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samuri-240
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Looking forward to seeing the end result of this one Tel 
, I was very impressed with the way you did your blue one 
. By the way what colour you thinking of for this one ?
, I was very impressed with the way you did your blue one . By the way what colour you thinking of for this one ?
tel240z
Club Member
https://www.google.co.uk/search?gs_...sign.com%2Ftokyo%2Fday3%2Findex.html;1024;683
Something like this Gwyn got to be six years ago done the blue one i must be mad :lol:
Something like this Gwyn got to be six years ago done the blue one i must be mad :lol:
tel240z
Club Member
Good work Terry
When you look at that roof it brings it home why Roll-cages are so wise of competition/track cars! Also no wonder S30s are so light in weight compared to modern cars - the body is very simple especially at the rear.
It must be so good having the facilities and experience/skills that you have. Many of us just have a single garage and DiY tools.
Yes Rob the shell in this state is is very much like a tin box even the good metal is hard to weld as it is so thin compared to othe makes, having the workshop is a bonus but during the week working on the car is always a nightmare due to work, so i end up spending weekends on the car, hopefully soon i can take it home and spend the evening on it as well
tel240z
Club Member
Yes it is good Matt, next stage is to do some body repairs to the rear 1/4s and the seams then paint the tub, oh no scrap the painting need to fit the fibreglass doors bonnet and tailgate on for a dummy run
samuri-240
Well-Known Forum User
Great choice Jagermeister orange then maybe
. No your not mad you've got the Z bug I've had it for 26 years . Now I've started collecting MG ZT's 
cos Z's have got too expensive. What wheels do you have on your blue by now by the way as I've not seen any recent pics of it.
Must call in & see you sometime, can you email me your postcode & tel no so I can arrange a hotel near by when I'm staying in Essex.
tel240z
Club Member
Great choice Jagermeister orange then maybe
What wheels do you have on your blue by now by the way as I've not seen any recent pics of it.
Must call in & see you sometime, can you email me your postcode & tel no so I can arrange a hotel near by when I'm staying in Essex.
Funny that Gwyn i just bought a rover mg zt 190 manual in trophy blue, 50'000 miles with dented rear quarters probably going to break it for parts
U have PM
tel240z
Club Member
spent the day in the 30 degrees heat linishing and putting a fine spread of filler over the new floor pan joins and new fuel tank cell holder (old spare wheel well) then a light coat of gravitex stone chip, breaks my heart to keep putting stuff on the car as a litre of stone chip and a small tub of easy sand light bondo must be about a kilo not o worry though must have shotblast 5 kilos of old paint and underseal off
linishing and putting a fine spread of filler over the new floor pan joins and new fuel tank cell holder (old spare wheel well) then a light coat of gravitex stone chip, breaks my heart to keep putting stuff on the car as a litre of stone chip and a small tub of easy sand light bondo must be about a kilo not o worry though must have shotblast 5 kilos of old paint and underseal off
samuri-240
Well-Known Forum User
I'm sure the driver could lose a kilo before a race day
Alphabettispaghetti
Club Member
Looking good, can't get enough of that stuff on, it'll last another 40+ years now.
tel240z
Club Member
Cheers for the support and interest lads keeps you going
still cracking on with pre paint mode had another day fitting up wings and doors and the best bit that I thought was going to be a nightmare was fitting the dash it was uncanny seeing Pmacs post yesterday fitting his dash
anyway onwards and upwards as i'm trying to make things a bit lighter I'm fitting one of throttletons f/glass dashes so I thought i'd weigh a standard dash with clocks switches and loom 27 kgs, f/glass one with frame 5.5 kgs with no clocks or wiring, so I rekon when its all dressed with gauges and the bmw light wiring I could be looking at about 17 kilos saving
In the pics you will see the whole steel frame fitted then a load of it cut away then the dash fitted, I will be using windscreen bond to fix the dash to the frame and a u bracket at the bottem just in in front of the centre consul
still cracking on with pre paint mode had another day fitting up wings and doors and the best bit that I thought was going to be a nightmare was fitting the dash it was uncanny seeing Pmacs post yesterday fitting his dash
anyway onwards and upwards as i'm trying to make things a bit lighter I'm fitting one of throttletons f/glass dashes so I thought i'd weigh a standard dash with clocks switches and loom
27 kgs, f/glass one with frame 5.5 kgs with no clocks or wiring, so I rekon when its all dressed with gauges and the bmw light wiring I could be looking at about 17 kilos savingIn the pics you will see the whole steel frame fitted then a load of it cut away then the dash fitted, I will be using windscreen bond to fix the dash to the frame and a u bracket at the bottem just in in front of the centre consul
