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Great and very tidy job on your wiring! Tedious and time consuming. Ask me how I know...
And the same kudos on your other work. Your craftsmanship and attention to detail are top level. You're building a beautiful car!

Nice work! Nothing like a clean gauge. Defogging the glass made a huge difference in appearance.

Thanks for the encouraging words guys! Nice to know that others think you are headed down a good track....

So a bit more progress. Door cards finally fitted and the GT door release made up and fitted. Click to view attachment

So the GT release works but only just.....you have to grab hard and pull sharply forward. Downward pressure on the strap does not seem to do much..... Anyone any ideas for how to make this work better???

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There is contact (just) between the door and striker plate The paint damage is very annoying but I am sure we can fix that. Trouble is the door looks good and the gaps are great. What adjustment is left open to fix this....????

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Door sticker plate is out a bit from where it should be.

You have two areas you can add just the jamb side of the rear pillar or the door latch side.

Given the very small contact I plucked up courage and picked up the BFH.....it worked Door now shuts without contact. Took just a couple of blows to make the difference and no ill effects......

GT door release still very stiff - maybe that is just how it is?????

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Finally had an opportunity to test wheels and tyres. Found a big difference left to right......

Right side would accept a 225/55/16, left would only accept a 205......

205 rears and 195 fronts maybe not such a bad selection....? Any thoughts on rolling the left side to get more clearance for the 225?????

I think I read on here somewhere that the stub axles must be installed and torqued before setting the car on its wheels and rolling. Can someone confirm that?? I have still to build the CV's and axles up.....

Apologies for the rotated pictures again......

It would certainly be good to torque the stub axle before setting it on the ground, it may even pull your hubs in a little bit so you can get that 205 under there. Id be worried about just setting it on the hubs and ruining the bearing.

Diverted from electrics and mechanics to do some beautifying....

Vinyl install going well using double sided tape rather than spray adhesive. Seems to do the trick.....

I have been putting off the targa top for a long time but finally got stuck in. Using this:-
https://trimrestorer.com/products/solution-...=13860567973947

made it look great! Its nearly all back together with everything freshly painted and new stainless fasteners throughout. More pictures to follow....Click to view attachment

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Watching with interest, I need to redo my top and what you are using looks real good.
Two weekends ago was a long weekend here, I picked up a buddy and off we went as the weather was good, ended up doing just over 800 KM! Teener was working beautifully, got caught in the rain and had to put the roof on, of course the car got pretty dirty as it was immaculate when we headed out! That kinda stuff is in your near future, i love every minute of it, and yes when I stop for gas or a bite to eat there is always a few that come over and want chat about the car, will happen to you as well, hope you are looking forward to that kinda thing! Your teener looks amazing and look forward to hearing about your upcoming adventures!


Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada

Love your build. I am not sure about double-stick tape for the vinyl, but heck, let's see how it works. You can always remove it and use spray adhesive. Other than that concern, absolutely beautiful build.

OK so finished the vinyl install using double sided tape. Found that the wrap around was struggling to stay attached with the double sided tape but the flat surfaces are great. On the back edge I put some 3M VHB tape where the thickness would not cause an issue (under the large chromed aluminium piece). On the front side screwing on the channel for the rubber seal did the trick. Also used VHB tape to hold down the wrap around portions of the roll hoop top piece. Pics below. Should there be that gap between sail panel rear trim and the lower trim piece?? Can I reduce that by twisting the sail panel trim support bracket...??

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Also completed the engine lid......Click to view attachment

Really cool project, thanks for sharing!

Antoine

Great job and very detailed

Thanks for the positive comments guys....always provides a bit of impetus for the next step.....its back on the electrics this week

My doors have a similar mark where there’s contact with the body.

It’s a small world after all

Its been a bit off and on on the project for a wee while. Several areas worked and quite a bit of time but not that much to show.....

One area I am now happy with is the door cards. After struggling with the GT style opener strap and its passage through the door I decided I could not live with it as it was. Decided an exit through the card which followed the line of the strap was a better option and got a much better result. Fabricated an alloy surround etc. and then covered the card with Alcantara fabric.

