Mev exocet build

[MG CHRIS]

Day22 and the frame is now in paint got to flip it upside down to do the bottom of the bars then will paint the rest in black then couple of layers of lacque over it to give it the shine then put it all back together.

[Woody]

Looking good Chris!

Dhould look impressive in the gold/black finish.

What did you spray the chassis with?

Chris

[MG CHRIS]

Woody said:

Looking good Chris!

Dhould look impressive in the gold/black finish.

What did you spray the chassis with?

Chris

2K paint got all the equipment neccessery and have done it before so decided to do this. Must same spraying round bar is harder than a conventional full body car.

[TotalControl]

Good build thread so far. Came here from your other MX5 thread.

[MG CHRIS]

Been a while since the last update but since the last post flipped the frame upside down to paint the underside of the frame and also painted the floor bars in black. With it upside down decided to rivet the floor on ran a bead of silcone and dipped each rivet in waxoil to prevent it from rusting.





Got a few marks in the frame so will have to give it a final layer of colour them a couple of layers of lacquer then got to bolt everything back up which hopefully will only take a weekend.

[MG CHRIS]

Painting all done hope you all like it i certainly do.

[randlemarcus]

On the assumption that's a shade of gold, rather than a copper, once its dry, could we see some daylight shots. Not sure whether its a screen/camera issue, but that's a little "brassy" for me.

[Yazza54]

randlemarcus said:

On the assumption that's a shade of gold, rather than a copper, once its dry, could we see some daylight shots. Not sure whether its a screen/camera issue, but that's a little "brassy" for me.

Maybe he likes brassy

[randlemarcus]

Yazza54 said:

Maybe he likes brassy

That's why I was skirting
I have a vague recollection of the OP mentioning black and gold, and the better lit shots look gold - its just the dark one looks very dark.

[MG CHRIS]

It is gold just when i took the pictures it was getting dark so had to use the flash on the camera shouldn't take to long to put everything together so when it's back on it's wheels i will take it outside to take some pictures with all the body work on.

[MG CHRIS]

So with the holes drilled for the fuel and brake pipes 2 of my mates come over to lift the frame back onto the ppf didn't take to long got it all bolted down some pics





Finished just in time for the f1 so after the race fitted the rad, horn's side panels, and bulkhead panels







Hopefully with a good day next weekend will have it mostly finished keep you updated.

[Stuart Mills]

looking good Chris, that black on gold is going to look stunning.

[MG CHRIS]

Stuart Mills said:

looking good Chris, that black on gold is going to look stunning.

Thanks should have some of the body panels on this weekend and most of it done aswel.

[randlemarcus]

I seem to recall you mentioning a luggage compartment earlier in the thread. How did that work out?

[MG CHRIS]

randlemarcus said:

I seem to recall you mentioning a luggage compartment earlier in the thread. How did that work out?

Will reveal that tomorrow.

But another good day on it mounted the steering collum, brake servo/master cylinder, clutch master cylinder, pedals, air intake and filter, handbrake cabels, side repeaters and attached the rear wiring loom.

Pics

Steering collum and pedals





Brake servo/ master cylinder and air intake system





Rear loom and side repeaters




Same place on the other side.

Hopefully tomorrow will have the loom all in place, lights, and start on mounting the body work keep you updated.

[Hark]

Enjoyed reading that. Can't believe the huge projects others attempt.

Keep up the good work.

[MG CHRIS]

Hark said:

Enjoyed reading that. Can't believe the huge projects others attempt.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks compared to others this is easy and a simple build.

[Steve_D]

MG CHRIS said:

Would be worth checking the position of this side repeater before you get to far ahead.

It must be seen from the rear of the vehicle between 5 degrees and 60 degrees out from the side of the vehicle. It must also be seen between 5 degrees below and 15 degrees above horizontal assuming it is not higher than 750mm from the ground.
The 5 out and 5 down is the killer as the rear wing is in the way.
I hope yours is OK but we have seen all to many that fail.

The fix is to fit that same style lamp (Looks like the one we buy from CBS) into the rear lower lip of the front cycle wing. If you need to go this way let me know and I can suggest a way to modify the lamp so it takes up less room behind the cycle wing.

Steve

Edited by Steve_D on Sunday 14th October 10:39

[MG CHRIS]

Steve_D said:

MG CHRIS said:

Would be worth checking the position of this side repeater before you get to far ahead.

It must be seen from the rear of the vehicle between 5 degrees and 60 degrees out from the side of the vehicle. It must also be seen between 5 degrees below and 15 degrees above horizontal assuming it is not higher than 750mm from the ground.
The 5 out and 5 down is the killer as the rear wing is in the way.
I hope yours is OK but we have seen all to many that fail.

The fix is to fit that same style lamp (Looks like the one we buy from CBS) into the rear lower lip of the front cycle wing. If you need to go this way let me know and I can suggest a way to modify the lamp so it takes up less room behind the cycle wing.

Steve

Edited by Steve_D on Sunday 14th October 10:39

Well ive done some rough meassurements and it should pass like that it can always be pushed out further if required. Looked at the other builds and most put them the next bar down the frame and thats has even less of an angle to be seen so should be ok.

Thanks for the offer for the cylce wing if i need to move it will let you know and yea the lights are from cbs.

[MG CHRIS]

Another day more progress.

So first job was to attach the rear lights with that done painted the boot floor and covered the edge in edging trim





it also acts as a way to secure the boot cover to be bolted onto the floor using 4 rivnuts.

With that done mocked up a number plate (off my other kit car) put it in place and marked out the holes for the no plate lights, joined the the 2 sets of lights wiring together to join up to the exsiting loom and glued it to the back of the cover.
also trimed down the thickness of the boot cover and added edging stuff provided in the kit around the bottom



Mounted the front end, headlights, indicators, layed the loom in the right position and started connecting everything up



Decided to bin my fiberglass attempt at a dash tray and made one out of alluminium just need to get it welded up on the joins and bolted in the ecu



With getting bored with wiring put the boot cover in place and roll bar and placed the bonnet on looking like a exocet now





Not many jobs left hoping to go for a track day at llandow on the 20th november for a bit of a shake down and a bit of fun.