Hi guys,
As promised, here's a few tasters from Ribble HQ. We're getting nicely busy with turnkey projects and every one is different! We start with a couple of Navigators. Both are headed to France and both will be fitted with 2Ltr engines. You will see some modifications to the frame we are working on. The idea is that with so much weight 'up front' the more we can move to the back, the better. Both cars have the battery relocated rear of the cockpit and the bodyless car has the tank moved as far back as we dare:
Next up we have a Pilot we've named 'Ol Yeller, which will be going to Germany. This came back from Spray (The colour is an authentic 50's Jaguar Pale Primrose) and was snapped up within half a day! The new owner asked for some upgrades so all bushes will be changed to Poly and the engine upgraded to the Spitfire 1500cc with Overdrive. Behind it is Simon's car which will be covered in its own thread:
The next Navigator shell is currently parked on a Herald chassis. With the immense amount of work done last year to straighten and remould the Navigator, it seems to make sense to use that as a starting point to revive the Pilot rather than going over old ground with a Pilot shell. It will also feature the integrated bulkhead so negating the use of the donor's last 'rusty bit'. This will appear as time allows:
Next, Chassis stripped ready for the turnkey line. We try to keep one ahead of each marque rather than scurrying around for donors when an order comes in. That way we can get a rolling chassis at the price we want rather than entering a bidding war:
Now to 'Colani Corner'. The blue one in the background is our own original car and the foreground in Purple (It is going to be sprayed) is the first shell out of the new mould. That one is headed to Greece!
Turnkey line 1:
And the set wouldn't be complete without our Admin Staff (Sorry AndyP85):
More hidden in the background and will be shown when we're ready (or if you care to visit you may get a sneak peek)