For those interested in what I'm doing on the project car.

These photos are now a little out of date, and I will be able to take more over the next few weeks to show progress to date as it's moved on a fair bit!

How its stored on a day to day basis - cramped but out of the rain!

Partially stripped interior

Wiring from hell - thats got to go!

Why the windows need replacing;

Why the headligth covers need replacing!

More interior;

Hydralics to be binned in favour of linear actuators for the roof;

Fire Hazard!

Fire Hazard!

OMG!

Hmmm, whats this here peice of string doing?

Ohhh - holding the gear linkage in, naturally! f**ing bodgtastic!

ahh - some holes, i better clean that up to see how bad

more holes - big ones

and even more - not looking good

Ahh - i thought that metal floorpan felt funny, that because its made of fibreglass!

Lots of holes under the fibreglass, infact one might say chasms

Only one thing for it - mwahahahaha

MORE MORE,mmmm burning!

What a waste of time!

Anyway it turns out to be soo bad that the entire floor pan on both side needs replacing - but at £25 a side i'll live with it!

More pics to follow - body is off the chassis now

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It was for the best part of a year

I'm determined to get it done by the end of the year now though. It's alot of work though

Todo:
Winch body off chassis
cut out old floor in it's entirity
bolt, rivet and tack weld new floors in (already have them)
remove engine
buy new barrels, pistons and fuel pump
take apart engine and rebuild as 1641cc
buy new fuel tank & fit
refit engine
fix gear linkage
fix clutch pedal to be usable by humans rather than elephants
sand back and prep body for repairs
remove hydralics
buy & fit linear actuators
rewire entire car - making my own loom
re-spray body, black
fit new windows and light covers
re-attach body to chassis
re-upholster seats
completely new interior, inc custom build dash
Get it running!
Go to meets!

And the million and one other things that you never find until its all in pieces!

Basically it's a 1971 VW Beetle underneath, so it's all really simple 1930's technology.

It had a 1500 twin port running twin 40's (1 per cylinder bank) and dual cannon exhaust.

I'll be rebuilding it with 1641cc Barrels and pistons and racing sump. Might fit the porsche cooling gear at some stage aswell, but will see how it goes as is first. The engine is aircooled not water cooled for those unfamiliar with bugs.

This is as it was:

and it will end up looking very similar but with slightly different internals

It's LOUD - i mean over trackday noise limit loud!

Looks like this (before taking apart!):

I'll be working on it again tomorrow - hopefully winching the body off the chassis - so there may be some amusing pics of levitating bodywork in my garage ceiling

On the plus side the new floors have arrived!

On the down side I cracked the acrylic glass when drilling the new screw holes

UPDATE:

Here is the progress as it stands this evening;

Old floors out
Grinding back and cleaning up along seams
Dry fit of new floors - looks good but will be a little while beofre i'm able to actually fit them!

Pics;

Special thanks to my 'technical consultant' - Mad Chris!

It's coming along nicely, progress is good at this stage - i'm lucky to be having some time off work in order to do all this!

All comments / suggestions appreciated!

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Yeah baby - ugly and evil!

The thing is even when you don't like the way it looks (which I do, but heyho) you can't help likeing the car - it makes you smile, and is garenteed to make you react one way or the other. You could never not notice it driving by like you would a mondeo or astra etc...

you doing a bit of grave digging there like

i'd say it ws quite dead, last time he logged in was    11/7/2008 3:50 PM

also last post on this thead was     21/6/2007 9:48 PM

Was dead

Project is restarted, you just can't kill me mwahahahahaha

Took me about a year to remember my password though

Proper update to follow, but for now photos:

Not even sure if there is anyone left on here who remembers me or the car tbh, but who cares we're all car nuts right?

How it once looked, and will again, or better!!!