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Old 3rd September 2018, 21:15
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Still cannot get pics to work!!
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Old 3rd September 2018, 21:16
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Bugger!
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Old 3rd September 2018, 21:46
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Driving on the ceiling ?
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Old 3rd September 2018, 22:19
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loads of downforce!
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Old 4th September 2018, 06:59
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I’ll sort pics out at work later for you
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Old 4th September 2018, 12:23
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I’ll sort pics out at work later for you
Cheers Mr Bike
Changed computers and having a nightmare!
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Old 4th September 2018, 13:45
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Cheers Mr Bike
Changed computers and having a nightmare!
cracking job that ...well done

here you go...will this end up with a metalflake paintjob?
what sort of wheels will it end up with...moon discs would look pretty cool and simple to do






I used tinypic.com you don't have to join/register just upload photo and copy the img code

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Old 4th September 2018, 21:33
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Cheers for fixin the pics and the encouragement.
I've got a pair of screw-on Turbine MQQN discs for the rear.
Probably going for 3inch wide space saver wheels on the front.
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Old 4th September 2018, 21:38
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Oh yeah metalflake!!
I've already got some Lil Daddy Roth - Runied Retina Read flake.
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Old 5th September 2018, 21:19
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Sounds good
As you can see by my avatar i’m A Roth fan





https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf4_HQnzEPw

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Old 5th September 2018, 21:33
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Cool!
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Old 6th September 2018, 08:05
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"As you can see by my avatar I'm A Roth fan"

Who isn't !!!!!
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Old 8th September 2018, 07:03
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Still lovin' this build.

It is amazing how fast you have created something from scratch.

As I think you only started slapping the plaster on in May!

Good luck, Paul.
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Old 3rd October 2018, 07:47
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Still working on this madness!!

Started cleaning up the torsion arms ready for chrome.


Shaped up the seat, will make a removable fiberglass shell, that will up upholstered.



Thinking about some cosmic air vents, have got some steel u-bends, but would love to find some Perspex tube.

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Old 4th January 2019, 09:10
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For the Third Brake light, I have bent up some 20mm acrylic 'bubble' rod, this will shave red LED's at either end and it between the headrests.





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Old 4th January 2019, 09:24
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Picking up some bits from the chrome shop on Saturday.


£70 each with the factory/road use lumps, bumps & scars.
£30 each with about 2 hours of my time on the grinder, wire wheel.
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Old 4th January 2019, 09:32
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Also been playing with plastic bubbles for the front headlights.
Was rushing too much, as they kept on melting in the oven.
Will have a better go at the weekend.



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Old 4th January 2019, 09:54
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Great progress, loving the fun design and the imagination you have to finding solutions and unique style elements.
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Old 4th January 2019, 22:14
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Looking good there

Love the finished seat

Big daddy Roth would be proud
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Old 5th January 2019, 01:34
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Wow Colin - 6 degrees of separation and all that!

It’s great to see someone creating Ed Roth cars using the same techniques as he did. The plaster / vermiculite/ GRP body construction etc.

I wish I had seen this thread earlier. I came back to WSM just before Christmas to visit family. I grew up in Brean (near WSM) driving Cal look beetles up and down the sea front in the 80s.

I now live in Mound Minnesota USA and one of my neighbors is a fairly well know Roth car restorer - Mark Moriarty.

He has a garage clean out every year and managed to snap some pics of some of his forever toys. A couple are the original models Revel made to promote some of their kits.

I think the good pics are on my phone... I’ll post them up tomorrow!

Thanks for posting. It’s so great to see such a great and innovative build!
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