The return of the Invisible Car.
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The search for side vents for my mates VTR powered Seicento....
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6102
..side vents from a FJ1200 this time aranged like a "Shaker" hood on my Rover bonnet.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6102
..side vents from a FJ1200 this time aranged like a "Shaker" hood on my Rover bonnet.
Itchy thumbs so went for a shake down run to see if the quarter mile time had improved. Before I managed that there are a couple of problems with the seat that need sorting. First my bum is too small for it so I slide from one side of the seat to the other when cornering with gusto, so some kind of covering will be needed. Second I should have used nylock nuts because the seat was loose after few minutes. 
The project's on hold until Easter I have been issued a bike build challenge for Lent.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Guff racing colours will be applied as soon as the bike is finished and I can clear out dads greenhouse.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Guff racing colours will be applied as soon as the bike is finished and I can clear out dads greenhouse.
Progress has been slow on this project due to the Lent project getting in the way and this temptress....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
I wonder if my Giardinetta bits can be used to convert the Wagon to four wheel drive?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
I wonder if my Giardinetta bits can be used to convert the Wagon to four wheel drive?
Hope you all had a nice Easter and enjoyed the break from me going on about my Cinquecento.
Today I got a chance to clean the red tape marks off the car.....
....while I was high from the solvent I decided to block/fill the holes in the tailgate and bonnet.
I'm a fan of Isopon (I own a Fiat, Rover and Alfa Romeo) but there is something that has always bothered me. "A pea of hardner for every golf ball of filler". If you need a "golf ball of filler" you seriously need to do more pannel work or you're a bodger of the highest order. The less filler you need to use the better.
Today I got a chance to clean the red tape marks off the car.....
....while I was high from the solvent I decided to block/fill the holes in the tailgate and bonnet.
I'm a fan of Isopon (I own a Fiat, Rover and Alfa Romeo) but there is something that has always bothered me. "A pea of hardner for every golf ball of filler". If you need a "golf ball of filler" you seriously need to do more pannel work or you're a bodger of the highest order. The less filler you need to use the better.
Test pannels for the blue paint today...
..looks ok from a distance but close up it's crap.
Two problems, first I lent my spray gun and compressor to someone who didn't clean it properly and fuffed arround with the adjustments so it wouldn't work properly for the front of the bonnet. Spitting paint out instead of spraying it. So it looks like a relief map of the Australian outback. Secondly when the gun was working properly the paint reacted to everything so the whol lot needs doing again. At least the gun is now set up for it though.
So why the bonnet and tailgate only? They're easilly replaced if it went totally pear shaped and I have yet to fill the sunroof hole, the arches are rusty and could need replacing depending on the wheels I get for the car and resident former Lotus suspension geometrist does his magic.
..looks ok from a distance but close up it's crap.
Two problems, first I lent my spray gun and compressor to someone who didn't clean it properly and fuffed arround with the adjustments so it wouldn't work properly for the front of the bonnet. Spitting paint out instead of spraying it. So it looks like a relief map of the Australian outback. Secondly when the gun was working properly the paint reacted to everything so the whol lot needs doing again. At least the gun is now set up for it though.
So why the bonnet and tailgate only? They're easilly replaced if it went totally pear shaped and I have yet to fill the sunroof hole, the arches are rusty and could need replacing depending on the wheels I get for the car and resident former Lotus suspension geometrist does his magic.
Edited by Liquid Knight on Thursday 5th May 13:11
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