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Psycho pops 7th May 2012 20:26

StoneLeigh pics
 
Sorry if you look at this thread expecting to see them, i am stuck away at work at the moment and hoped you guys lucky enough to meet up at Stoneleigh would post some pics to tide me over till I get home,
I need my Sammio fix and the forum has been a bit quiet this weekend...
Pops!

tlrtone 7th May 2012 20:49

Not Sammio unfortunately, but this is what our area might look like next year ?

http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/...t/6F08AE92.jpg

http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/...t/9AB6377B.jpg

http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/...t/F3E27513.jpg

And this caught my eye, as it is a similar colour to what mine is going to be and I used to have a Chesil Speedster, although mine was gunmetal grey!

http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/...t/0DD28B8E.jpg

http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/...t/D63733A0.jpg

garyh 7th May 2012 21:16

Lovely car, i had wanted one of these but not any more. Any pics of the G46 and the Cordite?

The 1958 Rocker 7th May 2012 21:47

Mmmmm
 
Tlrtone, the top picture looks a lot of old cobra's, and as for the colour, is that the sickly sad girly colour that BMW do their mini in? Still at least your car will be more reliable than a BMW Mini.:biggrin:

Patton 8th May 2012 09:52

Saturday? as those fields looked different on the Sunday, did both days, got there and wished I'd took Skippy on the way home Sunday glad I hadn't, we've been out in the rain but good grief!

AndyP57 8th May 2012 12:11

AndyP85 took a load of photos but only a couple of the Cordite so here they are:
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...45093138_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...64606276_n.jpg

Luvverly :becky:

davecymru 8th May 2012 14:37

Doors! We don't need no stinking doors! :)

VERY Nice! Seeing it painted and finished "externally" really does make all the difference well done to Gary and Mike for getting it there!

Nike55 8th May 2012 16:47

....and those hinges are superb.

Haven't seen anything quite like them.

garyh 8th May 2012 16:49

I've seen some nice ones like that for Alvis, Nike.

Mister Towed 8th May 2012 16:55

Aren't they Moggie boot lid hinges? :spy:

Paul L 8th May 2012 19:47

AndyP57 - Thanks for posting the Cordite photos. :cool:

Quote:

Originally Posted by davecymru (Post 30387)
... Seeing it painted ...

Hi Dave,

I think that is just a coloured gel coat!
( It was still in the mould when I popped into the factory )

I think Gary wanted to show what the "standard" finish would look like "out of the box" so to speak.

But agree with you it looks great.

Cheers, Paul. :)

AshJ 8th May 2012 20:00

Here you go, a few more pictures of the Cordite. It was too wet to take anything outside on Monday

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSC_0154.jpg

The bonnet buckle as Sam (wifey) is looking to make something similar (but better!)

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...DSC_0156-1.jpg

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...DSC_0157-1.jpg

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...DSC_0158-1.jpg

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...DSC_0160-1.jpg

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...DSC_0162-1.jpg

and finally with my build assistant!

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...DSC_0164-1.jpg

Roadster 8th May 2012 21:33

Ash i was there when you were talking to Garry
I chatted to Mike for a bit and everyone was busy so i will intriduce myself next time.
My wife is already a build widow and considers shows as just another excuse to bore her with cars. Maybe the wives will start their own forum.

I got a couple of shots of the Cordite-

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/...507_134927.jpg

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/...dster010-3.jpg

i think from listening to comments about it - some got it and had the vision to see a finished car- our kind of people.

And then there were the others - who want the kits to be by the number and the instructions to tell every move. They looked but did not see the potential.

The show was a wash out - quite literally but i made a couple of important purchases and i managed to get another coat of paint on the roadster before i left - 8am. The neighbours think im mad - maybe i am.

seanick 9th May 2012 22:39

Thanks for the pics everyone. Its good to see the Cordite in its nearly finished form. Could not make it as had to work abroad over the weekend.

(in a Gary stylee)

WELL DONE GARY FOR GETTING IT DONE AND UP TO STONELEIGH !

Nice one!
Nick.

Ps the kid in the pics made us laugh alot!

garyh 11th May 2012 14:01

Seanick, wheres your thread? any updates yet? I was hoping to get some joinery lessons.

seanick 11th May 2012 23:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by garyh (Post 30565)
Seanick, wheres your thread? any updates yet? I was hoping to get some joinery lessons.

Ah well, I am a 'semi-lurker', waiting to see the Cordite, which I now have in pics...need to see it in the flesh too. I have a Burlington Arrow, Herald 13/60 base, which I still need to fall out of love with before I start aSammio. I am not fond of the triu.mph back axle and can perform 'tuck' on deman on the Arrow. So I am planning a Dutton base, Cordite rear, Spyder or German front (need the wheelbase to match the dutton) At the mo still doing a 60hr week as boating busy period, and workshop full!
So, in a nutshell...no thread yet!
Cheers, Nick

No lessons, but heres some sort of joinery I made a few years ago.....(really getting the hang of pic uploads now!)
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...orrisfront.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...morrisrear.jpg
Still going!

Mister Towed 12th May 2012 11:23

Hi Seanick. If you're worried about axle tuck induced oversteer there are several ways you can alleviate those symptoms:

A number of Spyder builders have converted their Herald/Vitesse rear end to the Spitfire IV/1500 swing spring set-up;

Using a Spitfire IV or 1500 as a Cordite donor will give you the swing-spring back end as standard anyway;

A Mk2 Vitesse donor will come with double-jointed Rotoflex rear driveshafts;

Or, like mine, lowering a swing-axle Herald or Vitesse by around 90mm means that under hard cornering when the weight comes off one side the wheel reaches the end of its travel before it gets anywhere near tucking under. In the pic below I've jacked up one side but both wheels are off the ground :)

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...vidpics236.jpg

Anyway, if you're the kind of guy who enjoys building/driving an Arrow I'm sure the Sammio bug will bite soon...

Oh, and just noticed that in this picture it's kind of simulating a hard left corner where the off-side wheel would actually be under full load rather than dangling as it is but the attitude of the nearside wheel is critical as that's the one that would be in danger of tucking under, and, as you can see, it's almost vertical to the ground at full extension so no tuck under.

GazDavies 13th May 2012 12:56

I was looking through the photos that I had taken at stoneleigh and found this little beauty
http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/...1/IMG_0201.jpg
When I first saw a sammio my thoughts were that it would look great in a brushed metal finish. Im not sure how it could be acheived but I think that it would be stunning.

Charman.tech 13th May 2012 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazDavies (Post 30635)
I was looking through the photos that I had taken at stoneleigh and found this little beauty
http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/...1/IMG_0201.jpg
When I first saw a sammio my thoughts were that it would look great in a brushed metal finish. Im not sure how it could be acheived but I think that it would be stunning.

"Little Beauty" did you mean Gerry Hawkridge?

Mister Towed 14th May 2012 10:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazDavies (Post 30635)
When I first saw a sammio my thoughts were that it would look great in a brushed metal finish. Im not sure how it could be acheived but I think that it would be stunning.

Those were my thoughts too. This would work really well but it's not cheap...

http://chromepaint.com/liquid-chrome/


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