The Bomber

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Cage feet and hole plugging today.

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Lightweight seat rails gone in today. All new custom prototype gear knob can be seen here too.

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It needed doing mate. It was too fat and not rigid enough. Fed up of carrying around all the excess baggage. I want it to be as focussed as possible.

Go big or go home!

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Not sure many will fit in it now anyway. May aswell just leave the passenger seat out haha

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Lol, dude you won't have to shotgun it, you can drive it.

Although not in the same league as Larry, I think you'll enjoy the noises.

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Today she said hello to the first of the tube work.

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Daves hit her hard today. Even the WRC swan neck Hans bar is in.

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She's getting there Mick.

Big progress today. Cage was dropped to weld the tops and the screen got its corner gussets. Tomorrow the centre cross will be boxed in to the swan neck. But still my favourite part to come and they're the WRC a pillar gussets.

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Drivers door gussets in.

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Passenger gussets done today.

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Stunning job on the swan neck gusset today.

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She's really starting to look something special now.

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Rear upper cross in today and diff carrier well under way.
I just love the look of the skinny 25mm tube. Gonna look amazing in paint.

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Here they are.

S12B WRC items, and yes they're all made from one piece of metal.
The most beautiful a pillar gussets you'll ever see, they wrap around the tube as well as run back and forth.

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570 mile round trip to see Dave at DM Motorsport today and catch up with the fabrication work on my old shed. I have to say, the photos really don't do his work justice. In the metal it looks even more bonkers than I knew it would be.
Also picked up my carbon doorcards and discussed the rest of the items to be done.

I can't wait to see her in paint.

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Lmao, you're about 10 stone wet Brad.

Afraid it's for non Supercar paddock pass holders only

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Further gusset work inside. The interior fabrication is nearing completion now.

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Dash bar and sill tubes in.





All sorts of odds and sods jobs being done still. Screen gusset is in progress, I think Daves still playing with the design of this.

Also painstakingly spot welded in heaps of tiny little 20mm straps for all the wiring, brake lines and fuel lines. Little details like these take ages.

Edited by frayz on Thursday 23 April 22:03

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Okay, so I've been keeping this plan on the down low.
I'll let the photos do the talking.
Basically all genuine panels with steel rear qtrs and doors, carbon sills and kevlar wings.

WRC S8 coming soon.

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Today Dave started on the drivers side rear qtr. All made by hand to Prodrives original S8 pattern.