MadaboutKitcars

That would be sweet with a BMW 6 cyl.

Sorry, I just remembered the 121 car you built that had the straight six engine. The old ebay ad is still available to view and it clearly shows how much room there is under the bonnet. Even with that engine fitted there seems to be plenty of space around it and to the front and rear.

Yes space is no issue at all under the bonnet , even the 3.0 V6 looks a little lost when they are set back a bit ... I will post pics of the BMW one in Swindon when he has progressed a bit ...

I love the idea of larger engines going in ...

The chassis would be far more capable of handling a powerful engine compared to the light weight Triumph unit. From memory the rear axle was pretty beefy too, wasn't it also used in one of the Jaguar cars ?

AGREED ...It's a Salisbury rear axle , so a version of MK2. JAG , ROVER , WESTMINSTER etc... Drag Racers used to love them , they are very strong ...

Started to radius the arches and stretch the lower wing section on the car today ...





I've done virtually round rear arches cut quite high into the wing and stretched the front ones back a bit to look similar to the Aston DBR1 examples ....kind of !!
Driver's side rear wing had a slight twist in it from all the cutting and pulling about , so I took the opportunity to slice through its peak and put a splint across to correct this at the same time....



I also trial fitted the doors with their braced hinges using my set up door skins ..



I make sure I am happy with the door frame fit and hinge location etc. before I fit the correct door skins ...this will be done once I am finished with taking the body on and off ..



Managed to finish glassing the front areas before I left , so tomorrow it's body off , flip it over , glass a few bits that need finishing and then back up the right way on tressles so I can go inside the rear to glass the rear arches ...

Looking very nice, Gary. I do love the style of the internal frame and hinges, very period racer.

Thank you ... This one is actually going to have a full aluminium interior , so a lot of the framework will be covered ...

Managed to glass the rear arches upside down using small strips and some metal formers I made to create the inner lips when I cut these bodies ...



Did a couple of small repairs to boot area etc. at same time ...

Hopefully body will stay on when it goes back this time ...

Ooh! Looking fine..

The bigger wheels really change the proportions of the car. This is the extended version right ? The 121 car looked a lot longer with the smaller wheel and tyre combination.

YES THIS IS A LONG NOSE ...I agree they change the look considerably , she still looks long in the flesh , 99'' wheelbase , but the 16'' wires and larger arches really lower the body visually ......

I think it's a great look , starting to shape up as my favourite one so far ....

It is a great look. Liking it the best so far!

I really like the proportions with the bigger 16" wheels, it does look the part, that's for sure. It goes to show how adaptable the Formosa design is, a few tweaks here and there creating a bespoke look of individuality on every build. Because its not a replica you are not tied down to a particular formula to make it correct, I think that is why I like it so much.

I really like the car so does my wife so much she said can we get a hard top version? and then said you have a donor car outside so you can make me one like that with a hard top I can take off !!!! thanks Gary just need to finish the first one I am still building !!!

bravo, gonna be a cracker!

Managed to get a couple of hours in on the bootlid ...made the modification to fit the altered headrest and glassed it all together then bonded it to the metal frame I had made and attached to the hinges I mounted yesterday ...


still need to gap it up , but than can wait until the latch has been fitted ...probably going for a cable released latch on this as Chris wants it lockable ...

Car is progressing nicely ...engine turned up after it's rebuild and after fitting it back up and painting parts of it etc ..it was fitted into the car ... its a 3.1 with custom rocker covers and a 40 carb fitted .. will get some custom tubular headers and a stainless exhaust shortly ..



Bootlid was fitted with a bear claw latch with cable release , I had a nice aluminium knob turned up to make the cable look more appropriate .

I have also fitted a custom handbrake cable set up using some shorter Reliant cables and a modified adjuster fitted to a stock Handbrake ..I'll take some pictures tomorrow .... Door skins have been fitted as well ..

Hoping to get plumbing and some cabling , aluminium bulkhead , servo etc fitted over next few days...

Bit of progress ...


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Managed to get exhaust finished yesterday ... Chris supplied a V6 Manifold kit he found on Ebay , it arrives as a pile of bends and a collector to join themand two manifold plates ... I trimmed them all back a bit and managed to get them hugging the block a bit more than standard ...a couple of left over bends gave me enough to get the exhaust to around about your feet area in 2 sections so it can be removed easily ...it then joins the cut and tweaked original Scimitar stainless system the car came with and some re-positioned stock stainless silencers at the rear under the boot area ...two stainless tips added tomorrow will finish it off ......





dash was cut for gauges and a couple of toggle switches too ...ignition , starter button , fan and overdrive switch are all going on a panel fitted to centre console ...

Has anyone noticed I moved the alternator to pass. side as lots more room ..?



whilst the car is in the air having the exhaust sorted , I'm going to re-paint the underneath ...

I haven't updated this one for a while ..lots has been done , she's nearly ready to go to paint ...but first she has been collected to go to have her full aluminium interior done by a mate of mine ...



I went over to trial fit Chris's grille ...We are staying with the Aston theme and have made a stainless round bar version of the 'toothless' DBR1s style grille insert ...Colin Bull at CGB Sheetmetal Solutions tig welded her up for me and will be doing a full polish ...

I really like the proportions on this one with the bigger wheels and radiused arches. It will look great when its back from the paint shop.

Agreed .. my favourite so far .... not that I have favourites ...

CAR HAS MOVED ON A BIT .... Slow progress with the aluminium interior but starting to shape up quite nicely and it's at a stage I felt I could share a picture with you all ...All work so far inside coutesy of NEW FOREST METAL CRAFT ..



The car is currently being wired up whilst all the panels aren't fully secured and will be fired up too ...then back to me for finish work on interior and trial fit of screen etc ..then off to paint !!
The Porsche seats are at the trimmers being clothed in black leather at present too ..so hopefully a few weeks more and she'll be looking rather splendid ...