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The fullsize buck coming along nicely Enlarged from Franco's drawings 102% length and 104% width to fit MR2     ^^^ 'Just' doing that is worth a thread on it's own. And here was me thinking I'm great for sorting out a few straight forward issues on a car! Great thread, great project ( and a half). Rock On! |
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Still learning...still spending...still breaking things!
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Nov 30, 2018 20:12:09 GMT
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Cheers
Been distracted by;
finishing resto 1955 Peugeot 203 for my wife..all done now and running sweet(the car not the wife)
prepping and racing the V12 XK120 went great till the diff broke
disc-brake conversion and engine rebuild on my 65 Galaxie, nearly ready for some summer cruising
Planning to have a big glue-up on the Stradale buck real soon, cant wait till all the profiles are in place and I can start laying the skin on and really see the shape. I have made the sills and underside of the nose removable so I can flip them over for shaping and fibreglassing
I paid NZD$1600 for the 3 litre V6 engine shown in the pic, a couple of weeks ago I saw a dead Alfa 156 2.5 24valve 6 speed on the side of the road in the 'hood, we tracked the "owner" down and got the whole car for NZD$500, put some gas in it and drove it home!Would make a good race car (cause I don't have enough projects)
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1955 DeSoto/Rover V8 Pickup work hack
1955 Peugeot 203
!958 Jag Mk1
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe(my lover)
1976 Jag XJC Broadspeed replica
197? Triumph GT6 2500PI restomod project
1998 Porsche GT1 LeMans replica(kitcar?)
XK120 V12 Quadturbo racecar
Ducati-Weslake 500 VMX bike
Free advice is often worth exactly what it cost
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great thread so far, Please do share some of your other projects with us.
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If it doesn't fit you need a bigger hamer
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Jun 22, 2019 10:14:22 GMT
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1955 DeSoto/Rover V8 Pickup work hack
1955 Peugeot 203
!958 Jag Mk1
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe(my lover)
1976 Jag XJC Broadspeed replica
197? Triumph GT6 2500PI restomod project
1998 Porsche GT1 LeMans replica(kitcar?)
XK120 V12 Quadturbo racecar
Ducati-Weslake 500 VMX bike
Free advice is often worth exactly what it cost
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Jun 22, 2019 16:54:20 GMT
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Outstanding! Fancy building two?  |
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Jun 22, 2019 21:56:12 GMT
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Any pix of your previous work?
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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Jun 22, 2019 23:51:09 GMT
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yep, look on my other threads(under "V12turbo") on this blog
Looking at the cars you own, back in the day I had a 900turbo factory aero kit, 3 spoke wheels, black/tan, I loved that car
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1955 DeSoto/Rover V8 Pickup work hack
1955 Peugeot 203
!958 Jag Mk1
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe(my lover)
1976 Jag XJC Broadspeed replica
197? Triumph GT6 2500PI restomod project
1998 Porsche GT1 LeMans replica(kitcar?)
XK120 V12 Quadturbo racecar
Ducati-Weslake 500 VMX bike
Free advice is often worth exactly what it cost
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Outstanding! Fancy building two? just a one-off , after its made I might take moulds off it, now that I am retired , not so interested in doing stuff for others, just enjoying the creative side |
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1955 DeSoto/Rover V8 Pickup work hack
1955 Peugeot 203
!958 Jag Mk1
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe(my lover)
