Starting to build my jigsaw Cerbera .....

[amazon]

notaping said:

There's an album on flickr with a selection of photos from my strip/rebuild

https://www.flickr.com/photos/187253106@N08/albums...

. . .might help

Fantastic set of really valuable photos! Thank you for sharing, I'm sure your pictures will be a huge help! :-) How long did all that work take you?

[Byker28i]

My cars reasonably quiet with the exhaust I've got, so I've got I think the same Nimbus stuff or very similar makeup, around the tunnel, engine bay and also protecting the chassis near to the exhaust manifold routing, as when the engine came out you could see the white paint was discoloured from the heat.
As the carpet came out for the chassis refurb, I've got some extra thin acoustic matting under the carpets

I couldn't afford ceramic coating so that was the next best, as I was adding extra at the time.

This was pre tidyup and extra matting

[notaping]

amazon said:

How long did all that work take you?

The best part of 4 years - mainly due to the lack of a garage and needing fair weather to work on the chassis/body. Once you accept it's going to take a long time, it becomes quite enjoyable :-)

[tangerinedream]

notaping said:

There's an album on flickr with a selection of photos from my strip/rebuild

https://www.flickr.com/photos/187253106@N08/albums...

. . .might help

Really amazing rebuild. I’m planning to do one when I retire/get made redundant, so definitely bookmarking this thread for then!

[amazon]

notaping said:

amazon said:

How long did all that work take you?

The best part of 4 years - mainly due to the lack of a garage and needing fair weather to work on the chassis/body. Once you accept it's going to take a long time, it becomes quite enjoyable :-)

[Mr Cerbera]

notaping said:

The best part of 4 years - mainly due to the lack of a garage and needing fair weather to work on the chassis/body. Once you accept it's going to take a long time, it becomes quite enjoyable :-)

Good Grief Gordon,

What on Earth had your Cerb been doing for its first 50K ?
Driving through the North Sea ???

Phenomenal Saviour, Sir

[notaping]

Mr Cerbera said:

What on Earth had your Cerb been doing for its first 50K ?
Driving through the North Sea ???

Not far wrong. It was a rough driver when I bought it in 2005 - then 8 years of Scottish winters finished it off. Doesn't go anywhere near the smell of salt now and since they start salting anytime from mid October up here - it makes for a short summer season.

Don't know what I'll do this year - just sit in the drive and rev it now and again :-(

[M3cerbera]

notaping said:

https://www.nimbusmotorsport.com/products/view-pro...

I used the old ones as a basis for the pattern, then stitched them up with an old sewing machine. Glued on with high temp contact adhesive, and only a couple of rivets in the roof above the bell-housing. ~£350

Did you use an special cotton to stitch it up with? I bought some flame proof stuff but is to thick and the sewing machines really struggling with it

[notaping]

No I just used a light grey nylon thread. It doesn't get any direct heat and hasn't shown any sign of stress. Before stitching I folded the edges over (about half inch) and glued them with contact adhesive. It makes it much easier to keep a parallel edge when sewing.