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Hi
It was from a guy in syderstone nr Fakenham. £44 a full sheet, only 18mm or 22mm thickness which is why I ended up with 18.
He advertises on e bay.
Cheers Psycho
Ref the front end height, mine never did wrap under the front chassis rails! Looking back, i should have chopped the front of the body where it sits on the bulkhead until the bottom edges wrapped under. I think this is where some of my bonnet woes came from! I just ended up leaving mine and painting the exposed chassis rails black so you can't see them! no great issue for me
Once again I am away in Africa but that doesn't stop me spending on the Sammio.
Tonight I managed to get the car seats I wanted, a set of Westfield 11 buckets, I am hoping they are going to be low enough at the back to fit inside the tub without dropping the floor, the ad said 500mm so maybe with a slight incline on the base it will lower beneath the rear line.
I won't know till I am back in blighty.
P.s it's great to be able to see the progress you guys are making while I am away, the forum makes entertaing reading each evening. Cheers
Looking back at your frame , it looks like we didn't cut the corners off at the front...apologies.
Also agree straps are the best way to fit it all....crude but it works !!
Thanks, a bit frustrating watching the progress of everyone while I am away but I guess the time home allows me to make progess then. The seats I bought are 500 mm at the back, hoping they will line up ok with the back of the cockpit without dropping the floor.may have to raise the front of the runner slightly to make it happen. Psycho
The seats have arrived and thanks to my long suffering wife I have some photo's. Appologies for attachments instead of pics but photoshop is barred here at work.
Very pleased with the period look and from the closer shot with it placed on the floor of the car it doesn't look like it will be too high against the rear of the tub, just need to get home now and see for myself..
Christmas has come early .... psycho pops
Believe it or not Ebay, they were direct from the Westfield factory made for the Westfield 11, I got lucky as they sold first time round for a far higher price but the buyer did not complete the process, second auction success and £150 less than my first attempt. Not often that happens..
Hi
It was from a guy in syderstone nr Fakenham. £44 a full sheet, only 18mm or 22mm thickness which is why I ended up with 18.
He advertises on e bay.
Cheers Psycho
Your chap in Syderstone now does 12mm and 9mm phenol impregnated ply at thirty four sheets per, erm, sheet (buyer collects).
Towed Thats better if you can get the 12mm, I wont be swapping out as I am happy with the rigidity of the 18mm and it looks like my seats are going to be just fine, whatever thickness I fully recommend this stuff the smooth underside will be fully waterproof and easy cleaned and the non slip surface looks very professional, at £34 a sheet you cant go wrong. I see you are going for shuttering ply is that not a little thick for the inners, considering the orginal triumphs were almost cardboard backed, I wonder wether 6mm mdf would be easier shaped and could maybe be curved around the rear of the tub?
I tried using the Blog / Build Diary here on Madabout but just couldn't get any where with it, so have decided to revamp the original one I started and will be keeping that up to date, its here
Well christmas came and I was spoilt rotten, but late in the afternoon the wife gave me a bonus present, she,d saved a shiny new stainless sports exhaust for a surprise present. Today I had to offer it up. Four straight down pipes into two into one and then branching to twin boxes at the rear. She did amazing buying for the spitfire engine and allowing for the twin carb manifold. It fits a treat. Think I may do some small cut aways on the rear apron where the pipes exit just for the look, like they should always have been there.
Will post pictures later. What a woman I'm so chuffed
Looking forward to seeing the pics of your prezzie, and seeing your car in the metal (fibreglass?).
Once we're on the road we'll have to arrange an impromptu meet of the far eastern chapter of the unofficial Sammio owner's club somewhere on the North Norfolk coast.
Cut the sides of my floor down today after reading the various threads on the correct line to take,
I cut from tight in at the rear of the chassis out to the bulk head, test fitted the body with the ratchet straps and it has pulled in lovely and feels really rigid just with the straps.
At the front the gap has closed in but may take a fine bit of fettling just to draw the body in a bit closer to the chassis side rail on the drivers side.
http://sammio-spyder.blogspot.com/.
Managed to fabricate a bracket to hang the handbrake pivot from, not pretty but does the job.
Down pipes look a lot better than the standard manifold, should help the engine breath..
The twin boxes at the rear look pretty good in my opinion, they aren't secured yet but think two small cut out in the apron with the tail pipes pulled up will look better, what do you think?
http://sammio-spyder.blogspot.com/.
