Tuscan Challenge Road Car (at the moment) build project
Discussion
RetroWheels said:
Purple O.Z with polished rims... I just need to visit the toilet for a couple of minutes.
Darren...you are the bloke to tell me if I got it wrong mate....god they are a PITA to put together ...Ginny and me spent the best part of a Sunday on the dining room table..(putting the whheels together)..we were both whacked at the end of it....glad they don't leak...took some effort to get the tyres to seal though....my lads at the local HI-Q started to loose the will to live...three leaked for a start...balance weights hidden as best they could too..RetroWheels said:
They were worth it, the whole project is going to look excellent.. see you at Back Home 
Cheers...fingers crossed..probably turn into a crock of poo!No Rockingham then?...be a shame if you don't...but suppose it is a hike for you mate..we are doing back home all booked ...you doing the evening do too?
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Hi there,
Thinking ahead to after Christmas when I will start looking at the body...
The bonnet has no holes cut out not even for headlights...
Talking of which what bowls and headlights do we think would be best....those round "lupo" ones can look good in Chimaera's...but I am not sure if this would ruin the job...
Have new headlight covers courtesey of G....
So what size do I need to get?
The inside diameter of the cut-out is circa 6ins...the outer edge is 7ins...thoughts?
Still no diff brackets...front steering arm...gonna get welding done next week..if I am mobile enough...
Thinking ahead to after Christmas when I will start looking at the body...
The bonnet has no holes cut out not even for headlights...
Talking of which what bowls and headlights do we think would be best....those round "lupo" ones can look good in Chimaera's...but I am not sure if this would ruin the job...
Have new headlight covers courtesey of G....
So what size do I need to get?
The inside diameter of the cut-out is circa 6ins...the outer edge is 7ins...thoughts?
Still no diff brackets...front steering arm...gonna get welding done next week..if I am mobile enough...
Edited by schimg on Saturday 21st September 17:12
Edited by schimg on Saturday 21st September 18:44
wadsapple said:
I'd defiantly stay with the fusia pink my favourite colour for a muscle car 
Cheeky bloke you are....this is TVR cerise purple reflex ....three stage candice ...Car will be the same as the oz's ....they are a Cadbury purple even though the images I posted on here show them as blue!
Steve,
Grant and Dave are both right. Yep Mini ones are the way to go, but plastic bowls stop all the muck that's going to get kicked up onto them, from rotting them out. I fitted Cibie lenses to mine with plastic bowls behind. Because you need to stop water getting behind the flared in lens covers (compliments of Graham Walden) the standard process seems to be to put a strip of helecopter tape over the joint between the lens covers and the bodywork. This means you can't get to the bulbs to change them, so I cut the rear 1/3 off the back of my plastic bowls and then re-attached the with brackets and a rubber seal.
After hours of sculpting the chrome surrounds a mini has, to fit under the plastic covers and thinking I'd done the best job ever, .
I stumbled across a photo of the Gulf painted car (see photo) where someone's done it properly 
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.....Rich
Grant and Dave are both right. Yep Mini ones are the way to go, but plastic bowls stop all the muck that's going to get kicked up onto them, from rotting them out. I fitted Cibie lenses to mine with plastic bowls behind. Because you need to stop water getting behind the flared in lens covers (compliments of Graham Walden) the standard process seems to be to put a strip of helecopter tape over the joint between the lens covers and the bodywork. This means you can't get to the bulbs to change them, so I cut the rear 1/3 off the back of my plastic bowls and then re-attached the with brackets and a rubber seal.
After hours of sculpting the chrome surrounds a mini has, to fit under the plastic covers and thinking I'd done the best job ever, .
I stumbled across a photo of the Gulf painted car (see photo) where someone's done it properly :.....Rich
TiffsTuzzy said:
Steve,
Grant and Dave are both right. Yep Mini ones are the way to go, but plastic bowls stop all the muck that's going to get kicked up onto them, from rotting them out. I fitted Cibie lenses to mine with plastic bowls behind. Because you need to stop water getting behind the flared in lens covers (compliments of Graham Walden) the standard process seems to be to put a strip of helecopter tape over the joint between the lens covers and the bodywork. This means you can't get to the bulbs to change them, so I cut the rear 1/3 off the back of my plastic bowls and then re-attached the with brackets and a rubber seal.
After hours of sculpting the chrome surrounds a mini has, to fit under the plastic covers and thinking I'd done the best job ever, .I stumbled across a photo of the Gulf painted car (see photo) where someone's done it properly :
.....Rich
Hi Rich,Grant and Dave are both right. Yep Mini ones are the way to go, but plastic bowls stop all the muck that's going to get kicked up onto them, from rotting them out. I fitted Cibie lenses to mine with plastic bowls behind. Because you need to stop water getting behind the flared in lens covers (compliments of Graham Walden) the standard process seems to be to put a strip of helecopter tape over the joint between the lens covers and the bodywork. This means you can't get to the bulbs to change them, so I cut the rear 1/3 off the back of my plastic bowls and then re-attached the with brackets and a rubber seal.
After hours of sculpting the chrome surrounds a mini has, to fit under the plastic covers and thinking I'd done the best job ever, .
I stumbled across a photo of the Gulf painted car (see photo) where someone's done it properly :.....Rich
You've done a cracking job on yours v.tidy......sounds like a fair bit of fettling was required tho.....
The "gulf" car was done by JR wasn't it?
Wonder what he used in there....Itried calling him yesterday ...will try again today....will try and remember to ask!
Following on from our emails gonna weld in seatbelt fixings too....need to our the harness plates today.....
Will go with what suggested about the four point harness shoulder fixings on the cage too....thanks for the pointer..
schimg said:
Griffithy said:
Steve,
seems to be Mini lights here as well.
Cibie, Dia is ca. 8cm.
Routemaster lights will fit as well, if you want to shop posh
Thanks for the post...what are routemaster lights? seems to be Mini lights here as well.
Cibie, Dia is ca. 8cm.
Routemaster lights will fit as well, if you want to shop posh
Surely not ones off an old bus!
Googled them couldnt find them....
much confusion here - mea culpa.
Dia would be ca. 18 cm of course.
As recommended before, old Mini lights would be fine as do the Routemaster-Bus ones, because they are the same.
I promise to try keeping quiet from now.
Best regards,
Griffithy
Griffithy said:
Sorry Steve,
much confusion here - mea culpa.
Dia would be ca. 18 cm of course.
As recommended before, old Mini lights would be fine as do the Routemaster-Bus ones, because they are the same.
I promise to try keeping quiet from now.
Best regards,
Griffithy
Hey don't do that I need input here!much confusion here - mea culpa.
Dia would be ca. 18 cm of course.
As recommended before, old Mini lights would be fine as do the Routemaster-Bus ones, because they are the same.
I promise to try keeping quiet from now.
Best regards,
Griffithy
And it's appreciated....thanks for posting...spoke with JR earlier...they mounted the plastic bowl in the rear ...in fact they used a glasses fibre bowl that they made....they didn't use an adjuster mechanism...so that allowed a more flush appearance....guess race don't need them where in contrast we do!
So will prob go your route....hopefully sourced a bonnet frame today.....
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