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Scottie's Tribute A352 build
Hello all,
My name is Scottie, (I'm a bit new at this posting thing, hope it comes out right) I have started to build one of Chris's A352's. I live in Hereford. Are there any people around this area doing anything similar? This is a build with a slight difference, I am doing my absolute best to re-create a Jaguar XKSS I am getting there very slowly and will start to post some pics of what I have done so far. |
Very much looking forward to this!
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Had to have a quick search to see what the XKSS looked like. Sweet, if it even looks 50% like this.
http://www.en.ozartsetc.com/wp-conte...ar-xkss_02.jpg |
I am hoping for a lot more than 50%!!!!
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http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7762e6dc.jpg
Surrey Times Headline - Elated pensioner shows off his prize in Wealthy Valley Home for the revoltingly rich retired 'Touch The Car' competition after managing an incredible twelve minutes without needing a wee break. Nice car, looking forward to seeing pics of progress :) |
I have a few pictures of an original XKSS from the Wilton House event I went to. When I get home later this week I will try to post them up.= although I am sure you have hundreds already.
What is your donor car? Good Luck! |
donar car
It sounds very mundane, but it happens to be a Triumph Spitfire.
The engine is only around 70 or 80 BHP, but with the car being a possible 500 Kilos ish, it should be quite nippy. There are other engine options of course but they may come later. I really want to post lots of pictures, but embarassingly , don't know how!! Can you help please? Being a newbie has its drawbacks, there does not appear to be any help info that relates to posting pics. |
Photobucket works well, here's a fairly simple guide -
http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic...se-photobucket Good luck. |
If you can get the URL for your picture it is quite easy. you just stick [ img] url here [/ img] but without the spaces.
The tricky bit can be getting th eURL for the picture. You have to load them up onto a hosting site on the internet. I use ggogle photos because it is free and easy. There are others such as Photobucket which I am sure are free and easy too. Using Google photos and Chrome as a browser you just right click and select 'copy image url'. Using Internet explorer on this works machine I havn't worked out how to do it. :-( First - load your pictures up to a hosting site Second - Get the URL for the pictures (not the URL at the top of the browser window) Third - stick the words IMG and /IMG inside square brackets either side on the URL Fourth -sit back and enjoy the pictures |
Many thanks to Mr Towed and WCA, I'll have a go.
I wish I was as good at posting pics as I am at hacking donar cars up!!! |
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progress so far
I have managed to get some of my pictures onto photo bucket, thanks to Fat Bloke's help, but I so far have failed to get them on this forum!
Watch this space! This SO FRUSTRATING!!! |
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Wow! Nice bit of juggling and balancing. Looks Greaaaaat.
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I finally got a sodding picture on the forum! Can't guarantee doing it again, but I will try.
Before the body shell arrived I tackled the problem of getting decent looking wheels. The Spitfire ones are just that - Spitfire ones. I wanted replica Dunlop wheels like the original. The cheapest I could find replicas were in the region of £350 each, which I could not afford ( or rather just would not pay) I found a company on the internet which were willing to make me wheels and if I wanted polished ones like Steve McQueen had on his XKSS they said they would cost me- wait for it £1600 AND that was EACH. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I didn't bother asking if VAT was to be added......... In the end, I found I had some 5.5j Triumph GT6 steel wheels, but they were solid disc type. They did not have the 15 one inch holes and the 15 1/4 inch holes . So I drilled out 120 holes in total,had them shot blasted, and with the £6000 odd quid I'd saved by not buying the polished ones took them to a paint shop for a good job. |
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