My Car build Stuart Osgood

Please note this build is pre Pilgrim and was

purchased direct from the cars designer

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Updated 21/6/09 cracking on with the body

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my inspiration car owned buy a guy called Mark built by John the car designer

mine will be bright red (Toyota super red) hope it doesnt stand out too much.

how cool is that?

this cars 7 foot wide at the arse end ;)

garage ready for new toy , just need to loose that central column

how it all started, at Johns Place

my pile of bits

finally got it home

my friend Scott helping me unload

in its new home

same bits, this is all i started with

i had the chassis sand blasted

i need to add a big chunck after this pic...

my fav toy :)

screen in place

templates for fiberglass , still to be completed

engine cover on hindges & hydraulics

rear bumper fitted finally

before ali fitted extra steel added to attach tanks (both sides)

plates were tanks will sit (i have included welded in nuts )

Steering column fixed

screen support finally in

steel rough fiberglass fill in to give strength

steel in screen filled (will tidy up better later)

lol afro (foam filled after cutting roof) to loose gap on roof fitment

top fiberglassed

rough filled roof line

roof fits better NO GAPS!!

test fit

offside side panels filled (stretched cloth and fiberglassed) was a weird shape to in fill

side panel & roof line preped

fiberglassed front end

fiberglassed and filled (more work reqd.)

tanks filled in now

more pics of alli around tanks

same again

yet more(took me a long time to figure out )

so im showing off.

ordered the wheels 18" dia fronts 8" wide & rears 12" wide

tyres toyo

Carboard panels created ,then covered in duck tape on opp. side to stop fiberglass sticking

fiberglassed hole sorted

slap on a bit of filler

donations welcome

rear window cut in with recess for glass after chatting to RAC that mended chips on Julies car

rear hole . this took a lot of guts to cut out.

rear view

rearer view just to check it was central

front and sides filled and smoothed

again

opposite side sorted. this had been bugging me for a while

work on rear boot catches

finally sorted rear catches , shuts lovely

more rear catch , front ive now started on

this was the tricky bit , making it adjustable , but i figured it out

side scoop repaired and awaiting final prep(originally cut to wrong roof fit)

another pic of side scoop , other side to be done

my wheels finally turned up , well cool

cant wait to fit them

how wide is that (13" across tyres)

ok serious stuff , door fitment (this has taken me ages to get the bottle up to do as i want to fit glass.

MGB GT door hindge

have checked glass and it will clear (just need to figure out how to attach it .

created cover panels, havent got all screws in as rivenut tool broke in half (buy cheap buy twice) new 1 due tommorow

frame i created to hold alli panel, latches wired up also

more door hindge & brackets

hole for hindge

overview of hindge hole , now have to do it all over again other side ;(

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