Not quite a build thread....

[michael92]

speechless , very nice indeed

[shh120m]

having seen johnos build in person ( although a lots been done since) I can only say that it looks even better in the flesh, has to be nicest built haynes, no the nicest built kitcar iv seen. Puts us all to shame

[Johno]

Hi all,
Iv'e kept low for a while after posting that thread regarding photos of NTS Engineerings MX5 build and sparked a heated debate regarding mounting the diff (sorry Nathan)....

I really appreciate all your comments good or bad (it's nice to be praised by you guys though as we are all in the same boat to speak)...
I've spent a lot of time on this forum searching through many posts to create my car so without knowing it a lot of you have helped in many ways...

Chris the brake and fuel lines are copper nickel and come in rolls of approx 7.5 mtrs. I basically straightened them by hand on a table before placing them in the car. I used a blupoint pipe bender to create the 90 degree bends in the 8mm fuel pipe and used one of the hand held pipe plier things for the brake lines.

Thanks Series Landy for your'e advice on the Aero Catches. I checked out your'e build quite some time ago and see you were using them and decided that's what I was going to use so thanks for the heads up...

Nathan if it wasn't for you and Andy we wouldn't be building a car at all. I persuaded the other guys here (Tony, Luke and Simon) to build a MX5 based car on the original SSC plans ( but to be honest I didn't realise at the time the car hadn't been built...LOL) Your'e carbon products look the muts nuts m8 but you need to have some time to youself and not worry about others... Glad to see you are back on the forum though.

Well it's nice to be back on here (thanks Handy Andy) and share what I have done.

Keep up the good work Johno.

http://s1199.photobucket.com/albums/...uild/Assembly/

[CTWV50]

Well said!

[HandyAndy]

That sir, is simply STUNNING

I can,t wait to see it in the flesh one day

with regard the placement of the Vin number.... I stamped my vin number onto a 3mm plate (to avoid crushing the chassis tube ) & welded it onto BR11 just below the drivers knee area & also will be putting a chassis plate with axle weights/vin number etc onto the engine bay scuttle on the offside close to where the steering column comes thru from cockpit to engine bay area ( which reminds me ...must rivet that in pronto ).

I look forward to seeing more photos of this great build.

cheers
andy

[Johno]

Hi Andy,
Thanks for that, the only problem I have with placement for the VIN number is I have made internal panels to cover all the box section...DOHH

I know this is the passengers side photo but it's the same on the drivers side...



Can I put it in the engine bay or should I leave the panel off for SVA?

Well when me and the guys here get our cars done where coming up North for some of what do you call them .."Monkey Burgers" Must be a Northern thing...

Thanks for your help Johno

[HandyAndy]

Yep its a northern thing the monkey burgers....well its more associated with Hartlepool, it,ll be good to have a get together.....just stay away from the moors ( ref Ashg,s saga,s LOL)

The VIN plate position I used is the Bottom Rail that crosses the width of the chassis BELOW the drivers knee,s , .....the rail in front of that plate you have welded in to support your seats/runners, or do you intend to cover that chassis tube too?

I "think" you can have the Vin in the engine bay but my train of thought was like most modern cars the Vin is usually visible on top of the dash panel looking thru the screen etc so went along that route .....just my own way of doing it, not saying its the only way/position

keep the build pics coming

ps....with the internal panels, they look really good but ( said politely ) they "might" create more sharp edges which the IVA tester will be checking.

cheers
andy