Again, trying to keep to as to the original Speedster as much as possible, we have fabricated some plywood pedal boards and kick plates. These took quite a lot of time to figure out and template, before finally getting it right. The photo below shows them out of the car,…
A very tense moment and pressure getting the body onto the chassis for the first time… The electric hoist was invaluable, but required some bracing of the garage roof joist to take the weight. The added complexity was the clearance of the body, due to the low garage ceiling. The…
I am not sure how this should be done with any accuracy, but luckily enough, I was not too far out and did not have to hack away at too much fiberglass. I will try and show the fuel filler cap mechanism in a later post, which is still work…
After many more months than expected, the body and shortened chassis have finally arrived. Overall very happy with the work, but some damage to the gelcoat in places, but that is made up by good solid engineering and bespoke design in others. There will not be much done on the…
Today we took advantage of the good weather and did a little bit of spray painting. We are going with the original Silver Beige (L466) colour and managed to get a really good rattle can from Wolfsburg West. After a good sanding down, we hung the parts from the pergola…