1976 Jag XJC Broadspeed replica
197? Triumph GT6 2500PI restomod project
1998 Porsche GT1 LeMans replica(kitcar?)
XK120 V12 Quadturbo racecar
Ducati-Weslake 500 VMX bike
Free advice is often worth exactly what it cost
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This is epic work v12turbo. How will you finish the buck? Are you going to use foam or plaster? |
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I am going to fit as many mdf strips as I can, including tapered ones,all glued to the bulkheads and to each other. Then a bit of a dress-up with plaster and the orbital sander with some agressive sandpaper.(shouldnt need much if I did my job right on the patterns) Foam blocks in the front corners,Then a layer of brown packaging tape(releases from polyester resin really well).Then 1 layer 450gram CSM/polyester,fair it all up with polyester/microshere blend, another layer 450g CSM, then a final fairing layer,finishing the shell off with Duratec spray-on polyester filler and lots of work with the big long sanding blocks. Then prise the shell off the package-tape skinned plug .The sills and nose undertray are removable from the plug, I will glass them on the bench so no upside-down glassing.The only problem area for pulling the shell up and away are the side-scoops, will have to reach in through the scoops and smash the mdf a bit to clear the obstruction. I have marked out the door and window openings with protruding screws, these will leave holes in the shell to guide me when I mark and cut the panels.The cutout pieces will serve as moulds for the polycarbonate windows(all compound curves) If I get a good week in (not too many mates coming around for a yak) I reckon I might be laying out some fibreglass cloth pretty soon...I am just going to try and stay on this roll till I have a shell
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1955 DeSoto/Rover V8 Pickup work hack
1955 Peugeot 203
!958 Jag Mk1
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe(my lover)
1976 Jag XJC Broadspeed replica
197? Triumph GT6 2500PI restomod project
1998 Porsche GT1 LeMans replica(kitcar?)
XK120 V12 Quadturbo racecar
Ducati-Weslake 500 VMX bike
Free advice is often worth exactly what it cost
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1955 DeSoto/Rover V8 Pickup work hack
1955 Peugeot 203
!958 Jag Mk1
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe(my lover)
1976 Jag XJC Broadspeed replica
197? Triumph GT6 2500PI restomod project
1998 Porsche GT1 LeMans replica(kitcar?)
XK120 V12 Quadturbo racecar
Ducati-Weslake 500 VMX bike
Free advice is often worth exactly what it cost
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EmDee
Club Retro Rides Member
Committer of Autrocities.
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Alfa Romeo Stradale replicaEmDee
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Jun 25, 2019 14:17:43 GMT
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YES.
All of the superlatives.
More please!
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1955 DeSoto/Rover V8 Pickup work hack
1955 Peugeot 203
!958 Jag Mk1
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe(my lover)
1976 Jag XJC Broadspeed replica
197? Triumph GT6 2500PI restomod project
1998 Porsche GT1 LeMans replica(kitcar?)
XK120 V12 Quadturbo racecar
Ducati-Weslake 500 VMX bike
Free advice is often worth exactly what it cost
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piguin
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That moved along nicely!
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That is just mind blowing! Also just went through all your posts on RR and found more mind blowing stuff.. you have some SERIOUS skills, both in design AND fabrication. Not a thing with any one of them I would change... all simply stunning! Take it you are down CCH way? If i win lotto I might just take a trip down south and take that rolling body off your hands  |
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all these cars have been made in my shed in Gisborne
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1955 DeSoto/Rover V8 Pickup work hack
1955 Peugeot 203
!958 Jag Mk1
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe(my lover)
1976 Jag XJC Broadspeed replica
197? Triumph GT6 2500PI restomod project
1998 Porsche GT1 LeMans replica(kitcar?)
XK120 V12 Quadturbo racecar
Ducati-Weslake 500 VMX bike
Free advice is often worth exactly what it cost
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60six
Posted a lot
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Jul 17, 2019 20:50:29 GMT
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what cad package are you using or is this all manual labour?
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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no CAD package, just paper,pencils,and the local copy centre enlarging the plans up to fullsize,then jigsaw cut the formers
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1955 DeSoto/Rover V8 Pickup work hack
1955 Peugeot 203
!958 Jag Mk1
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL coupe(my lover)
1976 Jag XJC Broadspeed replica
197? Triumph GT6 2500PI restomod project
1998 Porsche GT1 LeMans replica(kitcar?)
XK120 V12 Quadturbo racecar
Ducati-Weslake 500 VMX bike
Free advice is often worth exactly what it cost
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Outstanding work! I think if this car was released today it would look modern, half a century ago it must have looked like alien technology:  |
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