1993 Litton Corse I - Strato's Replica

googled lights and will check in the box tomorrow, been there for a few years and can't remember exactly what they look like.

Got a pair of CF2 lights for the Eagle P21 bodied S3 project as I haven't seen many done... just to be different.

Yep that's why....

This one is pretty good too:

The Stratos sounds glorious, the Delta is more sensible, but I just love the crazy sewing machine of the 037!

The build shed was dry today so I managed to get a bit more done with the rebuild in that I continued to slowly undo the minor neglects whilst at the same time progressing with building up the new bits.

Job for this weekend was to get the lifter mechanisms fitted which is accomplished in a few stages the first of which is bonding in very nice stainless bracket that the pod hinges on.

Take over the garden furniture for the day and rough up the underside of the bracket with 40 grit in the angle sander and slop on some Black Sikaflex and away we go.





Let it lose its tackiness and then paint inbetween carefully ....



....as I had the black paint out giving the inside of the rear clam a tidy up.



Apart from buying a couple of tractor light units for the side and indicator that was the extent of the work on the "new"



Some of the dirty work involved removing the coolant pipes the brakes lines and the accelerator cable from the central "Services" tunnel. Quite a bit of accrued detritus.





Needs a good wire brush out and paint. I also tried a drop of Acetone on the old adhesive covered panels which seems to do the job. It will take a bit of work but they may come up serviceable.



As the coolant pipes removed will not take any further part in the future of this car they may as well double up as a test to see if I can fit a couple more stays and a diagonal to the cage.



I think that could work as they appear to miss most of the important bits and most of that plenum and throttle body would be gone and clear anyway.

Cheers - trying to do a little and often now that we are clear of the winter blues.

I understand that you have some more involved engineering checks for kits in Australia. I have seen post elsewhere that they check and measure the torsional rigidity of the chassis and there is a fixed value for pounds per degree that needs to be met.

Dry in the build area again today so more work completed.

That internal panel cleaned up alright with the application of some elbow grease and Acetone so that bit can stay.



Lamp box assembly today

First off here is an example of the difference between the old and new parts - this is the headlamp lifter adjuster rod.




More nice new parts the assembled headlamp hinge mechanism.




After a bit of work I had both boxes assembled, nicely symmetrical and adjusted so that no stress were being introduced to the bonnet skin.





Got a few more washers and bolts to purchase to complete the work but for a first off basic adjustment I am pretty pleased with the result - A bit of fine tuning is required to get the pods perfect with the bonnet but it looks a simple process with these parts.

First off panel closing box for N/S - I need to build a replica of this for the O/S as the original part I have is a replica of the Lancia parts and its a different shape.





Lamp pods - Fine adjustment another day.





Had a big smile on my face after completing this stage.

Love the Stratos; you're doing a cracking job and it looks fantastic

I follow the work you do on your car with a keen interest - Mid engine, pop-ups, wedge - whats not to like and it looks like its coming along pretty well.

If you ever want similar but without the tin worm I can thoroughly recommend one of these



Plastic body part from the doors)/ Galv chassis and quite fun to drive as they handle very well.

Must be my age - I thought I had put the make and model in the text ...Ooops - It's a Ginetta G32 - They are what I spend most of my spare time messing about with (When its not spent on the Litton) as over the past few years I have managed to end up with 5 of them! All of them projects more or less and I guess the G32 is the least of a project of them all.

MK2 Fiesta doors but chopped and the quarterlight glass is bespoke. Type approved production car - about 120 produced.


The other halves - Mrs Darkspeed - I have her to thank for introducing me to Alfa Romeo - I knew nothing about them until we were driving along the A5 in Edgware and she shouts at me to turn left. - She tells me to stop and I do behind a 2000 GTV Guilia Coupe - In Dutch Blue sat looking very sad under a tree - "Lets knock on a few doors and find out who owns it" she says ....

What sort of nerd does that make me then? Recognise the doors but not the car!
In my defense, I don't think I've ever actually stood next to a G32.

To save further embarrassment, in future, I'll refer to cars in the same way that I refer to motor bikes. "Ooh I like the red one! It's got a shiny exhaust!"

Best get back to the Stratos maybe... That's the yellow one right?