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I certainly will be glad when the last of the rain channels are done
Paul, the odd thing is that, I may never get around to making a roof, Probably will never drive the car in the rain, so why the hell am I bothering?
I'll tell you why, when I was looking at the only XKSS replica I've ever been close up to, and the builder told me it leaked badly, I swore to myself that mine would NOT leak, hence all the extra work on the channels.
I have finally got the last rain channel made and in place.
For some reason it proved more difficult than the other three to make, and seemed to drag on forever.
Thankfully, I had the experience of the other three to stand me in good stead, so it was possible.
Normal life really got in the way, friends came to visit, and interrupted me, they no longer seemed to be put off by, "piss off, I'm busy", I think they have become hardened to it.
I just kept chipping away at it for moments at a time in between everything else, til it was finished.
Scottie, good to see you continuing the great work, and I hope to see it at Stoneleigh.
This month's Octane magazine includes the statement about a Lynx XKSS which sold recently for £260,000.
I had a trip down to the Haynes motor museum today and I've got a few photos of their XKSS (a replica I think?)
I expect that you've already got loads of that car from every angle, but I can post what I took on photobucket if they'd be of use/interest?
Hey Dave, Thanks a lot for those pics, its definitely a replica, just cannot figure out why someone put wires on it and not Dunlops!!
y cymro, totally blown away by both links! Don't know whether to be mega-inspired, or just gutted that my car won't be as stunning as those two!!
I'll carry on though, mine will look reasonably nice, and handle and sound quite good too, the major difference will be the price that I will have managed to build it for, and the fun I've had too.
Another day on the car, having made the last rain channel, I needed to clean up, and join it to the side trim of the car, so it looks as though it should be that way.
I snapped the corner off the passengers side ( fibre glass body) where I had ground it too thin, Then made a mess of the side panel by cutting it too short, so the whole lot had to be sorted out , which is what I did today.
I made a small panel, which does not look out of place, and that solved all the problems in that area.
I was wondering what to do about the ugly nuts that hold the quarter lights on inside the car, and decided domed stainless nuts were the answer, and got some. I am pleased with the result and will do the other side tomorrow.
Scottie - I hope you don't mind this suggestion - rather than having two separately fixed panels why not have one to cover the corner and the windscreen support to keep it all neat? Having said that I do love all the panelling you have done, so it will look good no matter what.
Jones, all suggestions are most welcome, but in this case I will do seperate covers.
The main reason is that it is going to be very difficult to make the support covers, and I know this because I have already made paper patterns, and even they were hard. I am on about mark 4 at present!
I am not looking forward to doing them in alloy, but will.
The thought of trying to combine corners and those, is most definitely a big no-no!
Are you going to be ready for Stoneleigh Scottie? I should have my 250LM in time for the show, although not painted. We can have a seriously unusual array of cars on the Tribute pitch.
I have spent half the day on the car and don't seem to have changed much, but half a day is half a day, so we are closer.
I have fixed the boot lid cable and pull toggle into the car, so when the boot lid goes back on after the paint job, the lock will just bolt into place as a five minute job.
Then I had to re-fit the dash, so I would know how much space I've got for the windscreen support covers, then work out how to make and shape them.
I now know what to do, and more importantly, how to do it and what to make it out of.
Who yelled out "aluminium?
I still have to chop some fibre glass out of the dash corners so's to get the trim all smooth and fitting correctly, at the edges, but that will be another day.
The final trim fitting, which is what I'm doing now, will always be on permanent show, and the car will be judged by how that looks, so I really cannot rush this stage as much as I want to!
I just had to fit the steering wheel to cheer me up a bit, but it did not really need to be there!
