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Just prior to being delivered to me , the Spitfire underwent a fairly thorough restoration in Denmark , that involved the body being removed , chassis detailed and painted , all suspension etc refurbished including adjustable coil overs being fitted etc. and a lot of welded repairs on the bodyshell , probably as a result of its time spent in the Danish climate ..The customer paid a substantial amount for the car by UK standards as he wanted a Danish registered and fully sorted donor .
Fairly quiet couple of weeks on the A352 due to a couple of factors ...I am waiting for the aluminium Bomber seats to arrive 15 days quoted , so any day now , hopefully ...these will allow me to finish the interior . I don't want to chance belt location etc until I know the whole layout ...
I've also been waiting for my Vitesse mate to come over to start the engine between us ..I can muddle through but am no mechanic , so like to be watched over and helped ...With a check through and a prime with fresh fuel etc ...she fired after about a dozen cranks ... I'm chuffed ..more mechanically minded than I thought !!
The front carb was leaking , so Ben stripped it and cleaned it through and fitted it with a couple of new gaskets and refitted it ...shes fine now ...
tomorrow we will time her up and run her a bit longer ...
Nice, been watching a pair of those (and others) for a while now for a future project. Are you leaving them in bare aluminium or going with upholstered pads?
Upholstered bases I think ...They are ok ..the seats , a bit thin and a bit rushed ...I see several guys selling these ..I'd probably aim for a mid range set if it was me , rather than the cheapest ...
Having said that , they do look rather nice ...
Chafe protection for the shoulder belts in the plan?
Looking good!
Yes ..I have some rubber u section edging trim that is going around the hole ..I think Woolies sell it , but mines come from a local Yacht Chandlers ...
The seats are very cool looking and not too uncomfortable as they are , but Thomas has plans for upholstered swabs to go on the bases ...
I'm nearly done on this one now ... Need to fit the wire wheels , firing up properly , taking for a short drive ...check everything and then it goes back to Denmark for paint and stuff ......
THEY DO LOOK THE PART ...A little thicker material and they would be excellent ...but as they are , as long as they are bolted down nice and securely ...they work out ok ..
Fibreglass trans tunnel on its way and we can pretty much sign off the interior as done ...
My customer sent me a Herald style gearbox tunnel cover he bought on ebay ..
It needed modifying to fit the A352 ...I had to cut reliefs for the fire extinguisher etc. but the main issues was it was 50mm to low at the gearstick.
I cut this section , splinted it with a 40mm gap and fibreglass the join...this allowed the stick to protrude through and the tunnel to sit down correctly ..
