MadaboutKitcars

Why sad Oxford?

Have I missed something awful?

No - I just thought it was rather sad that I could identify a build thread from one photo!

Perhaps I should create a build thread quiz.

Not really! If I saw one pale green Triumph component, I would know instantly who owned it, and that wouldn't make me sad!!

You should be proud!

Scottie - By the looks of it, your quarter light solution will really look the part.

Good luck, Paul.

PS
Like Oxford I also remembered which thread those seats were on.

I love reading lots of build threads and am always amazed how clever some people are.

hi scotty some pic of my car on miglia thred /daves green miglia /some times we are to clever for are own good. rattler I read all your posts and love your car

Thanks rattler!

Well now you know that you were the inspiration which drove me to make my own seats!

But that's what this forum is all about.

I saw your car on your thread and do like it very much!
I can't wait for mine to be done.

Thursday

Today I had work that was unrelated to the build, but afterwards I set to and cut the drivers window and both quarter lights out of my lexan sheet.

I did a lot of measuring first, and had enough lexan to make three windows, and both quarter lights so I had room for error, or, if I was good, a spare window!

I also did a lot of research on the best ways to cut lexan, and decided to go the jigsaw tungsten-carbide route.

tungsten- carbide blades are a fairly new thing to me, I wanted some jigsaw metal cutting blades recent;ly, and ordered some tungsten carbide ones, kind of by mistake.

Well they arrived and have no teeth, just a flat blade with the "cutting edge"

tipped with tungsten-carbide. I used them on metal, and they were not much good, but on lexan, WOW terrific, I would never use anything else now.

I was dreading cutting the lexan, but with these blades, it was a doddle.

It does not so much "cut" as "grind" its way through, a bit like a 1mm cutting

disc, but with a reciprocation motion.

Makes the cutting work really easy, and a job to look forward to instead of dreading!

Like most other builders on this forum, my body shell has its anomalies,
because I made my windscreen surround, the left window is half an inch lower at the top than the drivers one.

And when I measured the passengers door, using the drivers side cardboard pattern, it turned out that the left door is one inch shorter for and aft, than the drivers one!

It really is as well that we don't see both sides of the car at once!

I don't even think a concours judge would spot that one.

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Your doing a good job but that's a disappointing number of clamps

You're doing a good job but that's a disappointing number of clamps

When you've finished the car you might like this http://www.christopherward.co.uk/men/sport/c70-dtype.html?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+THE+NEW+C70+D-TYPE+CHRONOGRAPH+IN+A+LIMITED+EDITION+OF+500+PIECES+WORLDWIDE&utm_content=Speed+Courage+Glory+-+UK&utm_campaign=07%2F08%2F2014

Wow, NO, I can't allow you to buy me that when I've finished!
It cost far too much!

Haha, I should have worded that differently!

Isn't Scottie the popular one, GaryH offering him a part in the film and now y Cymro offerng him watches...


;-)

I gotta be doing something right WCA!

Talking of watches, the two lesbians that live next door, bought me a Rolex for my birthday.

I think they mis-undertood me, as When they asked me what I wanted, I said " I want to watch"

Stirrer ;-)

Friday

Getting things to fit right seems to be so time consuming, and at the stage I am,
the windows have to fit correctly with the windscreen.

Because the body shell is five inches narrower than a "real" XKSS, neither the windscreen or the windows would fit, even if I was given a set, so I had no choice but to make my own, which has proved difficult at times.

Eventually, I will get there, but right now progress seems painfully slow, so much so, that it it starting to piss me off a lot!

But, I will persevere, and it is slowly coming together how I want it to.
Today there is only one pic, so here it is:

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Can you get some soft rubber or silicon to fix on the back of the quarter light, soft enough to squidges when shut but enough to fill the crack?

Not sure what rubber you would use, perhaps the ladies next door know about shoving rubber to fill cracks?

OOh you are awful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday later on



Well, although I had put in a reasonable amount of work, it didn't look like it, so I was overcome with guilt. I went back out and toiled more.

I cut out the passengers window, re-fettled the passengers quarterlight, and cleaned up both quarter light edges, starting with 220 grit and ending with 600 grit as per instructions.

The guilt buggered off, so I packed it in immediately!

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Oh! I forgot to add that it is possible to polish up the lexan edges even better if you apply methylene chloride to them, which gives an instant shine.

The downside is that methylene chloride is a suspect carcinogen.

When googled, it turns out that it may cause cancer to living cells.

Mmmm! Perhaps not.

"Scottie's car turned out quite well, what a shame he died of cancer just before he drove it"

Just don't expect the kiss of life from the neighbours I guess

Looks like I'll be keeping the watch then.

It looks like it Y Cymro!

Although the "rolex" bit was only a joke, WCA got really excited about the eroticism of who may live next door to me, and what they may have been up to!

Hey Scottie, we're all excited about who may live next door to you!!
It's amazing you get do much work done on the car