1970 Ginetta G15

The inclination to work on the G21M just was not there today - I may have a try tomorrow - But SLC chassis did make it out of the garage and under the body on Thursday to check the fit.

I'm happy enough with that - a few new holes to drill for shock mounts and harnesses and the like - and many holes to drill for the additional body mount points. A bit of glasswork to get over the extra bits of steel introduced.

















It will get turned into a rolling chassis next week and then it will wait until it swaps places with BOY when it comes back after the roof and rear panel have been glassed back in.

And this is a loom from a basic model without any frills, wind-up windows etc. I started looking at removing the wiring for the pop up headlights but its so integrated with other things the best you can do is cut it back a little. I did try and convince the owner to just rebuild a new Ginetta loom and go standalone ECU but he wants to keep it all OEM with the diagnostic ports etc. and I can see the appeal in that. Just makes my job a little more involved. especially as I like wiring to be neat and tidy, so many kits and specials die from poor electrics.


My first G32 I bought ended up almost scrapped due to poor electrics from the factory. The chassis is Galvanised the body is Polyester and it had done 16,000 miles and ran a CVH - How bullet proof do you want a car! but due to this Ginetta "factory" standard wiring.












Factory wiring involved strip and twist for installation of extra's - the original buyer of my car fell foul of ordering the car with every possible extra and after no more than 5 years it would just drain the battery and not start. Because Ginetta had gone bump and no one had any idea what the hell it was - it sat - and they also tended to leak.











Glad to say its now back on the road and being enjoyed.

It might have been shocking, if the earths were good..

Dunno what Steve used as a base but he was driving it about for a while so it was a worker.
That wiring above make most Dutton looms look good, dam thats scary for a factory issue.
My better half just bought an 02 plate 1600, such a tidy little car. Even though it's 'half spec' the wiring loom is all full spec, a lot of 'surplus' which is interwoven with the not surplus There are no front fog lights but the wiring is in place to just plug them in. If you look behind the blank switch panel there is a socket. One loom fits all?

Wednesday Ginetta meet at the Cheshire HQ saw a bit welding action on KBW doing those final jobs mentioned previously

Test fit of body on chassis - very happy with that





All good to go with the final little bits of welding







All done and ready for a bit of paint.




Glassfibre fixing of BOY is next on the Ginetta agenda.

Looking great dude! More the chassis work and general progress than the wiring nightmare. Great piece of work getting that back on the road too

Never really looked much at G32s but they're looking intriguing now...

Watched a program last night all about building from scratch, a new track bound G40 - I was blowm away at how simple it all was! They were using a manual tube bender for the chassis, a basic mig welder for all the welding etc etc. Even the fibreglass parts were cut & drilled using basic cordless drills and grinders etc. IT almost looked like you could build your own from a kit at home with std home mechanic tools.

Quick job this morning welding up a short exhaust assembly for Captain Itchy's G32 - it keeps leaking at the back-box flange connection so he hatched a plan to add a bit of flexibility. Didn't take long to chop it to size and run a couple of welds. That should at least sort things until he gets around to limiting the engine movement in the chassis as the torque reactions move it around a bit more than it should.

What is flow coat?