Just doing a quick trial fit up of the callipers! And they are going to look good when fitted.I just need to make a template for the bracket and then get two made up so i can fit the callipers on and then its brake lines in and we are nearly ready to put the car back on the ground. (and need the exhaust made up as well 
Wilwood callipers on the A series Manta.
Having decided that this time i would use something better for the fuel lines as im running injection on the car, i decided on Goodridge hardline with bulk head fittings. I was originally going to run them through the inside of the car and not underneath to keep the underneath nice and clean. But Alf did point out that if a line did fracture i could be sat i the car with a lot of fuel flooding in! so i did a quick google and read up on what other people had done, and it does seem that ruel lines inside the car are ok for race and track cars but not road cars just due to the different things that could happen to you on the road as opposed to the track where they have marshals etc.. So fuel lines inside the car verses fuel line outside the car.. outside wins!
Here is how they now look under the car all clipped in with P clips and up into the boot with Goodridge bulk head fittings.
Goodridge hardline and bulk head fittings
Goodridge hardline routed under the Opel manta
Now the suspension is all in and bolted up its time to put on the hubs with the new big brakes! I have used Volvo vented ones as they were the same offset and i was able to get them re-drilled to fit on the 4 stud hubs.
Opel manta a series big front brakes
What a bugger to fit the new uprated torq tube doughnut (from Opel GT Source)
Finaly got it in without too much swearing! now centre bearing fitted as well.
So thats the back suspension in, the torq tube and the front suspension all in and all i need to do now is clean up a few bolts and then i can get the hubs on and ready for the new super big discs
Then i think i will crack on and get some of the break pipes done at the back ready for the ones through the car and look at fitting the wilwood pedals and master cylinders.
The front suspension is now ready to go back in the car! All poly bushed up, new springs and bearings.
All i need to do now is finish putting in the lower ball joints and im ready to put on the hubs and get the caliper mounting plates made and its on with the discs and wilwood 4 pots! then its break line fitting time
Opel Manta A series front suspension
Opel Manta A series front suspension fitted to the car
I manage to get all the wheels into the smart car and down to the local tyre place to have the tyres taken off ready to send the wheels of the Rhino alloys for the refurb. Getting the wheels and tyres home was fun as there isnt much room in a smart car on the best of days
My favourite pastime of welding has finally come to an end and i have finished the body work and can now get on with putting the front suspension back in and get on with the build properly.
Finally i pick the repair sections up on monday so this will be the last bit of welding on the car i will be so glad when its done! then the real fun can start. Front suspension back in, and engine and all the nice bits like fuel lines and brake pipes.
I have another engine now so it looks like that’s the one going into the car if i get it finished and i will be selling the 2.1. As the other engine is slightly newer and i have a better head to go on this one with bigger exhaust valves but it does need a complete rebuild. So i hope to get the 2.1 off to a good home and to cover some of the cost of the new one, as the 2.1 will be like new i just need to put it all back together now.
The old OZ alloys are looking a little bit worse for ware after being sat around for years in the garage, so they will be off for a bit of a refurb in the next week or two. Finding someone to do a good job has been hard as they are very hard to get replacements for so i don’t just old wheel repair place getting there hands on them. So after a bit off a google and a fe phone calls i found Rhino Alloys http://www.rhinoalloys.co.uk they know there stuff and have state of the art Diamond cutting tools to do the job and unlike most places that i contacted they do it all in house. So its tyres off and then pack them off for the work to be done.
OZ F1 Plus wheels in need of a bit of love!
Finally the petrol tank is all painted up and fitted to the car. Now i can start on getting the fuel lines in and connected up and the brake lines.
Petrol tank fitted