Captain Ahab Jr.

Rob, interior looks great, really simple but very effective

Have you thought of making a neat carbon cover trim or paint the steel satin black to tidy up the gear stick gator?

Rephlex

The thread that just keeps giving. In awe

freedman

Incredible job, looks stunning

Lemass Automotive

Good work rob
nothing better than a brand new interior

robt964

Pretending to drive? Hell, I did better than that. I performed a 30pt turn in the garage compound a-la 'Austin Powers'

Thanks for the comments chaps. Captain, yep it'll probably be something along those lines except I wouldn't leave it bare carbon, I'd spray them satin black. I think carbon would look out of place with this interior. I was going to convert the original centre console into something but as I recovered it a few months back it looks too nice to cut up. I picked up a block of pink foam so I'll carve and shape something out of that before taking a mold. It will be minimalist and simple.

Other jobs completed were refitting the freshly powder coated rear ARB, drop links, new mount clamps with powerflex bushes.
Before putting it back in the garage I swapped the standard siliencer out for a cup pipe instead.
O - M - G It sounded sooooo good. That sound reached the parts other exhausts cannot reach It actually sounds just like your's now Mark

kos11-12

very nice, it looks good without the console,

pcarplayer

the best build thread i have ever read, full stop

robt964

Wow - thankyou very much
In my eyes tho, that crown firmly lays with Geoffrey and his racecar thread here I'm just tinkering by comparison!

pcarplayer

For sure that's an awesome build but the guy is a professional engine builder/consultant with lots of contacts and $$$

What I like about your work is its done by an enthusiast, albeit with outstanding skills. I'm a kiwi and if there's anything we appreciate is getting a great result out of limited budget using imagination, ingenuity and no little talent

Keep up the great work!

jstyer

I've been waiting with baited breath! Any updates? Drive report???

robt964

Been away from home for a bit so no progress to report, but I'm back on it again this Saturday

Thought I'd share these tho. I'm not a fan of fitting spire clips to thin bodywork as they always create a point for rust to get in. I was looking at the way the front & rear bumpers attach to the lower edges of the wings using spire clips and decided to go a different route.

In the same way that the bumpers are retained by a metal plate on the underside (which the screws go through) I made a similar plate for the top side from some very stiff 3mm carbon and fitted some stainless rivnuts in the right places. A thin flat rigid rubber strip was then stuck to the underside of the carbon plate so it sits snuggly against the lip of the wing. When fitted the bumper and lip of the wing are sandwiched between the two plates (with a liberal coat of dinitrol between the layers) which are bolted together with 3 nylon M6 bolts. These bolts are more than strong enough to hold it all together but will shear if the bumper takes a good whack (hopefully saving the wing) On the front bumper, I've opted to use the standard metal plates on the underside as I'd already bought new ones. The rears will be carbon top and bottom.
All part of the task of future proofing the car by removing any metal that'll corrode

STUARTQ

When are you going to come over and help me with mine!

boxsey911

Rob, your pics of the interior of the interior raised a question I've been thinking of for a while. With the headlining off, could you see how the sunroof drains connect to the drain tube in the A pillar?

This of course presumes that your car has a sunroof?

robt964

Sorry Steve, the sunroof was all stripped out and sealed up a few months back. Nothing left to take a picture of!

kos11-12

I can't exactly figure out where this fit but it's a great idea,
I am impressed with all the carbon parts you have been making, do you make moulds every time, are you using the vacuum bag method to make the parts,