Le Mans MK1

[hotrs2000]

top work fella, looking real good

[Mogsmex]

good work paul, coming on lovely going to be gorgeous base to work with is it staying Le mans now ?

[SHIFTY]

Its a British shell, alledgedly 13k miles from new.
Would like to think it will make the Lakes Tour

Great! would love to see it on the tour next year!....mines should be ready by then aswell lol

[Deepest Blue]

[paul spence]

north-west,north-east or teeside

[RUDDY]

north-west,north-east or teeside

missing one son

[RUDDY]

Now thats funny son , I'll have you know they are long lasting ..........they have to be

[paul spence]

sorry http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?source...num=1&ct=title

[RUDDY]

Underside has now been acid etched, under the front and rear arches have been spray seam sealered, then a very light coat of overpaintable Teroson which dries to a nice satin finish. Colour of the car may now be changed to Modena Green but this is a debate that takes place daily !!

cheers, Paul

[Martin]

Looking good Paul

When am I booking mine in to be finished off

[RUDDY]

When am I booking mine in to be finished off

After Oggie, Frosty, Topaz ..........

[fox2fox]

its looking sweet!!!!

looking nice that ruddyi see that you have put all the right bits on to make it a type 49 shell,but where are the bolts in the boot floor,for the rear stone guard???

[RUDDY]

looking nice that ruddyi see that you have put all the right bits on to make it a type 49 shell,but where are the bolts in the boot floor,for the rear stone guard???

We discussed this but as we are at no point gonna try and pass this car off as anything other than its original 1300L identity we felt there was no point drilling holes for a stoneguard that would never be fitted. The brackets that have been fitted do add something to the strength of the shell whereas the above would merely be to possibly deceive someone at some point. The strut top strengtheners are also of the Gartrac type as opposed to the longer factory original ones.

cheers, Paul

[SHIFTY]

Lovely car this! cant wait to see it in paint!
Mmmmmm MODENA!

[RUDDY]

After the xmas break we moved the shell from the unit and up the road to the owners bodyshop







Plan was that the lads in the bodyshop would now take over whilst I start on the mechanical side of things ready for the painted shell coming back, due to the amount of work coming in tho I am now serving my apprenticeship in the bodyshop until there are spare hands to take over.

I have made a start bare metaling the majority of the shell, well a bit at a time so as not to leave too much exposed metal.





One rear bubble has had an initial coat of a substance called fibrefill, its a cross between fibreglass/resin/filler, this will prevent any flexing or cracking if simply filler were applied straight away .........or so I am told, I know one thing it sets like concrete



Also took the opportunity to move the doner car down to the unit to remove some parts we need before it gets put up for sale