Photos of Rupert the Stag
The car as it was in the very early 90's
Lloyd Tibury's body restoration
Day I bought the car in 1994
Stag show in Exeter
Fixing Heater unit
Engine out for replacement crank but then a complete rebuild
Running in and insurance photos for valuation
Rupert at his new home
suspension rebuild
Le Mans 1998
Sorting out ticking head and nasty misfire (wish I hadn't started this one)
Damage after Le Mans 2002
One of the many diff changes during 2005 - this was a good one
Bodywork assessment, " the scabby bits" and strip down for 2nd body restoration in 14 years
Manual Gearbox Installation - March 2006
Bodywork rebuild, March / April 2006
Bodywork Rebuild - Fitting Up April 2006
A very wet Le Mans 2007
Drive it Day 20th April 2008
May 2008
Bloody mice in car, so far they have trashed drivers seat foam, tried humane trap and they evaded it so I was forced to go snappy snappy - regrettably with some success
Injecting a little style to a field in France June 2008
Injecting a little chaos to a lane in France June 2009
Power Challenge day Enginuity 2009 - low power was probably down to furred up offside plugs and airfilter full of Le Mans dust
2010 Rover Tomcat Leather seats fitted, use Stag seat runners but don't weld them like I did in 2nd pic ;-)
2010 Having fun removing the gearbox several times to fix ratchet clutch - please note hardcore hydraulic ramp porn
2010 Have a horrible squeeling noise that makes your heart sink - cleck the alternator pulley!
2011 after lots of chat on SOC webforum and an aborted attempt at a mercedes header tank I found and fitted a Ford XR4i header tank.
2011 finally fixed the rank petrol smell inside the car. stupid blanking plug has dried out with age and fractured. replaced with fuel line and a couple of clips.
2011 tatty dash turned out to be tatty pastic coat. after careful stripping and cleaning it was recoated with rustins Plasticote
