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Pics look fine to me.
At least you can chop the body away to provide a cross section and mount the pivot as high as poss. As the front lip of the bonnet rises not only up but also is bowed fwd I came to the conclusion that hinging at those positions would mean the bonnet always touched as you can't get the hinge high enough. Im happy to be proved wrong! Now have few hrs on my hinges, unless I get customered!
I dont want to cut the body as I want to gutter the rainwater away clear of the internals of the car.
Hi all had a full day in the garage front end bonded on all lights indicators vents and mesh cut ,got some good braces to hold the front valance from b&q 98p each bargain,should get the rear end bonded this weekend, still looking for wheels & tyres
Hi all 4 weeks to go, I've had 2 good day on the build body is bonded on headlining is in, all lights & vents cutout rear lights mounted , started to chop strand the joins,finally bought my wheels Dare rs 15" 7&8s with chrome spinners should look nice,next quest is the tyres & spacers
There is a thread in the Sammie forum about pics, but in nutshell,
Upload them to photobucket from your laptop, or if taken with a phone download the photo bucket App first, then upload to Photobucket. Smith on your wifi for this!
When you have them in p bucket, click on a pic and next to
it you will find and image code.
Click on that to copy it.
Back to your browser and your madabout page.
Click on the picture symbol on the top line....
Paste the image code into that box, either by control V on a pc or press and hold on an android phone, to raise the optins, then paste. Add your words, and post away.
I called in to see Grahame at Southampton on the way back from picking the Mistral shell on Saturday, he's getting on really well. All the panels are bonded on and first filling done.
Love his back light choice.
And his wheels are great too (shown minus the centre caps).
Hi Chris thanks for the help on Saturday,I fitted the bonnet pins & started on the boot release ,as well as more sanding & filling ,much more easy now I have bought ab orbital sander,you left your tape & a few nuts n bolts here.I see yor pics came out better than mine.
Hi all well its been 4 weeks since Chris & Dan delivered my kit ,Im now ready for paint ,the compressor is being delivered this afternoon, should get the underside painted monday then start on the high build 2k primer on the body,just going with the original mazda red for ease,2 weeks to my flight back but im thinking of having another month here for some driving weather permitting.oh yeah went with mini boot hinges in the end
Good going Graham! I wish I was on mine full time......
I look forward to seeing it with some colour on.
The mini hinges will look great, but I will probably try to find a far more difficult way of doing it first, before....using mini hinges!!
Hi Chris & Nick I'm enjoying every minute ,but life dont always go to plan when I switched on the compressor it blew all the fuses so I spent most of yesterday running around buying bigger micro switches & changing them,still I also bought the paint so it shouldnt be to long before I start painting, Ive never used 2k before its a bit more technicle than celle,by the looks of it. I think your front braceing is a goog idea Nick it seems like your the r&d department for Chris,maybe a feature on newer kits?
Good going Graham! I wish I was on mine full time......
I look forward to seeing it with some colour on.
The mini hinges will look great, but I will probably try to find a far more difficult way of doing it first, before....using mini hinges!!
Don't pay 50 or 60 quid for mini hinges, midland wheels sell em for 20 quid posted!!
Hi all another week (5th) & the car is now in primmer last coat went on this morning,I also changed the bonnet hinges for mini hinges mounted on the scuttle which actually work well, should have done this from the start,tomorrow will be more rubbing down before the top coat can be started,
Week 6 I planed to have it finnish by now but paint is taking longer than I thought,its red now but still a lot more rubbing down & mopping,but once that s done everything else is ready to go back on, Ive put my flight back 4 weeks so should still have time to drive it,
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tomorrow will be more rubbing down before the top coat can be started, 
