David's Build Thread

[CTWV50]

OMG vinyl stripes! That's "nearly finished" type stuff! I started back again with mine after new year, and have been thinking about grill mesh and front indicators. Does the mesh have to be automotive specific or not. Where did you get yours' from?

Indicators and mesh look good.

[twinturbo]

I have some black metal tube from a standard lamp we got as a wedding present ( but was falling appart ) to use as my indicator tube.

Got some mesh free, an ex-colleauge and freind whos parents now live across the road found it unused and as said freind now lives in Vienna they gave it to me when clearing his stuff out

I may make a bit more progress. over the comming months ( Possibly )



Nose looks spot on Dave..

TT

[flyerncle]

Opinion ? is there any reason pre IVA not to fit them under the headlight by some means as opposed to the extension on the nosecone.

[SeriesLandy]

Originally Posted by flyerncle

Opinion ? is there any reason pre IVA not to fit them under the headlight by some means as opposed to the extension on the nosecone.

The problem with the under headlights is the angles of visibility. It's the 80deg outward angle (viewing from the kerb) that is the problem as the wheel is in the way. You still need to extend them forwards to get around this.
My attempt but it looks very temporary so I don't know if it will be ok or not.

Front carbon indicator pod by Series1Landy, on Flickr

[flyerncle]

Looks like the extension route then .

[jason 82]

First class job on the interior Dave. That looks like it has just come out of the factory ! Changing the subject, does anybody recognise the headlights on the haynes roadster featured in complete kit car magazine in the latest edition ? It was a 2 part feature on a scratch build haynes. The headlights look really different, in a good way. Wouldn't mind a set of those. I don't think it was a car from this forum, I don't recognise it, he gives a bodykit manufacturer a little kick about quality. He has a changed the bulk head ever so slightly to allow the Zetec unit to be set a little further back, build quality looks tidy enough, but the engine really needs some tlc. It looks like it has just been lifted straight out of a focus & dropped straight into the bay. I thought that he would have at least painted the rocker cover as it's a feature car ?

[Davidbolam]

Originally Posted by jason 82

First class job on the interior Dave. That looks like it has just come out of the factory ! Changing the subject, does anybody recognise the headlights on the haynes roadster featured in complete kit car magazine in the latest edition ? It was a 2 part feature on a scratch build haynes. The headlights look really different, in a good way. Wouldn't mind a set of those. I don't think it was a car from this forum, I don't recognise it, he gives a bodykit manufacturer a little kick about quality. He has a changed the bulk head ever so slightly to allow the Zetec unit to be set a little further back, build quality looks tidy enough, but the engine really needs some tlc. It looks like it has just been lifted straight out of a focus & dropped straight into the bay. I thought that he would have at least painted the rocker cover as it's a feature car ?

I was wondering about those lights as the may solve the indicator problem!

I'm sure the builder is a forum member as they would have bought the bodykit off spud or Nathan.

David

[Davidbolam]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

OMG vinyl stripes! That's "nearly finished" type stuff! I started back again with mine after new year, and have been thinking about grill mesh and front indicators. Does the mesh have to be automotive specific or not. Where did you get yours' from?

Indicators and mesh look good.

Good to see you have started making progress again. My wife keeps saying it look nearly finished but I've still got over 30 jobs to do. Some of them aren't straight forward either.

I had thought about mounting the indicators under the headlamps but I'm ok with the extensions. Will probably leave it like that after iva as well. They could easily be shortened if needed.

David

[twinturbo]

I only have one job left on mine to get it ready for IVA.
















Finish it.