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11th May 2017, 19:23
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Next job....flow coat under the bonnet.
Are you going to fit another fan for the air con?
Looking good
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11th May 2017, 19:40
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Hi Jag,
As I had a grey gelcoat finish its not really noticable, so no won't be doing a flowcoat, did however find the smaller inner bonnet gets really hot so have added reflective metal strips to the entire underside, looks like a big kitkat wrapper now, to deflect any heat and so I don't get any more hotspots.
For the aircon fan, nope don't have any plans for that, with roof up and fan on full blast on cold there is plenty of circulation, can even put the electric windows down a bit to help. Also can bring the top down, for even more circulation! However I might have a differnet view if we have a really hot summer with the black interior, lets see!
Really looking forward to see progress on your car!
Cheers.
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11th May 2017, 19:53
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Heat reflective foil is a good idea.
My TVR Griffith used to get very hot under the bonnet and most surfaces under the bonnet were covered in reflective foil.
GRP is well know for poor heat dissipation.
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12th May 2017, 13:04
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The car gets better and better. Nice engine bay
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12th May 2017, 13:32
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I notice that the front chassis legs are still open. I closed mine by just fitting a couple of alloy panels to them and sealing them with silicone after spraying some wax in first. If left open I think they will fill with water and general rubbish and may well become a rust trap. Only took a few minutes with some tin snips and a drill. Just pushed a thin piece of card against the studs to give the pattern, sorry no photo as the car isn't here.
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12th May 2017, 16:44
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Originally Posted by Jaguartvr
I notice that the front chassis legs are still open. I closed mine by just fitting a couple of alloy panels to them and sealing them with silicone after spraying some wax in first. If left open I think they will fill with water and general rubbish and may well become a rust trap. Only took a few minutes with some tin snips and a drill. Just pushed a thin piece of card against the studs to give the pattern, sorry no photo as the car isn't here.
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Hi Steve,
Yep was thinking about what to do with those, I blanked the studs off with some black dome nyloc nuts, i'll consider your approach, also thinking about using one side as a tow hitch, will need to get a bracket made up for that, not sure if it would stick out the front grill or another modification needed.
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12th May 2017, 17:30
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I was intending to make one side out of 3mm mild steel with a hole through the centre and a nut welded on the inside to take the original BMW towing eye, maybe next week!
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14th May 2017, 21:16
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out an about
I was out today at the Small sharnbrook event, it is localish to me. I have noticed that my brakes are squeaking, so when I got back I stripped the pads out and used some copperslip, so now no squeaking, yay!
IMG_0424[1] by eric holm, on Flickr
IMG_0442[1] by eric holm, on Flickr
Ohh and added new minor detailing graphic, for period reasons....
Image1111 by eric holm, on Flickr
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15th May 2017, 07:16
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Looking very nice Eric, how was the Sharnbrook event? Many decent cars show up?
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15th May 2017, 15:32
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Nice no Very nice
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15th May 2017, 15:55
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Looking very nice Eric, how was the Sharnbrook event? Many decent cars show up?
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Hi Mr Towed,
Thanks and Sharnbrook was quite a small event, I think you have been before, right?
There was a good mixture of old cars, hypercars, american cars and some bikes. It was good to talk to a wide selection of people, not just about kit cars!
Also I got a contact with a chap who has a 'modern' Ferrari GTO with the same paint colouring as mine, so trying to arrange a meet and get a photo shoot of old and new together, will be fun!
Cheers.,
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15th May 2017, 15:56
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Nice no Very nice
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Thanks Deggsy!
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15th May 2017, 16:05
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... Also I got a contact with a chap who has a 'modern' Ferrari GTO with the same paint colouring as mine, so trying to arrange a meet and get a photo shoot of old and new together, will be fun!
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Looking forward to seeing that.
I take it your car gets a very positive reaction every where you take it.
Enjoy, Paul.
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15th May 2017, 16:25
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Hi Mr Towed,
Thanks and Sharnbrook was quite a small event, I think you have been before, right?
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Yep, I went to the Italian car day in the summer of 2015. Great day out with lots of very nice Italian classics and modern supercars. This shot was taken by a random stranger as we left and popped up on the 'net -
I'm sure your car would turn even more heads.
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15th May 2017, 19:15
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Looking forward to seeing that.
I take it your car gets a very positive reaction every where you take it.
Enjoy, Paul.
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Hi Paul, Lucky to come across someone who knows the chap, so hopefully we can arrange it and on a nice day! Yes it gets plenty of attention, hence the A4 sheet in the windscreen so I don't lose my voice repeating everything. If nubodi and Tribute dont get extra business from people asking about my car then I will be suprised! I should be on some sort of commission structure.....
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15th May 2017, 19:17
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The Tribute range of cars, but mostly the SWB's bridge the gap between "classics" and "kit cars". I don't think many people outside of the kit car scene would see the Tribute cars as kit cars. For the most part they simply look too good to be a kit car !
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15th May 2017, 19:20
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Originally Posted by ericholm
Hi Paul, Lucky to come across someone who knows the chap, so hopefully we can arrange it and on a nice day! Yes it gets plenty of attention, hence the A4 sheet in the windscreen so I don't lose my voice repeating everything. If nubodi and Tribute dont get extra business from people asking about my car then I will be suprised! I should be on some sort of commission structure.....
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Its known as a "Finders Fee". Ask them to quote your name when they order a kit and Tribute should send you a cheque for £100. I know A Plan insurance offer this deal to existing customers.
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15th May 2017, 19:22
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Originally Posted by Mister Towed
Yep, I went to the Italian car day in the summer of 2015. Great day out with lots of very nice Italian classics and modern supercars. This shot was taken by a random stranger as we left and popped up on the 'net -
I'm sure your car would turn even more heads.
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Ha ha, great find of that shot from a random! plenty of head turning in that one, and rightly so, as you don't see your car on the road every day. Yep, even though it was a classic day at Sharnbrook there were plenty of modern super cars, 2 brand new lambos got alot of attention and they left when I did so doubt I will get any sort of shot like you did, in fact I can't find many pics of this weekend, ah well
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15th May 2017, 19:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucky@LeMans
Its known as a "Finders Fee". Ask them to quote your name when they order a kit and Tribute should send you a cheque for £100. I know A Plan insurance offer this deal to existing customers.
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Good luck with that ...lol ...
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15th May 2017, 22:29
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Not as far fetched as you might think. Most small companies would be happy to spend £100 to generate an order of £4995.
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