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Go on, treat yourself. Would love to see them fitted to give an idea of how the car's going to look when it's finished.

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Oh......... alright then! Ooooh, you are awful!!

By popular demand, Didn't really want to do this! (He Lied!)

Been gagging to do it for ages really........

Bear in mind the car will be painted almost black British Racing Green, which will accentuate the curves, and highlight the wheels even more.

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Afternoon what ever you spent on those wheels was really worth it , Geoff .

He he, nice....!!

Oh my god YES YES YES.

This, is perfection. I was going to ask if you were going to fit taller tyres but i suppose there's no space under there.

That looks very good, they fill the arches nicely. Good choice of wheel and tyre. Now come on, get it finished and painted...

Down n out:

1 No there is no space!
2 on full lock the front tyre fouls the bulkhead!
3 I want to use theses tyres as they are brand new!
4 I will most likely move the bulkhead back one way or another, so I
can use them!
Oh, and Thank you for your kind words!

Scottie - As others have said your car has a great stance with those wheels.

That must be a real boost during this miserable winter weather.

If you have a look at Mister Towed's build thread you will see he "adjusted" his bulkhead to accommodate is wheels.

If I recall correctly he applied a big hammer to reshape it and then bolted the whole thing "back a bit".

Finally, I know exactly how Mr Sod likes to play games when you are trying to get things done outside.

Good luck, Paul.

Thanks for that Paul, I knew someone had a similar problem on a Sammio / cordite thread, but it would have taken me ages trawling through them all to find it. Now I can ask Mr T, the man himself!

I do hope Trib builds one of these with a roof, would be stupendously good!

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If you look in the a352 hard top thread, you can see my 'desires' so to speak.

Would look spot on if a e type lightweight hard top was emulated.

Have replied regarding subtle adjustments to bulkheads over on my thread Scottie

Today



Yesterday I decided that I would leave the build now until after Christmas, seeing as I had not yet sent any cards or bought any pressies.

That was yesterday,
today it was bright and sunny, sod Christmas, just the sort of day to get the car on the ramps, cut the sill edges off and bond the sides on.

It was much trickier than I though t it would be, (is it not ALWAYS so?)

I managed to trim off both sides, but only got to bond the nearside, as I ran out of daylight and time.

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Today

have so much yet to do, it doesn’t matter where I start, as long as I progress one way or another.

So I have done some work towards the dashboard instruments and switches.

The XKSS dash is very quirky due to the fact that Jaguar converted already finished
D type racing cars into XKSS’s.
In so doing they left most of the dash as it was on the Le Mans winning cars.

I was lucky enough to have over the years, hung on to and cannibalised old jags for the bits that one day I just KNEW I would find a use for!

The three light switches marked “panel” “dash” and “head” were Lucas 1950’s chromed switches, which I reluctantly had to sandblast back to the brass, in order to paint matt black. Some replica owners leave them chromed, as they look so nice, but it really marks the car out as a replica.

I am not a purist by any means, but “every little helps” as they say………

The following pictures show what I’ve been up to.


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Scottie - Your attention to detail really is first class.

You are are going to have a very special car when you are finished.

Good luck, Paul.

Detail

As has been said before Paul, most of our kit cars and builds are
copies, but its the attention to detail that makes the all important difference!

Your build is coming on in leaps and bounds! Won't you EVER stop for Crimbo?

Cracking attention to detail Scottie. Keep up the good work, it's a car again, take it for a drive!

Today

Not getting much done this close to Christmas, but each little step gets us closer to completion!

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Christmas wish



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Merry Chistmas



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Merry Christmas Socttie, hope to see you on the road in 2014.

Same to you Mr Towed, would be nice to see each other on the road, and I think its when not if!

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Wife says it looks cute - like a baby seal.

Don't worry about the list of jobs to do, keep plugging away and you'll suddenly find that the day of the MOT is nigh.