H.H.Chinn

This is simply better than "Factory"! A frame up restoration that borders on perfection.

NineMeister

The easiest way of changing them is to cut them off flush & drill them through from above, insert new button headed cap screws from underneath & tack weld them onto the base of the original stud. You can't see the mod from the engine bay as it will be hidden by the sound deadening pad.

JPP

Yes, makes complete sense now. Thanks Colin, looking forward to paint!

NineMeister

It's Blue!!

The boys have been really busy today and as well as laying the first coats of primer on the GT3 repair they have also managed to paint the upper body of the Speedster in its blue primer coat. We have a colour scheme for the primer so that as well as matching the colour of the original primer of a car for a repair, we can also pick the colour on a complete repaint to match the basecoat colour, which in this instance is going to be Cobalt.

Not long now Graham!!

Floodj

This thread just keeps getting better and better!

Raptor

I am so mechanically inept that the posts up to now are sorta lost on me. But seeing the primed body is a real turn on, and it will be great watching it come together. Pretty much like viewing in slo-mo a super exclusive assembly line for one-off cars.

Great, great effort!

NineMeister

Hey, that's an idea Raptor, once it's finished maybe we should put together a slide show movie & post it on YouTube??

Thanks for the thumbs up, I'll pass on your comments to Marc and the rest of his 9m Panelcraft team.

grahampeterm

I've been too busy with work (I'm very pleased to say!) to get across this week to have a look at my 'growing child'. The pictures look absolutely brill Colin - just lacquer that shade of blue and I'd be happy!
Please just keep posting progress pictures!
Thanks Graham

Davies

Me too!

NineMeister

Best call MC on Monday morning sharp if you now want it Pastel Blue...


OK, will do, but you need to keep a lookout over the next 24 hrs as (hopefully) by close of play tomorrow the shell will be back on the spit with its underside freshly covered in stone chip; dry over the weekend and blue primed come Monday morning.

Then if all goes to plan it should see full colour on the floor, engine bay, under bonnet & interior before the week is out.

NineMeister

This mornings update:

Here's Marc and Lee fitting the upper body brace in readiness for the shell being loaded back onto the rotary spit. At this stage with a finished shell this is probably an unnecessary precaution as the shell will be stiff enough without it, however since we have it we may as well use it!

NineMeister

And here is the shell loaded onto the rotisserie ready for the work on its underbelly.

Eagle-eyed Porsche Club GB members may recognise the NW regional secretary Barry Dalton in the foreground admiring the progress of Graham's new toy.

grahampeterm

Hey Colin - in one of those shots, it looks like Riveria!
Graham

grahampeterm

And Barry's still smiling - despite having the invoice in his hand for his RMS upgrade! Don't you just love these w/c engines!
G

H.H.Chinn

I was wondering if there might be an orange stripe and Gulf oil logos added? The primer looks great!