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kerryminigringo
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Look what I got

Post by kerryminigringo »

Anyone who knows me will know I,ve been on about a Suzuki Swift conversion for a long time and yesterday a major piece of the project arrived.This will make the whole project much easier.I picked this one from all the ones available because I liked the engineering of it compared to others which I thought were a bit agricultural.
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Post by spicooper »

Hi Greats to see it finally came from Germany, best of luck with the rest of the build.

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Post by woody »

They could have primed it for you. Will that fit a round nose or just a clubman?
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Post by steeo »

Would have looked a lot better if they tig welded it instead of mig
kerryminigringo
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Post by kerryminigringo »

I asked for it not to be painted Steven as I will powder coat it but not until I fit it into the car as I will have to weld mounting brackets for the rad and I don,t know what type of rad I will use yet.This one is for a clubman but I think it fits in a roundnose as well.This is his first MKII Swift frame so he is interested to see how everything works out.
Real Clubmans have a square nose.Seriously.
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The Marcos Graveyard
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Post by The Marcos Graveyard »

That would fit the Marcos too you know. 8) :lol:
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Post by Billy »

Having called into KMG yesterday to see this yoke, I have to say it's a neat bit of engineering. It's also incredibly light. You could pick it up with 1 finger. Try doing that with the real thing. Also the Suzuki 1293cc engine is apparently lighter than an A-series so the overall weight of the car should be well reduced.

Roll on IMM2010 and the autobahns.

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