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Hi all here I go again waiting on the guy to come back off holiday to paint my 250swb so started a 275GT well why not. love the shape of the 275 just a bigger gto and thats the one car I miss. going to be a slowish build this one as its a keeper for a while . spent some of the weekend building up the front end light and indicator pods fitted. bumpers on but one side is snug one has a gap so I am thinking of blending them in.



the side vents caused me some serious thinking holding everything in place till it drys so I came up with this. good job the stuff I use sets in ten mins


made a change to the dash I want a glovebox so lost one of the pods. I am a bit limited to how much I can do to it at the mo till I get a car to put it in.

So the kits are being sold then good news

Good luck fella, will enjoy keeping an eye on your progress. I better get my wriggle on! Be a gorgeous addition to your stable.....

Andy – It was about this time last year that I saw Kidge’s 275 in person.



It really is a lovely shape, so I look forward to seeing your latest build come together.

Good luck, Paul.

PS
Perhaps this thread should be in the Old No.7 Builds sub-forum where the other 275s are?
( I am sure this is something JG could do for you. )

managed to get both the front bumpers snug by cutting the back bracket off trimming it down and re bonding it back on while holding it in place on the car sounds easy but believe me it was not.

back bumper when bolted together did not sit right but in parts sat pretty good.so I bolted it to the car in parts and glassed the comers and along the back of the car so I can take it off make good and trim all the gaps latter.

back lights were for an other project a long time ago just so happens they fit the recces so for now I am going to run with these see if they grow on me



side vents grills fitted in and glassed them from the back fitted some L E D lights for a bit of bling

[LEFT][SIZE="6"]Saturday September 7th

Lunch at The Pelican Inn[/SIZE][/LEFT]

[SIZE="4"]Froxfield, on the A4 between Hungerford & Marlborough

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We are welcome and booked from 11am with lunch at around 12.30pm

There are two spacious car parks, where we can have a drink and talk Tribute Cars.

Afterwards you / we can drive round a bit of Hampshire to the [/SIZE]

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[url]www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk[/url]

If you are interested the Pelican Inn also has a room or two overnight on the Friday and or Saturday. We are staying there Friday night.

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Well back off my hols so must be time to get stuck in, bought a 2.2 car last Saturday while still on holiday ebay dont tell the wife lol. had it delivered Wednesday mot Friday stripped it Saturday today and started getting the kit on today . one good thing about doing so many its like clock work all in a days work thanks to Chris and Dans . I am knackered but worth it love the shape of the 275 it must be beer o'clock







had my SWB painted as always looks mint

This is looking good!!

I am considering the idea of getting the 275 rear shell and 250 SWB front shell; throwing in some tweaks and making a 250 GT Lusso tribute.

Gotta get my SWB done first! (And buy in from the wife)

Cant wait to see the finished result! Cheers

Awesome stuff Andy,

I know you will do this kit proud, just like the others prior. Look forward to seeing it progress, might keep me on track with mine with you chasing me!

Well we did not go to the van this weekend so car time , typical of me spending 2 days getting the bumpers to sit and look good they are now coming off the car after seeing this.
bing bong

so here we go before


work in progress


almost there


still needs some work but getting there



I need to think about ware to put a side repeater if at all you can now see the front ones from the side view. Yellow headlight bulbs on order ,black wire wheels going on next week..

Hi Andy, as always super fast progress on your builds! What colour are you going to go for on this one?

plan is very dark gray metallic with an off white light gray stripe,shame about the dash its tan colour and would look well with the choice but its all coming out

picked up my new wheels had to do a test fit 15mm wider on the back fit a treat

Are you going to pie cut the rear wings to suit?

at the mo dont think so but I am doing everything two or three times fit it dont like it so change it. Got a new grill on order this will be my 3rd and hopefully the last change to the bonnet grill. fitted the back lights did not like them so then cut them out to fit the fiat ones 160 quid wow, I will get there. Bought a dash for it but the one in the car is light tan it fits in well with the style but so will the new one when its trimed up but thats a lot of work to sort and something that will only get changed the once honest . unlike everything else lol

quick update backlight pods glassed in and fitted


new grill araived and fitted looking at it from the front the spotlight on the left needs turning inwards ,so that will be the next job to cut it out and move it.
not to sure about the shape of the end of the bonnet with the new grill. I need a pair of grills to go each side of the main grill to break it up





it may be the answer to just cut out the sides of the grill to match the car above. one to think about for a few days either way the angle grinder will be out soon

Andy is this a real time build with you posting as you progress? If so that's bloody impressive....expect to see it in for paint by the end of the week!

think I am around 4 days in so far, if it was not for chopping a changing it would be on the road. But thats down to Mr tribute and team in kit design plus after doing so many its like clock work that helps

Just started my 275 Convertible project. I'm allowing 4 weeks at a relaxed pace to get the body fitted and ready for paint. My donor car was stripped and prepped well in advance but that's easy, only a couple of days.

you should be sweet with a convertible they are a much easier build compared to the hard tops and a very quick build . good luck with it

quick update on today's work after measuring 10 times I worked out the grill was an inch to one side so that has been pulled out and glassed back in and the slots have been roughed in each side of the grill,

thought it would look good with an air scoop so a bit of card and tape latter came up with this



I glassed over it then when it was dry pulled it of cut it down and glassed it back on minus the cardboard


hopefully this should be the last sanding down so I will put a bit of primer on to see how it looks



Managed pick up a 2.8 1997 local to me for a change well that can only mean one thing next kit ordered just don't tell the wife

front end is coming together now will just needs fine filling and sanding




I wasn't going to put vents in the rear end but things change lol, I will see how it looks as things progress it can always be filled back in the beauty of fiberglass

Looking forward to seeing the final result on this one. I think the rear grill vents will add to the final race inspired version you are building.

quick update spent most of the weekend removing the dash ready to fit the new one .there is a lot of work in making up the dash the old top under the window screen needs to cutting off the old one and be bonded onto the new one to keep the air vents. also the sides where the dash bolts onto the body also need cut off and bonded on.
this is a pic is not the best but its of the underside of the new dash with the old vent boneded on






trial fitting of new dash still loads to do i've filled the middle in with a bit of spare fiberglass



I have taken a mould off the top so I can pad it and cover it in leather then stick it back on when the dash is covered. not pretty but it will do the job when its cut down


this stuff is my savior setts in 5 to 10m mins expands setts like rock and can be sanded back what else do you need from a glue. just run out but 12 tubes on the way.


bring on the weekend

dash vinyl wrap

spent 4 hours prepping the dash applied a heat proof glue then wood grain vinyl wrap stood back and looked at it bleeding horrible so off it come again.


striped it again primed and painted satin black if I change the colour again it will be while it's in the car its a pain in the arse to remove and refit



think I can live with it for now still work to do as always but its back in all working



not 100% what to do with the carpet its tan colour I have got some black die that's a job for next weekend thou