Cool that's worth knowing
I don't know about removing the body, as mine was already fitted when I bought the kit part done, but my engine looks as if you probably could shoehorn it out if you took bits off it.
I did see a pic of one that someone had put a flip front on the front of the car presumably to allow for easier access - if you Google some pics you may find it ( from what I remember it was with a group of them at a kit car show)
Hope this helps
Cheers, I'll take a look when I get back home
Wow, that's cool - nice colour too!
I'm a happy bunny - Great bit of progress today - we finally sorted out the carburetor problems - it all stemmed from a split jet on one of the carbs - I tried to replace it with one that looked similar (had no way of knowing what ref or part number the other one was) and thought it was ok - then couldn't get the car running right at all.
It turns out that the jet was totally wrong and so the needle in it was stopping any fuel getting through on the left hand carb - making the car run very roughly. - so we changed both jets and needles and WOW - what a difference - I can't believe these tiny parts can make such a difference to the running of the car!!
So after that I actually had my first ever drive of the car today up and down the driveway (about 20ft) not much, but it felt pretty cool.
So now that's out of the way there's a few small bits to sort before it can go to be MOT'd and then it's just body prep and paint.
Also, I spoke to a guy this week who has a nearby body shop who reckons he can do the paint job pretty cheaply - so now I'm getting very excited indeed!!!
started fitting the boot and bonnet catches too - [IMG]
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I actually love the colour of the car on that video above - not sure what that would be called though.
I'll check out that Jag colour, thanks
any news on yours yet?
Cheers, yeah that looks pretty nice too
Found this Talbot Lago online yesterday - I think the front end is quite similar - back end is a bit different though -
Cool glad to hear you're getting started - mines progressed a bit this week - we fixed and oil leak from the crank cover, and I've done a bit of filling and sanding,
I may be putting up my grille and aeroscreens for sale as I think I'm going to use different ones on the car, so if you wanted them I can let you have them at half the price they are from fiorano - just let me know if you're interested.
Yeah that looks great, glad to hear you're off the starting block, the good thing is you can run all the pipes and wires exactly where you want.
I've been having an issue with the body and the full lock of the front wheels hitting it, I've ended up cutting holes in the body behind the wheels to allow for turning but at the moment it looks a bit ugly - gotta think of some way of covering them up
Thanks,
... before we cut them I did drive the car briefly and it felt like you'd have problems doing a 3 point turn if you didn't cut into them a bit. Maybe people just get by with the restricted turning circle
Timescale wise, I don't know exactly because I'd brought it part done, but I reckon if we had worked on it constantly we could have got it all done in about 2 weeks - obviously practicalities mean that you only get a few bits done at a time so it's been quite slow in my opinion ( about 6 months) not as long as 4 years though - not sure if could wait that long - I'm chomping at the bit after 6 months!!
Hmm, an inspiration on what not to do - can't stand that wooden dashboard - yak!!
Yeah there's some stuff I like about it - the exhaust system is cool, I wish I could have done that to mine,
I think it's mainly the colour and dash I'm not liking - seen enough of these bright red ones now to be bored of them.
And if it hadn't of been raining today it might of had an MOT by now!!
