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I'm sure we'll find some tunnels on the way to Laon!

Laon

You wont need to guys the Sunday parade around the town on the cobbled tight streets is much better done it several times. K

More parts added...

I got a BMW blanking plate and boot handle part from Richard at Nubodi and fitted them, along with a Front strut brace and Faux Ferrari Model plate which I riveted into the door shut area (Nicked idead from Kevemm's car, sorry :icon_eek. Also fitted original kick plates and fittings. Ohh and put a chrome strike plate on rear boot fitting for hook to come through nicely, again nicked the idea from Jeff H, sorry again.....

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Well done!

Ooo - love the kick covers - definitely want a set of them.. Where do you get them from?

Hi Scott,

Kick covers were on the Z3 BMW, standard issue, has roadster embossed in them in the chrome part, so guess mine was a Roadster intitally?

Had to dremmel part of the black plastic moulding away to make flush fit with the new rear part, but other than that, just push fit back into place on original fixings.



Cheers.

Ah OK - I thought they looked original equipment. So my car would've had them before the kit was fitted - probably sold off with the other bits but I got a good kick back so no worries. They definitely look good so am keeping am eye out although appear to be rare on ebay.

Hi,

Please could I ask where you bought the strike plate for the boot lock?

Many thanks,
Roger

Strike plate

Good morning Roger,

The Strike plate was a standard Chubb lock kit from B&Q, with an extended modified hole to allow the hook to pass through.

Cheers!

Many thanks for taking the time to reply.

I love your car's colour scheme!!! It look amazing, very impressive.

Engine bay and Boot area

Hi All,

I have been tidying the enigne bay and carpeted the extended boot area part, here are some photos.

Iv'e always been a bit embarrassed showing someone under the hood as it was all a little 'untidy', but not now!

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Next job....flow coat under the bonnet.
Are you going to fit another fan for the air con?

Looking good

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.

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.

The car gets better and better. Nice engine bay

Dave

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.

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.

Cheers

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!

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!

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Ohh and added new minor detailing graphic, for period reasons....

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Looking very nice Eric, how was the Sharnbrook event? Many decent cars show up?

Nice no Very nice

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.,

Thanks Deggsy!

Looking forward to seeing that.

I take it your car gets a very positive reaction every where you take it.

Enjoy, Paul.

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.