"Like a beautiful woman, which made me suffer a bit before I could have it"

woensdag 3 december 2014

Shelby wheels & front bumper

Shelby USA wheels not octa 100...

Dad's work in progress! I like it!

After cleaning up the inside we add primer!

We had to weld and clean up the threads on some place's even a small dent ... but hey it's OK!

maandag 24 november 2014

woensdag 19 november 2014

Small bits and pieces

Front stone plate donor part

...

Test fit

Finish brake line's

mount rear drum's

Start with cleaning parts...

donderdag 13 november 2014

Fuel line & Brake line

Handbrake cable testfit

The fuel line & brake line

Front 4 way splitter

Fuel line from front to back

woensdag 5 november 2014

Brake line's WIP

quite happy with the result so far!

RVS bolts & clean finish

extra protection

using norma claps to secure the brake & fuel line

Additional protection for the brake line, still needs some extra paint...

zondag 26 oktober 2014

Brake lines



Using electricity wire to form brake pipe's



Small parts to finish the frame & brake lines

donderdag 11 september 2014

WIP on the tub. Sanding & New parts




Clutch pipe & pump
+ copper brake pipe kit single line
from James Paddock LTD

donderdag 21 augustus 2014

Welding wip

Welding the side supports

Side support nr 2

Finish the welds of the front left door

zaterdag 16 augustus 2014

Undercoating

Close all the gaps with sikaflex

Apply 2 coats of undercoating for a flex protection!

woensdag 13 augustus 2014

Little update Turning the spitfire the easy way

The chassis is back on the rims

So we made a turning device so we can paint the tub the easy way.


woensdag 4 juni 2014

Small update

I have been working on the peddels of the car.
The 2 support plate's are costing 20€ each so i decided to make them also...


woensdag 7 mei 2014

Welding in the brake/clutch master plate.
Drilling small hole's for mounting the clutch & brake cilinder

dinsdag 29 april 2014

So you can't buy the clutch / brake pump panel...

So i have to make it. (or at least try to :-) )

First test assembly with some left over...

The corners are way to wide

A second attempt with more made in HDPE had some better results. 2 nice stamps!