Author Archives: AdrianM

Apologies

Posted on April 8, 2010 by AdrianM

Sorry for no posts for a while,  I have a whole stack of content to place on the site (including some old content relating to painting the car requested by the guys at Piston Heads) But after a recent code … Continue reading →

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Fitting up the new floors

Posted on February 28, 2010 by AdrianM

With both floors and side channels now made, it is time to fit them to the car.  So we postioned the car on the stands, and started fitting things together. At the rear this involved reworking the radiator mounts, as … Continue reading →

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Old Engine Strip

Posted on February 28, 2010 by AdrianM

I’ve spent a few hours stripping all of the usuable parts out of my engine that went boom last year. As usual I’m both hugely surprised that these little engines stay together under the sort of loads we put on … Continue reading →

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Progress Continues

Posted on February 28, 2010 by AdrianM

Well progress on mouldings for the new side pods continues.   Since my last post we’ve laid up the complete right hand floor , buck, mould and moulding. So the usual process applied, which was.  Make the buck out of … Continue reading →

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More Side Pod Progress

Posted on January 9, 2010 by AdrianM

Sorry for no recent updates,  but actually that’s been because I’ve got nothing done since the last update in mid December,  we’ve been away on holiday over Christmas you see and now I can say I’ve learned to snowboard   … Continue reading →

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And finally, we get to make a moulding.

Posted on December 7, 2009 by AdrianM

Most of this weekend seems to have been spent apply mould release wax to the side pod channel mould, and then buffing it off again.  On new moulds, particularly large ones, its is good practice to apply a fair few … Continue reading →

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Talking of Little Rubs

Posted on December 1, 2009 by AdrianM

In my previous post, I mentioned getting “rubbed”  by another car in the middle of the RGB pack. Well here’s a shot of our last RGB race at Mallory park,  after a poor qualifying I’m at the back and you … Continue reading →

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Yeah Baby!

Posted on November 28, 2009 by AdrianM

Now I thought I was making an air duct for the side of a race car, but it appears that instead, I’ve been making some wierd piece of plastic sixties furnatrue.  A bright yellow Chaise for Chrstine Keeeler perhaps?  Well … Continue reading →

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