 5years to fully rebuild mine

It could be, i know mine was WHP as because was so low that's when and why i fitted Nos to my car lol, its horrible waiting weeks for for new parts isn't it, but well worth it. Longest i waited was nearly 6 months for my new engine loom

Cool plate!

Might have to - if i do it again. I think from factory they were done this way? Just need to get myself a decent compressor and airfed set up then it hopefully won't be so bad.

Haven't updated in a while.. Started off rubbing down a few of the misc bits to paint. Halfway through it really now Inbetween that managed to switch over the Auto Dial to Manual which was awesome Managed to pick up a FFIM with 90mm TB which looks to be of decent quality. Still brand new but unused. Then was a trip to London to pick up a bonnet.. It's in pretty good nick, just needs the washer jet holes cutting out and maybe some Aerocatches fitted The car then went off to @TheTurtleshead for a new lower rad support to be Welded in When the car came back i thought it would be a good idea to paint the engine bay so got onto scotching it all up and treating some of the rusty patches and put it into epoxy Sprayed the OEM 202 Black Then the clear went down nicely Untitled ‑ Made with FlexClip.mp4 Until it dried - and i had a bit of a disaster with it. After speaking with a couple of paint experts, we couldn't really work out what was happening, so i rubbed it back ready to shoot another layer of colour and clear again. And....... the same thing happened. We were finally able to conclude that the solvents in the clear were reacting with the solvents in the epoxy. With that being the case i thought the only way round it would be to completely strip it back and start again with different products. So here is where the car currently stands.. Luckily a local bodyshop has offered to spray it for me using their stuff if i prep it for them which is an offer i couldn't really refuse after spending around 30 hours getting it back to this point there's no way i'm risking it again. Hopefully will be painted by the end of the week then fingers crossed off to JJ for some welding on the sills and manual surround. Also off to pick some bits up for it this weekend so watch this space i guess

I think when i had mine on dyno years ago when was stock was 178bhp, very nice look forward to seeing what bits you've ordered

Impressive power, like the nice new turbo and inlet

Thought I updated this but obviously not, not long after getting the turbo I also bought an FMIC intake - it’s letting me upload pictures now too

I agree that a lot of the measures put in place were an overstep and some had a negative result in the end. I'm glad they never managed to mandate the vaccines as well, that didn't sit well with me at all. On the other hand, I believe the vaccines were a pretty big success and are a good example of what the world can achieve if countries set their differences aside and work together.

Awesome update Darryl and Kev.

The car performed brilliantly on the track day. No issues at all during the day aside from a slightly loose water hose. The w58 is still going too I did around 35 laps of Bedford GT circuit, which for those that aren’t familiar with it is a long and high speed track. It’s around 4.5 miles per lap. The brakes were incredible, I never found the limit on them. No fade and no loss of pedal even when abusing them. I put a lot of that down to the race fluid and pads. Supratronix non oem front brake calipers held up just as well as stock. Very impressed for such a low price! I did find some issues: - The ARB’s need to be uprated. - The w58 is not well suited to the TT power delivery, I was constantly dropping off the 2nd turbo in lower speed corners. I’m impressed it didn’t lose any gears though! Kev also came along for some passenger rides, which he seemed to enjoy

The brake light switch provides 12 volts to the brake lights direct … and then to earth . If the earth has been shared with another circuit (with relay added ) could be fog or antenna or fuel pump or subwoofer or whatever has been added with a relay . Then if the brake light earth is high resistance (loose or corroded ) the voltage can now go down the earth wire of whatever shares the earth backwards to the relay which may then click if the voltage is high enough - it would take less than 2 mins to find the relay . The only other thing is the bulb failure unit

Went and got myself some Tint remover and easy stripper. Long story short it did f all. Also tried ammonia, pure acetone, goo gone, sticky stuff remover, bug and tar remover but still wouldn’t shift the tint. Well for the rear anyway.. the side windows were okay as I could use a blade but for the rear with the defroster lines I had to scrape the tint using a copper scourer as not to scratch the glass. A 16 hour process that I’m so happy is over.… All whilst taking breaks doing this I decided to finish removing some more bits from the engine bay. Loom gone, brake booster gone, abs pump gone. Misc bits also removed like brake lines, horn, bonnet catches etc. brake booster a little worse for wear so I’ll paint that while it’s out. Got some plastic plugs for the PS rack top so I could get the lines out the way. Will need the boots replaced though as they’re all cracked. As you can see also removed the black felt that goes on the firewall but I’ll put that back on once painted. Chucked the horn and catches in vinegar to remove the rust, gave them a bit of a rub and I’ll paint them in the next few days. Next I got on with removing the pedals. Relatively straight forward job which is nice. Just spent the last few days removing all the miscellaneous bits really like plugs and grommets etc along with most of the interior (bar the dash) got a few touch up bits to spray inside the car. Other than that drilled the holes ready for clutch master cylinder, and assembled new brake and clutch pedals. That’s pretty much where I’m up to at the moment. Next plan is to drop the fuel tank. Drill and re-tap some sheered bolts from the bay, give it a good vacuum then maybe start rubbing down the bay for paint. I might start painting some misc bits also.

I still come on here once a week when I have a moment to have a quick look around, just finding the time can be hard these days with 3 young kids.