Carbon
Did a little bit of work on the car today, made some carbon fibre scuttle covers. They still need sticking down with the some tape, but they look nice:
London to Brighton Kit Car Run 2009
It was a bit soggy Sunday morning as it hammered it down on the way to Brooklands. At one point on the M25 I had too look out the side...
Stoneleigh 2009 photos
A very nice day out and a good chance to catch up with the other Sportster builders on the MOC (Marlin Owners Club) stand. After a trip round the stands...
Side screens
Side screen are mounted to aluminium brackets via a threaded hole and cut screw. Aluminium brackets cut & drilled. Many, many hours of polishing later brackets ready for mounting. All...
Paint!
It's been a long time coming, but we finally got the Sportster painted and reassembled and here's the result:
Vents and washer bottle
Demister vent tubing made out of some drain pipe Scuttle vents, these are from a mini with some stainless mesh added. Plastic tubed sprayed black and glued to scuttle. Some...
Getting there
I was hoping that the car would get finished today, but as always there were more and more little things to do! The centre console now has bracketing to hold...
Centre console, and rear end
The centre console coming together, this will also act as a duct for heater down to your feet. There's also a 12V supply in the side of it for the...
Passenger Side
Passenger side speaker Driver side done This side still needs some more brackets so it's all solid.
Fuse box & speakers
Mk 2 fuse holder bracket This bracket also holds the wiper motor. The clamp has been moved up a bit to reduce flexing. The centre console is taking shape with...
Speakers, hazards and other stuff
Nose cone and centre console Nose cone fitted. hmm pretty colours Starting to piece together the centre console Two supports cut and shaped to get the angle of the radio...
Interior and rear lights
Dash board re-trim without glove box (wiper motor in the way) Rear of re-trimmed dash showing pod for speaker Divers side behind the dash Test fit on car, the mount...
Exhaust Hanger Mark 2
Mark 2 exhaust hangers, these use the rubber mounts from a BMW 840Ci Sport. There is 3mm steel plate than connects the exhaust boxes to the hangers. A new bolt...
Clutch Mark 2 Complete
The new clutch system is now installed. The master cylinder has more than enough capacity to dis-engage the clutch without pushing it all the way down. The pedal position can...
Clutch Mark 2
Connected up the clutch this evening, the bite point is right at the bottom of the pedal travel, but is really controllable. It means the clutch will sit higher up...
Clutch Mark 2
Done some work on the new clutch setup: Bolts through the top of the scuttle to hold the clutch master Wilwood clutch master mounted to wilwood clutch pedal frame and...
Body panels
All the body panels are off and ready for paint!
Loured Up
After not having much success with the bead roller I went to go see http://www.coollouvres.com/ today, here are the results, I'm really happy with these:
Bodywork final stages of prep for paint
Rough fill in of the holes in the tub with 8 layers of glass to give it plenty of strength. Tub hole cover from the back New side repeaters fitted...
Wiper video
I took some video with my phone so its pretty cruddy quality but shows the wiper motion:
Bodywork update
A few more things checked off the list: Finished the scuttle side panels Opened up the indicator holes on the scuttle to fit the new ones Rear end break down...