MadaboutKitcars

Yep, cutouts.

Detail, detail, detail... thats how you turn a kitcar into a SammioSpyder.

New exhaust system looks cool. How's the ground clearance?

Ground clearance is fine as the exhaust runs directly under the driveshaft then kinks up, so no worse than the original.

Sounds good. I bet it, erm, sounds good too...

Engine isn't running at the moment so will have to wait to hear the note, good incentive though,
Pops

twin rear pipes do look nice .....pops

Mulberry
Spotted the green rice bags in your picture, guessed you may have bought the same from Rimmers as thats what mine came wrapped in
Pops

Yes, they do.

no we eat alot rice....haha .... i only got a single exhaust pipe from rimmers.....on my little old 2300ltr engine whoops 1300......hehe

Nice! How you going to mount the exhausts? fyi, I ended up mounting a bar crosswise between the two rear outriggers and then hung brackets down off of that. That also had the added benefit of giving me something to bolt the inner rear wheel arches to!

I had two ideas in mind,
One is the cross bar idea such as you have done,
The other was to sheet out between the outriggers and then form the wheel arch from there, not sure if there is a benefit to this if it would make air flow better underneath or just keep the worst of the weather off the fuel tank etc..Will have to wait and see what develops.
Cheers Pops

Handbrake tunnel - early stages

Spent the whole day pottering about with the handbrake tunnel as I want to fabricate something that looks as if it is there from day one, a rounded top profile and a slight cut away where the handbrake sits should help with this look I hope.
Undecided on final finish wether it will be vinyl with a bead around the cut out, carpet or maybe totally out of character with Carbon fibre covering it..
Liking the idea of putting the ignition key in under the Handbrake but will have to think more on that idea.







Still needs trimming but all in all its a recycled Triumph Herald boot lid

I wouldn't put the ignition key under the handbrake: that's where it is on my Saab and the alternator just expensively failed.

Surely, that's no coincidence, hmmn? Hmmn?

That prop tunnel is looking seriously good. At first sight I thought you'd cut the original floor section out of your donor and re-used it. Well done!

Nice. I would have ideally liked a curved tunnel, but I wasn't confident that i'd be able to do decent enough a job of it!

looking well good and blends in to the gearbox nicely

Thanks guys, just don't know about the cover yet, Vinyl Carpet or Carbon?

Paint?

See how much my painted tunnel and gearbox cover have got knocked about already, and i'm not even on the road yet! i'd say you'd be best off covering it in "something" rather than just paint.

some sort of washable covering,

Well Christmas really did slow my build, thats another month home over so end of progress till Feb. Still should be a dramatic change then as everything is laid out ready to start glassing... I think.

Screen Option

If this is a Sammio here is another screen option, perhaps if the owner is a lurker then he /she could shed some more light on it?


Psycho pops



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The Brooklands 'screens do suit the shape and it looks really nice in silver. Hmm, I wonder...

quick google search turned up this advert.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C274678

Looks like a sammio spider to me. Does the radiator move with the bonnet?

Silver, I thought it was a Bronze colour, especially in the add link,
Advertised sa a Marlet Special, not so keen on the rear end treatment though..