Sammio Spyder Builds..... - Page 12

garyh · #**221** 6th September 2011, 11:07

I can't wait to get started, i have so many ideas to put into practice. The colour i like is that Aston Martin Zagato (burgundy) but my inspiration is the Lancia D24, rivets and all...
Have been told to keep budget under control and that the car has a bonnet which can remain closed... I'm listening'ish. Heres a pic of a handbrake i like.

Must keep the wife, sweet...

davecymru · #**222** 6th September 2011, 11:37

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Originally Posted by garyh

Must keep the wife, sweet...

I found that taking the missus for a week in Majorca made the issue of paint costs disappear over night!

Mister Towed · #**223** 6th September 2011, 14:58

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Originally Posted by garyh

I can't wait to get started, i have so many ideas to put into practice. The colour i like is that Aston Martin Zagato (burgundy) but my inspiration is the Lancia D24, rivets and all...
Have been told to keep budget under control and that the car has a bonnet which can remain closed... I'm listening'ish. Heres a pic of a handbrake i like.

Must keep the wife, sweet...

I'm also going for the D24 look with exposed rivets and random alloy panels here and there.

Nice handbrake too, I hadn't thought of using an aftermarket one. Where did you find it, how much are they and is it a fly-off type?

garyh · #**224** 6th September 2011, 15:04

About a hundred pounds, made in Cornwall. Just look up Trigger Handbrakes on t'internet.

jw52 · #**225** 6th September 2011, 20:58

Hi Gary I'm also building a Spyder from a Mk2 Vitesse and am only just over the river to you They'll get a bridge built one day. untill then will have to make do with Dartford.
Good luck with the build and all those household jobs.

John.

jw52 · #**226** 6th September 2011, 21:02

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Originally Posted by davecymru

I found that taking the missus for a week in Majorca made the issue of paint costs disappear over night!

Dave do you think a week in Somerset would have the same effect?

lancelot link · #**227** 6th September 2011, 21:20

That is a pretty handbrake ...

These are a very similar product at about half the money....

http://www.minispares-online.co.uk/?...6&prod_id=1568

Lancia - ifying your cars and adding rivet detail , random scoops , vents , panels etc is a look I really will enjoy seeing ....when I eventually get around to building a keeper I intend to do exactly that sort of detail...

garyh · #**228** 6th September 2011, 21:33

They seem to be doing a special on that application.

Regarding the rivets, what iwas going to do is along the seams where you think the panels would overlap if it was aluminium i will tape down a length of ali , quite thin and run some filler against it and feather it out onto panel. Then take ali away which will give me a panel line. Does that make sense?

captaincrash1971 · #**229** 8th September 2011, 19:41

What make is the bonding paste people are using? Also, roughly how much matting and resin will a normal build take? Just need to go buy it all from my local suppliers and didn't wanna end up with too much or not enough

Sammio Builder · #**230** 9th September 2011, 09:33

Both Dave and myself used Gravicol Bonding Paste

The 5KG tub did my whole car.

I also used this fibreglass kit from here

Both are top quality and an absolute bargain too.

Trevor.
http://www.sammiospyder.blogspot.com/

davecymru · #**231** 9th September 2011, 15:45

I ended up using a bit more bonding paste than Trevor and i've probably used 1.5 5kg tubs as i've also used it to fit my inner rear wheel arches.

Probably about the same amount if fibreglass, but i bought the large kits from Halfrauds one at a time as i had no idea how much i'd need. in retrospect i should have bought the kit from ebay as it should have been cheaper!

I've also got through 1.5 large tubs of body filler, although most of that seems to have ended up as dust on my garage floor and door!

garyh · #**232** 9th September 2011, 15:49

Please.

PaulC · #**233** 10th September 2011, 21:12

Nothing to do with me but this might be of use to someone.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCIMITAR-S...#ht_500wt_1156

captaincrash1971 · #**234** 19th September 2011, 15:03

Nothing to do with me, but there's a 1969 Herald 13/60 just come up on classiccarsforsale.com. It's £1000, but will surely be negotiable, and people seem to be having quite good luck selling unwanted bits on ebay. The good thing is it's driveable and mot'd.

Click Here

garyh · #**235** 17th October 2011, 20:11

Question. I have a 71' mk.2 Vitesse and i have been looking at the Canley schematics trying to identify my inlet manifold, but i don't recognise it. Please see attached.

captaincrash1971 · #**236** 17th October 2011, 20:44

Solex carbs manifold, looks the same as the 1600 one on the canleys schematics

garyh · #**237** 18th October 2011, 08:51

So does that mean that what i was sold is actually a 1600? or does a 1600 manifold fit a 2 litre?

captaincrash1971 · #**238** 18th October 2011, 10:14

Not sure if it's a direct fit or not. Don't know much about these things Im afraid.

garyh · #**239** 18th October 2011, 10:38

In your picture you show a Vitesse 6 Solex inlet manifold. However it was not uncommon back in the day to use adaptor's to covert to Strombergs. Presumably this is what has occured to your car.

There were a number of companies offering conversions including SAH.

The later Vitesse 6, and the 2 ltr MKI inlet manifold dispensed with the 45 degree carb mounting detail used on the earlier Solex manifold (like yours) when Triumph themselves went over to Stromberg's.

So hopefully thats a 'PHEW'

davecymru · #**240** 18th October 2011, 10:58

sounds like you can relax a bit!

Personally i think that finding out the history of our cars is a much fun as building them!

I was handed a binder chock full of receipts from the last 42 years including all of the documentes when the owner did the upgrade to the Vitesse Mk2 spec, the after market electronic ignition, the instructions that they "allegedly" followed switching from a dynamo to an alternator etc. Although critically it was missing any details about the twin SU's that came with my car! So i ended up putting a set of twin Stromberg's back on it so that at least i could just refer to the Haynes manuals

If your manifold does turn out to be a turkey, i do have those twin SU's on a manifold gathering dust in my garage that 'should' fit