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so now got my Spitfire up for sale to make room - and cash!!
took a short video of when we first started the car with the exhaust fitted -
https://youtu.be/um_mPjQjBjc
Yeah, it's only a cheap mini one off ebay but it sounds great!!
not really, a few people have said it has that mark if it's recon or rebored, but I'm not sure - as long as it goes ok I suppose I'm not bothered
thanks
Here's the listing for it - there's a few pics and a summary of details on the link. I'd priced it fairly high because I was expecting people to try and offer - so I am prepared to move on the price
http://m.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C641911
It probably looks better than it actually is though
Got the radiator in now -
cheers for the info,
the chassis on these needs to be lengthened slightly so I'm not sure if that would be an issue or not for you on your vitesse chassis,
Ironically I really wanted a miglia too before I found this!
Cheers
Thanks for the advice
So a bit more progress, although it's slowed down a bit over the last couple of weeks unfortunately.
got a possible grille and am toying with the idea of adding a 'hump' behind the drivers seat - so I made a papier mache mockup ... what do you think?
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and tried my old spitfire seat in the car - could be a bit wide at the top though as the edge seems to catch on the car slightly.
Cool - glad you guys think it looks ok,
I'm thinking of attaching it to the bottled so that I could swap the lid for a regular one if needed
Impressive bit of sculpting Paul!
Unfortunately I don't think my skills will stretch to going that far though ( unless someone wants to give me a hand)
More updates - been cutting into the fiberglass hump to get the shape right -
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then got my laser cut aluminium dashboard back today too - still needs some more holes cutting but looks ok
DSC_0722 by
paul ward, on Flickr
next - 6mm aluminium panels cut to mount the seats on -
DSC_0723 by
paul ward, on Flickr
and lastly we are making a tubular mounting bar for the seatbelt mounts -
DSC_0728 by
paul ward, on Flickr
So, now got the petrol tank in, and seatbelts mounted, also got myself a quick release steering wheel for ease of access.
Currently trying to work out seats to fit - bought some from Europa spares, but it now looks like I'll have to make a custom set
anyone want to buy some apollo style bucket seats??
