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my inspiration car owned buy a guy called Mark built by John the car designer |
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mine will be bright red (Toyota super red) hope it doesnt stand out too much. |
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this cars 7 foot wide at the arse end ;) |
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garage ready for new toy , just need to loose that central column |
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how it all started, at Johns Place |
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my friend Scott helping me unload |
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same bits, this is all i started with |
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i had the chassis sand blasted |
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i need to add a big chunck after this pic... |
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templates for fiberglass , still to be completed |
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engine cover on hindges & hydraulics |
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rear bumper fitted finally |
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before ali fitted extra steel added to attach tanks (both sides) |
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plates were tanks will sit (i have included welded in nuts ) |
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screen support finally in |
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steel rough fiberglass fill in to give strength |
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steel in screen filled (will tidy up better later) |
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lol afro (foam filled after cutting roof) to loose gap on roof fitment |
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roof fits better NO GAPS!! |
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offside side panels filled (stretched cloth and fiberglassed) was a weird shape to in fill |
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side panel & roof line preped |
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fiberglassed and filled (more work reqd.) |
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more pics of alli around tanks |
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yet more(took me a long time to figure out )
so im showing off. |
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ordered the wheels 18" dia fronts 8" wide & rears 12" wide |
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Carboard panels created ,then covered in duck tape on opp. side to stop fiberglass sticking |
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rear window cut in with recess for glass after chatting to RAC that mended chips on Julies car |
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rear hole . this took a lot of guts to cut out. |
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rearer view just to check it was central |
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front and sides filled and smoothed |
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opposite side sorted. this had been bugging me for a while |
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work on rear boot catches |
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finally sorted rear catches , shuts lovely |
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more rear catch , front ive now started on |
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this was the tricky bit , making it adjustable , but i figured it out |
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side scoop repaired and awaiting final prep(originally cut to wrong roof fit) |
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another pic of side scoop , other side to be done |
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my wheels finally turned up , well cool |
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how wide is that (13" across tyres) |
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ok serious stuff , door fitment (this has taken me ages to get the bottle up to do as i want to fit glass. |
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have checked glass and it will clear (just need to figure out how to attach it . |
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created cover panels, havent got all screws in as rivenut tool broke in half (buy cheap buy twice) new 1 due tommorow |
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frame i created to hold alli panel, latches wired up also |
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more door hindge & brackets |
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overview of hindge hole , now have to do it all over again other side ;( |
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