It now looks like this:-
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So thats the passenger door done. Drivers will follow and think I know how to get slightly better tension on that fabric on the second one.....

I have also done some work to tidy up installation of the instruments. I acquired some neat connectors courtesy of my son and then put tails onto each of the three major instruments terminating in the connectors which sit in a small tray mounted above the drivers knees. Here is a photo.....Click to view attachment

I also forgot to mention that the side windows (Lexan) went in as well as you can see in the photo above. Still need to do a bit of tweaking to get them to sit well on all the seals. The main issue is the vertical seal on the sail panel. I seem to have an overlap which I cannot seem to correct via adjustment of the rake of the aluminium rail. i think the Lexan is a really close copy of the original window. Any ideas how to get better alignment before I start trimming the window.....
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Somebody asked where my interior door handles came from. Here they are with invoice details and E Bay link:-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KIT-CAR-SPECIAL-...34AAOSwqxdTrVcJ

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The electrics have taken a big step forward one the last weeks culminating in power in the car a few days ago. Now some fault finding to do to chase down the errant circuits but nothing fried and no smoke so real progress! Few pictures to follow. The main relay box and distribution boards are behind the passenger foot board, and hidden by it when it is hinged up.

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OK so a very exciting day yesterday. Powered up the car having fixed a loose connection or two, and....everything works! Only things missing are flashing of the indicators and headlight dip, oh and the windscreen low and high speed connections are the wrong way round! Need to check the flasher unit (and it is the correct one for LED bulbs), and the latching relay for the headlights. Once fixed that means i can complete the final wrap of th exposed cables and button up the dash.....Then its back to the motor and fixing some pushrod tube leaks......

Really cool project with some innovative solutions.. I really like it!
Cheers

Antoine

Well thats the electric done......Everything works and now its all buttoned up.Click to view attachment Click to view attachmentClick to view attachment

Now on to fix the oil leaks on the engine and get that in the car.....dare I say the end is almost in sight.......

Apart from being diverted by other projects and gardening over the summer I thought I had missed out on Notifications and didn't know what had happened until I saw Sir Andy's note on the problems with e mail providers etc.

Anyway Autumn approaches and i think I have enough tokens in the tin to divert from home projects back tot he car and the finishing straight.....

In the meantime I did manage to fill the holes in my front bumper with some nice 3D printed grills after spotting a real GT at Silverstone with similar grills. Here are a couple of pictures to show off my new found CAD and 3D printing skills.......

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So finally I was able to tackle my leaking pushrod tubes and over-size exhaust stubs. My son Harry came up to see us in BC at Xmas and brought with him the new exhaust stubs from Joel at GT Racing in Colorado Springs. Together with new CSP pushrod tubes I think I have a set up that looks the part and seals solidly. I am sure the experienced guys here know only too well to fettle the O ring receptacles in new heads to ensure a smooth entry. I know now......after carefully cleaning the sharp edges I found once I had the first set of tubes out the new tubes and O rings slipped in just fine. Have also resealed behind the flywheel where I have a couple of oil gallery plugs which I hadn't sealed well enough it would seem and put in a new main oil seal while I was at it just to be sure......Another couple of wee jobs and we can get the engine and gearbox back together and set up for a further run in my test stand. Here's a couple of pics......Click to view attachment

And so the engine and gearbox are in the car. Engine run and tuned in the test stand and running well!

Hooking up in progress. Car running in the next week.....???Click to view attachment

Great progress, keep us updated!

Antoine

She drives…..

Took her to the local test station for my friend Douglas and his mechanic to cast their eyes over her. Soft brake pedal was the only comment otherwise clean bill of health from a safety point of view. Still a bit of oil finding its way out and the gear change is a bit random but hopefully both fixable…..

So onwards and upwards - completion beckons and then running in before the big trip at the end of June to Le Mans for the classic….

Looks like a really fun car. Nice work

Congratulations!!!

Pretty roads up there in the Highlands...time to enjoy!