A taste of whats been done so far....Stripping down and Glass fibre

Since I towed the car home alot has changed a good majority of the vehicle has been removed due to damage, deterioration or the fact it just doesn't meet realistic standards of safety. This car is going to have the best of both worlds, modern performance power and technology along with 1960's styling.

For the rebuid I have the advantage of full access to almost everything. A full range of cranes, jacks and lifting equipment, pneumatic air tools  and compressed air, MIG, TIG, Ark and Gas welding and Lathes which I've had to use extensively during the build so far and off course a full range of hand tools. DDoing a car like this you benefit form good quality tools.

This car is in a sorry state, I only took it for one reason, the previous owned had the whole chassis stripped, repaired and galvanized, so its 100% solid not a hole or rust patch in site. the tyres on it where ruined we had to stick a set of old Continentals we had lying round on the Dunlops just so we can move the car round, I was hoping to find a a full set of 4x114.3 steels wheels, but non have been readily available.

 Although these photos are some years old you can see that the car is riding quite high and at this point the Cast Iron Ford V6 is still in the car, this is due to the fact that the coil over shocks are actually seized solid with no movement of the dampers, not to mention that almost every rubber bush on the suspension has perished. All to be removed and refurbished with new Polly Bushes and some high quality adjustable shock absorbers from GAZ, Koni or Spax I haven't quite decided yet.

The big hole in the GRP bodywork has been repaired and nearly finished, courtesy of my dad. Bodywork isn't my strong point and he's a Motor Vehicle Engineer for Jaguar-Land Rover by trade, but with a few years body and paint shop work under his belt. This involved cutting out a huge portion of the damaged fibreglass and re-building a back plate so to speak form strong fibreglass base  behind the damage and the finishing of the rest of the fine detail with fibreglass tissue and body filler. A lot of sanding both by hand and with the Air DA sander and a lot of patience to get it perfect.


The Interior of the car has been completely gutted unfortunately the old nasty refitted carpet is proving a nightmare to get off.

Damaged to fuel filler outlet in the body, crack cut and filled with new Glassfibre base. The repair will be finished properly later once the cars further along in its rebuild.