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Claires Covin at Newark show 2005 |
| Now you've seen the picture of Claires Covin at
the 2005 Newark show lets have a look at just how we got it there.
20th MAY 2005
On 20th May, 4 weeks before Newark I had another one of my mad ideas,
having had no time to carry out any further work on Claires Covin, in a
moment of madness I decided to try and get her Covin to the
Newark show. Only problem was Claire decided she wanted a VW air-cooled
engine fitting so Andy Devlin dropped off a spare 1641 engine for me and
work commenced on changing and ordering lots of new parts. Alternator
conversion, 009 electronic ignition, dog house tin ware/oil cooler, new
carb, free flow air filter, vernier pulley, 4 into 1 merged header and
bugpack back box plus a whole host of other things including new gearbox,
complete fuel lines as old ones were rotten through, Porsche fuel filler on
passenger side, full interior, paintwork, door window seals, electrics,
front suspension, brakes, steering, gear linkage the list goes on and on . .
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The VW 1641 engine
before work started. |
The finished
article 6 days later |
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Time to get the
old CVH engine out and only 2 weeks before Newark |
Rear bumper off
and engine almost ready for removal. |
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Amazing what you
can do with a trolley jack and some grunt..... |
Engine out and
gearbox out, time to tidy up the wiring and engine bay. |
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2 Days later and
VW 1641 engine fitted and running. The new gearbox is also looking good and
all gears working as they should. |
Claires Covin get
my old Fuchs alloys fitted thanks to Keith Woolfenden who kindly loaned me
his VW to Porsche adaptor plates...
Cheers Keith, your
a star....... |
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A little work on
my lathe needed to make an alloy spring plate (top of picture) for the Spax
coil over shocks. |
10 days to go and
counting.
Time to sort out
the damaged front bumper and get it painted. |
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Fuchs alloys now
fitted all round and looking better all the time. |
Our fence came in
handy here to help hold the rubber window seals in while the bonding had
time to set overnight. |
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More interior is
added, front seats, carpets and door panels. |
The rear seats and
carpets fitted. |
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I made a new alloy
gear knob on my lathe and it turned out ok. |
Used an old
Porsche alloy wheel centre cap and turned this down on the lathe to make a
new centre horn push for steering wheel. Looking good. |
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ONLY 6 DAYS TILL NEWARK
Only 6 days till Newark and time
for MOT, so booked it in Saturday 11th June and guess what ?
It PASSED first time. There is a
god.
The newly rebuilt Engine has only
covered 2 miles in total and due to further work on the Covin it was later
in the week before a test drive could be given and Claire finally had the
chance to drive her Covin for the first time. She managed to drive it for
about 6 miles before the 150 mile trip to Newark on 18th June.... Well...
Where's her sense of adventure. If a 200 mile trip to Stoneleigh in 2001 was
good enough for my Covins test drive I'm sure 150 mile trip for Claire and
her Covin is only fair. |
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CLAIRES COVIN AT NEWARK
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