Hoonigan's GT40 Build

[Hoonigan]

DaveJH said:

Very, very nice

Do all the ally panels come pre-cut and folded where required?

Thanks and yes they do, thank god, but they do require a lot of work to get them to fit right. Pretty much every panel requires every edge changing in one way or another and there are no instructions luckily Southern GT are based near me so I can pop in and look at some other cars to see where I'm going wrong..

Any way here's today's work:

[Hoonigan]

GTRene said:

thats looking very good and straight work.

do you also use some glue/kit as some extra stiffness and seal for the chassis between the sheets and the chassis?

Thanks Yes I use the CBS equivalent of Silkaflex polyurethane adhesive to bond all the panels and he rivet them, believe me that stuff sticks like st to a blanket, thankfully no mistakes yet ...

[Hoonigan]

Got another evening in the garage tonight and lmost got the rear right corner finished now, just got to drill out some of the holes and pop in the rivnuts then ready to screw it all together. I did nearly make a big mistake though, I had no idea the four lower panels were all meant to be removable and this morning I was quite content in the fact I was going to be Silkaflexing and riveting them all together: Luckily I decided to pop into SouthernGT and ask if I should cut the gear shift hole first, I was quickly informed that all these panels are held together with rivnuts and not glue and rivets! So a very close call and a lot of wasted effort saved

Anyway here are a few pics....








Note my bit of inspiration that keeps me going

Edited by Hoonigan on Tuesday 20th August 23:10

Edited by Hoonigan on Tuesday 20th August 23:10

[Hoonigan]

Got a bit more done over the last couple of weeks, hope to get the rear finished off this week then it's just the front wheel arches and sills to do






Paul

[Hoonigan]

Another solid three hours in the garage this evening and the rear is finished, finally starting to resemble a tub Really quite pleased with it so far and really enjoying the challenge, still lots of time for failure and loosing the will to live with it though but so far so good...

Just got to finish the front panels next then on to wiring and pipe work, looking forward to hanging up the ruler and pen for a while!

Edited by Hoonigan on Saturday 24th August 07:40

[Hoonigan]

Thanks for the comments, sadly I suspect momentum will drop of as funds disappear but we shall see...

[Hoonigan]

Fastdruid said:

The one killing my build is the nursery bills, I be lots further on without splashing all that lot out... good luck!

I feel that pain too, daylight bloody robbery and they don't even teach them to weld

Are you going to revival this year?

[Hoonigan]

Well progress has been slow due to mounting pressure to get the stairs and landing carpeted and the front garden finished but I have done something and made a start on the from end..






Good news though I have the next two evening free as Mrs Hoonigan has plans so progress will be made! Not going to get too rivet happy though as have ordered some extra panels to cover the top section behind the dash that is normally fibreglass and I need to make sure they marry up ok.

Edited by Hoonigan on Thursday 5th September 07:12

[Hoonigan]

Well after another stint in the garage the front N/S corner is now finished, hoping to get the N/S sill panel fitted this weekend too and then that's one side of the tub finished lost track of time spent on this bit but I can safely say it took a lot of it! I have lost count how many times all of these panels went on and of the chassis, but very pleased with the end result...



























S I know the fuel tank is premature and will get it the way but it looks so much better there than on the shelf

[Hoonigan]

CobraChris said:

I love your car already!

Keep up the good work!

Thanks

[Hoonigan]

Well my OCD got the better of me this evening, the panel gap running along the top of the inner wing has been giving me sleepless nights and despite every one saying I will be the only person that will notice it, it had to go...

So tonight I drilled out the rivets on the top inner panel (including the bd one at the front that I miss spaced on both sides that has annoyed me for weeks) and cut, filed, fettled and fitted some alloy trim to cover the offending area looks much better imo and will hopefully ensure a good nights keep tonight with added extra bonus of also having correctly spaced rivets.

[Hoonigan]

lexspace said:

Hi Hoonigan,

Loving the build and cant wait to see it progress to the finished article, got to be one of my favourite cars ever.

I hope you have seen the onboard footage from the goodwood revival this year, with Kenny Brack driving Adrian Newey's original GT40 ,In case you have'nt seen this great video, here it is -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jF__B1xpJY

Just brilliantly entertaining and gives some insight into the great drivers of the originals racing them for 24 hours back in the day !

Utterly utterly brilliantly mad , awesome driving skills and clearly what wins the race which I luckily enough to see. seen it many times already but thanks for posting it, as you say imagine doing that for 24 hours and lets face it it always rains for Le Mans...

Looking forward to your next update too

[Hoonigan]

Centurion07 said:

Hoonigan said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/post.asp?h=0&am...

Make sure you omit that one from the collection when you show them to a prospective buyer years down the line!

What are those seats like? I know they're period but they do look really uncomfortable?

No shame there just the heads taken off and then re-riveted so in fact extra rivety goodness albeit making the car slightly heavier ...

The seats are very comfortable no complaints at all so far, but I have sat only sat in them for two minutes so time will tell

[Hoonigan]

Trtj said:

HI Hoonigan. Great build by the looks of it, very tidy.

My brother in law and I have just acquired a part built gt40 rep project Through a combinations of planets aligning and bizarre events. Anyway, just wanted to ask, have you put any sound proofing between the Alu skins anywhere?

Trtj said:

HI Hoonigan. Great build by the looks of it, very tidy.

My brother in law and I have just acquired a part built gt40 rep project Through a combinations of planets aligning and bizarre events. Anyway, just wanted to ask, have you put any sound proofing between the Alu skins anywhere?

Well I thought long and hard about doing this but decided not to bother in the end, I fully intend to stick a set of megaphones on it and have no intention of talking to any passengers anyway so figured what's the point, lets face it, it's gonna be fecking loud what ever I do especially as I'm not intending to fit any carpet either. At the end of the day I would like as close to a race car as I can possibly achieve, I will buy a set of ear plugs though...

What kit are you building? Sounds like you have been very lucky

Edited by Hoonigan on Wednesday 18th September 14:17

[Hoonigan]

FWDRacer said:

Riveting read

Way to slow for that one, page two I believe

[Hoonigan]

Conian said:

It seems that my (very dirty) motorbike is advertising your build (Ken Block may also be benefiting)

Indeed, top work, but I do not seem to have received my sponsorship monies yet?

[Hoonigan]

Exciting update time.......


No real progress as such but I now have an engine well almost, today I purchased a shiney new DSS 347 Stroker along with a couple of Edelbrock Performer RPM heads complete with roller rockers not something I was intending on buying but got them for a good price so did not want to turn them down (suspension will have to wait a bit longer) should be good for a very reliable 400BHP all being well, just need to learn about engines now....

Anyway pics pics pics!

[Hoonigan]

Well paneling the chassis is now nearly done, secretly quite chuffed with it as if I'm honest I was concerned I would run out of talent even before this stage was complete, but as far as I'm concerned so far so good...







And put a dash on just to see..











I know there are a loads of pics of the same thing but this thread is for my own records too, so please humour me!

[Hoonigan]

Centurion07 said:

Have you sat in it yet with the dash and made the engine noises?

Of course...

[Hoonigan]

Centurion07 said:

Hoonigan said:

Centurion07 said:

Have you sat in it yet with the dash and made the engine noises?

Of course...

WITH the steering wheel though?

I've not got one yet