Your chap in Syderstone now does 12mm and 9mm phenol impregnated ply at thirty four sheets per, erm, sheet (buyer collects). :biggrin:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PHENOLIC-R...5#ht_500wt_949

Click the link in the ebay listing for more details. :ranger:

Flooring
 

Towed Thats better if you can get the 12mm, I wont be swapping out as I am happy with the rigidity of the 18mm and it looks like my seats are going to be just fine, whatever thickness I fully recommend this stuff the smooth underside will be fully waterproof and easy cleaned and the non slip surface looks very professional, at £34 a sheet you cant go wrong. I see you are going for shuttering ply is that not a little thick for the inners, considering the orginal triumphs were almost cardboard backed, I wonder wether 6mm mdf would be easier shaped and could maybe be curved around the rear of the tub?

The 9mm ply is for the structure of the cockpit as recommended by Gary in the 'getting started' guide on the Sammio website.

I'll be using flexible card as a base for the trim panels.

Build Blog

I tried using the Blog / Build Diary here on Madabout but just couldn't get any where with it, so have decided to revamp the original one I started and will be keeping that up to date, its here

http://sammio-spyder.blogspot.com/

Santa came up trumps for me
 

Well christmas came and I was spoilt rotten, but late in the afternoon the wife gave me a bonus present, she,d saved a shiny new stainless sports exhaust for a surprise present. Today I had to offer it up. Four straight down pipes into two into one and then branching to twin boxes at the rear. She did amazing buying for the spitfire engine and allowing for the twin carb manifold. It fits a treat. Think I may do some small cut aways on the rear apron where the pipes exit just for the look, like they should always have been there.
Will post pictures later. What a woman I'm so chuffed

You are one lucky man!

Looking forward to seeing the pics of your prezzie, and seeing your car in the metal (fibreglass?).

Once we're on the road we'll have to arrange an impromptu meet of the far eastern chapter of the unofficial Sammio owner's club somewhere on the North Norfolk coast. :rockon:

Cut the sides of my floor down today after reading the various threads on the correct line to take,
I cut from tight in at the rear of the chassis out to the bulk head, test fitted the body with the ratchet straps and it has pulled in lovely and feels really rigid just with the straps.
At the front the gap has closed in but may take a fine bit of fettling just to draw the body in a bit closer to the chassis side rail on the drivers side.

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...s/P1030947.jpghttp://sammio-spyder.blogspot.com/.


Managed to fabricate a bracket to hang the handbrake pivot from, not pretty but does the job.

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...s/P1030956.jpg
Psychopops

Fitted the new Exhaust today,

Down pipes look a lot better than the standard manifold, should help the engine breath..


http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...s/P1030958.jpg


The twin boxes at the rear look pretty good in my opinion, they aren't secured yet but think two small cut out in the apron with the tail pipes pulled up will look better, what do you think?

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...s/P1030959.jpg


http://sammio-spyder.blogspot.com/

Yep, cutouts.
 

Detail, detail, detail... thats how you turn a kitcar into a SammioSpyder.
:biggrin1:

New exhaust system looks cool. How's the ground clearance?

Ground clearance is fine as the exhaust runs directly under the driveshaft then kinks up, so no worse than the original.

Sounds good. I bet it, erm, sounds good too...

Engine isn't running at the moment so will have to wait to hear the note, good incentive though,
Pops

twin rear pipes do look nice .....pops

Mulberry
Spotted the green rice bags in your picture, guessed you may have bought the same from Rimmers as thats what mine came wrapped in:biggrin1:
Pops

Yes, they do.

no we eat alot rice....haha .... i only got a single exhaust pipe from rimmers.....on my little old 2300ltr engine whoops 1300......hehe

Nice! How you going to mount the exhausts? fyi, I ended up mounting a bar crosswise between the two rear outriggers and then hung brackets down off of that. That also had the added benefit of giving me something to bolt the inner rear wheel arches to! :)

I had two ideas in mind,
One is the cross bar idea such as you have done,
The other was to sheet out between the outriggers and then form the wheel arch from there, not sure if there is a benefit to this if it would make air flow better underneath or just keep the worst of the weather off the fuel tank etc..Will have to wait and see what develops.
Cheers Pops

Handbrake tunnel - early stages
 

Spent the whole day pottering about with the handbrake tunnel as I want to fabricate something that looks as if it is there from day one, a rounded top profile and a slight cut away where the handbrake sits should help with this look I hope.
Undecided on final finish wether it will be vinyl with a bead around the cut out, carpet or maybe totally out of character with Carbon fibre covering it..
Liking the idea of putting the ignition key in under the Handbrake but will have to think more on that idea.

