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WCA - Build thread 3

By WorldClassAccident · 282 updates · Apr 2013 to Jul 2018

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April 2014

4 Apr 2014, 6:18pm General Update
Correct!
5 Apr 2014, 9:06am Mechanical Overhaul Chassis and Body
It was MrsWCA who finally swung the vote to black.

We were talking colour and I was showing her various pictures in Shades of red when she said "the red is okay but your cars are black, all your cars that are special are always black"

I hadn't really noticed but she is right so black it will be.

The remaining question is the wheels - powder coat black or silver or black with silver rim?
5 Apr 2014, 4:36pm Mechanical Overhaul
Good pictures to show the effect.

Black with silver rims is winning at the moment as they are easier to keep looking clean.

I do have two set of wheels so maybe the other set could be silver...
6 Apr 2014, 8:04am General Update
You were lucky to get those. I have heard that the CNTT G Spot" is notoriously difficult for men to find.
6 Apr 2014, 1:37pm General Update
Do you get many cracks using one of them?
7 Apr 2014, 10:46am General Update
lick here

Please tell me you meant to type Click here
10 Apr 2014, 11:33am Chassis and Body
The car is delivered to the paint shop and suddenly my garage looks very empty - except for all the bits I took off the car prior to paint.

Nothing to do now but wait...
10 Apr 2014, 5:53pm General Update
Colin was kind enough to drop me home after I delivered the car and I almost changed my mind back from Black to Barchetta Rossa...
12 Apr 2014, 9:19pm General Update
Waiting for it to appear on EBay
13 Apr 2014, 5:13pm General Update
register it as a Maserati Z3 weedy 1.9 replica

Oi! Maserati Z3 manly 2.8 replica
14 Apr 2014, 9:55am General Update
Speed isn't everything.

When traveling at supersonic speeds in an airplane everything is normal and a bit dull.

The fun comes when the danger increases such as cornering, braking or driving anything that WCA has had a hand in building.

;-)
14 Apr 2014, 11:03am General Update
Sound much like my drive back from Tribute when I first picked up the car - except for the Lebanese radar and the vomiting
14 Apr 2014, 1:51pm General Update
I will update the AGM Agenda on the Stonleigh thread...

[edit] AGM Agenda updated
17 Apr 2014, 3:28pm Chassis and Body
Car paint is being finished in the morning!

Pictures for the weekend
18 Apr 2014, 10:58am General Update



More pictures when I have put the lights etc back on and can take it out on the road legally
18 Apr 2014, 9:19pm Mechanical Overhaul Chassis and Body
Wheels - I am going to paint my other set silver and see which look best.

Keep tuned for the photos, your views do count
19 Apr 2014, 7:52am Mechanical Overhaul
I think I agree about the silver wheels - I will be nipping up to Halfords for a rattle can shortly.

Number plates are vexing me at the moment.

I am thinking of getting one of those cheap Northern Irish plates so the car loses the age specific plate. Can't afford it right now.

This means I don't want to put stickers on it now and the replace them later. I know they are meant to be the same size so should just go over the top but I want to get the plate as small as I can.

All this is made more difficult as it needs to get through an MOT before the end of the month - I guess that a number plate on the front dash won't pass
19 Apr 2014, 10:43am Mechanical Overhaul
Grrr... I can't get the bloody spinners undone to take the wheels off. Tapped on with a rubber camping mallet and won't budge when hit with a lump hammer.

Off to find a friends with a spinner spanner or proper padded hammer
19 Apr 2014, 5:44pm General Update
Just finishing a bottle of Pinot Grigio in the bath. I will try again when I get out