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1st November 2015, 21:07
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Headlights and Front Wings (cont’d)
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2nd November 2015, 08:03
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pompeyal - This is an impressive build, with a huge range of great fabrication skills involved.
Given how small the engine bay is, it is amazing what you have managed to squeezed in there.
Good luck with the rest of it, Paul.
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I'm heading towards my 4th year of building and that seems a very long time, so fair play for sticking with this for 12 years!
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2nd November 2015, 14:37
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Your exhaust routing idea and cut section weld techniques for the bends are as inspired as your steering spline mod.
The McCoy I saw was in Brighouse west Yorkshire travelling with a hard top quantum and a mustard coloured allegro towards hebden bridge so they probably came off the M62 so could of been from anywhere. It was odd because when the quantum came out I recall drooling over it particularly the use of Sierra sapphire back lights but yet now it looked very dated and the rear lights looked massive whereas the McCoy looked more like a traditional yet very small sports car lotus élan esque.Ed.
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4th November 2015, 12:07
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Thanks for the comments guys, I am still enjoying the challanges it brings me, I have a major dilema know, i want to buy an Aston Martin but do not want to keep it on the drive so I have a big insentive to get this project finished so I can clear the garage, I have looked at having another smaller garage built onto the other side of the property but the council got a bit funny about it..
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4th November 2015, 12:26
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I have just sat and read the whole thread ,very interesting great skills and innovative thinking ,keep up the good work ,can't wait for the next instalment !
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4th November 2015, 12:34
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I have just sat and read the whole thread ,very interesting great skills and innovative thinking ,keep up the good work ,can't wait for the next instalment !
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Thanks, had a bit of a problem last week, 2/3rds of a tin of resin went off in the tin so put me on hold, as if I need it, so I have since gone and got another 5 litres, and continued with the off side wing, I will show the progress when I have it done, hopefully over the weekend..then onto moding the bonnet..deep joy...
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4th November 2015, 16:12
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Check your local planning laws about temporary garden structures, in theory as long as you are below your local boroughs height limit you can cover about 74% of your garden with "temporary" buildings. There are some fantastic timber garage/workshop / car barns available and many look superb I built a green oak open fronted 3 car barn with shingle roof last year it would be an asset to most homes. Ed
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5th November 2015, 19:45
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8th November 2015, 19:33
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9th November 2015, 19:57
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10th November 2015, 22:09
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12th November 2015, 07:09
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What's your plan regarding the front bumper? It might look good cut off on the seam and back at an angle with some fab and mesh grill the entire shape and look could be changed. Ed
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12th November 2015, 09:11
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I quite like the front as it is, I have a Mazda Rx-7 FD rear spoiler that I want to fit at the front and shape to the under valance, from the seam forward I will be painting it yellow and run the stripes back from there, similar to the old Lotus 7 idea.
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13th November 2015, 21:28
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In the Cabin
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13th November 2015, 21:34
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Now for the bonnet
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14th November 2015, 20:37
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Bonnet continued
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15th November 2015, 17:51
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Bonnet continued..
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24th November 2015, 20:02
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The bonnet continued
I have had other thoughts on how I should approach making a new bonnet, as I had half a sheet of 9mm MDF kicking around I though I would try to shape it into the form of the bonnet. There is a double curve on the existing bonnet and unfortunately it doesn’t correctly follow the curvature of the wings, reason being is from the original light pods forward, the curvature wasn’t in close proximity of the wings so it wasn’t obvious, now that the new bonnet is, I will need it to follow the wing curve precisely. I placed the board over the car covering the engine bay and weighted the corners to encourage the board to deform.
To help along the process I draped a damp sheet over the board
Over night there was some movement in the shape of the board so to encourage it even more I re dampened the cloth and added more weight
Continually dampening the cloth in the morning and evening the spring back has reduced quite well so I have started reducing and re positioning the weights. I will be continuing this until the board stays in the form required without the aid of weights.
The double curvature is also happening so when finished it will not just look like a one dimensional curved board.
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26th November 2015, 10:06
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Now that is what I call genius....
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26th November 2015, 10:22
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Now that is what I call genius....
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Thanks Robin.
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