Spyder_126

[mas123mas]

Right

1. donor car bought (Herald 13/60 Convertible)
2. vitesse engine bought
3. another welding set bought
4. sammio spyder_126 now ordered

Now, do I tell the misses now or leave it a few weeks.
Leave it a few weeks I think......

[Mister Towed]

Originally Posted by mas123mas

Right

1. donor car bought (Herald 13/60 Convertible)
2. vitesse engine bought
3. another welding set bought
4. sammio spyder_126 now ordered

Now, do I tell the misses now or leave it a few weeks.
Leave it a few weeks I think......

You've taken the plunge now, so you might as well own up to your better half. Try putting a positive spin on it like "this is going to be so good for my wellbeing and our relationship will positively benefit from the shared experience." She should definitely buy that or some similar guff.

[garyh]

Just say, I'm buying it for you.... Love of my life! But I would still leave it (coward).

[mas123mas]

Originally Posted by Mister Towed

You've taken the plunge now, so you might as well own up to your better half. Try putting a positive spin on it like "this is going to be so good for my wellbeing and our relationship will positively benefit from the shared experience." She should definitely buy that or some similar guff.

No I am just going to wait, have a few nice days, then tell her the silent treatment will be OK for a few days, it will be wasted if I tell her now. LOL

[mas123mas]

Possible colour options

Pantone for the Body work if available in Gelcoat
Pastel Orange for Chassis and engine components (Powder Coat)

Think I have attach the picture correctly

http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...3&d=1346337331

[mas123mas]

Has anyone purchased or use a DIY Powder Coating Set, as I looking a purchasing an electrostaticMAGIC one.

[garyh]

Will you carry with that theme on the interior? What wheels?

[mas123mas]

Originally Posted by garyh

Will you carry with that theme on the interior? What wheels?

Pantone Body,
Orange chassis,

Black plain interior (poss orange piping), with chrome gear stick, hand brake dials, pedals etc.... but not 100% sure yet.

Wire polished chrome wheels possible, chrome mirrors, light bezels etc.... may change, still trying work out a budget that I can hide from the misses.....

[AndyP57]

Pantone IS available for the Gel you'll be pleased to note

[mas123mas]

Originally Posted by AndyP57

Pantone IS available for the Gel you'll be pleased to note

Cheers Andy

Right, that is that is the colours settled, I was wanting a GULF GT40 colour look but not wanting to copy too much, the Pantone is a close match, and with teh orange accessory under the bonnent should be bold but understated (I hope), so I think it should look good, by the way there isn't another one been created like this is there????

[AndyP57]

Not quite:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_576wt_1398

As you see, it's an early one with the German style bonnet (Which we no longer supply)

[MoriniMan]

Originally Posted by mas123mas

Has anyone purchased or use a DIY Powder Coating Set, as I looking a purchasing an electrostaticMAGIC one.

I've bought powder from them, but I made my own gun from information in the patent. I made an electrostatic flocking gun for a model railway builder friend at work too. They're really just the same kind of high voltage generator you find in an air ioniser.

Get yourself an old electric oven off freecycle or something for curing the powder. Although in theory you can cure with a hot air gun it doesn't give good results.

Check out the Caswell plating website (the US one) where there's an active forum on coating.

[mas123mas]

Originally Posted by MoriniMan

I've bought powder from them, but I made my own gun from information in the pate......... Check out the Caswell plating website (the US one) where there's an active forum on coating.

I am going to by the electrostaticMAGIC kit with stand and other bits, plus a load of orange, blue, white, chrome and black powder this next week, looked at the Caswell one looks good as well, not much difference in the price, so I thought I would the one from the UK.

I am going buy a oven to go in the garage in the corner.

Just trying to sort some wire wheel, don't no whether to buy new or risk second hand and have reburished.

Any advice, on cutting the top down on the bulk head.

Is there a point where I need the DVLA to look at the car, before bonding the body or is it case do the work then have it inspected.

[Mister Towed]

Advice for cutting the bulkhead down x2 -

1/ Don't cut through the wiring loom with the angle grinder like I did. My electrics are now starting to cause me problems...

2/ Do try to cut the bulkhead with a convex radius to match the underside of the body shell (someone did this on their build thread and I wish I had). This will make sealing it simpler when you bond the body on.

I bought second hand wires from ebay (£80 for five) then sandblasted them and sprayed them myself, total outlay was about £140, plus about £280 for a set of Triumph splined adaptors (long for 14 & 15" wheels not short type for 13's). If you want new wheels then you could do worse than speak to the MGB Hive -

http://www.mgbhive.co.uk/wheels.html

DVLA inspection comes after bonding on the body but before cutting off the rear boot outriggers or the ends of the front crossmember.

Good luck.

[mas123mas]

Originally Posted by Mister Towed

Advice for cutting the bulkhead down x2 -

1/ Don't cut through the wiring loom with the angle grinder like I did. My electrics are now starting to cause me problems...

2/ Do try to cut the bulkhead with a convex radius to match the underside of the body shell (someone did this on their build thread and I wish I had). This will make sealing it simpler when you bond the body on.

I bought second hand wires from ebay (£80 for five) then sandblasted them and sprayed them myself, total outlay was about £140, plus about £280 for a set of Triumph splined adaptors (long for 14 & 15" wheels not short type for 13's). If you want new wheels then you could do worse than speak to the MGB Hive -

http://www.mgbhive.co.uk/wheels.html

DVLA inspection comes after bonding on the body but before cutting off the rear boot outriggers or the ends of the front crossmember.

Good luck.

Cheers, Point 1 NOTED, Point 2 great idea will do
Going to make a offer on some with the splined adapters, might be able to shot blast my self then spray, will see.

[tlrtone]

If you need to get Splined Adaptors, then MWS Int in Slough are good - £42 each - that's what I got.
http://www.mwsint.com/Shop/Directory...s&Category=116

[Mister Towed]

Originally Posted by mas123mas

Cheers, Point 1 NOTED, Point 2 great idea will do
Going to make a offer on some with the splined adapters, might be able to shot blast my self then spray, will see.

Blasting second hand wheels is rather dirty and time consuming but well worth the effort -











Quite a difference, don't you think?

[mas123mas]

Originally Posted by Mister Towed

Blasting second hand wheels is rather dirty and time consuming but ........
Quite a difference, don't you think?

Excellent finish, I have cabinet blaster not sure if I will the wheel in it, it might will check when return home.

[Mister Towed]

I blasted my chassis too (I doubt that'll fit in your cabinet!). I'm so glad I did as it revealed a lot of hidden horrors that would've caused major headaches later if I hadn't tackled them.







All fixed now and should be good for another forty odd years

[MoriniMan]

Originally Posted by mas123mas

Just trying to sort some wire wheel, don't no whether to buy new or risk second hand and have reburished.

It's the splines you have to worry about. If they're worn then the cost of having the wheels rebuilt would go quite a long way towards buying new.

Often the splines in the wheel and those on the hub don't match over their entire length, so you can see or feel the difference between the worn and unworn sections.

The recommendation is new wheels and new hubs, because a worn wheel will wear a new hub and vise versa, but in reality as long as the splines are only a little worn (and you make sure your spinners are always kept good and tight) then they're going to last well enough for the amount of use a vehicle like this is likely to get.

I bought a set of wheels where the splines are marginal and I probably won't use them, but they did only cost £26.