Sammio Spyder Builds.....

lancelot link · #1 26th August 2010, 10:42

Hi,
I have been running a thread under general chatter that started a while back when I was developing this car....well we are a bit on from that now and into the process of building a few now....I am constantly changing and tweaking them , no two need be the same.....I felt the thread is probably better continuing in this category now...

Heres the original thread.....

http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/foru...9823#post19823

Heres the latest pics ....The french one ( grey car ) or 'Monroe' as I call her ( those 50's curves are just beautiful ) has been rounded and smoothed out a bit more and is nearing the primer stage..

The blue example is getting a few different touches as future pics will show....I call this one 'Mansfield' as she is going to be another curvy 50's beaut !! I have started making a wrapped , full cockpit style dash for this one and changed the shape quite dramatically...

more pics to follow...... If you visit http://www.bayarearods.co.uk/sammio.html you'll see more info on my cars

THANK YOU

PaulC · #2 28th August 2010, 15:01

Both coming along nicely there Gary. I take back what I said in the other thread about the front. The grey one, from that angle, looks right.

lancelot link · #3 28th August 2010, 17:14

Hi PAULC , Take back sort of accepted .....You are kinda right ....the earlier version of the front does look a little off from some angles....with this grey one we decided to 'fatten' the wings up a bit and soften the lines into the bonnet as well as softer lines around the screen area.....I like it . It is more how I pictured the car in my head when I first put the design together...More importantly , Pattrice , the customer likes it too...( I am very grateful to him that he has trusted me to do my own thing with the car...)

It just shows how a few small changes can personalize a SAMMIO and keep them all a little unique....

lancelot link · #4 8th September 2010, 20:25

Patrice's car is now nearly ready for paint , hopefully Friday...

I will post up some pictures of the car after the paint has gone on...hoping to get her roadworthy next week....

Blue car has been lowered now and when the adaptors for the wire wheels finally arrive....I can get on with the bodywork changes I want to undertake....

lancelot link · #5 9th September 2010, 15:09

HERES A PRE-PAINT SNEAKY PEAK !!

PaulC · #6 9th September 2010, 23:58

Looking good. What colour will it be?

On second thoughts, just show us

Ballores · #7 15th September 2010, 20:34

Hi I am new to the forum,am amazed what you have done with an old herald,really impressed with your workmanship and imagination.
Interesting that you can skip iva with a rebody,if you rebody who gets to check
Is it a local office or will an mot guy suffice? Cheers Nic

lancelot link · #8 16th September 2010, 10:41

LOCAL OFFICE INSPECTION - Its free other than your time and takes an hour or so by the time they have finished ....well worth it though.

Here's a daylight pic or two...

PaulC · #9 17th September 2010, 16:27

Very nice indeed.

The interior now I suppose? Is it the angle the photo was taken or are those rear tyres protruding quite some way beyond the arches?

lancelot link · #10 19th September 2010, 12:26

It's the pic , Paul.....add to that the fact that I had just jacked her up and she hadn't settled properly....she sits inside the body and square wheeled when she has settled....

Took her to Goodwood yesterday , to air the product...not sure if it was the right meeting for the car , but she caused some positive interest...

lancelot link · #11 23rd September 2010, 21:35

Heres the new front we are developing ....still got some tweaking and decisions to make , but basically we are nearly ready to mould....The car needs to be ready ( or at least looking ready ! ) for Exeter in 5 weeks...

This bonnet is a direct fit onto the same body , so 2 options are available on the same shell ....A German style front or the English styled example here..

The new front is roomier , longer length means the Vitesse fits or other options , pinto etc. and no need for bonnet scoops for clearance.....7'' headlights replace the dearer Beetle style ones as well...

Bodies ordered with this front will be £795 as opposed to £750

THANKS FOR LOOKING.....

patoune · #12 5th October 2010, 06:21

Excellent !

Happy to have a look to my car...
Could you please now confirm when I can collect it ?

lancelot link · #13 20th October 2010, 18:10

busy , busy .....getting ready for Exeter this weekend......

NEW FRONT IS FINISHED...PLUG WAS PAINTED END OF LAST WEEK AND MOULD MADE EARLIER THIS WEEK....

First one being made tomorrow....

We have started another build as well........12/50 Herald based car with the new front end - British Racing green , white roundalls , numbers etc...This one is getting a small trunk area to put a spare wheel.....

I have just provisionally taken an order for a MK.2 Vitesse based one as well.....

Tribute Automotive · #14 21st October 2010, 21:52

Hi. I am new to this forum (and indeed any forum), but having done a google search this forum seems to be the most relevant place to tell everyone what I am doing. I am part way through a body conversion using Bentley Continental GT panels on a Toyota Supra MkIV twin turbo. Its not an exact replica as it uses the Supra roof/glass and doors (with the addition of a swage line), but hope you will be interested in looking at my website (www.tributeautomotive.co.uk) that has just gone live. I am expecting to start selling kits in the New Year and will be updating the website on a regular basis with more pictures and prices etc.

Hope to talk to anyone with an interest soon.

Regards
Chris Welch - Tribute Automotive
www.tributeautomotive.co.uk

PaulC · #15 21st October 2010, 22:02

Chris, welcome to the site.

Obviously you are keen to publicise your own venture in the same way Gary is with his Sammio but umm, how can I put this without causing offence, it's poor etiquette to do so on his thread which does after all have 'Sammio Spyder Builds' as the title. It's a bit like cutting in when a bloke's dancing with his new girlfriend

I'm sure others would be interested in your project and I'm sure the moderators would have no objection to you starting your own thread.

Good luck with it.

Gary. That latest version is bloody unfair. You know damn well that's what I want on a Chimaera/Griffith chassis

Tribute Automotive · #16 21st October 2010, 22:10

Thanks for the welcome Paul.

Hope Gary didn't mind, but like I said I am new to Forums and I have no idea how to "starting my own thread". Help.

Regards Chris

PaulC · #17 21st October 2010, 23:59

No worries.

Go to the top of the page and click on 'General Build Chat' in blue text.

Click on the 'New Thread' button when the page pops up.

Type in a thread title, your text and link and you're done.

lancelot link · #18 27th October 2010, 17:52

Paul ....I've known Chris for years , so its no worry....Welcome Chris , good to see you at the w/end..

Exeter went very well....lots of interest in the product ....I would have liked to get a finished 'new' style there , but never mind.....The magazines showed some interest in the concept to....so thats encouraging...

A customer , Peter , is dropping a 1968 Vitesse in for us to re-body for him....I'm looking forward to doing that one and will put pics up as and when....

Gary

Tribute Automotive · #19 27th October 2010, 21:12

Thanks Gary. Your cars are looking great. Just come out of the garage itching....wonderful stuff fibreglass! May you have many, many more orders.
Regards Chris

PaulC · #20 27th October 2010, 23:13

Chris. Stop encouraging him. I'm this >< close to selling my Tuscan to finance a project based upon a Chimaera and one of his latest bodies