Congrats on the MOT, enjoy her on the open road this summer.

Hi Neil,

Thanks for both sharing the article with us and sharing your story with the wider BBC audience too, really inspiring.

Good to see a few more photos of the car "on the road".

The examples of your sculptures that were also featured looked great. :cool:

Given your creative talents, modifying a Cordite must have seemed easy. :icon_wink:

I wish you all the best for the future (what ever it holds).

Take care, Paul :)

Just read this but don't know the words to express my admiration :icon_confused:

WELL DONE :first:

Following on from others best wishes. My warmest wishes go with you Neil. A truly inspiring story and one that brings so many other issues into perspective.

Enjoy the car - you deserve it

Dave :)

Hi all, I am still developing my Cordite. I have altered the rear and front wings as I wanted to make my Cordite more bulbous and outrageous and most of all to have fun! The front needs more development but is getting somewhere to a shape I am after. :drama:

any pics from other angles ?

Hi will post more pics tomorrow! If it is not raining!

Neil - Did you reshape the arches in fibreglass?

http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...0&d=1468158888

I'd found this photo of a Lister when I was looking at my own arches.

http://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Li...-11-MH-012.jpg

And let's not forget Elvis's Maserati Birdcage in Viva Las Vegas.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...LVrace1963.jpg

So you are in good company.

Good luck, Paul. :)

Hi, the body is still in process and I only have 13 inch wheels, although at the rear I am considering a flap that disguises the wheel. They are made of fibreglass and the Cordite is still being used on the road, depending on the weather!

It is a shame that I am so far away from you all but thanks to my wife, Cathy, the internet forum enables us to share progress. Here is a pic of the rear. I am considering options between the wings where i might even shape it to a point to really give it individuality.

Great to hear from you - keep up the good work. I am also attaching a pic of my latest rod.

Neil - I've also stuck with the original 13" wheels.
( Which is one of the reasons I needed to do some much re-shaping of the arches on my build. )

Having said that…

Wow! That is one big ar$e! :icon_wink:

http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...2&d=1468225949

Although it looks a bit like the Sammio G-46.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...psc75eabdd.jpg

Have you seen Micky1Mo's all new Sammio Spyder?
http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...ead.php?t=5058

That now has wheel skirts at the rear.

http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psyuxika8i.jpg

And the bottom edge of the body shell comes to a point as well.

http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psyqryiil6.jpg

Good luck, Paul. :)

PS
Love the rod. :cool:

http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...3&d=1468225949

Yes it does have one fat arse! I always thought the Cordite missed that sexy rear bottom. Thats the fun of these builds as they are so badly formed any alteration is ok. Did the Queen sing a song about big bottoms ? Anyway the rod is due to driving the Cordite with a little 4 stroke engine and I used to drive a muscle car with the v8 rumble and so my instincts took over! And it runs a 6.6 litre v8. Lord Marsh from Goodwood has one ! Thanks for the similarities and it does look similar to the new version re bodies. I still have a soft touch for these conversions.

Using the Cordite as a buck I am slowly building an aluminium shell. This has been a labour of love - welding aluminium has taken a time to master. I should have it finished for the spring. I have shaped the body with mallet and sandbag - great for the forearms.

Neil – Good luck with completing the rest of your body shell.

http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...5&d=1573921819

It should look like a raw racing car when finished. :cool:

Cheers, Paul. :)

Hi Paul, Cheers for your comment! I have never indulged so much time on a car of mine. You are right concerning your observation in that I was after a classic racer used and raw. I will leave the aluminium to weather in its natural state and to look as if it has just completed a race from the 50s. Also the weight will be much less as the amount of filer I used to mock up the bulbous body cost me loads. The cost for the aluminium is around 400 pound which is reasonable the tools some I made my own the visible evidence of aluminium building came from watching you tube ! I am starting my next project when my Cordite is finished using a GT6 chassis and running gear more of a Riley racer .