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Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:51 pm**

My Cresta after a 22 year re-build

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:12 pm**

That looks good, nice and straight too, reminds me of the Cresta that had a V12 Jag engine

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:44 pm**

Sweet!!
My dad had one in pink and white

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:44 pm**

Yep, that'll do nicely thanks

Good to hear that it's not only me that takes 22 years to build something . . .

Posted: **Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:26 pm**

thanks guys ,glad you like it ,spose i would have finished sooner if i would have known of this site,hope to get some miles in the PA once the weather gets better,but i have to fit an oil cooler and sort the fuel gauge,oh and some timing tweeks,my next project is fitting a v8 in a gilbern,but the car is so nice i have not got heart to do it.cant show any pics as its a v6.
cheers Al

Posted: **Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:39 pm**

very cool, they are a lovely shape,

rich

Posted: **Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:53 pm**

The kindest thing you could do to a Gilbern is take that horid V6 out of it and put a nice 289 in it would weigh less aswell.
Best regards
Mike

Posted: **Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:25 pm**

crappycresta wrote:........my next project is fitting a v8 in a gilbern,but the car is so nice i have not got heart to do it.cant show any pics as its a v6.
cheers Al

By my calculation contemplating putting a V8 in a British classic is good enough reason to show some pics of it

Andrew

Posted: **Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:55 pm**

funny you should say that,i was told of a ford capri with a 289 in it,iturned out to be a ford mercury capri,and oh yes a 289,the body was as rotten as the eastenders storyline,the inside was clean but orange.i tried my best to buy it ,but he would not bite,if anything happens to the v6 ,i will try to think of an excuse to visit and perter him to sell
cheers Al

Posted: **Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:59 pm**

that's cool, more pics!

Posted: **Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:29 pm**

here are a few more photos of my cresta

Posted: **Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:47 pm**

Al!!
Is that a 4/71 blower i see there??

Regards
Perry

Posted: **Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:55 pm**

hi no it is a wade ro34
cheers Al.

Posted: **Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:09 pm**

tried to build a rat velox went from this .

to this

Posted: **Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:07 pm**

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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