MadaboutKitcars

Collected last night and due in Italy by tomorrow lunchtime ...

Wow, that is one seriously long delivery job!

The car arrived unharmed as agreed ...The transport guy was a young Polish lad who travels all over Europe picking up jobs on the internet etc..and sleeps in his truck when away ...Bournemouth to Foggio , Italy - £800 and delivered on time , no messing ...can't argue with that.

Here's Mario sat in the Sammio in his garage taken earlier on today ...

Second car update ....Slowly getting into this one as I have a D type project I give 5-6 days a month to for the customer and have just finished playing about with a Jago Jeep project for someone else .

Today I managed to get her running , only a 50% exhaust , so loud but running ! First time for quite a while , I believe , but she sounds good.

Discovered sitting around doesn't do the master cylinders any good , so 2 on order to tackle the brakes and clutch systems which , otherwise look pretty decent ....

Do you have any more details of this guy as I have a car waiting to go to France.

Will dig out his collection note when I get into workshop as his details are on there ...

The look on Mario's face says it all. Che Bella Macchina!

Have made a start on the car ....dashboard , tunnel , fuel tank etc all started.

Front end fitted utilizing the original front bumper bar and a tubular bracket swivelling around it , very simple idea that Chris at Tribute suggested and works if a smaller radiator is used ... hosework completed for that as well , but no expansion tank on yet ...

I suspect that these pictures are probably of more interest than my ramblings ...

And one for anyone who's ever built a Sammio .....

Coming together nicely, I do like the shin protectors on the boot outriggers.

Any new on the transport driver's details?

Will pm you ...

That pic made me chuckle, especially since i still have a scar to prove what a good idea padding is!

SOME PROGRESS...Car runs , has brakes , clutch needs freeing off but shouldn't be an issue ...

painted , stencilled and patina'd to look like 50 year old paint !

not too much left to do now .....

I like it Garry
You are doing well at saving them and putting them on the road.
I love the "La Carrera Panamericana" idea

Thanks mate ....they still need plenty doing but just trying to get the hard bit out of the way ...The one that went to Italy was MOT'd but needed going through ...this one has had the chassis painted , brakes overhauled etc but body not bonded so it can still be pulled apart for 'restoration'

Patina'd paint and period signwriting ...painted not vinyl , btw .. is just a bit of fun to show the cars potential really ...

Nice Gary, you manage to screw these things together PDQ.

Love it. Proper rat look racer, just my cup of tea.

Gary - I do like the "survivor" look you are developing.

I know this has been a touchy subject recently, but can I ask what steps you take to prep the body work for paint?

Good luck, Paul.

PS
Are you tempted by Adam's unfinished Cordite project?
( His restored GT6 engine certainly looks good. )

Paul , thank you ...I like the ''racetrack refugee'' look too ...I have a real thing about kit cars that look like kitcars ....blinged up Cobra's that are so far away from anything they ever were etc.. I guess its the Hot Rodder in me that brought the Sammio ethos to the scene ....I like a recreation to set the seed of doubt in peoples minds ..that's just me though , not written in stone , we all do what WE want at the end of the day.
So , for me , tatty paint , used parts etc is an easy way to give a car 'age' ...

Paint prep is minimal on these as I am not looking to achieve the usual standard of finish .....

I go round the car filling anything necessary , leave star crazes and any gel wobbles alone , then a scotchpad is used to key the cars surface ...I prime with an aerosol any filler repairs so they dont soak through ( If you lay paint directly on filler , its very obvious ) ... I then use rattle can bright silver to just puff a bit on any areas that I might want to rub back ...this is so silver shows through rather than white gel in some areas giving the suggestion of an ally body , kind of . I usually do what I would consider to be obvious wear areas ...some faked patina takes it too far and wear is created in too symmetrical a fashion sometimes ...I do both cockpit sides where a driver/ passenger has climbed in and put their arm whilst travelling hundreds of times , usually a few knocks on the nose and tail , a bit near the filler cap and on tops of front wings where people lean and sit as well as being a high flat spot for natural weathering and polishing through ...
The photo's dont show mine very well ..I'll take better ones later ...but cockpit and wingtops is predominantly all I have done here ...I weathered Marios car heavier if you look at his picture of him sat in the car ...

I use 2k paint base coat , no clearcoat ..so a satin type finish straight from the gun . This was then touched in with a different shade of aerosol , one shade out , in places and a couple of red oxide spots around the grille ..its a Honda colour and really suits the car ...

Number plates and pegasus logos are stickers , pegasus ones t-cutted back a bit ...
I had stencils cut for the roundalls , numbers , Carrera Panamericana wing signage and the sponsorship signage on the rear , these were painted using a graffiti paint aerosol as it dries fast , covers well and is a matt finish .. then the whole car was t-cutted with t-cut and wire wool , which on fresh 2k makes it patchy and gave the signwriting some age too ... I blew a little touch in on the roundall and leant on it before it dried on the rear deck as well

couple of 'careless scratches' in a few places and thats it really ...
Whole process ....an hour and a half to prep and paint and about two and a half hours to detail ...best bit ....you really can't get it wrong like a normal paint job , if you dont like an area you are playing with ...blow a bit of colour back on and start again !!

I know its not a look for everyone , but I like it and its fun being creative ...

I am in negotiation with Adam , yes , we have agreed an amount and a deposit is being sorted out ...I actually quite fancy putting a 6 cylinder car together for myself ...

This one will keep up with Phil and Towed if you get to go up to Norfolk.
Sammy must be old enough perhaps he can lend dad a hand on this one.

Not quite , Rdstr. hes just turned 7 , but getting there ...he cried when the red Sammio went to Italy !!

I do fancy a 6 cyl. car , with some different little touches ..nothing fancy or trick , just little authentic details that lift the car a bit

Some extra pictures taken earlier ....

I love the look of this, brilliant.