Sylva Striker Rebuild

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steely
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Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby steely » Mon May 05, 2014 8:04 pm

I'll firstly apologize if most have seen this elsewhere, but i thought being a Sylva it'd be wrong not to get a little thread overview
of where its finally got to,

To cut a long story short,

A good friend of my boss had mentioned back in Jan 2013 that he had a black/yellow.... caterham/lotus 7 type kit.... sat in his garage the other side of Hull,
So arranged to go have a look, from what i found out the guy had it about a year or so, circa 2001/2002 and apparently blew the head, went to view it, practically
everything seized, brakes, nuts, bolts, powdercoat lifting etc, which for 10-12 years stood (as im let to believe) was expected,

in the past 15 months its been practically a full rebuild,

new CW & pinion & diff bearings
Complete brake overhaul, pipes, calipers ,cylinders,
engine top end rebuild & skim & ancillaries,
chassis strip coat and stoneguarded,
ally panels etched and satin black,
original rad refurbed, new cooling system,
shocks refinished,
new fiberglass bodywork
fullscreen chopped & fly-screen fitted,
Dead MBE 906 ecu :( and trial running Nodiz,
Carbs rebuilt, 3 times :roll:

and a glassful of blood sweat and tears,

Wont bore you with loads of pics, just a few which i think show its progress,

just waiting on a set of JK Comp seats and to get the dash wired up then hopefully MOT time!

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Re: Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby jeffw » Mon May 05, 2014 8:08 pm

Good job, looks great !

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Re: Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby dopdog » Mon May 05, 2014 8:33 pm

That has to be the best striker I have ever seen ;) The car looks fantastic and the rebuild and modifications you have done have improved the car even more. Great job and look forward to more pictures and the finished car being out and about.

We love pictures :roll:

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Re: Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby steely » Mon May 05, 2014 8:45 pm

dopdog wrote:That has to be the best striker I have ever seen ;) The car looks fantastic and the rebuild and modifications you have done have improved the car even more. Great job and look forward to more pictures and the finished car being out and about.

We love pictures :roll:



Haha! not sure if thats your preference of before or after ;) be nice to get it scrutinized by thoroughbreds once its sorted!

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Re: Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby dopdog » Mon May 05, 2014 9:03 pm

Found this the other day
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steely
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Re: Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby steely » Mon May 05, 2014 9:13 pm

Brilliant. wanted to see a photo of it in its former glory! it looked a bit sorry for itself when i picked it up which was a shame!

you'll have to excuse the Vauxhall badges too, a mate whos just as much a petrolhead hates all things vauxhall.. so thought id rub it in, :D

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Re: Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby NeilEverett » Tue May 06, 2014 7:41 am

That does look like a fantastic rebuild - just ready for summer?!
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Re: Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby David » Tue May 06, 2014 8:13 am

Way smarter than my 2004 example :oops:

C20XE is a very good engine choice too -- even if not the lightest. I have the 1600XE and it goes seriously well, so yours should be manic.

Beautiful job -- I'm sure you'll enjoy the summer.
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Re: Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby The Knobs » Tue May 06, 2014 7:41 pm

I remember doing a bit of building work on that in my garage I do believe :D Those were the days a garage with a Fury one side and a Striker being built in the other.

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Re: Sylva Striker Rebuild

Postby steely » Wed May 14, 2014 11:32 pm

just a little update, playing around with the dash, and trying to keep it functional yet of good build too, sticking with the red white with black alcantara theme

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speedo bezel hasnt been made yet, that to follow :)


and a pic of the bonnet finally seated,

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