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Anyway, Day 1 - I have bought a donor vehicle. Whip the body off, touch of rust repair, slap the G46 on, bit of paste and polish. Should be done soon.
What could possibly go wrong?
;-)
I am also intending to fit a full windscreen, side windows and hood to my G46 kit which arrived today. This is the first time I have seen one in the flesh and it is suprisingly large. I have already obtained a MG Midget screen, frame, hoodframe (with knackered hood) and two rough doors which will supply the quarterlights and wind up windows. I don't know how much of this lot will fit but initial measurements look promising. All of these bits have been cheap and easily found. Once I have made enough progress I will start a thread with pics.
andrew - Where are you based? If near Southampton I wouldn't mind taking some notes. I have someone lined up who reckons he can sort me a windscreen, wrap around side panels and possibly even a hood of some type once I show him the shell.
I want to keep the d-type wrap around effect but if you look at the Eagle E-Type Speedster they manage the wrap around look. No plans for their up and down able side windows though
It will probably take me a day or two to get my donor vehicle up to the point where I am
Not quite, County Durham, approx 330 miles closer to the arctic circle! The midget screen is quite flat. For wrap around effect a mgb one might be better as it is more curved but could be too wide. Speak to Gary at Sammio as he did offer me one from an early ford special. He also suggested a screen from a porsche speedster kit might do.
Mk2 Healey may be the way to go. they have curves at the sides and the guy I have got the donor from make replacement hoods and other parts for Healeys. he had a screen sat at the back of the office to show the curve.
I really want to maintain the streamlined wrap around look of the aeroscreen but with bird strike protection. This guy also makes boat screens out of some fancy pants plastic so reckons he can blend that into the side of the windscreen and fix ot to the top of the doors.
His brother is into yacht designing and restoring so the pair have a bit of form in that area. He has a chuffing great Sun Seeker in another barn that he picked up from underneath the Med.
tirtone - That isn't rust, it is lichen. We live in the lovely clean air of the New Forest. The roof shot including the glass house shows the lichen to the best effect while the front shot shows the moss quite nicely. When I decide to change the fluids I will be using oil, antifreeze and Ribena!
Bu66er - just checked the DVLA details and it is a 1969 car. This is the earlier model with the 92inch wheel base instead of the SE5a which has a 99inch wheel base.
I think the 92" wheel base would work better than the 99" cant be a big issue to cut 7" out of the middle. We are going to play a little with our G46 cutting and chopping but have not made the first cut as yet will reveal all later.
Ignore the last posts. It looks like the detail on Carfolio is wrong. The car is a GTE SE5 which was available from '68 to '72 when it was replaced by the SE5a.
There are no differences in wheelbase/width between the SE5 and SE5a so everything should still fit.
Phew! I would hate to lose such a pristine donor model.
Ignore the last posts. It looks like the detail on Carfolio is wrong. The car is a GTE SE5 which was available from '68 to '72 when it was replaced by the SE5a.
There are no differences in wheelbase/width between the SE5 and SE5a so everything should still fit.
Phew! I would hate to lose such a pristine donor model.
Man, these kind of shenanigans are not good for peace of mind and life expectancy...
Well it looks better now the weeds have gone. 