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...s/P1030966.jpg

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...s/P1030968.jpg

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...s/P1030963.jpg

Still needs trimming but all in all its a recycled Triumph Herald boot lid

I wouldn't put the ignition key under the handbrake: that's where it is on my Saab and the alternator just expensively failed.

Surely, that's no coincidence, hmmn? Hmmn? :tape:

That prop tunnel is looking seriously good. At first sight I thought you'd cut the original floor section out of your donor and re-used it. Well done! :eusa_clap:

Nice. I would have ideally liked a curved tunnel, but I wasn't confident that i'd be able to do decent enough a job of it!

looking well good and blends in to the gearbox nicely

Thanks guys, just don't know about the cover yet, Vinyl Carpet or Carbon?

Paint? :party:

See how much my painted tunnel and gearbox cover have got knocked about already, and i'm not even on the road yet! i'd say you'd be best off covering it in "something" rather than just paint.

some sort of washable covering,

Well Christmas really did slow my build, thats another month home over so end of progress till Feb. Still should be a dramatic change then as everything is laid out ready to start glassing... I think.

Screen Option
 

If this is a Sammio here is another screen option, perhaps if the owner is a lurker then he /she could shed some more light on it?

http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/...ops/Sammio.jpg
Psycho pops



Original posted on http://motoscat.freeforhosting.com/post2154.html

The Brooklands 'screens do suit the shape and it looks really nice in silver. Hmm, I wonder...

quick google search turned up this advert.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C274678

Looks like a sammio spider to me. Does the radiator move with the bonnet?

Silver, I thought it was a Bronze colour, especially in the add link,
Advertised sa a Marlet Special, not so keen on the rear end treatment though..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73923333@N07/

Theres more here,
Pops

Agreed about the lights and bumpers at the back - a bit busy imho. Not really liking the dash too much either.

As for the colour, on my laptop screen (which makes Phil Jacklin's BRG car look black) the 'Marlet' special looked like a Merc' smoke silver. On the link to the ad. it says dove grey but it looks bronze. I'm still torn between silver, black and various shades of red for mine atm. Decisions. Desicsions...:icon_sad:

I'd be interested to hear why he's called it a Marlet Speical as it's certainly a Sammio Spyder from looking at the body and the internal frame.

I do like how he's done the "recessed" dashboard! i think that looks very clean, although with the central divider i dread to think how practical it all is :)
Those wind deflectors/shields (I'm being politically ambiguous after yesterday!) are quite nice as well, as these cars do suit a bit of chrome

Plus, from looking at those photobucket pics,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7392333...in/photostream
aren't his rear shocks on upside down?

I think Shocks are the right way up but fully opened as the car is jacked up, sleeve is usually at the top. If his aren't right neither are mine...

Not seen those pictures before .....

Thats the car that features in the Getting Started page on my website.

We supplied it to a guy called Oliver from near Reading....I offered to register it for him and he declined ...spoke to my pal Owen in Newbury about the car and he knows someone who knows someone etc. and it appears young Olly wants to create his own version of the car and not refer to it as a Sammio...fair enough I guess....He bought 2 rolling projects , so theres another ''Marlet'' out there....

He appears to have done a decent job on the car , liking the colour and Brooklands screen...

I do think though , that in the same way the guy wanting to market his 2cv based car as his own creation found , people will identify it as a Sammio anyway.....

On a similar note , heres another one recently finished....

http://www.absolutelykitcars.co.uk/Carsforsale.htm

Barry , my buddy from Sarfend has just finished it and is already talking about doing another !!

HAPPY DAYS !

Just read the first link above and it appears he has already been rumbled as a Sammio !!