Seanicks Unnecessary Life Complication

[Mister Towed]

Originally Posted by seanick

...drove it to the workshop, rear suspension held up on wooden blocks so the tyres clear.

Hmm, that should assist my road policing colleagues with their enquiries...

[seanick]

Sorry, I missed out the phrase drove it 'onto a mates trailer' before driving it to the workshop.

[tytek]

Nice work, glad to see you are making good progress.

[tom911]

Hi Nick great to see your progress so far, I am building the body before yours I think # 16. I am keen to know how to contact James the wheelman I am thinking of having a set of 15 inch steels banded cheers .

[seanick]

Originally Posted by tom911

Hi Nick great to see your progress so far, I am building the body before yours I think # 16. I am keen to know how to contact James the wheelman I am thinking of having a set of 15 inch steels banded cheers .

I have pm'ed you.

[seanick]

Heres how I marked out the new arch shape, using a square set to match the inner wing/ max suspension travel, up against the rim.
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then a fairing batten to check the shape.....
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Blocked up some flexi plastic stuff to form a mould and marked of the outer gtp wing.
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marked the distance in to the inner steel arch and cut out..
taped in position, batten to make it run square across, the a layer of gell coat the t[IMG][/IMG]hree layers of 2oz csm.
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[seanick]

Put the body back on this eve. It was a right pain as of course Chris beautifuly fitting kit now took loads of trimming and tweaking to get it to sit right again.
Not sure its worth the hassle of changing the rear arches from the original kit as supplued

[Tribute Automotive]

Originally Posted by seanick

Put the body back on this eve. It was a right pain as of course Chris beautifuly fitting kit now took loads of trimming and tweaking to get it to sit right again.
Not sure its worth the hassle of changing the rear arches from the original kit as supplued

Welcome to the world of kit (re)designing!

[seanick]

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[BazMason]

Great looking filler....but I am biased as I have a coupe! Is yours restored? Doesn't look like it has any of the normal white oxidisation marks. £20 is a cracking price for a restored one too.

Good looking vents too mate.

[tonyt]

Top, dallah! Love the look.

[seanick]

Done the vents in the other side. They are quite similar to the other side, so I am happy!


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And the view from the rear...

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[JG]

Some really nice mods going on there. Great work

[Peepsy]

Vents look great, your so neat. Where do you get you GRP sheet from ?

[seanick]

Thanks Big Cheese

By GRP sheet do you mean mat or pre- made stuff?

The pre made stuff I either snipped bits off the window surrounds to make the small triangles that hold the vents in position, or I just made a bit on some flat plastic stuff.

For good GRP work use a consolodating roller for a better finish and avoiding a resin rich material. Either a paddle wheel or washer type roller.

If you want Chopped Strand Mat, there must be somewhere local to you. Just Google Fibreglass supplies. 2oz is a nice weight.

[Peepsy]

I was referring to those nice pieces of 150mm wide gel coated strips you made your arches with ?

[seanick]

ah no, those are just bits of white plastic people use for 'For Sale' signs etc. The are just a temporary former. Gel goes on top, when its dried lay up the GRP. When its gone off they are removed to leave a smooth section of GRP.
Any thing thin and bendy can be used, eg perspex, Formica, even thin ply, but you have to cover that with brown parcel tape to stop the gel sticking to it.

[Peepsy]

I can see that now. You do this for a living ?

[seanick]

Pay attention Bond!

No I don't do it for a living...I specialize in Wooden boat restoration and repair, but GRP was part of the course back in '86..........
There is a link to my site via my username if you are interested!

I've done a bit more this eve, hopefully making the former to mould the boot gutter around, so I can use the MX boot seal.
Pics coming via phone.......

[seanick]

Chopped out the boot return...[IMG][/IMG]

Built up layers of plastic stuff to make a former for the grp.
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Used smooth shiny tape to hold it there, and plastercine in the corners to provide a radius.



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I'll put a layer of gell coat on now, but will have to take the body off to glass under it properly tomorrow.