Sunday 25 March 2018

'Tis the season to be jolly...

... because the ice age is finally over and the roads, they are 'a calling...

Took a drive out to the The white lion antiques car meet (last Sunday of every month) - a great selection of cars:










Strangely, Zedster was the only kit there - expected a few more. Despite all the  lovely Cobras and TVRS, the DeLorean still looks amazing,  if you don't look inside and ignore it's humdrum mechanicals and engine, especially from the rear. It's difficult to believe its a 30+ year old design - still one of the most futuristic looking cars around.

I haven't got round to my doors yet - the materials are all here but I'm just too scared to make the first cut. My wimpy sewing machine was not up to the job (already sold on eBay) and I thus still need to find someone to do the sewing. There's a repair shop on my local high street who said he would but i don't have much faith in him - he has absolutely no idea what a kit car door looks like and even after I showed him a picture, he still looked confused.

I went through a short tunnel on the way home and the NOISE from Zedster was awesome - i must try the Hindhead tunnel on the A3 one day. I also had a couple of oversteer moments today; one i planned but the other caught me out - uphill, right-hand bend in 3rd gear (!) , booted it a bit early and out came the back. Paniced, lifted off and oversteer the other way! With a car coming the other way! Luckily, it probably felt worse than it was but it slowed me down for a while.

Grin just about faded away now...


Monday 12 March 2018

Kitted out

Finally got the wheelarches back on, a mere 2 months after they did a Burton - I'm not exactly a fast worker, am i? I actually really like the colour contrast between the blue and black:


They look good from most angles but they are not as well aligned as when I first did them which is annoying. The nearside is worst - at least i can't see it from the drivers seat.

Just waiting for the material for the doors to arrive...

Wednesday 7 March 2018

Underneath the arches - again

Time to try refit the front wheel arches - first, some gunk on the underside of the arch as a first fix, arch positioned, tin of paint on top to weigh it down and left overnight. Annoyingly, it hasn't dried in exactly the right position but it's not miles out and, as you may have guessed by now, I'm no perfectionist.

Next stage was to fit the stronger brackets I made a few weeks ago - a bit of final tweaking, an excess of gunk and clamps:

 

Unfortunately, I don't have any more clamps, so I'll have to do one bracket per. night.

I trial fitted the upper door frame - looking pretty good:



A bit concerned how the sewing is going to go...well outside my comfort zone.