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[fiestaharry]

The thicker numberplate arrived today and went on fine.

 

 

Got another minispares and protech order in which should allow me to make some more progress. 

 

 

[tankertanker]

Love it top work ...

[Maccmike8]

Where was the number plate from?

[Retro_10s]

really enjoying this build, especially enjoying seeing the bare shell inside with all your routing of wires etc. really great 

[fiestaharry]

Thanks,

 

Maccmike8 the number plate was printed by a company called Crispy designs.

Edited by fiestaharry, 08 November 2020 - 07:59 AM.

[s3swiss]

Will be doing similar build (re-shell) next summer so following with interest. Did your rear subframe fit to the shell ok? My old one is a hydro one that has been converted to dry and I suspect will be too rusty to save. Heard horror stories about replacement subframes not fitting well to the BMH mk1 shell and hoping to avoid fettling after painting.

[fiestaharry]

s3swiss, rear subframe fit great, although i used a genuine subframe for mockup all the way through the build to keep checking it.

 

The car seems to have an equal amount of toe in at the rear which may need a spacer on each from minispares. Which i heard is very common on the repro frames. 

[fiestaharry]

Little update, Cobra seats arrived after 12 weeks lead time:

 

 

Order arrived from minispares which allowed me to put my polycarb sliding windows in and all the fittings:

 

 

Maniflow exhaust and silencer was mocked up under the car to check clearance for the rod change adaptor, i ended up ordering some different m8 rubber bobbins as the ones in the fitting kit were to small (or i had done something wrong) 

 

 

Put some black grip tape on the floor panels to protect paint from wear:

 

 

Looking pretty nice now, still concidering getting the quarter lights chromed as its letting the car down so if anyone has any recomendations who will do just a pair of frames without the hinge section let me know.

 

[Maccmike8]

Very very attractive.

[tankertanker]

I think I'm in love ,,,,

[72hump]

Lovely build, really like the work you did on your rollcage.

[fiestaharry]

Not a have amount of progress gone on, but my protech shock arrived along with some other bits:

 

 

Got both seats in and fully bolted down, just waiting for the TRS 3 point harness now to arrive to finish them off:

 

 

And got the fuel tank bolted in, and squeezed my lp883 with 165 tyre in, which will probably have to make an offset ring made to bolt it down as it doesnt tuck under the tank.

 

[fiestaharry]

Not much progress gone on this week due to being able go get a slot in our booth to get my 66 s sprayed. Went really well. Will post some more progress pics as i make progress.

 

 

[fiestaharry]

Been doing a few bits and bobs over the Christmas break, mostly the time consuming and tricky jobs!

 

Got the door check straps on, pretty difficult due to the cage tightness to the post but managed it in the end!

 

 

Due to it having a rod change box i drilled the holes to the adaptor in to allow you to bolt up to the mk1 tunnel, and got the rubber gaitor on

 

 

Ran the choke, accelerator and speedo cable through the bulkhead. Bolted the coil on so i can get my head round the wiring of the engine side in hopes of getting it fired up in the next few months:

 

 

Some nice rose petal centres added:

 

 

I have hopefully now got the majority of the parts coming to finish the car off, currently waiting for around 19 orders to arrive. 

Edited by fiestaharry, 01 January 2021 - 04:43 PM.

[fiestaharry]

Over the past few days been messing with some bits:

 

Wired up the dash and got it fitted, along with my Sabelt wheel ( which im really happy with!):

 

 

 

Got some split collars and tig welded a rod on there to keep the harnesses in place:

 

 

 

When my minispares order came in, i had some alloy pedal covers in there, after bolting them on, wasn't overly happy with the look and fixing capability on there, so just went with a simple mild steel cover and tig welded them onto the original pedal:

 

 

 

Got the throttle pedal extension bolted on also, after some modifications (the tig really comes into its own on the final stages of the build)

 

 

Engine bay is in chaos at the moment, due to waiting on a few bits:

 

 

Got some spraying to do tomorrow, got the pedals to spray again, and alot of brand new parts from suppliers where the paint quality is shocking to redo!!!

Edited by fiestaharry, 08 January 2021 - 08:03 PM.