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Think your cars got a cold!,,,,

Continuing from the last picture the expanded foam was carved down to ths shape


from here built up in several layers of filler and shaped up


The last time we posted we were making the screen rail shown above formed in ply bend a million times and broke as many time below is a shot of the front quarter showing the rail and second template for the screen which will have a few more mods before the final shape


The photo also shows the door, yes a door after deciding to have no doors the realisation was that I would need to carry around a set of Victorian library steps with a pole handle to get in and out the car, so door it was

managed to get an interesting shape to the door and are use concealed 2CV hinges to hang the door a lot of work done to shape the front quarter panel and new wheel arch profile marked out
dash board board template shown with wheel in position no photo but currently re-shaping the top of the rear wheel arch on the near side as it is completely different from the drivers side and of centre to the wheel


something made my phone camera go blue!!!!!!!! but included the photos to show the over profile of the car which we are now happy with

can you see what we mean about the wheel arch being off centre

Now I have been shown how to post photos again I will make a further effort to post photos

Very ambitious, nice work, its going to be a beast hen its done.

Standing on a box aerial view

I have to own up this is my screen saver on my computer, not sure if it's influencing the G46 build or not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow Charman,

I like your changes to the G46 design. I would say they are improvements. The wheel arch thing and the headlights change give the front a real nice touch.

Michiel

Didnt realise you were based in Australia

Interesting alterations which are shaping up nicely.....

Charman.tech - Your car is progressing nicely.

Do you put a layer of fibreglass over the expanding foam before smoothing off with filler?

Good luck, Paul.

Paul

On the first one we used a layer of glass fibre on the second one we graduated to P40.

I am pretty sure if the foam shrinks back the glass fibre and P40 have formed their own structure, so the foam is under a form-work or as we like to say false- work or shutter. Most of the foam will be dug away to fit the headlight bowl.

Peter

We are still here!

this a test post

We are still here

I reply to Paul's comments on Housemartin's thread as to the whereabouts of the G46 boys I would just like you to know that the G46 V8 Mk1 is still very much alive albeit about to awake from a very deep sleep.

What with my Daughter getting married in 2014, selling the family home and desiging and building a semi retirement ecological barn conversion for the new family home which we have now moved into it has been a bit hectic.

Now my house is finished and we have started work on the garage which is also an old barn, which has now got it new floor slab, roof and external walls being clad and nearly ready for us to re-commence various projects.

Been following the site with great interest over the past two years and my inspiration has been re-kindled after a visit last week to the Ferrari museum at Maranello and having my photo taken next to a TR625 (or similar) which has always been my inspiration since meeting Garry that first day in Poole.

I do have a photo's of the car before it was moth balled which I will ask Charlie to post latter.

All the best to fellow builders


Peter & Charlie

Welcome back Charman, glad to hear all is well.

I like the sound of the Eco Barn conversion. Of course, now you've lowered your carbon footprint you do realise you'll need to get your G46 project on the road to balance the level of 'greenhouse' gasses going into the atmosphere.

After all, I've heard that messing with the atmosphere is a bad idea, so a reduction in your carbon emissions could lead to catastrophic Global Cooling and trigger another Ice Age...

Towed it's nice to be back.

I am no tree huger currently have three XJS,s on ice (old wrecks) 2 straight sixes and a V12, the V8 in the G46 and an old Ford 302 in bits.

The eco barn is pure economics, no more gas bills, very small electric bill, no waste water charges and the government give me back Renewable Heat Incentives ££££, only the rates and a water bill to pay into the future.

The thing is when I get arrested in my car for polluting the planet and I can ask for the eco barn to be considered as mitigating circumstances (or something like that)

It does make people laugh when I show them the house and they then see what's in the garage

Just been looking back through your thread which looks to be a comprehensive build, i notice we have done a few things the same the bendy ply forming a base for the bonett top fiberglass and the use of expanding foam.
Looking forward to following this build and hopefully plenty of pictures.

Swifty

If the end result is anywhere near your Navigator we would be very, very, very pleased bears!

Welcome back. It is great to know you are continuing with your build as I and probably many of your followers on the thread were disappointed to see your posts cease. I look forward to seeing how your build progresses. Good luck.

G-46s are becoming like buses...

None for ages, then two come along at once.



Jokes aside, look forward to seeing some more build photos.
( Feel free to throw in a few of the house & garage too. )

Good luck, Paul.

I have to be careful of showing you my garage, if I told you it was bigger than my house! and that's true you might think I am boasting.

My wife still can't believe it, so my garage is actually big enough to have my office and a 2 bedroom flat above it so no problem when she kicks me out!

I really liked your old 3 bay garage.

So would love to see the new "super sized" one.

photo loading

Such a long time and have some photos to load totally forgotten how to, is there a thread somewhere explaining how to!

Try here:
http://www.madabout-kitcars.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3076

Not sure if these phots will appear or not very proud of myself being able to do this all by myself, building cars houses and garages is easy by comparison.

Couple of photos showing the car being covering on the trailer where it has spent the last year being repositioned on site avoid excavations materials etc etc.

Photo showing the car from the mezz level of the barn I am converting into my garage and office.

and an external shot of the barn (for Paul) showing the construction to date. The barn is a concrete portal frame which I am trying to make into a Sussex Barn, bit like making the G46 look like a Ferrari!!!!!!!!

Hope this does not upset to many car builders who have done sterling jobs from the front of their houses and or sheds in the woods those two in particular are great cars

now you can understand why the G46 had to go on the back burner for a while.

I'm lovin' the barn.

The way I look at it, it doesn't really matter how long the build takes if you can actually finish it.

There are plenty of us on here past the 4 or 5 year mark and still chipping away.

Good luck, Paul.

We're selling our G46 V8 MK1

With a heavy heart……. it looks like we’ve run our road with this one. We really wanted to finish our G46 but unfortunately my farther and I have decided to sell the G46-V8-MK1, we have far too many projects on at the moment and work for both of us has gone through the roof.

We really want to see the car go to an enthusiast who is going to get it finished and on the road. We feel we were onto something really special with all the adjustments we made and hope there is someone with a similar vision who can get it done. With the wealth of eccentric experts on here it seems like the best place to start to find a buyer.

Please tell your all your friends who are jealous of your G46 or Sammio builds and help us drum up some interest. Feel free to poke back through the thread “G46 V8 MK1” for any info you might need. Were also happy to answer any questions people might have, if you fancy a nibble let us know

Photos and eBay advert links to follow in the next few days.
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