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Allmost there :-) Had a small drive today and the new paintwork seems to make it a bit faster (or just experience of the windows missing :-) )
Windows and mirror's and perhaps a wash, and it's ready
Windows and mirror's and perhaps a wash, and it's ready
Edited by madsvlund on Sunday 18th May 18:38
Edited by madsvlund on Sunday 18th May 18:39
Thanks guys
As you can see, is the car now with:
- wide arches (1" original added to the original style)
- bumpers removed, front is the original inner mould, back is home made to match the front.
- lower part of bonnet, redone to match the flow of the rear end
- front indicators replaced with round types, that works both as indicator and position light
- air intake in front a little wider than original, and curved a bit.
- air vents behind the front wheels
switch back led's in lucas lamps.
and one question for the woters, will a stailess or a black matte grille mesh suit the car best ?
As you can see, is the car now with:
- wide arches (1" original added to the original style)
- bumpers removed, front is the original inner mould, back is home made to match the front.
- lower part of bonnet, redone to match the flow of the rear end
- front indicators replaced with round types, that works both as indicator and position light
- air intake in front a little wider than original, and curved a bit.
- air vents behind the front wheels
switch back led's in lucas lamps.
and one question for the woters, will a stailess or a black matte grille mesh suit the car best ?
Edited by madsvlund on Sunday 18th May 20:41
It really looks fantastic, it took me a while to work out why the front looked so much more aggressive until I realised that it was just the extra moulding either side of the lower grille.
If you have time to put pen to paper/finger to keyboard, I would love to see it written up and published in the UK TVR magazine, "Sprint".
Oliver.
Pre 1980s Editor, TVRCC.
If you have time to put pen to paper/finger to keyboard, I would love to see it written up and published in the UK TVR magazine, "Sprint".
Oliver.
Pre 1980s Editor, TVRCC.
Hi Nick
Lower bonnet is not that difficult, if you were good in 3'th grade doing baloon/paper animals, then it's a piece of cake.
A few pics of my process below, cut away the old fiberglass, make 2 identical/mirrored pieces of wood, fill it with PU foam, cut teh foam to shape, tapep it with packaing tape, mould a thin layer of fiberglass, remove the wood and foam, fill it from the inside with 4-6mm of fiberglass. Sanding, filling and painting.
Lower bonnet is not that difficult, if you were good in 3'th grade doing baloon/paper animals, then it's a piece of cake.
A few pics of my process below, cut away the old fiberglass, make 2 identical/mirrored pieces of wood, fill it with PU foam, cut teh foam to shape, tapep it with packaing tape, mould a thin layer of fiberglass, remove the wood and foam, fill it from the inside with 4-6mm of fiberglass. Sanding, filling and painting.
oliverb205 said:
It really looks fantastic, it took me a while to work out why the front looked so much more aggressive until I realised that it was just the extra moulding either side of the lower grille.
If you have time to put pen to paper/finger to keyboard, I would love to see it written up and published in the UK TVR magazine, "Sprint".
Oliver.
Pre 1980s Editor, TVRCC.
Hi OliverIf you have time to put pen to paper/finger to keyboard, I would love to see it written up and published in the UK TVR magazine, "Sprint".
Oliver.
Pre 1980s Editor, TVRCC.
Sure I'll feed you with some better pictures and a million details for an article. But I'm like 80% done with the car, missing to do the interior and some tuning to the engine. So if you can wait until spring 15, can yo uhave it in complete done state. + I'll join a few hillclimbs later this year, which is allways covered with a professional photographer, so that will give some usefull shots as well.
But I can ofcause allso be an "work in progress" angle, with workshop photos
Br Mads
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